The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been directed to review SIM card registration and usage by the Federal Government, in a bid to bar Nigerians from owning more than three mobile telephone lines. It is expected that telecommunication companies will block unregistered SIMs from functioning on their networks in line with the directive which came in […]
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Four people were reportedly killed in a bank robbery involving two commercial banks in Ile Oluji town, the headquarters of Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday. According to an eyewitness, the robbery, which occurred around 4pm, involved the branches of First Bank Plc and Polaris Bank Plc in the town. It
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A housewife, Mrs Fatimah Jimoh, on Thursday prayed an Area Court in Ilorin to grant her request for divorce from her husband of eight years, Amosa, on grounds that he hits her and does not provide money for food. The petitioner, alleged that her husband beats her for no just reason. “My husband beats me
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On Wednesday, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji said the people of the ancient city are demanding the banishment of his High Chiefs who were elevated to Oba by the administration of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The monarch said this in his reply to the High Chiefs, entitled,
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An FCT high court has sentenced one Mister Obinna Echanu to death by hanging for killing an Uber driver. Obinna was standing trial alongside one Mister Everly Nnerun for allegedly conspiring to kill the Uber driver identified as Edwin Ali on December 26th, 2016 along the Abuja airport road. The accused were charged with five
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Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly hacked three policemen to death along the Ugbolu -Illah Road, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday at the police checkpoint along the road. A bricklayer, who did not want to be identified, said the three policemen were
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Chinese health authorities Thursday said it received reports of 3,694 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 73 deaths on Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Among the deaths, 70 were in Hubei Province, one in Tianjin, one in Heilongjiang and one in Guizhou, according to China’s National
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The United States Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Wednesday following a historic two-week trial. The Republican-majority Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump of abuse of power and 53-47 to acquit him of obstruction of Congress, The guardian reported. Fifty-two Republicans voted to acquit Trump of abuse
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A passenger has died after a Boeing 737 skidded for 200ft off a runway in Istanbul tonight, breaking into three pieces and bursting into flames. Those on board had to evacuate through cracks in the burning plane after it plunged around 130ft off the end of the runway and into a field, leaving 157 injured.
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The Katsina State government on Wednesday February 6, confirmed the death of a 26-year-old pregnant patient of Lassa fever. Executive Director of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya who confirmed the death of the pregnant woman, also disclosed that the deceased’s 60-year-old relation tested positive to the virus. Yahaya told newsmen that
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