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Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:18:00 +0000Airman Killed By Bandits Three Weeks To Wedding In Kaduna
One of the six personnel of the Nigerian Air Force, 271 Group, who were ambushed and killed by bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road, had three weeks to his wedding.
The deceased, Aircraftsman Abubakar Ahmad, was among the victims kille...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:30:37 +0000Nigerian Medical Doctor Dies In Motor Accident Two Months To His Wedding
A medical doctor, Chidera Ifudu, has died in a motor accident two months to his wedding.
The accident involving his Lexus SUV occurred on Friday morning, along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway.
According to reports, the medical...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:20:34 +0000Fulani Kidnappers In Ondo Use Generators, Play Music Inside Forest —Farmer
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A farmer in Ijugbere axis of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State who identified himself as Adedayo says Fulani herdsmen kidnapping in the area have generators and play music inside the forest where they hide their hostages.&nb...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:01:39 +0000Fulani People Are Looking For War, Says Afenifere
Yinka Odumakin
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said that those who are of the Fulani extraction are looking for war.
This is following the recent violence which erupted at Shasha market, Ibadan, Oyo State and...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:46:23 +0000Couple Bag 80 Years Jail Term for N53m Fraud
A couple, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021, fou...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:40:21 +0000Police Arrest Eight Traffic Robbers in Lagos, Recover Hard Drugs
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The police in Lagos State have arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in the Ketu area of the state, after which it recovered dangerous weapons and hard drugs from them.
The suspects were rounded up on Thursday and Friday by ...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:25:08 +0000The Man Who Was Different By Achike Chude
Achike Chude
They came to see him, the politicians, pretending to love him. They came with tears in their eyes, their heads bowed in mock humility and deceit. If it would not have been embarrassing, they would have thrown themselves to the fl...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:15:43 +0000#OccupyLekki: Forum Of Lawyers Condemns Lagos Attorney General Over Arrest, Torture Of Protesters
A forum of lawyers, the Eti-Osa Bar Forum, Ajah, Lagos State, has knocked the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, for the ugly roles he played during Saturday's #OccupyLekkiTollgate protest.
The...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:56:30 +0000How Police Officers Arrested Us For Traffic Offence, Took Us To Mechanic Village For Extortion — Event Planner
An event planner in Lagos State has revealed how men of the Nigerian police force stopped the taxi she had boarded for alleged wrong-way driving and extorted them.
Speaking with SaharaReporters, she said she had a surprise birthday present t...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:37:20 +0000‘We Need To Get Global Economy Going Again’ —Okonjo-Iweala Reacts To Appointment As WTO DG
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The newly-appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the organisation will get the global economy running again during her tenure as the WTO DG.
Okonjo-Iweala dis...