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Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:56:51 +0000
Alleged Rape: Outrage over rumoured plans to release Baba Ijesha
By Alao Abiodun Purported plans to release Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James popularly known as Baba Ijesha have drawn the ire of Nigerians. The Nation reports the 48-year-old actor was apprehended for allegedly defiling a minor. Since the news came t...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:50:19 +0000
Girl Power on display as US ambassador hosts Nigerian counterpart
Our Reporter American Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leornard has hosted her Nigerian counterpart, Dr. Uzoma Elizabeth Emenike, to a dinner at the U.S. Mission in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The dinner, which held on Tuesday night, was als...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:24:39 +0000
Ogun Poly shut over security concerns
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Authorities of the Gateway (ICT) Polytechnic, Saapade, Ogun State have shut the institution following the worsening security challenges around the polytechnic. The institution also indefinitely put on hold the ongoing seme...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:10:58 +0000
Suspected gunrunner arrested in Bayelsa
By Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a suspected gunrunner, Victor Ogon, 28, who specialises in fabricating and selling locally-made guns. The police in a statement by command’ spokesman,  Asinim Butswat, said tha...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:10:42 +0000
Amotekun, OPC, VGN arrest 11 suspected bandits in Okeho, Saki
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan The collaborative efforts of operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency comprising Amotekun Corps, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) have led to arrest of no fewer than 11 bandits in two ...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:00:53 +0000
How Baba Ijesha assaulted my daughter, by comedienne Princess
By Precious Igbonwelundu Comedian Princess Damilola Adekoya has narrated how actor Olarenwaju James Omiyinka (Baba Ijesha) allegedly assaulted her daughter sexually seven years-ago. Adekoya, in an emotional video posted on social media, explained tha...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:50:40 +0000
Student needs $35,000 for kidney transplant
Our Reporter A student, Ayobami Somefun, is pleading for help to fund his kidney transplant. He was diagnosed with a kidney problem and doctors said only a transplant will save him. He undergoes dialysis treatment three times a week and has been batt...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:40:35 +0000
Police debunk attack on UNIABUJA
By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police Command has refuted viral messages on social media claiming that bandits attacked the University of Abuja. The police advised Abuja residents to disregard what it described as a rumour....

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:30:29 +0000
FRSC rescues five trafficked women in Anambra
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State has handed over a suspected human trafficker and five trafficked girls to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in the state. The CorpsR...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:20:24 +0000
Herdsmen kill man, wife in Benue
By Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi Suspected herdsmen have killed a man and his wife in Udei, a community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Igba Faga and his wife were hacked to death on Tuesday evening on their way home from their farm. The attack...



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