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Lawmaker Denies Ghost Names For Amnesty Programme

A federal lawmaker has denied reports that he submitted ghost names for the amnesty programme for Nigeri-Delta militants so gave up arms. Hon. Mutu Nicholas Ebomo In a statement signed by Barr. Ebitimi Ogbomah legislative aide to Hon. Mutu Nicholas Ebomo who represents Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representative said the report was far from true.  “I Barr. Ebitimi Ogbomah legislative aide to...

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Woman Gives Birth, Detained By Hospital Staff

A 23-year-old new mum, Blessing Godwin, has been held in a Lagos hospital for not being able to pay her bills. The new mum who is from Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom state is in urgent need of financial support to get herself out of his present situation. Recounting her experience, she told newsmen how she and her husband were told to leave Ilasamaja health center for Isolo General Hospital. Even when they got there,...

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How OAU Lecturer Died In His Office

Prof. Solomon Ogunniyi, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University has reportedly passed away in his office on Thursday, November 5. Prof. Solomon Ogunniyi Prof Ogunniyi who is a professor of medicine was said to have passed out in his office and no one noticed for a long time. It was when people observed he’d been in his office for a while without exiting that they went in to check on him and found his lifeless body slumped...

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Boko Haram Survivors Narrate Ordeal

The Boko Haram survivors who escaped from the terrorists’ main base, also known as Markaz placed in Sambisa forest, have narrated their ordeal. Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people from Boko Haram Islamists. They said that the insurgents have been deteriorated and are in anguish with only one safe route left for them to run from the army onslaught in the forest. Daily Trust reports that one of the captives that survived in...

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Wike Confirms Aide's Resignation

The office of the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike on Friday, October 6, confirmed the resignation of Opunabo Inko-Tariah the special adviser, media and publicity to the state governor Nyesom Wike. Opunabo Inko-Tariah An aide to the governor, Simeon Nwakaudu told Naij.com that Inko-Tariah tendered his resignation today as earlier confirmed by the media aide himself. Nwakaudu said: “Yes, it is confirmed he...

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Igbinedion Says Oshiomhole Is A Drowning Man

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has been lashed at by a former governor of the state, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, over allegations that he (Igbinedion) diverted $31 million budgeted cement factory in the state during his administration. Oshiomhole had ordered the probe of the former governor of the state from 1999 to 2003 over the alleged diversion of funds and the attorney general has been asked to commence legal action. Today.ng reports...

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Furios Woman Whips Cheating Hubby In Broad Daylight

A woman who caught her husband with a lover gave him a beating of his life in Cajamarca in north-west Peru. Suzana Vasquez suspected her husband Jaime Zambrano was cheating on her and decided to check him out. And when he said he was going to meet his friends Suzana followed her hubby only to prove she was right. The man was caught red-handed with his mistress...

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Would You Rock This Outfit On Your Wedding Day?

Sometime last month comedian Babafunky got married to his wife Nelly in the most unique outfit.  He and his best man both wore shorts in the oddest wedding colors yet Blue and Pink. The funny man dared to be different, ditching the traditional long pants on suit for a pair of blue shorts on a red blazer. The happy groom and his best man wore matching shorts and blazers, even switching it up with a cream blazer. The bride wore...

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Trey Songz To Headline Rhythm Unplugged In December

All is set for singer Trey Songz to come headline the 2015 edition of Rhythm Unplugged. Trey Songz is set to multiply his fan base The gig will be anchored by comedians Basketmouth and Bovi. There will also be guest appearances from other a-list Nigerian artistes. The event takes place on Friday, December 18. It comes under the aegis of Pepsi, Flytime Promotions and Rhythm FM. The...

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Husband Shoots Wife To Death In Front Of Horrified Witnesses

A police officer was chasing his wife for several minutes before shooting her to death in Uberlandia, south east Brazil, on October 20. The fatal shooting began at about 10.50am when the man chased his wife down a street as she was trying to flee. The video footage shows a police officer pulling out his handgun and firing into his wife Veridiana Rodrigues Carneiro, 36, in...

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Woman Coops Disbaled People Up For 10 Years To Live On Their Benefits

A woman who kept ten mentally ill people in her dungeon where she tortured and starved them to benefit from their their disability check, has been given life in prison. Linda Weston and her accomplices abused their victims, including six adults and four children, at homes in Philadelphia, Texas, Virginia and Florida over a ten-year period. Linda Weston and her accomplices abused their victims over a decade The...

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Army Clears More Terrorists’ Strongholds In Borno

Nigerian army has recorded another success in the ongoing operation against Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state. The Nation reports that Colonel Tukur Gusau, the media coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, announced another breakthrough in a statement issued on Friday, November 6. Gusau said that the troops cleared nine more terrorists’ strongholds in Lassa axis of Borno state.  “In a major boost, troops of 115 Task Force Battallion under 28 Task Force Brigade while on clearance operations from November 3-5 cleared nine more terrorists’...

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Plot To Stage Violent Protest Over Fees Increment Uncovered

Following indications that some unknown groups are planning to carry out violent protest in Benin, Edo state, the state police command have moved to prevent a possible breakdown of law. In a statement signed by Abdulkadir Mohammed, the deputy commissioner of police, said that investigations has shown that the proposed action is connected to alleged increase in school fees with tertiary institutions in the South-South geo-political zon...

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Police Warn Biafra Protesters

The police force headquarters has warned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group to desist from carrying out protests across South eastern states. Biafra protesters Earlier, hundreds of Biafran agitators have stormed the streets to demand the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra even after the police had issued a warning to the Biafrans over their planned protest. In a new statement issued by the force spokesperson,...

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Police Arrests 83 Biafria Protesters In Bayelsa

The Bayelsa state police command has said it has arrested 83 Biafria protesters in the state. Biafra protesters at Niger bridge According to the command’s spokesman Anisim Butswat, he said protesters were arrested during a flag-raising ceremony of the Biafra Movement on the Mbiama-Yenagoa road and are currently under investigatio...

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I Don't Care If We Meet Nigeria In The Final - Mali Coach

The Malian coach at the on-going FIFA U17 world championship, Baye Ba, has boasted that he doesn’t care about their opponents at the final match. Coach Baye Ba Mali came from behind to defeat Belgium 3 – 1 to set an all-African final at the competition against the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria who also came from one goal down to defeat a well organised Mexican side. Goals by Boubacar Traore, Sidiki Maiga and Sekou Kita...

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Snake Bites Man At Enugu Assembly Complex, Kills Him

Tragedy struck at the Enugu state House of Assembly complex on Tuesday, November 3 as an unidentified manual labourer died after he was bitten by a snake. The Punch reports that the labourer, said to be a native of Abakiliki in Ebonyi state was contracted to cut grasses at the complex. He was hired alongside his colleagues from “Ogbo Mmanu”, a popular hub for manual labourers in Enugu, to clear the thick grasses that had taken over the Assembly complex.  As they were executing the job, they saw a big snake and tried to kill it,...

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If you are diabetic, don’t neglect your mouth

Except a miracle happens, diabetes is a life-long disease. The best way to avoid it is to prevent yourself from developing it. But then, if you have the condition, there’s no sitting down and wishing it never happened or indulging in self-pity. Physicians say once an individual is confirmed as being diabetic, the best thing s/he can do is to enroll for medical care under a competent doctor in order...

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Five Lagos policemen arrested for torturing journalist, others

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five policemen attached to the anti-robbery section of the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, over the abduction and torture of a journalist, Femi Owolabi, and others. PUNCH Metro had reported on Monday that Owolabi and about 30 others were abducted by the policemen who embarked on an illegal raid near a night club in the FESTAC area of the state. The victims were conveyed in three blue buses to the SDCI and tortured for several hours. The report subsequently drew the ire...

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Several dead as factory collapses in Pakistan

At least 20 people have been killed and over 75 others injured after a factory collapsed in the industrial area of Lahore, in Pakistan’s east. Muhammad Usman, a local administrator, said about 150 workers, including the owner of the factory, were at the three-storey building at the time of collapse on Tuesday. Rescue official Jam Sajjad Hussain said dozens of other labourers remain trapped under the rubble. Hussain saind emergency teams are using heavy machinery to remove the bodies and look for survivors. State-run Pakistan...

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‘PDP thugs’ attacked, injured APC members – Timipre Sylva

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the upcoming governorship election in Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, claims that members of his party were attacked and injured by hoodlums suspected to be supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party. His campaign group, Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation (SICO) urged the police in the state to investigate the development and arrest those behind the attack. Director,...

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Missing Person: Segun Giwa...

Age - 26, Height 1.77m, Dark in Complexion, Brown eyes. Left home - 21 Bolarinwa Street Abaranje - Ikotun, Alimosho LGA Lagos for Alaba International at about 12noon Nov. 3rd 2015 wearing a white short sleeve native top with black poka dots on a brown trouser and haven't returned home since then. Please join his family in prayers for his safe return. Kindly contact 07037248819, 08051536422 and the Nigeria Police with any useful i...

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Graphic photos: Two terrorist killed as Army raids more sect camps in Borno, female member arrested

Press statement from Military In efforts to continually dominate recovered territories and clear all Nigerian territory of Boko Haram vestiges, the advancing troops of 5 Brigade Task Group have onTuesday cleared 5 more terrorists camps at Hausari and Baranga in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. The troops during and encounter with Boko Haram terrorists at the camps killed 2 terrorists and recovered 2 Dane guns and a Double...

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Suswam to be arraigned by EFCC tomorrow

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is expected to arraign former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswam before a Federal High Court in Abuja tomorrow November 4th over allegations bordering on money laundering to the tune of 3 billion Naira while he served as governor of the state. Suswam was invited and grilled by EFCC officials on October 12th. A statement by the spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren,...

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Photo: 4 year old boy kidnapped by gunmen in Abeokuta

A four year old boy identified as Steve Kanu was forcefully kidnapped at his parents home at Laderin Estate in Abeokuta, Ogun state yesterday November 2nd evening. Eyewitnesses say the little boy opened the gate to his parents compound for people who pretended to be visitors. Immediately they saw him, they took him and whisked him into a waiting vehicle that had no number plate. Efforts to chase them by some residents was unsuccessful...

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Photos: Fayose stops his convoy to interact with an old woman in Ekiti

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose earlier today stopped his convoy to see the state of the Oja Bisi market where he met with this old woman pictured with him and had a talk with her. While talking, the old woman complained that she had been trying to reach him on the mobile number he gave out to the state residents but had not been successful. She said she called to invite him to her mother's funeral this Friday. Fayose asked for an...

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Footballer Dickson Etuhu arrested In Sweden after brawl at a Nightclub

33 year old former Super Eagles midfielder, Dickson Etuhu was arrested in Sweden on Sunday Nov. 1st after allegedly being involved in a scuffle with security guards and police officers outside a night club. Dickson who previously played for Manchester City, Sunderland, Fulham and Blackburn, is now signed on with Stockholm-based side AIK. According to reports, Dickson and two other men were denied entrance to the club venue, before the...

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OMG! Househelp chops off toddlers hand (graphic photos)

Facebook user Agbasi Uche Dorothy shared this photo writing: "We need to be careful with house helps. This is what a house help did to an innocent child". She didn't give further details. Don't know if this happened in Nigeria...the child also looks dead. Oh God! Why do you let evil people prevail...

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Uwazuruike will be the happiest man – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has ascribed the recent criticism of the group by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, to Ralph Uwazuruike’s betrayal and deviation from the Biafran struggle. Obasanjo had recently described the Biafran struggle as an avenue to defraud people and make money. However, Uchenna Madu, factional National Director of Information, MASSOB, said the...

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