The Lagos State Government on Sunday joined Oyo, Ogun and Osun states to declare Monday public holiday to mark the June 12 anniversary in the state. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, said the state remains committed to the ideals of the annulled 1993 […]
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The police have released photographs of the two Lagos houses owned by kidnap kingpin, Evans. The houses are located in Magodo Estate. Evans, whose real name is Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, also has two four-bedroom duplexes in Accra Ghana. The kidnap kingpin was arrested on Saturday by the police joint special forces led by the intelligence […]
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A Jos Upper Area Court on Thursday dissolved the marriage between 27-year-old Rukayat Ahmed, an NYSC member, and Alkasim Ahmed, following a petition filed by the former. Rukayat, a resident of Jos, had approached the court seeking the dissolution of the marriage on the grounds that she was no more in love with Alkasim. The […]
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Google says it is supporting a digital journalism initiative to train 6,000 African journalists within the next nine months. Daniel Sieberg, the head, training and development, Google News Lab, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos. Sieberg said that the training would be done in collaboration with the World Bank and […]
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The Lagos State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy on Thursday handed over an order to the Nigerian Prisons Service for the immediate release of 18 inmates serving life sentences at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison. The order was handed over to the Service through the State’s Controller of Prisons, Mr Olatunbosun Ladipo. The 18 inmates, […]
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The police in Lagos on Thursday arrested a pastor for allegedly beheading a seven-year old boy and burying his head at the church’s altar. The command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) confirmed the arrest to newsmen, stressing that the suspect was arrested with an accomplice at Ikorodu. Famous-Cole said the policemen […]
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Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, wife of the president, returned to Nigeria on Tuesday morning from the UK, where she went to visit her husband, who is on medical leave. On arrival, she conveyed the appreciation of the president to Nigerians over their constant prayers and said, “he will soon be with them as he is recuperating […]
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Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, will fight Floyd Mayweather, retired American professional boxer, in a charity boxing match. The pair will face-off on Wednesday, June 14, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. Donatus Okonkwo, chairman of Tetrazzini Group of companies, made this known while speaking with journalists on Monday. Tetrazzini is the parent […]
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A man has died after taking part in a vodka drinking competition organised by a supermarket in Russia. The ‘Who Can Drink More Vodka’ contest saw five participants rushed to intensive care, with one dying from consuming too much alcohol. The bizarre competition took place in the city of Volgodonsk in south-western Russia’s Rostov Oblast […]
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A woman in northern Thailand chopped off her unfaithful husband’s penis and then drank pesticide to her death, local police told dpa on Tuesday. Kawinnart Saezong, 33, was declared dead on Monday at a hospital in Phayao province, said Narin Cherdyoo, Phayao police officer. Kawinnart’s suicide happened soon after she chopped off her 38-year-old husband’s […]
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