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Graduate arrested for allegedly stealing 20 bags of cement
The suspect and his accomplice The Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abiola Hamzat and his accomplice, Adebayo Kazeem, 32, for...
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Masaba, 93-year-old cleric, who married over 80 wives, buried
Mohammed Masaba The body of Mohammed Masaba, a 93-year-old Muslim cleric, who married over 80 wives, was yesterday buried in Bida, headquarters of Bida Local Council of Niger State. Masaba died on...
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Access Bank Lagos Marathon: GM warns Lagosians on road closure
Marathon runners in a recent event… Yussuf Alli, the General Manager, Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, on Monday released the details on road closure for Feb. 11, 2017, the day of the second edition of...
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Apprentice kidnaps master’s son for ‘settlement’ failure
• A’Ibom ex-speaker rescued from kidnappers’ den A twenty-three-year-old Chimaobi Sylvester has told the police in Lagos that he kidnapped his master’s son because of his boss’ refusal to pay him his...
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Food vendor allegedly kills bus driver over N30
Igando...yesterdayIt was a raucous start to a new week yesterday for residents of College Bus-Stop, Igando in Lagos State after a noodle seller, Mallam Adamu, allegedly killed a bus driver, Lekan...
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Monarch accuses suspected herdsmen of killing farmers
Herdsmen The traditional ruler of Okpanam kingdom, Oshimile North Local Council of Delta State, Michael Mbanefo, has alleged that suspected Fulani herdsmen have been killing his people in their...
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The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, on Tuesday said they recovered two bodies from a petrol tanker and a deep well on Monday in the state. He told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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High rate of homosexual abuse worries Borno residents
Mr Bashir Shuwa, a resident of 707 quarters in Maiduguri said that anal sex was now taken a centre stage in the town. Some residents of Maiduguri have decried the increasing cases of child abuses by...
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We lied for security reasons, say witnesses at Edo governorship tribunal
Witness called by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the on-going proceedings at the Edo State governorship election tribunal yesterday contradicted their written deposition submitted in the court....
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Man jailed 12 months for selling liquor
A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday sentenced one Baba Abuja to 12 months imprisonment for contravening the Sharia law. Baba Abuja was arrested and charged before Chief Magistrate Abdullahi...
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Suicide bomber kills self, JTF member in Maiduguri mosque
The Commissioner of Police(CP), Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident to news men in Maiduguri. FG recovers treasure trove of materials from B’ Haram Borno State Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu, has...
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Arrested lecturer, student not robbery suspects, police say
The student of Federal University Dutsin-ma and a lecturer at Isah Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, helping police investigation into an alleged fear of possible robbery attack are...
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Protesters shut down Delta over epileptic power supply
Electricity distributionResidents of Agbor, the headquarters of Ika South Local Council of Delta State yesterday trooped out in their thousands to protest against the poor electricity supply from the...
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‘NPS acquires 3,020 vehicles for transportation of prison inmates’
Nigerian Prison The authorities of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), have taken delivery of 3,020 special vehicles that would carry inmates to various courts in the country, the Comptroller General of...
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Ambode bans local councils from traffic enforcement
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has ban local councils in the state and its officials from controlling or engaging in traffic duties. The governor also...
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Multiple accidents claim 14 lives in Gombe
A two-year-old girl and 13 others were said to have died in multiple accidents on federal highways between Gombe and Bauchi on Sunday and Monday. Confirming the Gombe incident to newsmen yesterday,...
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First heavy rain causes flooding, gridlock in Lagos
Flooded Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja...yesterday The first heavy rainfall in the metropolis of Lagos, which began on Monday, continued yesterday leaving in its wake flooding and traffic jam in some parts...
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Police arrest more Turkish school kidnap suspects, recover N3 million cash
The suspects paraded...yesterday Following last week’s rescue of the students and employees of the Nigerian Turkish International College (NTIC) in Ogun State, the Inspector General of Police...
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Court remands herdsman in Ekiti State
A judge's gavel rests on top of a desk inside a courtroom. (AFP/Joe Raedle)<br />• Delta police boss warns against jungle justice An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a herdsman,...
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Film producer arrested for attempted N10m fraud
Seun Egbegbe Barely two months after he was arrested and remanded in Kirikiri Prisons for alleged N2.4 million theft, prominent Yoruba film producer, Seun Egbegbe, was again arrested yesterday for N10...
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