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Teenage mother kills, buries own baby

An 18-year-old lady, Hauwa Sani has been arrested by the Jigawa State Police for allegedly killing and burying her newborn baby at Dabi village in Ringim Local Government Area. Spokesman of the command SP Abdu Jinjiri who confirmed the incident, ...

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Husband accused of sleeping with wife’s friend, threatens murder

  A 55-year-old businessman, Mr Chike Eze, on Monday, prayed a Customary Court in Igando, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage with wife, Racheal, “to save him from committing murder”. The petitioner alleged that Racheal had become a thorn in his ...

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Family’s secret camera catches carer abusing autistic man who can’t talk

   Disturbing new footage shows an ‘evil’ carer slapping, pushing and dragging a vulnerable man around in his own home. Pearline Baugh, 62, carried out a months-long catalogue of brutal abuse on Peter Evans, 20, who has autism, epilepsy and ...

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NTA will compete with CNN, we need $500m loan – Lai

Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, says the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500 million loan his ministry is seeking gets approved. According to The Guardian, the minister made the ...

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Knifeman arrested outside White House ‘wanted to assassinate Donald Trump’

A knifeman arrested outside the White House wanted to assassinate US President Donald Trump, according to a report. Roger Hedgpeth, 25, is said to have told a Secret Service officer ‘I am here to assassinate President Donald Trump… I have ...

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Kenyans queue to see body of Moi, the country’s longest-serving ruler

Kenyans formed long queues on Sunday to take a glimpse at the body of the country’s longest-serving leader, Daniel Arap Moi, lying in state ahead of a state funeral. Moi, whose 24-year rule saw Kenya become a one-party state where ...

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Photo of five Nigerian sisters who are all DOCTORS make the rounds on social media

A photo of five Nigerian sisters who are all doctors have made the rounds on social media. According to a social media user, @Fattybold the ladies are from the same parents and their medical specialties include Neuro-surgery, Gynecology, plastic surgery, ...

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One die, 3 injured as fire guts Fulani settlement in Kogi

One person died and three others sustained injuries when a Fulani settlement at Jingbe, Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, was completely gutted by an overnight fire. The settlement made up of 87 thatched houses being inhabited by over 300 ...

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EFCC arraigns Adoke on fresh money laundering charges

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on fresh money laundering charges. Adoke was arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar. Both men are standing trial alongside others ...

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NAF kills Boko Haram leaders near Sambisa Forest

The Nigerian Air Force says it has neutralised some key Boko Haram terrorist leaders at Alafa Yagayaga on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who made ...

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Plateau South senator, Ignatius Longjan is dead

The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District,  Ignatius Longjan, is dead. One of his colleagues in the Senate confirmed his demise to a Punch correspondent on condition of anonymity this morning. The senator said. “Yes,  the man is dead but ...

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House gives management of YABATECH 30-day ultimatum to submit accounts

Following the failure of the management of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) in Lagos to submit its audited reports to the Auditor General of the Federation since 2014 till date as required by law, the House of Representatives has issued ...

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Sydney hit by heaviest rainfall in 30 years

The Australian city of Sydney has been hit by its heaviest rain in 30 years, bringing flooding and travel chaos and forcing thousands from their homes. The state weather agency said 391.6mm of rain had fallen in the past four ...

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Buhari has failed Nigerians, say northern elders

The Northern Elders Forum said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari, had failed to secure and pilot the affairs of the Nigerian nation. The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led NEF stated this at a press conference on the state of the nation ...

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Twelve more bodies found after DR Congo militia massacre

12 new bodies have been discovered in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo region of Beni, two days after a militia attack left eight people dead and around 20 missing, police said on Sunday. On Friday fighters from the Allied ...

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Lassa fever kills four in Kogi, nine cases recorded

Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four  deaths since the outbreak of the disease in the state about a month ago. The state’s epidemiologist, Dr Austin Ojotule, disclosed this in a statement in ...

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Kanu parents’ burial won’t hold if IPOB attends – CP

The Abia State Police Command has warned members of the Indigenous People of Biafra to steer clear of the burial of the parents of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ene Okon, said the police would not ...

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Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day

  The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day. The total number of deaths in China is now 908 – but the number of newly-infected people ...

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Heavily-armed police and soldiers in El Salvador force their way into parliament

  Heavily-armed police and soldiers in El Salvador have forced their way into parliament, demanding the approval of a $109m (£85m) loan to better equip them. They entered the building as President Nayib Bukele was about to address lawmakers. Earlier, ...

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SUG president, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro picked up by police in his full regalia during a cult meeting

The police have picked up the newly elected President of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Students Union Government during an alleged cult meeting in Ogun state in his FULL REGALIA. According to reports, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji and another member of the ...

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Six die while returning from ‘Oke Maria’ Catholic pilgrimage in Osun state

  Six worshipers returning to Ile-Ife from the annual Oke Maria pilgrimage in Otan Ayegabju, yesterday, lost their lives in a ghastly auto accident at Eripa, Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State. It was also gathered that nine others ...

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Bar owner stabs footballer to death in Lagos

The family of a 36-year-old footballer, Ifeanyi Uchendu, has been thrown into mourning after a bar owner, Dennis Obiora, allegedly stabbed him to death in the Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Ifeanyi and a friend, ...

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Ganduje awards Kano the most peaceful state in Nigeria

  Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has claimed Kano is the most peaceful state in the country. The Governor made the comment when he led a Kano delegate to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Friday. “Kano state, ...

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