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Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:50:23 +0000After Six Years Of Trials, Court Sentences Two Brothers To Death By Hanging For Stealing Mobile Phone, Cash
A High Court sitting in Akure on Thursday sentenced three armed robbers, including two brothers, Sunday Issac and Lucky Isaac, to death by hanging.
Justice Yemi Fasanmi handed down the verdict to the three accused after six years of standing...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:49:37 +0000Nigerian National Held With Cocaine In India
A 35-year-old Nigerian national was arrested on Wednesday for alleged possession of cocaine worth Rs 1.5 crore, an official from the India Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) said.
A team from the Azad Maidan unit of the ANC nabbed Chikuameka Emmanuel ...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:48:50 +0000OAU Worker Commits Suicide, Leaves Notes For Mother, Wife, Children
OAU
A member of staff of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Fisayo Oyeniyi, hung himself in his residence after sending suicide text to his mother, wife and children.
The Nation reports that Oyeniyi, one of the armed guards in t...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:48:10 +0000My Plan Is To Run For Reelection In 2024, President Biden Says
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden on Thursday says he plans to run for reelection in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris on the ticket.
"The answer is yes, my plan is to run for reelection," Biden said at his first presidential ...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:29:19 +0000Adamawa Polytechnic Shut Indefinitely Over Students' Rampage
Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, has been shut indefinitely after final-year students of the institution went on rampage.
The rampaging students destroyed the school’s 500-seater lecture theatre, burnt the Students’ Union Government buil...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:19:06 +0000Bandits Kill Traditional Ruler, Two Others In Fresh Attack On Sokoto Community
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed the village head of Tunga community, Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The gunmen, who stormed the community Wednesday evening on motorcycles also kil...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:13:05 +0000Self-Determination: Yoruba Groups Set June 12 As Referendum Date
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Several Yoruba groups under the aegis of Assembly of all Yoruba Groups Worldwide have set June 12, 2021 as a day of referendum for the South-West region.
The groups disclosed this on Thursday after their m...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:06:42 +0000My Vaccination Story By Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene
It wasn’t planned. I was seeing off my neighbour and friend on Thursday evening when one of the officers of our estate residents’ association called out to me.
He was in knickers and shirtsleeves, with his right hand clutch...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:59:43 +0000How Nigerians Smuggling N256million Cocaine Capsules In Their Stomachs Were Caught In Pakistan
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Two Nigerians have been arrested by Customs officers in Pakistan for attempting to smuggle 2.450 kilogrammes of cocaine worth Rs49 million (N256 million) filled in 161 swallowed capsules.
According to...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:49:47 +0000Nigerians May Soon Pay More Than N200 Per Litre For Petrol, Says NNPC GMD
The General Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari says Nigerians may likely pay more for petrol in April.
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) had earlier released a tem...