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Military unveils photographs of another 55 wanted B’Haram terrorists

The military on Monday in Maiduguri unveiled the photographs of another 55 Boko Haram terrorists it had declared wanted, bringing the number of wanted terrorists so far to 257. It had declared 202 insurgents wanted in two batches in 2015. ...

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Mob set Nigerian Breweries truck ablaze after crushing man to death in Enugu .

According to, Apeh Ifeanyi Malachy, the incident happened today in Nsukka. Following the crushing to death and cutting into two of the bike rider, irate youths immediately set the truck, which was fully loaded with coca-cola products, ablaze. The youths ...

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82-year-old mother of former FIRS boss, Ifueko Okauru, shot dead

Grace Onaiwu Omogui, the mother of a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Ifueko Okauru, has died. Mrs. Omogui, teacher, lawyer and judge, passed on at a Lagos hospital, Saturday, following complications from multiple gunshot injuries from an armed ...

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amnesty

Singapore government insists on executing Nigerian drug convict on Friday

Chijioke was arrested on 9 April 2007 and subsequently charged with trafficking 2,604.56 grammes of cannabis. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by the High Court in November 2008. Under Singaporean law, trafficking more than 500 grammes of ...

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Bus driver, conductor mobbed for abducting 8 schoolchildren

Akorede Ogunjobi, and his conductor, Kazeem Adelere, were attacked by an angry mob for allegedly abducting 8 pupils of Oyes Faithful College, Ifo, Ogun State, and would have been lynched, but for the intervention of policemen who took them into ...

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nollywood

Top Nollywood Producer/Director, Ansa Kpokpogri passes on

Ansa Bassey Kpokpogri reportedly died overnight, after complaining about pains from peptic ulcer. She was 36. She left behind her husband, Eric who works at the Ministry of Defence and a daughter, Rezi. Sun re Crdt: peacebenwilliams

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adeyinka

Multi award winning photojournalist, Adeyinka Adeparusi passes on

According to a report by his employer, NAIJ.com, Adeparusi, was involved in a motorcycle accident in Abuja. He died on the spot. He was last seen alive when he stepped out of his apartment at about 1.00 pm in Kugbo ...

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lady

Court convicts woman for ₦41m fraud

The EFCC today secured the conviction of Yagana Ibrahim Bukar A.K.A Aisha Shettima Noor before Honourable Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano. . .
The convict was arraigned by the EFCC on October 23, 2013 on a ten ...

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nigerian airforce

Nigerian Air Force destroys illegal barges and canoes carrying stolen oil

In its relentless effort to stop illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed new set of barges and canoes used by oil thieves for conveying stolen petroleum products in Rivers State. ...

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russian mmm scammer

Reps ask security agencies to arrest ‘MMM’promoters

Today, the House of Reps asked the EFCC and the CBN to immediately go after the promoters Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, otherwise known as ‘MMM’ in Nigeria. Lawmakers strongly opposed the investment scheme, which promises 30% return on investment for any ...

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