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2 siblings are abducted from their primary school in Anambra, Family cries out.

Two young siblings were reportedly kidnapped from their primary school in Anambra and their location is currently unknown.   The kids, Franklin Ezekwere, 4, and Maryann Ezekwere, 2, were said to have been abducted at the Igwedimma Nursery and Primary School located in ...

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Another Nigerian man killed in South Africa

Another Nigerian man has been killed in South Africa. The Nigeria Consulate-General in South Africa said the deceased identified as Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, was shot dead at 10 Koppe, Middleburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa, on July 6th.   His attackers were said to ...

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Fire guts NNPC depot in Niger State:Photos

The Depot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Pogo Minna, Niger state was gutted by fire today.   According to reports, the fire was as a result of leakages from the pipes from the Depot which was noticed on ...

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Mark Zuckerberg tops Warren Buffett to become the world’s third-richest person

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person, further solidifying technology as the most robust creator of wealth. Zuckerberg, who trails only Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, eclipsed Buffett ...

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At least 9 killed in attack on Somalia’s interior ministry

A least nine people were killed in an attack on Somalia’s interior ministry and security forces killed all three attackers after a two-hour gun battle inside, police said Saturday, as the al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility. A number of people, ...

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25-year old student jailed for 2 years for stalking and confessing love for female lawmaker in Uganda

Brian Isiko, a 25-year old Ugandan student has been handed a two year prison sentence for confessing his “too much love” for Kabalore Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Sylvia Rwabwoogo.   The student of YMCA Jinja Branch was convicted on his ...

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Lovebirds caught romancing heavily in Ikeja City Mall

These lovebirds couldn’t wait to get a room and decided to display their affections in public in full glare of Ikeja City Mall shoppers and staff.   According to Adegoke Pamilerin who shared the story, they “have stayed over 30 ...

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Why I demanded sex from female student – sacked OAU lecturer finally speaks

Richard Akindele, the lecturer sacked by the management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, for demanding sex from a student for high grades, has explained the reason for his action.   In his reply to a query issued to him by ...

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Could ranches solve Nigeria’s deadly herder-farmer conflict?

  © A burnt-out motorcycle is seen in a house burned down in central Plateau state The editor-in-chief of Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers whether ranches could solve the deadly conflicts between herders and farmers. No issue ...

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Maradona apologises to FIFA over England ‘monumental theft’ claim

Referee Mark Geiger was slammed by the outspoken Argentina legend, who has now admitted he went too far in his criticisms Diego Maradona has apologised to FIFA over his criticism of referee Mark Geiger following England’s World Cup penalty shoot-out ...

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Three year old boy drowns in a pit latrine in South Africa

Little Omari Monono died in the outside toilet at his aunt’s house in Limpopo province, the same region where five-year-old Michael Komape drowned in a school toilet in 2014.   Police say the boy’s aunt called for help when her ...

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Super Eagles physiotherapist dies

A former Super Eagles physiotherapist, Olawale Oladejo, has died. The team made the announcement on its twitter handle @NGsupereagles yesterday July 6th. “We regret to announce the untimely passing of our former physiotherapist Olawale Oladejo. We pray God grants his family, ...

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HIV vaccine shows promise in human trial

An HIV vaccine that has the potential to protect people around the world from the virus has shown promising results. The treatment, which aims to provide immunity against various strains of the virus, produced an anti-HIV immune system response in ...

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Spider-Man and Doctor Strange co-creator Steve Ditko dies at 90 in New York

Steve Ditko, an artist who helped Stan Lee create Marvel superheroes such as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, has died at the age of 90 in New York. The Johnstown, Pennsylvania-born artist was unresponsive after a social worker checked on him ...

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20 year old Nigerian student commits suicide in her hotel room in UK

Omojola Ogundipe, a 20-year-old Bristol University student took her own life in a Cardiff hotel room, just days after a visit home for Mother’s Day. Staff at the Citrus Hotel in Cardiff found her body hanging in her hotel room after ...

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7 members of the ‘doomsday cult’ executed in Japan

Today,Friday 6th July 2018, Japan executed the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and shattering the country’s ...

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Mass exodus looms in APC-Shehu Sani

The senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani has said some persecuted members of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) are on their way out of the party.  The lawmaker gave the hint in a tweet on Thursday Shehu Sani said,”We the ...

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51-year old Nigerian nurse who used voodoo magic to force women to work as prostitutes in Europe bags 14-years jail term

A Nigerian nurse has been jailed for 14 years in the U.K, after she used voodoo threats to traffick five Nigerian women to Germany to work as prostitutes. In the landmark case, Josephine Iyamu, 51, become the first person to be jailed ...

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