Month: January 2023
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BREAKING: One killed as Fulani, Hausa residents clash in Ondo
One person has been reportedly killed while many people sustained injuries when Fulani and Hausa settlers engaged in a bloody clash in Ondo State. The incident happened at the popular Ogbese market in the Akure North Area council. It was gathered that the clash started on Tuesday evening and snowballed into a full blown crisis…
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Russians point fingers after deadliest Ukraine attack
The deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in a new year missile strike on a building in occupied eastern Ukraine have prompted recriminations among critics of the Russian military. Russia’s defence ministry has so far conceded that 63 people were killed in the Ukrainian attack on Makiivka at around midnight on New Year’s Eve. One…
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Seven people killed as hunt for escaped Mexican prisoners turns deadly
At least seven people have been killed in a shoot-out in Mexico as officials searched for 30 inmates who staged a bloody prison break on Sunday. Gunmen opened fire on state investigators who were hunting the escapees, killing at least two of them. Five gunmen also died in the shoot-out, but it is not yet…
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Bello Kirfi, Ex-Minister of Special Duties, sacked as Wazirin Bauchi over disloyalty to gov
The Bauchi Emirate Council has stripped a former Minister of Special Duties, Bello Kirfi, of his traditional title of “Wazirin Bauchi” and removed him from being a Council Member for the second time in five years. The new development was said to be unconnected to the ex-minister’s alleged “disloyalty and disrespect” to the State Governor,…
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FGC student expelled after impregnating schoolmate, others lodge in hotel for sex romp
A teenage female student of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, has reportedly been impregnated by her schoolmate. The two students were accused of absconding from school hostel along with some of their colleagues and lodged in hotels for sex romp. Many of the affected students are said to have been expelled from the…
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Tell politicians to recruit their sons if you’re contacted for thuggery, Tambuwal tells youths
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has told Nigerian youths that they are not less important than children of top politicians seeking to use them for thuggery and cause chaos in the society. He therefore advised them to reject any offer to be used as political thugs during the elections and asked to go contact…
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Virginity no more in vogue, Dr Olaleye told wife’s 16-year-old niece – Witness
Olaleye, a Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, was accused of defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece. A child specialist and forensic interviewer, Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, has told the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, that Doctor Femi Olaleye, told his sexual defilement victim that her virginity…
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Empress Njamah expresses joy after her nude videos got leaked
Nollywood actress Empress Njamah has finally broken the silence after her ex-fiancé leaked her nude videos for netizens to see. She released a video she recorded from her home on Tuesday, January 3 where she expressed gratitude to her fans and also to inform them that she’s hale and hearty. The actress, who fled her home after…
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CBN’s financing of the fiscal deficit fueling rising inflation in Nigeria- World Bank
The World Bank has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) financing of the fiscal deficit has continued to fuel inflation by increasing liquidity in the money market. The Bank also noted that interest payments on the Nigerian government’s borrowing from the CBN will gulp over 62 percent of its total revenue by 2027. The Brittonwoods institution…
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Second Niger Bridge: Obi of Onitsha thanks Buhari, denies altercation with Obasanjo
Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Achebe, has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for delivering the Second Niger Bridge for the South-East but refuted the allegation of having an altercation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the project. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, had in a statement released in reponse to Obasanjo’s criticism of the Buhari-led…