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    World Man facing trial over threats to kill CNN staff over ‘fake news’ – Vanguard News

    Los Angeles – A man from the U.S. state of Michigan is facing trial after he threatened to murder the CNN broadcaster’s staff in Atlanta headquarters for spreading what he said were “fake news,” CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a federal affidavit. CNN Newsroom CNN alleged that Brandon Griesemer...
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    World U.S. Senate ends shutdown, Trump lashes at Democrats – Vanguard News

    New York, – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to end the three-day-old government shutdown with 81-18 votes to reopen funding for the Federal Government till Feb. 8. Trump Democrats agreed to vote along with the Republicans to end the three-day stalemate after they secured assurance...
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    Metro I was forced into cultism; I’m not a robber, says Malaysia deportee – Vanguard News

    By Esther Onyegbula A 27-year-old Malaysia deportee, Emeka Nnamani, arrested by police operatives in Lagos State over allegations bordering on cultism and robbery, has revealed how he was initiated into cultism. Ritual-killings Speaking after he was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad...
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    World South Africa killings: Culprits apprehended, arraigned – Vanguard News

    By Victoria Ojeme ABUJA- The South Africans responsible for the violent attack on Nigerians in Durban and other areas have been apprehended and arraigned in South African Court on 22 of January. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Consulate in South Africa in a statement sent to Hon. Abike...
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    Metro Navy destroys over 712 illegal refineries in N/Delta says FOC – Vanguard News

    The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command, Rear Adm. Abubakar Al-Hassan, said the Command had destroyed over 712 illegal refining units in the last seven months. Illegal Oil Refineries Al-Hassan disclosed this during the sendforth parade organised in his honour on Monday...
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    Sports Balotelli ‘close to’ free move to Juventus –

    Juventus are preparing a stunning deal to bring Mario Balotelli back to Italy this summer. Balotelli The former Manchester City and Liverpool striker is in red-hot form in Ligue 1 after scoring 17 times for Nice already this season. And his return to goalscoring form has caught the attention of...
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    Metro LASG to name new monarch for Ikeja – Vanguard News

    By Onozure Dania ikeja—INDICATIONS have emerged that the Lagos State Government will soon fill the vacant stool of Olu of Ikeja, four years after the last monarch of the community passed on. Sources close to a closed-door meeting between the chairman of Ikeja Local Government Area, Lagos, Alhaji...
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    Metro Punish trigger-happy officers, Lagos Police chief tells Customs – Vanguard News

    By Evelyn Usman lagos—Commissioner of Police Lagos State Police Command, Imohimi Edgal, weekend, urged the leadership of the Nigeria Customs to take stringent measures against any trigger happy officer found culpable in the death of any civilian, with a view to serving as deterrent to others...
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    World Major hotels a prime target for attack around the world – Vanguard News

    Major hotels popular with tourists or Westerners across the globe have been prime targets of jihadist groups for years. Here are some of the major attacks over the past decade: – Kabul: wave of Taliban strikes – Gunmen stormed the Intercontinental hotel in Kabul on January 20, 2018, opening fire...
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    Metro Group calls on FG to block illicit drug inlets to Nigeria – Vanguard News

    The Muslim Sisters Organisation (MSO), has called on the federal and state governments to block all avenues through which illicit drugs are brought into the country. The group made the appeal at the end of its 28th National Conference held in Sokoto. The theme of conference is:“Muslim Women and...
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    Metro LIBYA: Edo leads list of returnees – Vanguard News

    LIBYA: Edo leads list of returnees •NEMA laments slow response of states to evacuation By Egufe Yafugborhi and Davies Iheamnachor NEMA has expressed displeasure over the reluctance of some state governments to evacuate their returnees from the reception centre in Port Harcourt. Libya returnees …...
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    World U.S. Govt. shuts down: Trump talks tough – Vanguard News

    New York – The U.S. Government has officially shutdown at midnight Friday following the inability by the Republican and Democrats senators to reach a compromise on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme and build a wall along the Mexican border. Trump Congress also...
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    Metro Nigeria develops herbal drugs for treatment of Ebola, malaria – Vanguard News

    Abuja – The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) says it has successfully researched and developed six traditional herbal products for the treatment of Ebola, Malaria and other diseases. The NIPRD Director-General, Prof. Karniyus Gamaniel, said this while...
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    Politics MASSOB to FG: Stop witch-hunting Mrs. Jonathan – Vanguard News

    THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has called on the Federal Government to stop witch-hunting the former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, describing what she was going through as sheer character assassination. Mrs. Jonathan MASSOB leader, Comrade...
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    Metro Police to clamp down on one chance robbers in Lagos – Vanguard News

    By Esther Onyegbulam LAGOS—THE Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP, Police, Edgal Imohimi, yesterday vowed to clamp down on perpetrators of “one chance “ and traffic robbery in the state. Edgal Imohimi This came as the CP urged residents of the state to shun ethnic sentiments and avoid ethnic...
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    Metro Suspected herdsmen strike in Ekiti, kill pregnant woman – Vanguard News

    By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti – Barely twenty four hours after Governor Ayo Fayose’s peace meeting with Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, farmers and local hunters in the state, suspected herdsmen invaded Orin-Ekiti on Thursday, killing a pregnant woman and unleashing injuries on...
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    World 52 die in gruesome bus fire – Vanguard News

    The bus they were travelling on caught fire and spread quickly. Only five of the 57 people on board managed to survive, the central Asian nation’s emergency services ministry said in a statement. “On January 18 at 10:30 am (0430 GMT), a bus caught fire … 55 passengers and two … via Vanguard...
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    Metro Gombe women cry out over multiple miscarriages – Vanguard News

    By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA- GOMBE women from a community called Miaganga in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, have cried out over multiple miscarriages, blindness and paralysis from coal mining activities by a mining giant. The women who spoke through their leader, Zachariah Ronah, during...
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    World Herdsmen beg as Ghana Police boss gives personnel ‘shoot, kill on sight’ order – Vanguard News

    While herdsmen have been killing and maiming lives in Nigeria, particularly in Benue, Taraba and other parts of the country, with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, reported to have earlier justified their acts, and the Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, accusing the...
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    World U.S. to relocate embassy to Jerusalem within a year – Vanguard News

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said that the U.S. will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem within a year. U.S. President Donald Trump with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu The prime minister’s timeline drastically differs from that offered earlier by...
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