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Aminat Ayeni Onisiwo, known as Aminat Secrets, a seller of 'kayanmata' (herbs and potions used for sexual pleasure and enhancement), claims to have been appointed as the senior legislative aide to Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin. While the appointment wasn't officially announced...
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Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, popularly known as Killaboi, who was accused of murdering Augusta Osedion, has been apprehended in Sierra Leone. Cordellia Okonye, Augusta's mother, provided insights into Killaboi's arrest. After Augusta's murder, Killaboi abandoned her body, took her phone, and...
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Nnanyerugo Best, popularly known as Killaboi, who had confessed to the murder of Augusta Osedion on Instagram in July 2023, has been arrested in Sierra Leone after Nigerian police declared him wanted for his girlfriend's murder. Killaboi had initially expressed willingness to turn himself in but...
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Photo by Nate Cheney on Unsplash The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft patrol team intercepted eleven stowaways aboard the Guangzhou Highway Panama ship en route to Ghana. The interception occurred around 7 p.m. when the patrol team found them hiding in obscured spaces of the vessel's stern gate. The...
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Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has called for reforms to allow civilians to purchase firearms for self-protection, similar to how bandits have access to weapons. He made this statement during a media chat in Abuja, stressing that people should be able to defend themselves when criminals...
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In a horrifying incident, armed robbers attacked four banks in Otukpo town, Benue State, leading to the tragic deaths of at least eight people. Among the victims were three police officers, a vigilante member, and a councilor from Otukpo Ward 2 who was conducting business in one of the affected...
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Former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, delivered a stark warning that Nigeria's oil wealth would not lead to riches but could lead the nation into trouble. Speaking at a lecture organized by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Lagos, Sanusi stressed that oil was...
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On the third anniversary of the #EndSARS protests at Lekki Tollgate, Nigerian skitmaker Mr Macaroni, along with other citizens, gathered to commemorate the events of October 20, 2020. This date marks the tragic incident when Nigerian military personnel fired upon peaceful #EndSARS protesters...
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During a National Stakeholders Workshop on the Development of a Roadmap for the Nigerian Education Sector (2023-2027), Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the House Committee on University Education, proposed new salary structures for teachers in Nigeria. He recommended that primary school teachers...
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Amnesty International reports that fifteen protesters arrested during the 2020 #EndSARS protests in Nigeria are still being held arbitrarily in detention, even three years after the protests. The majority of these protesters are incarcerated in the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and Ikoyi...
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