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Boy caught eating two flies that land on his face during live TV interview

A young boy who appeared on TV alongside his family for a news feature has become a viral star after eagle-eyed viewers spotted his bizarre skill. Film crews for The Project were visiting rural communities in Australia to see how ...

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FG discovers 1bn barrel of crude oil in North East

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Wednesday about one billion barrels of crude oil have been discovered in the North-East part of Nigeria. Sylva disclosed this at a news conference on the 2020 Nigeria International ...

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Police ban use of sirens, covered number plates in Rivers

The Rivers Police Command has banned the use of sirens, revolving lights, spy and covered number plates in the state. A statement signed by the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, said the Commissioner of Police, Mustapha ...

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Workers stranded as Lagos-Ibadan road gridlock worsens

Some Lagos State workers  were forced to return home on Wednesday after the gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway took a turn for the worse. The gridlock, which affected the two lanes of the road, led to a standstill of vehicular ...

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Court fixes March 11 for Sowore, Bakare’s triala

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday fixed March 11 to 13 for the trial of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, on amended charges of treasonable felony, which was again stalled. The defendants were ...

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Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus

Villages in Vietnam with 10,000 people close to Hanoi, the capital were placed under quarantine on Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. The locking down of the commune of Son Loi, about ...

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Man stabbed to death by wife in Port Harcourt

Facebook user , Iykechukwu Ikechukwu has shared how a Nigerian man identified simply as Daniel was reportedly stabbed to death by his wife at about 2:26 a.m this morning. According to him,  the man never cheated on his wife and ...

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Fire guts Obasanjo’s house in Abeokuta

Pandemonium and anxiety enveloped Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, as strange fire erupted in the house of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday night. The house located at Ita-Eko area of Abeokuta was gutted by fire about 9:30pm believed to ...

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Man beats wife to death over missing N5,000 in Benue

A 42-year-old fisherman, Patrick Ejiro Wednesday morning in Tyomu community on Makurdi-Gboko road in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state reportedly beat his wife to death over alleged missing N5,000. Vanguard gathered that the fisherman, an indigene of Delta ...

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First case of Coronavirus in London confirmed

Authorities in London confirmed the city’s first case of coronavirus on Wednesday after a woman who caught the illness in China was diagnosed. The diagnoses brought the total number of cases in the UK to nine, according to UK media ...

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Kenyan lawmaker found dead in his hotel room in India

Kiambu county, Kenya is in mourning after news of Kahawa Wendani MCA Cyrus Omondi  death broke out on Wednesday evening. Omondi, who was on an official trip with colleagues to India, was found dead in his hotel room Wednesday. Kiambu ...

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Bbnaija’s Seyi Awolowo And Gorgeous Girlfriend, Adeshola, Are Finally Engaged

2019 Big Brother Naija housemate, Seyi Awolowo is engaged. The grandson of former Premier of Western region Obafemi Awolowo, is now engaged to his girlfriend Adeshola. His girlfriend confirmed their engagement by showing off her engagement ring in a short video ...

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Experts dub coronavirus a ‘greater global threat than terrorism’

  Coronavirus could kill 45 million people as it is dubbed a ‘greater global threat than terrorism’, experts have warned. Experts believe each person that tests positive with the virus will go on to infect 2.5 more people, meaning such ...

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Coronavirus: Chinese man attempts suicide after birthday party was canceled

The coronavirus made it a very unhappy birthday for one Chinese man, who doused himself with gasoline and tied firecrackers around his waist when authorities canceled his party amid a ban on public gatherings. The 59-year-old wanted to hold a ...

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Gunmen abduct traditional ruler’s wife in Edo

    Queen Florence Ikhumhen, wife of the Onojie of Ewatto community in Esan South East local government of Edo state, His Royal Highness Ikhumhen 11, has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected of be kidnappers. One of her daughters was ...

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President Mohammadu Buhari arrives Maiduguri

President Mohammadu Buhari has just arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, apparently to condole with the people of the State on the Auno attack on Sunday. The President is said to have arrived Maiduguri straight from Ethiopia where he attended ...

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Lassa fever death toll rises to 70 in Nigeria

The Lassa fever death toll has risen to 70, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed. The Nigerian health agency, in its weekly situation report on the status of the disease, said since the beginning of the year, more ...

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Wife allegedly stabs husband twice in his sleep over ‘affair”

A woman has allegedly stabbed her husband twice while he slept because she suspected he has a lover. Facebook user Chinonso Chibuogwu claimed the incident happened in Owerri, Imo state. He stated that the victim is his friend. He said ...

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Fire guts RRS office in Alausa

It would have been another case of fire disaster on Wednesday morning at the RRS office in Alausa, Ikeja if not for the timely intervention of fire fighters from the Lagos State Fire Service, LSFS, There was fire outbreak at ...

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Ogun government approves Operation Amotekun bill

The approval for the Southwest security outfit code-named “Operation Amotekun” was on Wednesday approved by the Ogun State Government. The approval took effect at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan ...

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