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Nigerian music star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has achieved another milestone as her debut album, ‘Born in the Wild’, is ranked No. 2 on Billboard’s Best R&B Albums of 2024. Tems is the only African artiste on the list, which features renowned names like Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, and Muni Long. Billboard,…
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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial car thief, Alhassan Isa, also known as Tata, and recovered a stolen vehicle. The suspect, a resident of Shuwarin town in Kiyawa Local Government Area, was apprehended with a Mazda 323 Model F, bearing registration number MNA 139HK, Niger State. In a statement on Sunday,…
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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial car thief, Alhassan Isa, also known as Tata, and recovered a stolen vehicle. The suspect, a resident of Shuwarin town in Kiyawa Local Government Area, was apprehended with a Mazda 323 Model F, bearing registration number MNA 139HK, Niger State. In a statement on Sunday,…
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The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has extolled the virtues of late Pa Edwin Clark who passed on the 17th February 2025 as a ‘bold and courageous’ man. Oborevwori said this when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Niger Delta activist. While he extols the virtues of the leader of…
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Fourteen people were killed on Saturday when a bus collided with a petrol tanker in central Nigerian Niger state, a road safety official told AFP Sunday. The passenger bus rammed into the on-coming petrol tanker as the driver tried to overtake another bus outside Kusobogi village, 80 kms from the state capital Minna, Kumar Tsukwan,…
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Spanish police said Sunday they had dismantled a human trafficking ring they said had exploited more than 1,000 women in the past year, mainly Colombians and Venezuelans. "The victims, mainly of South American origin, were lured to Spain with bogus job offers," police stated, adding they had rescued 48 women in an operation which brought…
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In a bid to position the agriculture sector as the backbone of economic growth and food security, the federal government has declared an urgent shift from subsistence farming to a fully industrialised agribusiness sector. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, reiterated the government’s commitment to transforming Nigeria’s agricultural landscape into a…
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court has opened the door for Henry Okah, the jailed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), to submit fresh legal appeals challenging his conviction and imprisonment. Okah, sentenced in 2013 to 24 years in prison for his role in the 2010 Abuja Independence Day bombings,…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a Thai lady, Patthaphi Winmonat, 24, at the Terminal 2 Arrival Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, on February 20, 2025. The banned substances were discovered by operatives of the agency in her boxes, after which she was arrested.…
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Indian authorities have banned two highly addictive opioids following a BBC investigation that exposed their role in a growing public health crisis in West Africa. The drugs, a combination of tapentadol and carisoprodol, had been illegally exported by Mumbai-based Aveo Pharmaceuticals to countries like Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote d'Ivoire. The country’s Drugs Controller General, Dr.…
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The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly attempting to purchase a six-month-old foetus for ritual purposes. The suspects, identified as Martha Andrew, James Luka, and Johnson John, all residents of Minna, reportedly offered a pregnant woman N30 million to terminate her pregnancy. According to police reports, the woman, a resident of…