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Update: Police Inspector Arrested For Cutting Off His Pregnant Wifes Hand Over N3000 In Jos

May 1, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

The Police Inspector who cut off his pregnant wife’s hand in the Dong area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, over N3000, has been arrested. TORI earlier…

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Gov Alia To Launch State-Owned Security Outfit As Herdsmen Continue Attacks

May 1, 2024 Musa Jibril

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has said the state government will launch its own local security outfit before the end of May, 2024. The governor, who stated this on Tuesday…

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I Love You And Its Till Infinity – Davido Tells Chioma As He Continues To Celebrate Her On Her Birthday

May 1, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

Davido and Chioma Afrobeats star, Davido is still celebrating his wife, Chioma Adeleke who turned a year older on Tuesday, April 30. He took to Instagram to share photos of…

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Workers Day: FG Declares May 1, Public Holiday

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

The Tinubu-led Federal Government has announced Wednesday, May 1, as public holiday to mark Workers’ Day. This declaration was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the…

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His Life Was Cut Short – Pete Edochie Mourns Junior Pope (Video)

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

Veteran actor, Pete Edochie has reacted to the tragic demise of his younger colleague, Junior Pope. Recall that a few weeks ago, the actor and four crew members perished in…

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Drama As Electricity Goes Off During Power Ministers Speech At National Assembly

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

A mild drama unfolded as power supply was cut off while the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, was addressing the National Assembly. Adelabu was in the midst of answering questions…

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Tinubu Mourns Victims Of Ogun Gas Explosion

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday sympathised with victims of the recent gas explosion at Ita-Oshin, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. “The President also sympathises with the Ogun…

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How Bandits Made Me Abandon My 10,000 Hectares Of Land – Former Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

Ex-Sokoto state governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, has opened up on how bandits made him abandon his 10,000 hectares of land in Kaduna State which he used for farming. Commenting on the…

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Gunmen Abduct Singer, Gnewzy In Delta, Demand $200,000 Ransom

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

An upcoming singer, Goodnews Enuemu aka Gnewzy, has been abducted by gunmen. The singer was in Delta state for a performance when he was abducted along Eklat road in Ughelli,…

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Breaking: House of Reps Calls for Suspension of New Electricity Tariff

April 30, 2024 Taiwo Oyedepo

Abuja, Nigeria – In a move aimed at addressing the concerns of Nigerian citizens, the House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)…

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Two Employees Suspended For Performing Ritual In Office (Video)

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

Two employees of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) who were caught on CCTV, performing rituals in their office have been suspended. The decision was taken after the SASSA…

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Breaking: PDP Suspends Popular Federal Lawmaker

April 30, 2024 News Agency Of Nigeria

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken disciplinary action against Rep. Awaji-inomek Abiante (PDP-Rivers) for his involvement in anti-party activities. In a statement issued by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of…

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Two Workers Die As Bridge Under Construction Collapses In Ebonyi

April 30, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

A bridge which was under construction collapsed at Mgbabeluzor village in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, leading to the death of two persons, Oshim Simon and Francis Inyang.…

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JAMB Releases 2024 UTME Results

April 29, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has released results for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Recall that over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in…

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Court Slams N30million Damages Against Linda Ikeji

April 29, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

The sum of N30 million has been slammed on popular blogger, Linda Ikeji by a Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun as damages over her libellous publication against the…

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Court Asks Air Peace To Answer FIJs Queries On Aircraft Operations

April 29, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

Nigerian airline, Airpeace, has been ordered by a Lagos High Court  to answer queries raised by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism on the libel suit filed by the firm on…

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‘He’s Becoming More Important’ – Rangers Boss Hails Dessers

April 29, 2024 Musa Jibril

Rangers manager, Philippe Clement claimed Cyriel Dessers is gradually becoming an important player in his team. Dessers scored the winning goal in Rangers’ 2-1 win at St. Mirren on Sunday.…

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Passenger Dies As Vehicle Rams Into Stationary Truck In Anambra

April 29, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

A male passenger has died while others sustained varying injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at Igbariam junction on the Onitsha-Nteke-Awka expressway. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state,…

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Court Vacates Arrest Warrant On Ex-Kwara Finance Commissioner, Demola Banu

April 29, 2024 Musa Jibril

A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State on Monday, vacated the bench warrant issued for the arrest of a former state Commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu. The court…

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Police Arrest Twins For Stealing Bags Of Rice And Beans In Ekiti

April 29, 2024 Ogheneyoma Grace

Twin brothers, Taiwo and Kehinde Olasoji alongside two others, Funke Afolayan ‘f’ and Nnaji Aroh ‘m’ have been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for offences bordering on burglary…

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