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Lekki schools shut over ravaging infection as Lagos Govt begins probe

Some schools in Lagos State have been shut on Tuesday following an indication that the schools may have also been affected by the infection which hit Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos. It was gathered that some schools in the Lekki area of the state had been shut temporarily, while pupils had been released for treatment. A…

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Drama as Youths beat pastor, members in Edo for disobeying order to end Sunday service to observe traditional festival

A mild drama ensued in Edo community as angry youths on Sunday at Urora community in Edo State beat the General Overseer of the City of God Rest Ministry, Pastor Destiny Eguavoen for ”disobeying” the community’s order to stop church service before 8am. Chief Priest of the community, Chief Ugiagbe Aiwaguore, Ohen Ugbodeyaen of Urora,…

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Police bury armed robbers killed by mob in Abuja

The Police have buried the three robbery suspects who were burnt to death by a mob on Monday at Dutsen Alhaji, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, PUNCH reports. PUNCH Correspondent learnt that the Force took the decision to bury the charred corpses of the men because it would be hard to identify…

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Policemen arrested for detaining, robbing software developer in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four policemen for robbing a software developer, whom they accused of being an Internet fraudster, PUNCH Metro reports. The spokesman for the command, Bala Elkana, told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the cops were being interrogated at the command headquarters, Ikeja. He noted that three other civilians, suspected…

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Tension in Ondo as husband sets wife ablaze over land proceeds

There was tension in in Akure, Ondo State capital as a welder identified as Ojo Daniyan allegedly set his wife, Dorcas, ablaze over her refusal to release N900,000 proceeds of a land she sold. One of the five children of the woman narrated how their mother was roasted alive by their father. It was gathered…

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Just in: Samson Siasia’s mother regains freedom from kidnappers’ den

Madam Ogere Beauty Siasia, mother of former Super Eagle skipper and coach, Samson Siasia, has regained her freedom after spending over two months kidnappers’ den. Reports from Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Sunday morning revealed that the 80-year-old has been released by her abductors. Since she was taken away at dusk from her house,…

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Man chains, locks his daughter, 16, for two years for rejecting forced marriage (Watch video)

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, #NAPTIP, have arrested a 62-year-old man in #KanoState for chaining and locking up 16-year-old daughter, Fatima, for rejecting forced marriage, DAILY NIGERIAN reports. The suspect Muhammad Ujujud, locked Binta up as punishment for refusing to accept a husband he forced on her. It…

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Woman accuses Fed. lawmaker of rape, promising to give her N20m if she divorces her husband

A businesswoman, Nkeiruka Cynthia Kamalu, has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that she was raped by a Federal lawmaker, Uju Kingsley Chima, on August 9, 2015. Mrs Kamalu told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that following an incestuous relationship with Chima, the lawmaker offered to pay her N20 million if she was divorced by her…

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‘I stole baby because I wanted male child’ says woman who stole a two month old baby in Ekiti

A 39-year-old suspect who stole a baby has blamed it on her hunger for a male child, The Nation reports. Police in Ekiti State picked up Mercy Momoh accusing her of stealing a two-month-old baby in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Momoh, who hails from Edo State, was arrested on Saturday at her residence located at…

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