Suicide: 10-year-old Kenyan girl hangs self

Grief has engulfed residents of Kyanguu village in Matiliku, Nzaui Sub County, Kenya after a ten-year-old girl committed suicide. Police said that the minor’s body was found dangling from a tree by her mother at their homestead on Friday at ...

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Hushpuppi’s best man, Woodberry falls ill in US prison – Kemi Olunloyo

Unconfirmed reports reveal that Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Woodberry, a close associate who was arrested with Hushpuppi in Dubai for allegedly defrauding almost two million people of about N168bn, has fallen ill. According to controversial Nigerian investigative journalist, ...

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Regina Daniels welcomes baby boy with husband Ned Nwoko

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels is a mother as she has welcomed a baby boy with her husband Ned Nwoko. The screen star welcomed her bundle of joy today just two days after she was thrown a surprise baby shower by ...

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Taraba declares 3-day holiday for LG poll

Taraba State Government has declared Monday, June 29, Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1, as public holidays to enable residents to participate in the local government council poll. This was contained in a statement by Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, Chief ...

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Iceland President Johannesson re-elected with 92 percent of total votes

Iceland’s President Gudni Johannesson has been re-elected with a whopping 92 percent of the vote, according to final results released on Sunday. The former history professor won his second four-year term in the largely symbolic position in Saturday’s vote, the ...

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Court orders police to pay N15m to families of 3 IMN members

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, awarded the sum of N15 million against the Nigerian police over the alleged killings of three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his judgment, also ordered the ...

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African oil producers’ headquarters moves to Congo from Nigeria

The Ministerial Council of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) decided at its 38th session on the 15th June 2020 to move the temporary headquarters of the organisation from Abuja, Nigeria to the permanent headquarters in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Apart ...

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Rolling Stones threaten to sue Donald Trump for using their songs at his rallies

British rock band The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones in a statement on Sunday said that their legal team is working with music ...

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Lagos begins enforcement of laws on distressed buildings

The Lagos State Government has begun stiff enforcement of laws against distressed buildings and called on property owners to carry out immediate integrity tests or risk demolition. The General Manager, Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL), Dr Afolabi Abiodun, told ...

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Lagos police arrest 3 paedophiles, two defiled their own daughters, the 3rd defiled his employers 12-year old twins

The Police in Lagos State have arrested three paedophiles in different parts of the state. One of them arrested by Ikorodu police, was identified as Eke Kanu, a 61 year-old, residing at Ebute Road, Igbogbo, Ikorodu. He impregnated his 19-year-old ...

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Former Rivers lawmaker, Martyns Mannah is dead

A former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly who respresented Ahoada East Constituency I, Hon. Martyns Mannah and unrepentant critic of Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration has died after protracted illness. It cannot be immediately confirmed the circumstances surrounding ...

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See the complete list of winners at the 2020 BET Awards

A list of winners at the 2020 BET Awards, which aired virtually Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic. — Video of the year: DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend, “Higher” — Best female R&B/pop artist: Lizzo — Best ...

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Two men commit suicide in Niger state

Two middle-aged men have committed suicide in Rijau local government area of Niger state. The incidents, which occurred on different occasions, have put the number of suicide in the last two months in the local government area to 13. The ...

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Nigerians pay N152b tuition in UK

Study in-uk.com notes that undergraduate fees for international students from outside the EU begin at around £10,000 per year. At the postgraduate level, they start at around £12,000, and if you wish to study medicine or MBA, you may have ...

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Man beaten to death while playing football in Osun

The Osun State Police Command has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Shuaib Isola after he was punched during a fight in Iwo on Sunday. According to sources, the incident happened around 10am at the playground ...

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Black officer in George Floyd killing is Nigerian

One of the black police officers at the scene of the killing of George Floyd by a white officer in Minneapolis in May has a Nigerian father. Alex Kueng who joined the police largely because he believed diversity could force ...

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Let the girl-child grow before taking her as a wife, Di’Ja pleads

Nigerian singer, Di’Ja who recently welcomed her 3rd child has pleaded with parents to let their girl-child grow, atleast to 18 before giving her out in marriage and start doing adult things. The plea also went out to men. Writing ...

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It is better to masturbate than to rape- Amara Maduka

Nollywood actress Amara Maduka, has asked Nigerian men to embrace p.o.r.n instead of r.a.p.i.n.g women. She also encouraged the society to stop frowning at p.o/r/n assuring it will help men stop r.a.p.e. She made this known in an interview with ...

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Two robbers arrested on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two robbers on the Kara long bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state while robbing motorists. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the ...

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Lawyer sues Lagos Govt over ban on okada, keke

A legal practitioner, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the ban imposed by the state government on the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles otherwise known as ...

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