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The Nigerian army has condemned to death a soldier by firing squad a Trooper identified as Azunna Maduabuchi for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. The soldier who sat before a court-martial in…
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After calling off 9-months strike, ASUU says it is unsafe to re-open varsities now as COVID-19 guidelines are absent. This was said on Sunday, January 10, in reaction to the directive of the National Universities Commission that…
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A mother has been accused of stabbing her newborn son to death with a pair of nail scissors before throwing the body into a trash can. Mother-of-three Anastasia Skorychenko has been sentenced to two years in jail for allegedly…
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Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law so that women can act as readers and altar servers in liturgical celebrations, while reaffirming they cannot be priests. In an unexpected apostolic letter published Jan. 11, the pontiff…
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Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, reportedly lost a total of $900 million within 24 hours on Friday, January 8, after his company Dangote Industries Limited emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian…
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One of the Pastors of Lagos-based church, House on the Rock, Pastor Yinka Akinbami, has died after contracting the novel Coronavirus. Pastor Akinbami died on Friday, January 8. Senior Pastor of the church, Paul Adefarasin,…
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A Nigerian man, his wife, and children were burnt to death in a fatal accident along the Nasarawa - Abuja expressway on Saturday, January 9. The deceased Nigerian man identified as Prince Nuhu Hamman'Gabdo is said to be a…
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There was a fire outbreak at the Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters in Abuja today January 10. The Service disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter handle this morning. According to the service, the fire…
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Publisher Dele Momodu and presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, clashed on Twitter today January 8 after Lauretta made a comment about Dele Momodu. It all started when Momodu reacted to the Federal government's decision to borrow…
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Ekiti state governor and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi, has said that state governors will be taking the COVID19 vaccines on live television to demonstrate to their residents that the vaccine…
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Twitter has permanently suspended Donald Trump's account two days after the siege at the Capitol that led to the death of five people and a few hours after he tweeted that he will not be attending Biden's inauguration. Twitter…
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A 27-year-old Nigerian drug kingpin identified as Chukuda Onyabu and his 26-year-old Ghanaian counterpart Emmanuel Osei who were remanded in Abokobi Police Cells near Adenta in the Greater Accra Region, have reportedly escaped from…
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A husband has been accused of waking up his sleeping wife before stabbing her more than 15 times and throwing her from second-floor balcony. Matthew Stallings, 29, from New Hanover County,North Carolina, has been hit with multiple…
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed vice-chancellors of universities to commence academic activities on January 18, in accordance with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) team on Covid-19. …
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A bill to legalize the cultivation and trading of cannabis for medical and cosmetic use, research purposes as well as revenue generation for Nigeria has been proposed by a House of Representatives member. The bill…
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