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lady

Lady nabbed for helping her two blood sisters sell their babies

Gift Etim Ikono and her two sisters, Esther Etim Ikono and Florence Victor Ikono, have been arrested by the Cross River State police command for allegedly selling their babies to yet-to-be identified persons.   Akwa Ibom State-born Gift, who resides ...

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arase

Acting IG accuses retired IG Arase of stealing 24 police vehicles

IGP Ibrahim Idris has asked his predecessor, Solomon Arase, to return the excess number of police vehicles he took away on departure from office. He accused him of taking away 24 vehicles including top of the range armoured BMW cars. ...

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jungle justice

#JungleJustice – 2 suspected kidnappers burnt to death in Benue state

Two suspected kidnappers burnt to death at Bristow roundabout, Gboko, Benue state, while the third was handed over to the police

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obanikoro and wife

Alleged ₦4.745b fraud: DSS arrests Obanikoro’s wife

According to the news outlet, security agents yesterday arrested Hajiya Morufat Obanikoro, former Minister of Defence Musiliu Obanikoro’s wife. Her arrest followed intelligence sharing by the Department of State Service (DSS) and the EFCC. She was picked up over the ...

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leo

Nollywood actor, Leo Mezie, down with kidney failure

According to multiple sources, the sickness is now at an advanced stage. He has been handling it on his own by undergoing a weekly dialysis, but now needs around N10m in financial assistance for an immediate kidney transplant abroad.

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Family’s only child after 10 years of marriage, abducted in Lagos

Two-year-old Samuel Akpuafor (Jnr), who was abducted at Okokomaiko, in May, was had by his mother, 10 years after marriage, The Nation reports. It’s gathered that 20 children between the ages 2 and 5 have disappeared in the area within ...

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hadiza

Buhari sacks NPA boss, appoints BBOG founder & El-Rufai’s Chief of Staff, as replacement

Hadiza Bala-Usman, 40, was today appointed as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). She replaces Habib Abdullahi who was reappointed to the position in August 2015 after he was earlier removed from the post in April of ...

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viewer

3 men killed by hired assassin in Lagos State, over land related matter

The brother of one of the victims shared the photos on his facebook profile and wrote, ‘It’s a painful story in my town today when assassins eliminate one of my brother Deacon Hassan and his p a and driver today ...

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Lt. Gen. Dambazau takes ₦1b monthly from salaries of Nigeria army as COAS

Min for Internal Affairs, Lt. Gen. Dambazau, indicted of grand theft while serving as the Chief of Army Staff – Saharareporters

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naira

Rivers State Police Command recovers the ₦60.2m stolen by a bullion van driver

Last week Friday, the driver, who is still on the run, allegedly made away with the money with other members of his syndicate, after a commercial bank hired the bullion van to convey the money from its Aba to Port ...

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