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    World Texas: Alleged Bible Study Teacher Opens Fire On Church Members, Kills 26, 20 Wounded - Reuters

    A gunman with an assault rifle stormed a church in rural Texas on Sunday, killing at least 26 worshippers and wounding 20 others in an attack that has been described as one of the deadliest mass shooting in US history READ MORE HERE
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    Politics Presidency Blames PDP, Jonathan For Buhari's Frequent Medical Trips Abroad - Naija News

    Spokesman to President Buhari, Femi Adesina has blamed the past administrations of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the poor state of healthcare in the country, revealing that it was a major reason why Buhari chose to travel abroad for medical treatment READ MORE HERE
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    World Anxiety As Catholic Church Discusses Possibility Of Married Men Being Priests - Naija.ng

    Pope Francis has requested a debate into the possibility of married men being priests in the Amazon region of Brazil as scarcity of married men bites hard in remote areas of the world READ MORE HERE
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    World Egyptian TV Presenter Jailed For 3 Years Over 'Immoral' Marriage Advice On Live TV - BBC News

    Doaa Salah, a presenter on Al-Nahar TV, has been sentenced to 3 years in jail in Egypt after she discussed ways of becoming pregnant outside marriage. She had asked if her viewers had considered having sex before marriage and also suggested a woman could marry briefly to have children before...
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    Politics Buhari Set To Tour South East States To 'Improve' Region's Relationship With APC - Gov Okorocha

    Gov Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has revealed that President Buhari is set to go on a tour of South East states, starting with Ebonyi, in order to improve the relationship between the region and the APC READ MORE HERE
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    Metro Grief In Dalori IDP Camp As 8-year Old Orphan Dies Of HIV - Premium Times

    The death of Bana-Losoraye has thrown the Dalori-II Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Maiduguri, into a grieving mood. Bana died and was buried last week Wednesday, after she was diagnosed of HIV, the same ailment that killed her parents. READ MORE HERE
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    World Nigerian Sunday School Teacher Jailed For 21 Years After Attacking Her Employer To Steal £31k

    52-year-old Abosede Adeyinka was, today, jailed for 21 years for trying to murder a 90-year-old widow by bludgeoning her over the head and stabbing her in the neck in an attempt to steal £31,000 savings on the evening of April 27, 2017, in the U.K. Adeyinka had busted into Pam Batten’s home...
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    Metro Man Shot After Withdrawing From An ATM In Rivers, Dies After Being Denied Treatment

    A Port Harcourt resident, Mr Christopher Ojika has died, leaving behind a pregnant wife after being denied treatment in 2 different hospitals for gunshot wounds. As shared by the African Health Development Initiative on Instagram Mr Christopher Ojika aka 'Scanner' was shot in the chest and...
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    Metro Instablog9ja: David Nwosu, 21-year Old Nigerian Student, Jailed For Raping 12-year Old Girl In UK

    David Nwosu, a computer science student at Keele University, has been jailed for 5 years and placed on the sex offeender's list for life after raping a 12-year old girl from Stoke-on-Trent READ MORE HERE
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    Metro Ijaw Youth Council Threatens To Burn Down Niger Delta - Daily Post News

    The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has warned that the entire, “Niger Delta region will be engulfed in flames of discord” if the tenure of the present Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Board members are extended. IYC issued the warning while insisting that other states should be appointed...
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    Metro Women Storm Gov Ortom's Office With Naked Breasts To Appreciate Him [SEE PHOTOS]

    Benue women of different groups and associations across the state on Thursday gathered at the Benue State Government House, otherwise known as the People’s House, Makurdi in support of Governor Samuel Ortom and his wife, Eunice Ortom on the implementation of the anti-Open grazing law. The...
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    World Church Baptizes Members With Alcohol, Shares Beer During Service As Membership Skyrocket

    A South African church is currently the toast of worshipers because of it's unique means of baptism. The church uses the favorite alcoholic brand of the members instead of water That’s not all, the congregants at the Gabola Church have also been given a go-ahead to drink alcohol during church...
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    World Lailasblog: Ghanaian Movie Producer Names His New Born Baby 'Google'

    Ghollywood producer and director, Francis Francis Dzogbetsi popularly known Nebu Ur’ Majesty, has named his new born baby Google Ahmed Banda, in homage to the world's largest search engine SEE MORE HERE
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    Politics Vanguard News: I Don't Have N1bn To Give Jonathan - Olisah Metuh Begs Court

    Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja not to set aside the subpoena it issued to compel former President Goodluck Jonathan to appear as a witness in his ongoing trial. READ MORE HERE
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    Sports Ex-National Goalkeeper Peter Rufai Cries Out After Rough Treatment For Security Officials - Vanguard

    Former Nigerian goalkeeper Peter Rufai, has cried out after some security officials attached to the American Embassy bashed his car on his way from a party READ MORE HERE
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    World New York Terror Attack: At Least 8 People Killed After Truck Rams Into Crowd - BBC News

    At least eight people have been killed and 11 seriously hurt in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan. A 29-year-old man who emerged from the white pick-up truck was shot by a police officer and arrested. Officials later said it was a terror...
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    Metro Benue State Finally Commence Implementation Of Anti-Open Grazing Law - Daily Post

    Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has proclaimed the prohibition of open grazing in the state. The governor made this declaration in a broadcast aired Wednesday morning in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, to mark the commencement of the implementation of the Anti-Open Grazing Law. READ...
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    Metro Court Orders Nigerian Navy To Pay Bricklayer N75m For Illegal Shooting And Torture - The Guardian

    The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ruled that the Nigerian Navy should pay N75m to a 39-year old bricklayer, Mr. Etim Asuquo Akpan, as damages for illegal shooting and torture. READ MORE HERE
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    Metro [PHOTOS] OBJ, Tinubu, Dangote And Other Heavyweights Storm Wedding of Saraki’s Daughter

    It was a gathering of business and political heavyweights on Saturday at the Eko Hotels and Suites as the daughter of the Senate President got married to her heartthrob. Some of the dignitaries who witnessed the ceremony were Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, Bola Tinubu, national leader of...
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    Politics Court Orders Saraki, Dogara To Account For N500bn National Assembly Spending - The Guardian

    A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ruled that Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, should account for the N500bn captured as running costs for the legislative body between 2006 and 2016 READ MORE HERE
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