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Nigerian footballer bags death sentence in Vietnam for smuggling N413k worth of drugs

A Nigerian footballer identified as Theophilus Ugwu has been sentenced to death for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam. According to a local newspaper, Theophilus Ugwu was charged with “illegal trafficking of narcotic substances” by the People’s Court of the Western province of Tay Ninh, Vietnam. The police reportedly found Ugwu…

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6 students expelled for rape, other offences in Rivers

No fewer than six students of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Port Harcourt have been expelled for various offences, including the gang rape of a female colleague in one of the institution’s hostels. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ndimele Ozo-Mekuri made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. In the…

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Sanwo-Olu’s aide shares photos that show Seun Kuti didn’t walk out on governor at sister’s 60th birthday (PHOTOS)

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Gboyega Akosile, has released pictures which show his principal was warmly received by Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, at the 60th birthday of the singer’s sister, Yeni Kuti. Remember that some media platforms earlier reported that Seun Kuti stormed out of the event after showing…

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Family, friends, condole with Ex AIG, Oladipupo over wife’s death

From Segun Showunmi, Ibadan Family and friends of former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Rt. AIG Fatai Oladipupo has condoled with him over demise of her wife, Alhaja Raliat Oladipupo who died on Sunday at the age of 55 yrs. The wife of the Retired AIG died on Sunday after a brief illness and was…

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My husband dreamt of plane crash day before he dies, says widow of late Flt. Lt. Olufade

Jennifer, the widow of late Flight Lieutenant Alfred Olufade, yesterday lamented that prior to the crash last Friday, her husband dreamt of it a day before it eventually happened. Olufade was among the 11 persons that died in the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft aircraft, which was conveying the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS),…

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Kaduna military plane crash: UI mourns death of postgraduate student, Brig. General Olayinka

The Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, has commiserated with the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, family, friends, associates and other Nigerians on the death of the Late Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army, Brig. General Olatunji Luqman Olayinka, who died with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Late Lt….

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APC National Caretaker Committee Meeting: Prince Akínrẹ̀mí Jagaban Addresses Stakeholders, Eulogizes Governor Mai Mala Buni

The National Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC chaired by His Excellency Mai Mala Buni, the Executive Governor of Yobe State held a stakeholders meeting in Abuja today 24th May 2021. According to reports, this meeting was a strategic and important one, as pressing matters as concerns the All Progressives Congress and…

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‘History won’t be kind to you’, Ilana Oodua tackles Tinubu, others for opposing Yoruba Nation

The umbrella body for Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has tackled the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and other South-West All Progressives Congress leaders for opposing “separatist agitations”, PUNCH reports. Remember that Tinubu and other APC leaders in the South-West, including Chief Bisi Akande, had at a meeting on Sunday…

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Adelabu reacts to insinuation over viral video where he was dancing with Ajimobi’s widow (Watch video)

The former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Chief Adebayo Adelabu has reacted to viral video where he was dancing with Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, widow of late former Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. The governorship candidate under APC in Oyo State writes to reacts to mischiefs associated with the video saying…

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PDP chides council chair, State govt over total blackout in Ado Ekiti

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ado- Ekiti Local Government, Ekiti State has described the five- days blackout in the state capital as unacceptable, saying it was a further demonstration of the contempt with which the All Progressives Congress (APC) Government in the state holds the people. The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) had shutdown power…

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