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12 died, 26 injured in fatal motor accident in Kano

About 12 persons including children were on Wednesday confirmed dead in a ghastly motor accident along Wudil – Maiduguri road in Gaya local government area of Kano State.   It was also gathered that 26 others sustained various degrees of ...

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Man slashes own throat after he was denied US entry

An unidentified Mexican asylum-seeker slit his own throat on a bridge after being denied entry into the United States, two Mexican security officials said. The man, on Wednesday, tried to enter the United States at the Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge between ...

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Unknown gunmen attack Kaduna seminary, abduct seminarians

Gunmen, on Wednesday night, attacked a seminary in Kakau along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway and went away with four of the students. Registrar of the Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary, Rev Fr (Dr) Joel Usman, said the gunmen came to the ...

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Fire guts hospital at Orita Challenge, Ibadan (video)

A fire this afternoon gutted a hospital in Ibadan, Orita challenged precisely. The number of casualty is yet to be ascertained, but fire fighters were at the scene at the time this video was recorded.   Watch the video below… ...

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PDP attacks Buhari over comment on successor

The Peoples Democratic Party has described as an acceptance of failure and lack of capacity, the Presidency’s continuous reference to a presidential successor, less than a year into the second term of the President. The PDP also alleged that the ...

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Zimbabwe president takes three weeks leave, hands power to deputies

  Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken three weeks holiday and handed power to his two vice-presidents. Zimbabwe media has published articles on the president’s leave highlighting how he will be on vacation within the country. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga will ...

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Kenya imposes curfew in Lamu after al-Shabab attack

Kenya has imposed a curfew in Lamu three days after fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab stormed into a military base, killing three Americans. The curfew will begin daily at 22:00 until 04:00 local time (19:00-01:00 GMT) for an ...

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Judge in Brazil orders Netflix to remove film depicting Jesus as gay

A judge in Brazil has ruled that a film depicting Jesus as gay must be removed from the TV streaming service Netflix. The film, The First Temptation of Christ, infuriated fervent Christians in the country. Two million people signed a ...

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Update: Crashed Ukrainian plane was trying to return to the airport

A plane that crashed in Iran with 176 people on board was trying to the return to the airport when it crashed, Iranian investigators have said. The Boeing 737-800 went down just minutes after taking off from Tehran’s airport, leaving ...

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Japan donates 231 classrooms to Oyo State

Oyo State Government on Wednesday 8, 2019 applauded Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for donating 231 classrooms to 30 selected primary schools in the state, saying the move has increased the educational facilities in the state. The Chairman, Oyo State ...

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Justin Bieber diagnosed with Lyme disease

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. “It’s been a rough couple years,” the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram, adding that he was also suffering from a chronic viral infection. The star said he ...

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Royals ‘hurt’ as Sussexes begin ‘next chapter’

Senior members of the Royal Family are said to be disappointed and hurt at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to step back from their current roles. Prince Harry and Meghan did not inform the Queen or any other ...

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Suspected military man slit man’s throat in Lagos

A suspected military man is said to be on the run after he allegedly slit the throat of a man in the Itire area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the fleeing suspect perpetrated the crime during an argument ...

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Man electrocuted while vandalising transformer in Osun

A suspected vandal, Ibrahim Ojo, has been arrested while attempting to steal components of a transformer in the Araromi area of Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State. The Osun State Police Command confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. Armed with a pair of pliers, ...

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Iran ‘standing down’ after missile strikes – Trump

US President Donald Trump has said Iran “appears to be standing down” after it fired missiles at air bases housing US forces in Iraq. Mr Trump, in a televised address from the White House, said no US or Iraqi lives ...

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First photos of Brit among 176 killed in Iran plane crash

Three British victims killed in the Ukrainian Airlines crash in Iran have been pictured for the first time. Father-of-one Mohammad Reza Kadkhoda-Zadeh, 40, is believed to have been travelling back to the UK via Ukraine when his flight crashed minutes ...

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My brother stabbed our father to death – Witness

A hairdresser, Patience Oamen, on Tuesday, narrated to a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja how her brother, Nelson, stabbed their father, Sunday Oamen, to death with a broken bottle. Nelson is facing one count of murder contrary to Section ...

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Iranian leader mocks Donald Trump on Twitter after missile attack

President Donald Trump has been mocked on Twitter by an Iranian official in the wake of the missile attacks on US bases in Iraq. Iran has launched dozens of ballistic missiles at US targets throughout Iraq, including Erbil in northern ...

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Miyetti Allah bans night grazing nationwide

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) yesterday banned night grazing nationwide as part of measures to curb the perennial clashes between herders and Farmers. The National Secretary of the MACBAN Mr. Baba Uthman told journalists after its Annual ...

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Man arrested for kidnapping two kids in Ondo

The Ondo State Police Command said it had arrested a man identified as Nsem Godwin for allegedly kidnapping two kids in Okitipupa town, Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was arrested after he was caught with a ...

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Transgender woman brutally murdered in South Africa

Nare Mphela, who won a landmark transgender discrimination case against her Limpopo high school in 2017, has been murdered in her home. It was learned that Mphela’s body was discovered with numerous stab wounds this week in her rented house ...

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