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Day: July 9, 2019

Son kills 72 year-old dad, dumps him in mine shaft for opposing his marriage

A 25-year-old man from Mberengwa has fatally struck his 72-year-old father with an axe and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft because the father was opposed to his marriage. Midlands police provincial spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said the allegations were that Luke Robert Jojo did not like his daughter -in-law Brenda Dube (18)…

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Senator Abbo in loggerhead with Tinubu’s wife over threat of suspension (Video)

Embattled Sen. Ishiaku Abbo (PDP-Adamawa) on Tuesday told members of the Senate investigative panel hearing his alleged case of assault of a nursing mother not to threaten him with suspension. The senator spoke when he appeared before the six-man panel set up by the Senate to investigate him. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…

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Environmental hazards: Perish the thought of cleaning up N’Delta waters, Professor of chemistry tells FG

…as FUOYE faculty of sciences signs mou with Vaal university, S. A From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti A professor of Chemistry of the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) , South Africa, Prof. Eliazer Bobby Niadoo has, on Tuesday, dropped a bombsehll on the proposed clean up exercise of the massively polluted Nigerian Niger Deltan waters, submitting…

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Vanguard Editor, Ajani, appointed as Media Adviser to Gov. Makinde

The immediate past Sunday Editor of Vanguard newspaper, Mr. Jide Ajani has been appointed as Special Adviser, Media to the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed Ajani’s appointment, which he said takes immediate effect. Ajani read Mass Communication at the Ogun…

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Police arrests kidnappers of OAU lecturer, Prof. Adegbehingbe

Police has arrested a suspect among the abductors of the senior lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe. It would be recalled that Adegbehingbe, an orthopaedic surgeon, was kidnapped at Apomu junction along Ife/Ibadan express way, and the lecturer spent two days with his abductors after he had paid N5.045 million as…

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Man kills his prostitute friend for denying him sex

A 26 year old man, Bidemi Mojupa has been arrested for allegedly murdered his lover inside Corporation Estate, Amuwo Odofin last Tuesday, showed no sign of remorse. The Nation reported that his expression while recounting the incident that led to his killing the woman he described as “my prostitute friend,” showed no sobriety for a…

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Fake native doctor in EFCC’s net for duping people in Ibadan

A fake native doctor, Fatai Olalere Aliu, who was alleged to be notorious for duping people under the guise of possessing spiritual power to solving their problems on Tuesday was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office. The Nation reported that Aliu was arrested by the operatives of the Commission…

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The viral video of Yahoo boy who barked to death is a movie scene…Ali Baba reacts (Video)

The viral video of a Yahoo boy that was circulating social media is a movie scene. It was gathered that the video currently making rounds on the internet is a new Nollywood movie.The camera is inconsistent, indicating that it was made by spectators using their mobile phone.. Is this real? Watch the video below and…

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Supreme Court Verdict: An Open Letter to Osun PDP members

Dear democrats and comrades, I find it really hard to bottle up on how I am feeling over our loss at the Supreme Court. I felt extremely bad for a number of reasons. First, I nearly lost my life at Alekuwodo fighting for the party to win. The ruling party and her dreadful boys almost…

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Road Carnage: Oyo Trains 5000 Public/Private Drivers

….To Enforce Training For All Drivers Every Two Years Oyo State government has started training for over five thousand public and private drivers in the State to reduce to the barest minimum, road carnages that have caused loss of lives on the roads. The State has also been reported to have put all machineries in…

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