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Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:49:10 +0000Nigeria Crash Out Of AFCON 2021, Shocked By Tunisia
Tunisia shocked the Super Eagles of Nigeria by sending them out of the African Cup of Nations 2021, scoring two minutes into the second half.A shot from Youssef Msakni gave the Carthage Eagles their first goal in the game.
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Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:32:00 +0000
Police Confirm Gunmen’s Killing Of Four Miners In Plateau
The Plateau State Police Command, on Sunday confirmed that four men lost their lives at a mining site by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The four men were reportedly killed on a Saturday evening.
The Command's spokespe...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:17:30 +0000
How Police, DSS Mobilised Armed Thugs To Infiltrate IPOB Supporters During Nnamdi Kanu's Trial, Attack Sowore, Journalists
Personnel of the Nigerian police and the Department of State Service recruited armed thugs to infiltrate the supporters of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to attack human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and some jour...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:38:55 +0000
Ex-Niger Delta Militants Beg Oil Firms To Return To Region
Some Ex-agitators have begged companies that left the Niger Delta region following militancy to return to the region, while promising uninterrupted peace.The former warlords also called on interventionist agencies to work together to sustain...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:28:57 +0000
Abuja Policemen Torture Man To Death Inside Cell As Police Superintendent, Uche Brags Over Killing
Men of the Nigerian Police Force in the Mabushi division in Abuja have tortured a restaurant worker, Shedrack Ochoche, to death after locking him up in cell for several days. SaharaReporters learnt that the police Operation Commander, i...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:35:37 +0000
Nigeria’s NDLEA Operatives Intercept UK, Saudi Arabia-bound Smugglers Of Cocaine In Synthetic Hair
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have foiled attempts by drug traffickers trying to export 1.53kgs of cocaine which was hidden inside hair cream to London; another 880 grams of cocaine concealed inside synthetic hai...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:59:31 +0000
US Senator, Leahy Says America Concerned About HEDA Chair, Suraj’s Trial In Nigeria For Speaking Against Corruption
United States senator from Vermont, Patrick Leahy, has raised concerns about the charges and trial of the Chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre), Olanrewaju Suraju by the Nigerian government.Leahy on S...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:31:17 +0000
Many Passengers Feared Dead As Train Crushes Truck, Tricycle In Kano
An unspecified number of passengers are feared dead when a train in motion crushed a Dangote cement truck and a commercial tricycle in Kano State. The incident occurred on Obasanjo Road in Kano metropolis at about 11:30am on Sunday.&nbs...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:23:40 +0000
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Secret Police, DSS Storms Journalist’s House, Whisk Him Away In Front Of Wife, Children
Bara Ogidi, a Bayelsa State-based journalist and the publisher of tracknews.ng has been arrested by operatives of the Department of the State Security (DSS). SaharaReporters learnt that Ogidi’s arrest on Sunday was in connection ...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:36:17 +0000
I Advised Obasanjo Not To Go Into Politics; He Refused –Ex-Head Of State, Abdulsalami
Abdulsalami Abubakar
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has revealed how he advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo against joining politics shortly after he was freed from detention.
Obasanjo, who was detained by t...