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Sowore: DSS says operatives did not invade the courtroom

  Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that they never invaded the courtroom to arrest Sowore Omoyele in the Federal High Court, Abuja. In a statement released by DSS on Saturday, the authorities accuse Sowore and ...

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Reinhard Bonnke death: Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke cause of death

A statement from his family announcing Reinhard Bonnke death reads: “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family would like to announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. He ...

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We have fought military dictators and defeated all of them – Femi Falana blows hot on Sowore’s rearrest

  Femi Falana has slammed the Nigerian government over the rearrest of his client, Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday December 6.   According to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, he suspected the Department of State ...

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You did not beat me in Spain- Rotimi Amaechi replies IPOB

  Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s Minister of Transport, has denied claims by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that they beat him up in Madrid, Spain yesterday Friday, December 6th.   Amaechi took to his Twitter handle on Friday to ...

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7 policemen and NSCDC officials arrested as N3.5m disappears from Bayelsa Government House

  Seven policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been arrested and detained at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Bayelsa State Police Command, after money kept in a safe was allegedly stolen from ...

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Herdsman arrested for allegedly killing farmer in Ogun

The Ogun State police command has arrested a herder Muhammad Garba, for allegedly killing a farmer identified as Segun Akinlade in Imala community of Abeokuta North Local Government Area. The herder reportedly got into a fight with the farmer who ...

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23-year old rape victim dies after being set on fire by her attackers

  A 23-year-old rape victim who was set on fire by a gang of men, which included her alleged rapists, has died in a New Delhi hospital, prompting protests from opposition leaders who blamed the ruling party for failing to ...

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Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke dies at 79

  Popular evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke, has died. He was 79 years old.   A statement released on his verified Facebook page, explained that Bonnke who was popular for his evangelical work all over Africa, passed away peacefully and was surrounded by ...

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18-year-old who allegedly slapped police officer shot dead

  An 18-year-old boy has allegedly been shot dead by a police officer because he retaliated when the officer slapped him.   Awuzie Duru, 18, was allegedly killed within the premises of a new generation bank branch at Umuaka on ...

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Mile 2 – Apapa road shut down for repairs by FG

  The Mile 2/Tin-Can Island section of the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonsoki expressway will be partially closed for 72 hours from Friday night, YaahooJournalist understands. The director of federal highways, southwest, Funso Adebiyi, disclosed this during an inspection of the road. The director ...

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Saudi student opens fire at US naval base

Three people were killed on Friday morning as an aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.   The shooting which has been condemned by Saudi government also left many others ...

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Father of 15 allegedly chains and drags daughter through the streets for missing school

Dahiru Inusa, a 56-year-old father of 15 children has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly chaining and dragging his 15- year-old daughter through the streets in Lafia, Nasarawa State’s capital.   The ...

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Man expelled from university 6 years ago reveals he now works as a Senior Cost Analyst in a Fortune 500 multinational

  A man took to Twitter to share a testimony of how his life turned around despite facing a setback years ago.   @ObarO_T revealed he was expelled from Covenant University in 2013 but he is now a Senior Cost ...

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Rotimi Amaechi reportedly attacked in Spain

  Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attacked Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation, in Madrid, Spain. This was revealed in a message shared on his Twitter handle, Amaechi said the attackers were repelled by the Spanish police. ...

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Okorocha forfeits state-of-the art hospital to Federal Government

  A day after former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, was convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for a N7.65bn fraud by a Federal High Court in Lagos, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC secured another victory in its ...

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Reno Omokri responds to Nigerians asking for his opinion on the alleged rearrest of Sowore by the DSS

Reno Omokri has responded to Nigerians asking him to react after Omoyele Sowore was allegedly re-arrested by the DSS.   There was chaos today, December 6, at the Federal High Court as operatives of the Department of State Services allegedly ...

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Buhari should instruct the DG to release Sowore immediately – Oby Ezekwesili, BankyW, react to Sowore’s rearrest

Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, and singer, BankyW, have taken to Twitter to react to the re-arrest of publisher and convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the Federal High Court in Abuja by DSS operatives on ...

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Ekiti State University sacks lecturer, Olaleye Aduwo over sex harassment video

The Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has sacked a lecturer, Olola Olaleye Aduwo, recently caught in a viral video sexually harassing a female student.   The university also sacked two other lecturers for abandoning their duty posts. EKSU had on ...

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Lie from the pit of hell… “We never sponsored thugs to harass NPA MD”– OMSL

The management of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMSL) has debunked any knowledge or involvement in the physical attack of the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, at the National Assembly. NPA boss Ms. Hadiza Usman ...

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”It has never happened in Nigeria where you enter a court to arrest anybody” Femi Falana speaks on Sowore’s rearrest

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and counsel to publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has described as ”extremely embarrassing”, the rearrest of Sowore by DSS operatives at the Federal High court Abuja this morning.   Falana who spoke on Channels TV after the re-arrest, said it ...

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