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Pastor Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Teen For Ritual
Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo has sentenced a pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice Adedoyin ...
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7 Ways To Enhance Effective Communication In Your Relationship
Communication is the key to every successful relationship. There is no happy relationship without adequate and effective communication. Healthy and effective communication builds ...
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How I lured, Drugged, Robbed Over 30 Women – Suspected Serial Thief
A 34-year-old suspected serial thief, Ifeanyi Odieze Ezenagu, who is currently being investigated by policemen attached to Surulere Division, Lagos State Police Command, ...
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Police arrest ‘Switzerland’ man for drugging, robbing 6 women in Lagos
The police in Lagos has arrested a 36-year-old applicant, Ifeanyi Ezennaya, for allegedly drugging and robbing six women of six iPhones valued at ...
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Flimsy excuses and divorces
By Francis Ewherido You probably still remember the court case of divorce, sometime ago. The divorce proceedings were still on in court when ...
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Police Arrests 2 Civil Servants Over Alleged Diversion Of Nine Trucks Of Fertilizers
Police in Nasarawa State is working to unravel how nine trucks of fertilizers meant for farmers in the state went missing. Two state ...
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Man Steals 21 Phones At Examination Center
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 23-year-old man identified as Quadri Qudus who allegedly stole 21 telephones from admission ...
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17-Year-Old Commits Suicide In Offa
17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, identified as Adegoke Adeyemi, has reportedly committed suicide as a ...
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Ex-Police IG, Tafa Balogun dies at 74
A former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun, died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm on Thursday during a brief ...
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Police Arrests Two Women For Stealing 1-Week-Old Baby
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two women for allegedly stealing a one-week-old baby boy in Ota, Ogun State. According ...
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Kidnappers kill abducted LAUTECH student, hotelier, other after ransom payment
The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one ...
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Court admits Lebanese man to N22m bail for alleged cheating
A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Tuesday admitted a Lebanese man, Tony El- Feghaly to bail in the sum of ...
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Two People Crushed To Death While Fighting On Lagos Expressway
Two male adults were on Tuesday crushed to death during a fight at Oshodi-Oke inward Gbagada Expressway in Lagos State. The incident occurred ...
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2022 Hajj: last batch of Kwara pilgrims arrive From Saudi Arabia
The last batch of pilgrims from Kwara State that partook in the 2022 pilgrimage through the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Ilorin to ...
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How I was shot in terrorists’ den — Freed Abuja-Kaduna train hostage
Mukhtar Shuaibu, one of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked on March 28, has narrated how he was accidentally shot by ...
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11-year-old Girl Seeks N6m Financial Help For Heart Surgery
An 11-year-old secondary school student in one of the Kwara state’s public schools, Faith Adeyemi, diagnosed to have a hole in the heart, ...
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Gunmen kill 3 policemen, 5 vigilantes in Kogi
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have ambushed and killed three Policemen and five local vigilante members on Saturday in Ajaokuta area of Kogi ...
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Lekki residents urge Lagos govt to tackle flood, infrastructure
PRESIDENT of the Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association, LERSA, Mr. James Emadoye, has urged the Lagos State government to adopt proper physical ...
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Another 560 Kwara Pilgrims Arrive From Saudi Arabia
The second batch of pilgrims from Kwara State that performed this year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have arrived safely in Ilorin , the ...
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Court Dissolves 28-Year-old Marriage Over Wife’s Infidelity
Justice S. T. Abdulqadri sitting at a Kwara state High Court, Ilorin on Thursday dissolved a 28-year-old marriage between a Marine Engineer, Mr. ...
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Hanifa’s Murder: Court Sentences School Proprietor To Death By Hanging
Kano High Court on Thursday, sentenced a school proprietor Abdulmalik Tanko and Hashimu Isyaku, 37, to death by hanging for the murder of ...
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Driver Burnt To Death in Kwara As Car Loaded With Petrol Catches Fire
A 37-year-old driver, simply known as Emmanuel, has been burnt to death in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The tragedy occurred at about 08:44 ...
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Policeman Feared Dead, 3 Others Missing in Boat Mishap
Bayelsa State police Command has confirmed the death of a Policeman and the missing of three others in a boat Mishap in the ...
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Ajia Condoles IGP Over Death Of Area Commander In Kwara
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for the Ilorin West/Asa federal constituency, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, has commiserated with the ...
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Insecurity: Niger Moves To Ban Activities of Commercial Sex Workers
Niger State Government is set to ban activities of commercial sex workers in Minna as part of efforts in tackling insecurity. Hajiya Kaltum ...
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27th anniversary: Emir of Ilorin Okays Kwara NUJ’s Colloquium
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has approved the decision of the state Council of ...
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We’ll Soon Introduce Community Police To Tackle Insecurity – FCT Minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has disclosed that his administration plans to introduce community policing within the ...
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Man Arrests For Issuing Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
Security personnel in Abuja have arrested an ad hoc staff of a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre for issuing fake vaccination cards to some international ...
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Police Confirms Murder of Businessman in Kwara
The Nigerian Police Force, Kwara state command has confirmed the murder of a Lagos-based businessman, Biola Osundiya in Ilorin, Kwara state. The deceased ...
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Adamawa woman stabs husband to death – Police
The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested one Caroline Barka, 20-year-old house wife, for stabbing her husband, Barka Dauda, to death. Mrs Barka ...
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Police Confirms Invasion of Niger Village By Bandits, As 50 People Reportedly Kidnaped
The Nigerian Police Force, Niger State command has confirmed the invasion of Kuchi village by bandits at the midnight on Friday. Confirming the ...
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OP MESA Operatives Kill Student While Shooting at ‘Yahoo Boy’
Security operatives attached to a Special Security Outfits, ‘OP MESA’, yesterday, killed an SS 2 student of Unity High School, Ago Ika area ...
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Kwara Oba to honour mother of US Congressman with traditional title
The Olomu of Omu-Aran and Ologbomona of Igbomina land, Oba Abdulraheem Adeoti, will on Friday, July 22, install a new Iyalode for Omu-Aran ...
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NSCDC Nab Kidnapper Who Allegedly Kills Victim After Collecting Ransom
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Kwara state command has naabed a 40 year old suspected kidnapper, Boodo Abdullahi Alhaji, who allegedly ...
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Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha jailed 16 years for rape
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha to ...
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Commercial Drivers Protest in Onitsha Over Soludo’s N25,000 New Tax Levy
Commercial drivers in Anambra State under the aegis of Main Market Electrical Drivers Welfare Association, MEDWAS, yesterday, embarked on a peaceful demonstration over ...
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Likeminds Foundation Tasks Beneficiaries of Free ICT Training on Good Deployment of Knowledge
A Kwara-based socio-cultural group, Ilorin Likeminds Foundation has urged the beneficiaries of its free Information Communications Technology, ICT, training to make proper use ...
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Eid-el-Kabir: KOPAN Felicitates with Faithful Muslims
As Muslim faithful mark Eid-El-Kabir celebration , Kwara Online Publishers Association Of Nigeria, KOPAN, has sent message of felicitation to all faithful, urging ...
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Eid-el-Kabir: Pray for nation’s peace, stability, Ajia urges Muslims
A House of Representatives’ Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, has enjoined Muslim ...
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Eid-el-Kabir: NGIJ Greets Muslims, Sympathizes With Victims of Terrorist Attacks
The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has urged Nigerians to be steadfast, resilient and prayerful amidst the insecurity challenges facing the country. ...
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Eight Feared Dead As Truck Carrying Rams Crashes in Kwara
No fewer than eight persons have been confirmed dead with an unspecified number of Rams and Cows killed in a trailer accident that ...
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Court jails fake Army General who forged Buhari’s signature 7 years
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, convicted and sentenced one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General to ...
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JOHESU, UITH Health Workers Disowns Kabir Mustapha, Accuses Him of Impersonation
The leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) has disowned ...
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Police Arrests Two For Stealing Sallah Ram
Operatives of Ogun state police command have apprehended the duo of Adetunji Alagbe and Opeyemi Ogunlokun for allegedly stealing a Sallah ram belonging ...
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One injured, Property Worth Million Destroyed in Kwara Gas Explosion
A gas explosion rocked Okelele community of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state on Tuesday night with one person reportedly sustained ...
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Police Confirms Killing of Inspector, Abduction of Chinese National in Kwara
The Kwara State Police command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, identified as Inspector Adebayo Adeforiti and the abduction of ...
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Man Burns Down Own House in Kwara, Cites Wife Frustration
A landlord, at Lekki Phase one, Eyenkorin area in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, today Sunday reportedly set his own house on fire. ...
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Shari’ah Court Sentences 3 Men To Death By Stoning For Homosexuality
An Islamic Sharia Court in Ningi, Headquarters of Ningi LGA of Bauchi State, has found three suspects guilty of homosexuality and sentenced them ...
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Police Arrest Man With N80,000 Worth Of Fake Notes at POS Outlet
The police in Asaba, Delta State have arrested a 45-year-old man, Michael Ozor from Abakiliki in Ebonyi State, with fake naira notes to ...
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Funke’s Stepson, Benito Reveals Why Father’s Marriage with Actress Failed
Benito, Funke Akindele’s stepson, who dropped a bombshell in May 2022, during an Instagram live that had Nigeria’s Twitter buzzing has reacted to ...