A Grade I Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja, on Monday ordered that a 30-year-old car wash operator, Aondongu Matthew, who allegedly stole a customer’s car be remanded in a correctional facility pending further investigation. Matthew, who resides in Gosa Primary School, Airport Road area, and operates an auto wash outfit in Aco Estate, is charged […]
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The death toll from the pipeline explosion which occurred in Abule-Egba, Lagos, on Sunday night, has risen to five. A pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)exploded in the Abule-Egba area of the state, which caused panic among the residents of Ile Epo and Ekoro road. Thick smoke billowed from the explosion scene. Several
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Lanre Dabiri, a Nigerian musician and entrepreneur, says he gave up on the country after realizing that it was far too gone for the kind of redemption he had sought. The 42-year-old real estate mogul, better known as Eldee, disclosed this during an online question and answer session with his fans. He also spoke on
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The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the popular Club 360 located on the Akala Expressway, Oluyole Extension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to the Commission, in preparation for the late-night operation which took place over the weekend, officers of the
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Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says it is unlikely the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail will be completed in April. Amaechi made this known via Twitter on Monday. “Today (Monday), Oyo State Governor is accompanying us on the monthly inspection of work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. We are going the whole nine yards,” he tweeted.
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A thirteen-year-old student of Junior Secondary School (JSS) Kekeshi in Abaji, Rivers State, simply identified as Aromeh, has drowned in a river in the area. A teacher of the school, who preferred anonymity, said the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon around 12:00pm. He said the deceased left the class along with three of his classmates during
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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will stop using their loftiest royal titles, give up state funding and repay at least $3 million in taxpayer money used to refurbish their official residence at Windsor Castle under an agreement announced by Buckingham Palace on Saturday. According to New York Times, the unusual deal, negotiated by aides
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Heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua on Saturday, presented his belts to President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari is in London to attend the inaugural edition of the UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on January 20, and Joshua, who has never been shy of flaunting his Nigerian origin, met the president, prostrating fully for the Nigerian leader to show
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Nigerian students schooling in Ternopil State Medical University in Ukraine have planned a protest after a 6th-year Nigerian medical student committed suicide because she was allegedly frustrated by the school. Badmus Ololade Rafiat, a final year medical student, felt she had no choice but to take her life after she was expelled from her school for failing
Victoria Oshioke, a victim of human trafficking has narrated how her boyfriend sold her into prostitution for 500,000 cefa (N350,000). According to Daily Trust, the 18-year-old girl who was rescued alongside three other girls identified as Joy Aloaye, Amaka Eze and Anuoluwapo Mustapha by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said she was first sold to
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