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On Friday, a group of Hausa hunters were accosted by a mob in Uromi, Edo state while travelling to Kano and killed in a gruesome manner. The mob suspected they were kidnappers and meted out jungle justice on the hunters. Many posts justifying the mob's actions have sprung up on social media, with some using…
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In a major blow to oil thieves in the Niger Delta Region, troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 39 suspected oil thieves and dismantled 18 illegal refining sites in a series of operations conducted across the region. The operations, which took place from March 24 to 30, 2025, were part of an ongoing…
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The Assistant State Woman Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Cross River South Senatorial District, Margaret Okon, has announced her resignation from the party. Okon made the announcement in a letter addressed to the Ward Chairman of Edem Odo Ward, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State. This comes barely 48 hours after the…
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The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, concluded his mother’s funeral rites on Sunday, six weeks after the ceremony began with a thanksgiving service at the Holy Aruosa Cathedral Church, also known as the Edo National Church, Benin City. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that Iyoba Omo N’Ikuoyemwen, Iyoba Ewuare, passed away 49 years ago,…
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The lawmaker representing Ebonyi North, Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, has said former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, disrespected him as a red cap chief when she told him in public to shut up. Drama ensued between Nwaebonyi and Ezekwesili at the Senate hearing on the sexual harassment allegation levelled against the President of the Senate, Godswill…
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The Police Command in Lagos State says it has rescued two kidnap victims and launched a search for their alleged abductors. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the alleged kidnappers abducted the victims on Wednesday at Ijede in the Ikorodu area of the…
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American rapper Kanye West has revealed that he never wanted to have children with Kim Kardashian, despite being married to her for seven years and having four kids together. This confession came during an interview with DJ Akademik, which was later streamed on Rumble over the weekend. According to the 47-year-old music mogul, the decision…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians, especially leaders at all levels, to rededicate themselves to selfless service guided by love, truth, fairness, honesty, and impartiality. The party made this call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Sunday in Abuja to mark the 2025 Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Ologunagba urged leaders…
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Senator representing the federal capital territory (FCT), Ireti Heebah Kingibe has thrown her weight behind the launch of the GreenMyStreet Abuja campaign. Kingibe who serves as Deputy Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Climate Change remarked that GreenMyStreet Abuja goes beyond cleaner streets to creating a sustainable ecosystem that propels a.climate smart economy, through circular…
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Coalition of civil societies organizations under Global Initiatives for Good Governance (GIGG) has demanded an immediate probe of the circumstances surrounding the loss of lives during the Eid el fitri Sallah celebration in Kano. Led by Malami Abubakar Yahaya Capenta, the coalition, in a statement, on Monday, blamed the disregard for the ban on Durbar…