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17-year-old jailed for 16 years after urging boyfriend to kill his ex-girlfriend to ‘prove his love’

  Sarah Mohamed, 17 (pictured), has been jailed for 16 years for intentionally encouraging a person to commit murder A college student who urged her besotted boyfriend to murder his ex-girlfriend during a macabre plot ‘to prove himself’ was jailed ...

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Queen Elizabeth’s husband Prince Philip hospitalized

  Prince Philip, the 98-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, was taken to a hospital in London on Friday as a precautionary measure to treat a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The Duke of Edinburgh ...

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Teenager turns hair into Christmas tree, school sends her home

  13-year-old Poppy Leigh, turned her hair into a Christmas tree and decorated them with lights and went to school but got sent back home by her school authorities.   According to Daily Mail the girl wrapped her hair around ...

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Okada rider beheads boy, rapes mom thrice in Oyo State (Video)

  Oduola Gbenga, a 37- year-old commercial motorcyclist, who raped a woman and killed her 5- year -old boy on Friday explained how he committed the heinous act. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu, said the innocent ...

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TY Danjuma says nobody will be able to sleep if he reveals what is going on in Nigeria, as Shehu Sani urges him to go ahead

A former Minister of Defence, retired General Theophilus Danjuma was quoted to have said if he reveals what is happening in the country, Nigerians will no longer sleep. He was quoted to have made this statement while he spoke yesterday ...

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Yahoo boy who impersonates CBN governor arrested

An internet fraudster, Onyebuchi Nwalozie Julius, is currently cooling off in one of the detention facilities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for impersonating the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. ...

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EFCC replies Nigerian man who thinks the commission shouldn’t be tweeting with an ANDROID phone

A Nigerian man shades EFCC on twitter saying they should feel ashamed of themselves for tweeting via an Android phone. The twitter user who called them ”almighty” blasted saying; ”Imagine Almighty EFCC tweeting from android. What a shame.!” But guess ...

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EFCC begins auction of 244 forfeited vehicles

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced processes involved in the auctioning of 244 vehicles forfeited to the Nigerian Government by illegal oil dealers. The exercise was flagged-off on Thursday, December 19th by the commission’s secretary, Ola Olukoyede, ...

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America’s mega church makes the headlines as it attempts to resurrect dead toddler

  A devout Christian couple are attempting to resurrect their dead two-year-old daughter through faith and prayer, but a GoFundMe campaign started on their behalf by church leaders is raising more worldly questions. Andrew and Kalley Heiligenthal’s two-year-old daughter, Olive ...

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10 arrested for looting burnt church in Ondo

  The Ondo State Police Command, on Thursday, said it had arrested no fewer than 10 persons for looting the property of a church, the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, in Akure, which was torched on Wednesday. The police said the suspects ...

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Court orders remand of Adoke for 14 days

  An FCT High Court in Maitama has granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to remand former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), for 14 days.   The ...

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3 dead, 1 injured in truck accident on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

  The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said three persons died while one person sustained injuries in an accident involving a truck and a Bajaj motorcycle around Toll-Gate on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, Sector ...

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Two people crusehed to death by a Hit-and-Run driver in Ogun

  A hit-and-run motorist has crushed two persons to death at the Ijagun junction on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State, Florence ...

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Man bags 16 year jail term for burning LGBTQ flag

  A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced to 15 years for the hate crime of arson. He was also given ...

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Court jails homosexual for sodomizing 4 minors

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State sentenced a 26-year-old homosexual, Michael Kudowo to 11 years in prison for raping four male minors. The senior magistrate, Mr Shotunde Shotayo, ruled that the convict must serve the sentence at the correctional ...

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Kidnappers kill gang member for fleeing with N5m ransom

Suspected kidnappers, 28-year-old Best Kevwe Iweh and Emmanuel Tomson (30), have reportedly murdered a member of their gang, Raymond Enahon. Iweh and Tomson were arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for the murder. ...

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Mum’s heartbreak as daughter, 17, takes her own life

A grieving mum has told of her heartbreak over her 17-year-old daughter, who took her own life at a mental health hospital. Staff at Huntercombe Hospital, near Norwich, were supposed to check on Mia Titheridge, 17, every 15 minutes because ...

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Kenyan woman commits suicide after her 11-year-old son stole her money

A 45-year-old woman from Mugai Village in Malava, Kakamega County, Kenya on Tuesday, December 17, killed herself after her 11-year-old son allegedly stole her Ksh500. Hanna Mukangai allegedly took poison after she found the money missing from her wardrobe, and ...

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School principal who raped his student gets 10-year jail term

The former principal of Habaswein Mixed Secondary School, Idle Abdi Haret, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a KCSE candidate in 2018. The teacher was convicted of raping the 18-year-old girl after he gave her a ...

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