Two commuters sitting on train fall and die in Lagos, others injured

No fewer than two people have died and two others have been injured when a train veered off while trying to avoid colliding with an abandoned commercial bus. The accident reportedly occurred this morning on old Abeokuta road, Agege, Lagos. It was ...

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The Untold Story Of How Boko Haram Killed Soldiers In Borno & Yobe- Premium Times

REMIUM TIMES has obtained exclusive details of how insurgents ambushed a detachment of Nigerian troops and hours after overraclusive details of how insurgents ambushed a detachment of Nigerian troops and hours after overran a fortified military base, inflicting maximum damage. ...

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Photos- Dead cows allegedly smuggled into Rivers state

As shared by a facebook user, Cecilie Dikibo, See her post below   ”BOYCOTT BEEF IN RIVERS STATE OVER 27 DEAD COWS SMUGGLED INTO PORT-HARCOURT.. ????????????????? Over 20 Northern youths smuggled over 50 cows with 27 cows recorded dead with ...

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Man commits suicide with son and wife; two-year-old daughter survives

Scrape trader, Nilesh Upadhyay and two of his family members ended their lives by consuming poison, while his two-year-old daughter, who survived, was sitting beside her mom’s body and was trying to wake her up. According to reports by the police, ...

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‘Apostle Suleman, A Gambler Who Spends Church Money On Concubines!’ – Buhari’s Aide

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has ridiculed Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries on social media again. Apart from accusing him of spending church money on concubines, Onochie went to the extent of ...

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Staying In Arsenal For 22 Years My ‘Biggest Mistake’- Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger has admitted that staying at Arsenal for more than two decades may be his ‘biggest mistake’, as he begins to deal with life away from north London. In a lengthy interview with RTL, translated by football.london, the Frenchman ...

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Herdsmen/ farmers conflict: Imo CAN rejects ranching

The Imo state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday, July 19, rejected plans for the establishment of ranches in the state. The association reacting to reports of the state’s House of Assembly passing a bill t ...

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I’m one of 7 PDP governors APC is plotting to stop in 2019 – Ishaku

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the 2019 elections so as to oust him and six other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The ...

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Attahiru Jega condemns vote buying in Nigeria

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has condemned the act of vote-buying in the country. Jega made the condemnation on Thursday, July 19, in Abuja, when he spoke in a lecture titled, Democracy ...

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FAAC Overpaid Governors N10bn In Bailout Funds – The Cable

The federation accounts allocation committee (FAAC) paid states an excess of N10 billion while sharing bailout funds in 2016, TheCable can report. This is contained in the recently released annual report of the auditor general of the federation obtained by ...

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”I steal honda cars because they are easy to unlock and sell” Suspect

A 24-year-old notorious car thief, Yemi Adeoye, says he specialized in stealing Honda cars because they were easy to unlocked and disposed off. Adeoye who was paraded alongside other criminals at the Ondo state police headquarters yeterday July 19th, is said ...

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Ex-Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie, dies at 76

Former Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie, has died at the age of 76. The former police chief died yesterday July 19th evening after a protracted illness at Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital, Katsina.   He will be buried in Katsina today, Friday July ...

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Eleven dead, several injured as duck-boat carrying 31 capsizes on Missouri lake

A tourist boat carrying 31 people, including children, capsized on a lake in Missouri following a severe thunderstorm on Thursday. Eleven people died in the accident, seven were injured, and five people are still missing. Divers spent the night searching ...

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Kenyan Prison beauty queen Ruth Kamande sentenced to death for killing boyfriend

Former Lang’ata Women Prison beauty queen, Ruth Kamande has been sentenced to death today, for killing her boyfriend, Farid Mohammed. The 24-year-old was found guilty of stabbing her boyfriend 22 times in Buruburu, Nairobi in September 2015 after she discovered ...

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Nigerian man sentenced to 11 years in U.S prison for fraud after one of his victims killed herself

A 34-year-old Nigerian national, Kingsley Otuya was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for his part fraud, money laundering and romance schemes in Austin, Texas that netted more than $1 million. One of Otuya’s victims killed herself after losing ...

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EFCC arraigns two for Illegal oil deal in Lagos

EFCC on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 arraigned the duo of Omosehin Ipinle and Nsikak Friday before Justice Muslim. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a three-count charge bordering on dealing in Automotive Gas Oil ...

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