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Jan 13, 2020

Son kills 62-year-old mother in Imo

Tragedy struck at Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State as one Sunday Agwim allegedly murdered his mother, Mrs Christiana Agwim. The...

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Jan 13, 2020

British ambassador to Iran arrested in Tehran

Britain’s ambassador to Iran has been arrested in Tehran during protests outside a university, the UK Foreign office has said. Dominic Raab, the foreign secr...

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Jan 13, 2020

FG orders cinemas to stop showing Banky W’s movie

The National Film and Video Censors Board has ordered cinemas nationwide to stop showing a recently released movie, titled, Sugar Rush. The NVFCB, Executive...

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Jan 13, 2020

Anxiety as Supreme Court rules on Sokoto gov poll today

Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto Anxiety has gripped politicians since news filtered in on Friday that the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the Sokoto Stat...

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Jan 13, 2020

Operation Amotekun: Carry illegal arms, be arrested, police warn OPC, hunters

Sunday Aborisade, Abiodun Nejo, Daud Olatunji, Wale Oyewale, Peter Dada and Godwin Isenyo The police on Sunday strongly warned the South-West Stakeholders...

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Jan 10, 2020

17 people travelling to Sweden killed in Iran plane crash

Sweden, on Friday said 17 people travelling to Sweden died in a plane crash. They include: seven people with Swedish citizenship and 10 others with residency...

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Jan 10, 2020

Don’t divide Nigeria, FG warns Kukah

Friday Olokor, Abuja The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja warned the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah, not to indulge...

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Jan 10, 2020

BREAKING: Trump authorises new sanctions against Iran

US President Donald Trump has authorised new sanctions against Iran. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, made this known on Friday in a live address. The...

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Jan 10, 2020

AGF withdraws from $2bn tax dispute case against MTN

Mobile giant MTN said Friday that Nigeria’s attorney general had withdrawn a demand for around $2 billion in back taxes in the latest step towards resolving its...

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Jan 10, 2020

Soundcity MVP Awards: Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, others battle for artiste of the year

The 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards holds on Saturday at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos State. Grammy Award nominee Burna Boy will be contending with Wizkid, D...

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Jan 10, 2020

NIMC to register UTME candidates in Abuja, Lagos, Kano on Saturday

Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja Candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Abuja, Lagos and Kano will get another opportunity to obtain the Nat...

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Jan 10, 2020

Okowa salutes Tambuwal at 54

Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated his Sokoto State counterpart, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, as his turns 54 years on Jan. 10. Okowa, in a state...

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Jan 10, 2020

Plane crash: Lufthansa cancels Tehran flights until Jan 20

Lufthansa on Friday said it was cancelling all flights to and from Tehran until January 20, following suggestions that Iran may have mistakenly shot down a Ukra...

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Jan 10, 2020

BREAKING: Why they want me sent to prison – Runsewe

The National Council For Art and Culture on Friday defended the closure of the Art and Craft Village valued at N9.8 billion saying it had become a den of robber...

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Jan 10, 2020

Court remands teacher for allegedly sodomising eight-year-old pupil

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi A Chief Magistrate Court 10 sitting in Bauchi has ordered that a 45-year-old primary school teacher, Haruna Aliyu, of Unguwar Ganjuwa...

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Jan 10, 2020

Buhari meets APC youth leaders

John Ameh, Abuja The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and All Progressives Congress youth leaders from across the country have just ended a...

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Jan 10, 2020

Trump sends birthday wishes to N. Korea’s Kim

US President Donald Trump sent best wishes to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un on his birthday, a top South Korean official said on Friday. South Korea’s natio...

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Jan 10, 2020

EPL: Why Manchester United won’t release Ashley Young – Solskjaer

Ole Solskjaer has responded to speculation that Ashley Young is unhappy about having a move to Inter Milan blocked, and rejecting a contract extension. Skysp...

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Jan 10, 2020

Tambuwal directs payment of N30,000 new minimum wage from January

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has directed that the new minimum wage of N30,000 be paid to the state civil servants from January 2020. He also ordered...

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Jan 10, 2020

Mechanic jailed for belonging to ‘Aiye’ society

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 37-year-old mechanic, Afeez Tijani, to three months’ imprisonment for belonging to an unlawful society...

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