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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:42:06 +0000
Nigerian Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 12 Years Imprisonment In South Africa
Frank Onyeka Nwaru, a Klersksdorp-based drug kingpin, has been convicted. His sentencing in the Stilfontein Regional Court yesterday followed his arrest in May 2018. According to Hawks spokesperson Tlangelani Rikhotso, Nwaru was arrested by ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:41:11 +0000
Delta Lovers Found Dead In Residence, Neighbours Suspect Suicide
A 33-year-old man, Emmanuel Oshiotu, and his 25-year-old lover, Amaka Okafor, were on Thursday found dead in their one-room apartment in Uvwie community in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The lovers' corpses were sighted by n...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:40:35 +0000
Poll Reveals 18 Million Americans Now Identify As Gay
Gallup's latest update on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender identification finds 5.6% of U.S. adults, estimated to be up to 18 million, identifying as LGBT.  The current estimate is up from 4.5% in Gallup's previous update based on ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:39:53 +0000
Nigerian Man, Okoye Arraigned For Defrauding Guyanese Women Of Over $6M
A Nigerian man allegedly part of an international criminal network in which women are befriended on Facebook and promised lavish gifts and jewellery was on Wednesday charged with obtaining monies by false pretence. Uche Raymond Okoye, also k...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:12:11 +0000
Zakoa, Son Of Dreaded Bandits' Kingpin, Buhari, Two Others Surrender Arms In Zamfara
Three notorious bandits, including Zakoa Buhari, the son of dreaded bandits kingpin, Tsoho Buhari, notoriously known as ‘Buharin Daji’ have repented and surrendered their weapons to the Zamfara State Government. The weapons including AK-...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:58:07 +0000
Security Problem In Nigeria Bigger Than Buhari, Governors, Lawmakers Pay Us For Protection —Bandits
Some killer herdsmen have stated that the President, Muhammadu Buhari cannot completely tackle the insecurity situation in the country except he seeks international intervention. The bandits, who spoke with Daily Trust, lamented neglect by t...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:47:44 +0000
'We Bombed Maiduguri, I Don’t Have Any Farm In Sambisa Forest’ — Shekau Mocks Military In New Audio
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad faction of Boko Haram, has spoken in a fresh audio released by the sect. In a video in which only a voice believed to be his could be heard with his picture and sc...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:47:16 +0000
Nigeria’s Economy Moving In Right Direction — UN Envoy, Amina Mohammed
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has said that Nigeria’s economy is moving in the right direction. Mohammed, who was speaking during a meeting at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trad...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:38:37 +0000
How Nigerian Army Attempted To Assassinate Biafran Lawyer, Nnamdi Kanu Cries Out
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Nigerian Army of attempting to assassinate one Barrister Chukwuemeka Okoroafor.  Kanu disclosed that Okoroafor was ambushed by men who came out of a white Hilux...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:58:46 +0000
Boko Haram Terrorists Abduct Dozens On Damaturu-Maiduguri Road, Burn Two Vehicles
Boko Haram A yet-to-be ascertained number of travellers were on Thursday abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road. Military sources who disclosed the incident to SaharaReporters said the insurgents attacked a large conv...



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