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I narrowly escaped being drugged, raped by man I met on Twitter – Nigerian lady narrates

A woman on Wednesday took to social media to narrate how she narrowly escaped from getting drugged and raped by a man she met on Twitter. The lady, identified as Queen Dorcas/@bolanle_queen on Twitter, after meeting the guy on the microblogging platform, they exchanged numbers and regularly spoke on the phone. However, her euphoria burst […]

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2019 Budget

Saraki speaks hours after Buhari presented 2019 Budget

The President of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, spoke ill of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. In his statement hours after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 budget, Saraki opined that Nigerians have witnessed stunted growth in their respective businesses, lost their jobs during the recent recession and lost innocent citizens to insurgency

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Man gets $1.1m compensation after spending 17 years in prison for robbery committed by look-alike

A Missouri man was awarded $1.1 million by the state of Kansas after he was wrongfully convicted of a robbery he claimed was committed by someone who looked like him. Richard Jones served 17 years in prison before he was freed last year after finding a doppelgänger who he said was responsible for the crime.

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Lion Heart

Controversy trails Genevieve’s ‘Lion Heart’ cinema screening

Cinema screening of ‘Lion Heart,’ the directorial debut of veteran actress, Genevieve Nnaji has been halted due to alleged industry controversies. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that although the movie was purchased by Netflix in July, Nnaji’s team announced last Friday that its cinema screening would commence on December 21. Following that announcement, a

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Yahaya Bello

You lack home training — Yahaya Bello tells lawmakers who booed Buhari

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi State, has described the lawmakers who booed President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 budget proposal presentation on Wednesday, as “children who lack home training”. The governor said this on Thursday while speaking with state house correspondents after the Anchor Borrowers Programme Gala at the state house conference center in Abuja.

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Court dissolves pastor’s 14-year-old marriage

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday dissolved the 14-year-old union between Pastor Peter Onuoha and his wife, Rose. Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Adeniyi Koledoye, held: “it is obvious from the available testimonies and the respondent’s refusal to appear in court that the marriage broken down completely. “Throughout the duration of

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Jimi Agbaje

Pharaoh, you must let our people go ― Jimi Agbaje tells Tinubu

Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos,has likened Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the biblical Pharaoh of Egypt. Agbaje made the comparison in reaction to Tinubu’s mockery of his stance that Lagos state needs from Alphabeta consulting. Tinubu had on Monday urged Agbaje to learn

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My husband makes love to me for ritual purposes ― Woman tells court

Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved a three year-old marriage between Tawakalitu Adeoye and Hakeem over threat to life and ritual making. Odunade held that the court does not joke with any issue that had to do with life, hence the need for the dissolution. “It

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Grace Mugabe

South African court orders arrest of Zimbabwe’s former first lady, Grace Mugabe

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has issued an arrest warrant for Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former first lady. AfriForum,a minority rights group announced the development at a press conference that held on Wednesday in Centurion. “We can report that the warrant of arrest has been issued for Grace Mugabe,” Times Livesquoted Kallie Kriel, AfriForum CEO,

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Beggar

Police nab 85-year-old man with fresh human heart, body parts

Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos on Tuesday said that it had arrested an 85-year old man and four others for being in possession of human heart and other body parts. Mr Lawal Shehu, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Lagos and Ogun states, told newsmen that the suspects were arrested with fresh

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