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8 year-old girl r.a.p.e.d, murdered and dumped in bush

An eight-year-old girl has been found dead in a bush in her village, after being r.a.p.e.d and murdered. Madiha’s body was found on Sunday, after she went missing from her home on Saturday. Concerned relatives raised the alarm and began ...

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Come out of hiding – Shari’a Council dares Boko Haram leader, Shekau

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, on Monday, described Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau as a coward and challenged him to come out of hiding. “Shekau should be bold enough to face security forces if he is truly the ...

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Police extend curfew in Bayelsa to February 23

The Bayelsa State Police Command has extended the three-day dusk-to dawn curfew earlier imposed on the state from February 17 to February 23. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Uche Anozia, announced the curfew extension on Monday during a press ...

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31 year-old man jailed three years for stealing two cows

A 31-year old man, Adamu Gaji, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing two cows valued at N700, 000. The cows were said to be the property of one Mr Ogieriaki Omoruyi. Mr. Omoruyi was said to have ...

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Agba Jalingo regains freedom after meeting bail conditions

  Agba Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has regained freedom after meeting his bail conditions. Jalingo had spent 174 days (about five months) in detention before a federal high court in Calabar, Cross River, granted him bail in the sum ...

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Court orders arrest of Ex-Customs boss, Dikko

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko over his continued failure to attend court to answer to a charge ...

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Photos: Topless protesters storm stage during Bernie Sanders Presidential campaign rally

A topless protester stormed the stage during Bernie Sanders’ Carson City Presidential campaign rally. The former congressman is currently bidding to become the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming 2020 elections. He’s been hitting the campaign trail in the ...

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Kenyan teacher faces probe for ‘sodomizing’ former pupil

The police in Kitui County, Kenya are investigating a sodomy case involving a primary school teacher and a 17-year-old Form Two student. Jefferson Mwinzi, a teacher at Tanganyika primary school in Kitui Rural, is facing sodomy charges for allegedly engaging ...

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Court stops INEC from deregistering 31 political parties

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from deregistering 31 political parties. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in her ruling, said having failed to counter the application by the applicants, the affected political parties had ...

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10-year-old boy saves woman, 21, from being raped

Police in Butula, Busia County, Kenya, have arrested a 28-year-old man on claims of attempting to r.a.p.e a 21-year-old woman, who works as a house-help in Mulambwa Village. The suspect, identified only as Victor, is said to have grabbed his ...

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Olubadan now sells traditional title for N30m – Ibadan monarchs

The embattled members of the Olubadan-in-Council have taken the crisis rocking the Ibadan traditional institution to a new level as they launched fresh allegations against Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Sunday. In a four-page letter, a copy of ...

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Catholic school sack director for allegedly getting pregnant through IVF

A Catholic middle school director who used IVF to get pregnant has reportedly been fired because she’s not married. Friends of Michelle Gabriel, who is the former director of Maryknoll Middle School in Honolulu, Hawaii, said the soon-to-be mother was ...

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Japan cancels Emperor’s birthday public celebrations amid virus fears

Japan said on Monday it would cancel a public gathering to celebrate the birthday of new Emperor Naruhito, as fears grow over the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. “In light of various situations, we have decided to ...

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Nigeria among countries vulnerable to coronavirus outbreak – WHO warns

Besides Egypt, which already has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), researchers and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have identified Algeria and South Africa as African countries most at risk while Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and ...

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Prince Andrew linked to another billionaire accused of rape

Prince Andrew might want to think more about where he stays on vacation. The prince was not only buddies with Jeffrey Epstein — both a convicted pedophile and an accused s.e.x trafficker — but now he’s linked with billionaire fashion ...

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US threatens to withdraw $380 Abacha loot

  The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308million looted and stashed abroad by former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha, if it is re-stolen in Nigeria. The threat followed a February 4 ...

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Woman nabbed for faking blindness, using two children to beg for alms

A 37-year-old woman, identified as Ngozi Dike, has been arrested for faking blindness in order to attract sympathy for alms, while also using two children for the same purpose. SP Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, ...

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Gunmen kidnap six passengers in Kogi

Six passengers have been kidnapped on the Lokoja-Kabba road. The victims, whose identities had yet to be ascertained, were reportedly kidnapped around 6pm on Sunday. A source told punch correspondent that the victims were travelling to Kabba when the gunmen ...

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