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60-year-old woman sells her brother’s N18m property while in prison abroad

A 60-year old woman, Mrs. Nkechi Nwafor, has landed in trouble after she sold her younger brother’s house including vehicles worth N18m, while her brother was in prison abroad with hope that the brother will not return back to Nigeria. ...

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Kylie Jenner to launch Stormi Valentine’s Day cosmetics collection

Kylie Jenner has teased her dream makeup collection which features her nearly two-year-old daughter Stormi . The billionaire makeup mogul, 22, has revealed this launch is something she’s been wanting to do since she found out she was pregnant. The ...

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NUJ declares one week mourning for assassinated journalist

  The Adamawa Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ) has declared a one week mourning for late Maxwell Nashon, a journalist who was murdered on Wednesday in the state. Nashon was a reporter with Fombina FM, Yola, before ...

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UNIPORT gets 37 new professors

The University of Port Harcourt has promoted 37 senior academics to the rank of professor. Deputy Registrar, Information, UNIPORT, Dr Williams Wodi, who said this in a statement in Port Harcourt, on Saturday, added that they passed through stringent criteria ...

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Man kills self after partner fails to travel over despite sending her bus-fare

  A 54-year-old man from Lunyinya Village in Malava Constituency, Kakamega County, Kenya has committed suicide, with family claiming their kin, Saul Anenje, ended his life after his estranged wife declined to meet him despite sending her bus-fare on three ...

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Two people killed by gunmen in Kaduna community

Two persons have been killed following attack on Gora-Gan community in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State by gunmen. Mr Elias Manza, the Chairman of the local government area who confirmed the incident, said the attackers opened fire ...

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Lekan Are, foremost Nigerian agronomist, dies at 86

Dr Lekan Are, a foremost Nigerian agronomist, businessman, philanthropist and Chairman of University Press Plc, is dead. A family member said Dr. Are died at 86-years-old following a brief illness. He died at the High Dependency Unit of the University ...

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46-year-old American arrives Nigeria to marry her 23-year-old online boyfriend (Photos)

A 46-year-old American woman, Jeanine Delsky, has arrived at Panshekara, a suburb of Kano, to marry her 23-year-old online boyfriend Sulaiman Babayero Isa. Ms Delsky, who lives in California, USA, landed at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Saturday ...

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Court jails NDDC staff 7 years for N4m contract fraud

Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Friday, 17 January, 2020 sentenced one Tarila Ebizimor to seven years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N4.000.000.00 (Four Million Naira).   The convict, ...

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Spectator bleeds to death after being sliced by a blade during cockfight

A man in India has been killed during a cockfight after a sharp blade tied to a rooster cut his abdomen. The cockfight took place in Pragadavaram village in West Godavari, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, despite a Supreme ...

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Presidency displeased with Governor Abdulrazak over Ile Arugbo demolition

  Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, may have stirred the hornet’s nest if reactions within and outside Kwara State to the state government’s demolition of Ile Arugbo, the totem of the late strongman of Kwara Politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, are ...

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Nigeria acquires helicopter gunships to Ffght Boko Haram, bandits, others

The Nigeria air force has acquired two helicopter gunships as part of the equipment to tackle criminals including armed bandits in the North West. President Muhammadu Buhari held a crucial security meeting with his military chiefs and other heads of ...

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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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