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Mobile giant MTN said Friday that Nigeria’s attorney general had withdrawn a demand for around $2 billion in back taxes in the latest step towards resolving its...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