Nigeria records 595 new COVID-19, total now 34,854

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday confirmed 595 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in the nation. With the figures, Nigeria’s COVID-19 caseload stands at 34,854, with 769 deaths and 14,292 recoveries. According to the NCDC, the ...

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Heavy downpour washes away fish farms worth over N100m

Fish farmers in Niger State have lamented the loss of goods allegedly worth over N100 million after heavy rainfall in Lapai Gwari in Bosso local government area of Niger state washed away their farms. It was gathered that thousands of ...

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Man jailed for stealing church offering, phone in Ebonyi

The son of a visually impaired man, Emmanuel Nwonu, was on Thursday, sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment without an option of fine by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki for stealing church offering. The convict, had penultimate Wednesday, ...

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I won’t accept any disrespect to National Assembly – Buhari warns

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned all his appointees that he would not accept any act of disrespect to the National Assembly. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President handed down ...

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Two Enugu doctors arraigned for forgery, stealing dead colleague’s N1million

The Enugu Police Command on Thursday arraigned two consultant psychiatrists of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, before an Enugu State Magistrates’ Court for forgery and stealing. The accused, McDonald Inechi and Kinsley Ugwuonye, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate S. O. ...

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Boko Haram terrorists demands N20m ransom from 75-year-old visually impaired man to release abducted daughter, niece

Boko Haram terrorists have asked a 75-year-old visually impaired man living in an internally displaced persons camp in Borno State to pay N20m as ransom for his abducted daughter and niece. Jato Ndarfa, who fled from Gwoza in 2014 after ...

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Gabon appoints first female Prime Minister, Rose Christiane

Former Defense Minister of Gabon, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been promoted to Prime Minister, making her the first woman to hold the role in Gabon’s history. The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, appointed the country’s first woman Prime ...

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Squirrel in Colorado tests positive for the bubonic plague

A health warning has been issued in Colorado after a squirrel tested positive for the bubonic plague in what is being described as ‘an increase of reported plague activity.’ The sick squirrel was found in the city of Morrison, southwest ...

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Adekunle Gold releases new song tonite, rolls out new photos

Adekunle Gold has asked his fans to stay up with him tonight as he drops a new song — AG BABY. While sharing the news, he also rolled out new pictures of himself. ”Stay up with me tonight to listen ...

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Man convicted for murdering family of three says “I didn’t do it” as he’s executed by lethal injection

The US government has executed the first federal inmate in almost two decades just hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way overnight with a 5-4 vote. Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, died by lethal injection this week ...

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Meet the first black female fighter pilot in US Navy history

A U.S. Naval officer made history last week after becoming the military branch’s first known Black female tactical jet pilot – nearly 110 years after naval aviation began. Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle broke through the glass ceiling on July 6 ...

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Watch once owned by King George III sells for £1.6million

A rare and revolutionary Breguet watch which belonged to King George III has sold for £1.6million at auction. The gold Tourbillon watch represented cutting-edge technology in the early 19th century and was made by the French watchmaking ‘genius’ Abraham-Louis Breguet. ...

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Governor, Ganduje reshuffles his cabinet

Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has effected a minor reshuffle of his cabinet. He has redeployed three commissioners to other ministries. He announced this after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Kano. Lawan Musa, a former Chairman of the ...

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Chrissy Teigen blocks over 1 million accounts on twitter as trolls continue to torment her over Jeffrey Epstein

Chrissy Teigen revealed she has blocked more than one million people on Twitter after her account was ‘flooded by sick psychopaths’. The model, 34,  admitted that she was ‘worried for her family’ after receiving vile attacks on Twitter from conspiracy ...

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Russian student murders his chemistry teacher, dumps his hacked body in acid in £17,000 robbery inspired by TV show

A student murdered his chemistry professor and dumped his dismembered body parts in containers of perchloric acid and hydrochloric acid in Russia, police revealed. Postgraduate student Dmitry Bykovsky, 33, was allegedly inspired by hit TV crime series Breaking Bad to ...

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Drama as NDDC acting MD walks out on Reps

The acting Managing Director of Interim Management Committee (IMC) the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei and his team today walked out on the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC. He said he and the team were not ...

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