Teacher defiles 15-year-old girl, injures her for resisting him (photos)

Alaga Solomon Ari, a teacher at the Sudan United Mission Primary School in Agwatashi, Nasarawa State, has been arrested for defiling a 15-year-old pupil.   According to reports, the suspect had sent the girl to bring a broom from a ...

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2 brothers, 5 others shot dead in Bayelsa as rival armed groups clash

No fewer than seven persons are feared killed in Isia-Ama community of Oluasiri in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as two militant groups engaged in a bloody clash.   A community source, who craved anonymity for fear of ...

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Zambia’s vice president tests positive for Covid-19

Zambia’s Vice-President Inonge Wina has tested positive for Covid-19, the presidency’s office as announced.   According to a statement released by the presidency, the vice-president tested positive on Tuesday following a positive result of her daughter with whom she stays ...

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Nigerian man abducts baby, dumps mother in septic tank

A man identified simply as Chinedu has abducted a baby and mother and later dumped the woman in a septic tank at Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State.   It was gathered that the woman was rescued three days ...

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Manchester attack: Court jails suicide bomber’s brother for life

The brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, northwest England, in 2017 was on Thursday jailed for life.   Judge Jeremy Baker said Hashem Abedi, who was convicted in March of ...

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We won’t accept ‘satanic’ CAMA, CAN vows

The Christian Association of Nigeria has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA), dismissing it as “satanic”.   The apex Christian body said CAMA “would snuff life out of the church and rank the church as a secular ...

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UPDATE! Kaduna court frees 2 suspected killers of pilot Arotile

It was a huge sigh of relief for friends and relations as 2 of the 3 suspected killers of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, were set free by the Kaduna State Magistrate Court 1.   ...

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Transfer Rumours: Ajax offer Barcelona €15m for Luiz Suarez, Chelsea consider move for Thiago Silva

  Ajax have bid €15 million (£14m/$18m) for Luis Suarez, according to El Chiringuito. It is also claimed Barca are willing to sell the forward, who will turn 34 next season. That could open the door for the Spanish club to follow up ...

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EFCC Receives Petition On Akpabio, Pondei

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has received a petition requesting the anti-graft agency to probe the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei. The ...

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2 killed, houses burnt in renewed Jukun/Tiv crisis in Taraba

Two persons were reportedly killed while several houses burnt down in a renewed conflict between Tiv/Jukun in Kwararafa village, Gossol local government area on Thursday morning. An eyewitness told TheNations correspondent that the whole problem started on Wednesday when some ...

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Nigerian man stabs best-friend to death with scissors over N500

The police in Kano state have arrested one Haruna Ya’u aka Dangaru, for allegedly killing his friend, Sani Ibrahim, following a disagreement over N500.   According to reports, the incident happened at Dan Tsinke Quarters of Tarauni Local Government Area ...

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Husband throws wife in river for refusing to do what he asked her to do

Douglas Harold Green, 61, was charged with aggravated kidnapping in the course of committing unlawful detention and assault. Employees at the Provo River Resort told local police that the man threw his wife into the Provo River.   Green said ...

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I told my dad I don’t need him no more – DJ Cuppy

DJ Cuppy has tweeted the information she told her dad, Billionaire Femi Otedola. According to her, she doesn’t need him anymore.   Adding a symbol of music to her tweet, she said; “I told my daddy I don’t need him ...

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Premier League fixtures 2020/21 released: Champions Liverpool to host newly-promoted Leeds in opening round

  The 2020-21 Premier League season will be commencing from 12th September. The schedule will go back to normal with matches being played only on weekends.   Leeds’ first Premier League game for 16 years will see Marcelo Bielsa’s men ...

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Rapper Erigga set to wed… releases pre-wedding photos

Emirate Empire artist and one of Nigeria’s hottest rappers at the moment, Erigga is about to tie the knot. He released his pre-wedding photos showing his wife-to-be on Insatgram and then told his fans it’s for real. ”Incase you hear ...

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NDLEA intercepts 40ft container of Tramadol in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 40-ft container loaded with Tramadol and other banned medicines at Brawal Terminal in Lagos. This was made known in a statement by Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, of the agency, ...

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘poisoned,’ says aide

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said.   The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they ...

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WAEC arrests supervisors who revealed questions to candidates before exams

Head of National Office, West Africa Examination Council, Patrick Areghan, said the body arrested some of its supervisors who revealed questions to candidates before the commencement of the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination.   Areghan, who spoke during a ...

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Media personality, Dolapo Oni welcomes second child (photo)

Media personality, Dolapo Oni and her hubby Prince Adegbite Sijuade. son of late Ooni of Ife, have welcomed another bundle of joy — a baby girl.   Dolapo who turned a year older yesterday penned down a touching note yesterday ...

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African Union suspends Mali over military coup

The African Union (AU) has suspended Mali a day after its leaders were detained by mutineering soldiers and the president forced out. The AU’s 15-member security council “suspends Mali from the African Union until restoration of constitutional order and demands ...

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JUST IN: Buhari’s nephew, Daura, reportedly flown abroad for emergency treatment

Mamman Daura, a nephew and close confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown to the United Kingdom for urgent medical treatment over an undisclosed ailment, SaharaReporters has reliably gathered. Daura, 79, was said to have been flown in a ...

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