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4 men jailed 7 years each for stealing noodles and cigarettes

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced four men to seven years’ imprisonment each for stealing and burglary without option of fine. The convicts are Owoeye Ojo, Agbetuyi Taiwo, Adeniyi Busayo and Lasisi Friday. They were ...

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EFCC arrests six wanted Internet fraudsters in Ilorin

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Office, has arrested six persons in connection with their alleged involvement in Internet fraud and other fraud-related crimes. A statement by Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, gave the names ...

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Nnamdi Kanu Set To Storm His Parents Burial On February 14

  Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has announced his plan to attend the burial of his parents scheduled for February 14, 2020. Kanu who revealed this through IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, however, refused to disclose the ...

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Electricity companies begin mass disconnection in four states over N166bn debt

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company says it has commenced mass disconnection of defaulting customers in the four states it operates. The states are Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, and Rivers states. The Manager, Corporate Communications, PHED, Mr John Onyi ...

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Miyetti Allah calls for arrest of Yoruba leaders behind Amotekun

  Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the umbrella body for Fulani herders in the country has called for the arrest of Yoruba leaders backing Amotekun, the South-West security outfit recently launched by Governors in the region to counter insecurity.   In an ...

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Céline Dion’s mother, Thérèse dies at 92

Celine DIon;s mother, Thérèse Tanguay-Dion is dead. She was 92. Dion’s management confirmed in a statement to ET that Thérèse, known in Canada as “Maman Dion,” died late Thursday after months of battling serious health issues. She was surrounded by ...

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See why internet has been slow in Africa lately

Internet users across more than a dozen sub-Saharan African nations experienced slow service after two undersea cables to the continent’s western coast were damaged this week. -The so-called WACS and SAT3/WASC cable systems are in the Atlantic Ocean and connect ...

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Gold Kolawole: Police arrest kidnapper of missing boy in Akure church

  One Elike Chubuzor, suspected to be the abductor of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command. Kemi Filani News recalls tha little Kolawole was abducted in November during a Sunday service at ...

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Military invade Bayelsa community, sets buildings ablaze, kills key suspect in murder of Naval rating

Men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Delta Safe (ODS), Friday, invaded the Bilabiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, which led to the killing of key suspect in the murder of Four Naval ...

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Blackburn midfielder Corry Evans lands in hospital after suffering fractured skull and shattering his eye socket during a match

Blackburn midfielder Corry Evans suffered a fractured skull and shattered eye socket after he was caught by a high boot in the Championship draw against Preston. Saturday’s game was halted for several minutes following the collision with Preston captain Tom ...

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Policeman allegedly kills Abia youth leader over land (Graphic photo)

A yet-to-be identified policeman has allegedly killed Mr. Nwamaka Ogbuji, a youth leader of Umunwogu kindred in Ugwuati community, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. It was gathered that the incident occurred when police officers accompanied government committee ...

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3 pupils die, 27 injured after lightning strikes school

Three pupils at Mkulima Primary School in Kuresoi North Sub-County, Nakuru County, Kenya have been confirmed dead after lighting struck the school on Thursday afternoon. The three died in hospital. The three were among 30 pupils taken to Kurseoi Health ...

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NSCDC rescues 4 victims of human trafficking in Lagos

The Lagos Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has rescued four girls that were meant to be trafficked to Mali. The Lagos Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Cyprian Otoibhi, while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Lagos said ...

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Lesotho Prime Minister to resign after being fingered in his wife’s murder

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has bowed to pressure to step down over evidence allegedly linking him to the murder of his estranged wife, according to the ruling party. The announcement on Thursday followed accusation by senior members of the ...

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‘To hell with their presidency’ – Afenifere blasts Miyetti Allah

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, Berated Miyetti Allah over remarks that the South-West may lose the 2023 presidency if it fails to drop its security outfit codenamed: Operation Amotekun, saying the north can go to with its presidency. ...

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Three-storey building collapses in Lagos (photos)

A three-storey building said to be under construction on Friday collapsed in the Ago Palace Way axis of Lagos State. The Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said a man was ...

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