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Police Arrest Siblings For Burying Teenager Alive Over Stolen Phone
The police in Kaduna State have arrested two suspects for burying a 16-year-old boy alive in the Zaria Local Government Area of the ...
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Armed Robbers Shoot Road Safety Officer In Kogi
Armed robbers on Friday attacked a road safety officer, simply identified as Abu, who was coming from a bank and heading towards his ...
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Governor AbdulRazaq Mourns Magaji Alawonla, Shehu Akorede
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has mourned the demise of Magaji Alawonla, Okelele, Ilorin, Alhaji Shehu Akorede. Akorede died on Thursday at ...
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Kidnapped Kogi Varsity Students Rescued in Kwara
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command, in collaboration with Nigerian soldiers and local vigilantes, have rescued the remaining eight kidnapped ...
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Kwara Police Burst Gang For Dismantling Car Snatched At Gunpoint
Kwara State Police Command on Friday paraded a gang arrested at a point of dismantling a car allegedly snatched at gunpoint in Lagos. ...
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Police Confirm Arrest of Singer Portable Over ‘G-Wagon Debt’
Popular street singer Habeeb Okikiola, best known as Portable, has been arrested by the police for allegedly refusing to pay the balance of ...
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Police Arrest Father Over ‘Inappropriate’ Video Of 4-Year-Old Daughter
Police authorities in Edo State have arrested a man over a viral video involving his four-year-old daughter. Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi in a ...
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Father Of 12 Found Dead Inside Brothel
The lifeless body of a man, said to be a father of 12 children has been found in a brothel at Tombia-Amossoma road ...
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Ajia Condoles Senator Rafiu Ibrahim’s Family, Kwara
Says, His Death, a Great Loss The President, Funab Group of Companies Ltd, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia has condoled the family of the ...
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Four Die In Kwara Auto Crash
No fewer than four persons have reportedly lost their lives in a multiple auto crash involving two DAF trucks around Ayere village, along ...
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Police Commissioner Orders Investigation Into Suffocation of 3 Siblings in Ilorin As Father Of Deceased Goes Hiding
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Victor Olaiya, has ordered a thorough investigation into the death of the three siblings who suffocated to death in ...
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Petrol Dealer Kills Wife, Commits Suicide In Ondo – Police
A petroleum products dealer based in Akure, Ondo State capital, Sesan Adelabu, reportedly macheted his wife, Bolu Adelabu, to death in their residence ...
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Tension Brews At Kwara Market Over Mysterious Death Of Female Marketer
Tension is brewing at the popular Oja-Tuntun market in Baboko area of Ilorin West Local Government of Kwara state following the mysterious death ...
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Unilorin Student Regains Consciousness After Hours In Kidnappers’ Den
A 100-level student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, a victim of the kidnap incident within the school premises has regained freedom. ...
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Chinese National Pleads For Mercy Over Girlfriend’s Killing In Kano
The Chinese national, Frank Geng Quangrong, accused of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend, Ummulkhulsum Sani Buhari, has denied killing her ...
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Rescued Imo Traditional Ruler Recounts Ordeal In Kidnappers’ Den
A former Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Samuel Agunwa Ohiri, has recounted his ordeal in kidnappers’ den. Ohiri, ...
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Truck Loses Control, Kills Poly Student In Kwara
A student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin was on Tuesday killed as a result of the truck that lost control in Sango area ...
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32-yr-old Bank Staff Commits Suicide
Uneasy calm pervaded one of the first-generation banks in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, following the recovery of the lifeless body of ...
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Two People Arrested Over Alleged Slitting Of Neighbour’s Throat In Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects identified as Abdullateef Yakubu and Yakubu Olanrewaju of Shao Garage area, ...
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Two Dead In Sokoto Deputy Governor’s Convoy Accident
Two persons have died in an accident involving the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Muhammad Idris Gobir. The victims a policeman and ...
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Mother Of Quadruplets Held In Hospital Over N4m Bill
After waiting in the Lord for the fruit of the womb for 12 years, a housewife in Delta State has been delivered of ...
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How Syndicate Steals Children In Kano, Bauchi, Sells In Anambra, Lagos – Police
In what appears a new dimension to child trafficking, the Police Thursday unraveled a nine-man syndicate that specialises in child theft in the ...
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How Girlfriend Shoots Policeman To Death In Imo
A policeman attached to the Imo State Police Command, Cosmas Ugwu, has been shot dead by his girlfriend. Ugwu was shot dead on ...
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Soun: God destined Olaoye to be king – Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi ...
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Seven Feared Killed As Gunmen Attack Anambra Nightclub
Seven people including members of a local vigilante group were feared killed in an attack by gunmen on Porsche nightclub at Oba, in ...
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Alleged Rape: Kwara Court Remands Herbalist Atakoro, Accomplice
An Ilorin Magistrate’s court in Kwara State on Tuesday ordered the remand of an Ibadan- based social media influencer and herbalist, Sultan Ojuwoni ...
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Tanker Explosion Claims 25 Lives With 15 Injured in Kwara
No fewer than 25 lives were lost while 15 others were seriously injured in a petrol tanker fire on Tuesday in Kwara State. ...
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Business Guru Bamidele Babatunde, Honoured With ‘Philanthropist Award’
Chief Bamidele Babatunde, a businessman and a philanthropist, has been honoured with the ‘Philanthropist Award’ in recognition of his altruistic acts and service to ...
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Police confirms Arrest Of 14-Year-Old Girl Over FUT Minna Lecturer’s Murder
The police authorities in Niger State have arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr ...
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Police Confirms Arrest Of Boy Friend Of Lady Who Died During Sex Romp In Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed arrest of a young lady has reportedly died during a sex romp with her boy friend ...
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Revealed: Lifestyles of Ibadan ‘Clerics’ Caught With Human Head, Body Parts
When the video of three suspects –Ramoni Opeyemi a.k.a Alubarika; Taofeek Olalekan a.k.a K’abelohun and Tayo Akinrinola a.k.a Ifa caught with fresh human ...
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Boat Carrying Over 80 Passengers Capsizes In Taraba
A tragic incident occurred in the Binneri community of Karim Lamido, Taraba state, where a boat carrying more than 80 passengers capsized on ...
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14-yr-Old Boy Commits Suicide
Residents of Ekondo street in Calabar agitated and are asking questions how a fourteen year-old could commit suicide with a shoelace as string. ...
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UNIPORT Undergraduate Found Dead In Boyfriend’s Home
A 300-level student of Biological Chemistry at the University of Port Harcourt has been found dead in the home of her boyfriend. The ...
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Fallen Tree Killed Two, Injured Ten In Kwara
Two persons have reportedly died with ten sustained different degrees of injuries as a branch of a big tree fell on passers-by, shop ...
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5 Burnt To Ashes In Fuel Tanker’s Accident In Kwara
Five persons were reportedly burnt to ashes on Saturday in Kwara State during a fire outbreak that was caused by the spill from ...
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Two Die in Lone Accident In Kwara
Two persons were at the weekend crushed to death at a checkpoint in the Moro local government area of Kwara State. It was ...
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Unilorin Student Commits Suicide Over N500,000 Indebtness, As Institution Launches Investigation
Sanni Hameedat, a 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, has reportedly committed suicide over N500, 000 unpaid loan from an online loan ...
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Osun vows to treat unregistered tricycle owners as criminals
Osun State Government has ordered commercial tricycle operators working in the state to ensure that they have valid documents to back their
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I don’t hijack trucks, I only connive with drivers to divert them to sell loaded goods —Gang leader
The leader of a gang which allegedly specialised in hijacking trucks conveying valuable goods to specified destination, Moses Olatunji Isaac, has claimed that ...
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Vehicle chased by LASTMA kills pregnant woman, 2 children, tricyclist
Tragedy struck on Tuesday, in the Ago, Okota area of Isolo Local Government Area, LGA, of Lagos State, when a vehicle, chased by ...
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Man drags hospital to court over wife’s death
A man identified as Festus Godson Egede has dragged the managing director of Eku Baptist/General Hospital in Delta State, along with a team ...
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Missing University Student Found Dead
A university student, Blessing Karami, who was declared missing on September 11, has been found dead, police authorities said on Thursday. It was ...
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Again, Court denies Tani Olohun bail
The bid of the popular traditionalist, Abdulazeez Agboola Tani Olohun to secure his freedom suffered another setback on Tuesday as Kwara state Magistrate’s court ...
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Why Senator’s aide was shot dead – Suspects
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspects linked to the killing of Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to Senator Solomon Adeola, ...
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Traditional rulers on the run as cultists list them for killing
Traditional rulers in Bodo city, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, have scampered for safety, following the reports that their names were ...
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Dead body found inside fish pond in Kwara
A dead body has been recovered from a Fish pond in Alibarika Community of Ogidi area, in the Ilorin South Local Government of ...
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Dogs kill 5-year-old child, injure mother
Residents of Hallelujah Estate in Osogbo, Osun State capital, yesterday, were in agony as two dogs devour a five-year-old child. The cross breed ...
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One feared killed as masquerade, worshippers clash in Enugu
A young man identified as ‘Cross,’ from Amankpo Umu-Ezike, Aku, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been feared killed when masquerade worshippers ...
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Slain AAU final year student’s family alleges ritual, demands justice
The family of the slain final year student of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Oghenefejiro Success Regha has appealed to Edo and ...
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Why Anambra Pentecostal pastor committed suicide – Source
A man, identified as a pastor of a Pentecostal church in Nnewi, Anambra State, Prosper Obum Igboke, has allegedly committed suicide after a ...
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Police arrest fraudster for hacking Wazobia FM presenter’s Facebook account
A 26-year-old fraudster from Kogi state, Victor Adaojo, who hacked the Facebook account of popular Wazobia FM veteran broadcaster, Mr Expensive James, has ...
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Gunmen kidnap RCCG pastor’s wife in Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly kidnapped the wife of a Senior Pastor from the Redeemed Christian Church of God
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Video: Thunderstrike mysteriously kill tea-seller, customer in Kwara
Two persons, a tea seller and one other unidentified customer, were on Thursday killed mysteriously by Thunder strike at Onigbegiri Junction, Eyenkorin in ...
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Lawyer bags 6-month imprisonment for libelous against Dangote
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Abuja has jailed a lawyer for six months over defamatory publication against the Dangote Cement Plc.
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Man, 84, machetes wife to death for refusing sex
An 84-year-old man has been arrested by the operatives of Edo state police command for allegedly killing his wife, 75. The Octogenarian reportedly ...
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Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa gifts house, cash to Kannywood actor
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has positively touched on the life of a Jos-based famous Hausa film actor, Abdullahi Shu’aibu (aka Kazkuzu), with ...
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I’m not a ritualist, I removed my ex-lover’s body parts to cover up – Footballer
The 47-year-old footballer, Bankole Oginni, arrested for killing his ex-lover, Bosede Adejoro, in Akure, the Ondo state capital has denied being a ritualist. ...
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Why l bathed daily with human head – 26-yr-old suspected ritualist confesses
A 26-year-old, suspected ritualist, Franklin Akinyosuyi, has explained why he bathes daily with a human head.
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Death toll rises to eight in collapsed Zaria central mosque building
Death toll in the aftermath of the collapsed central mosque building in Zaria has now risen to eight. Already, the victims have been ...