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Oyo: 43-year-old man beats brother to death for ‘shooting him in his dream’

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A 43-year-old man, Lateef Suleiman, has allegedly killed his elder brother after accusing him of shooting him in a dream. The incident happened in the Sepeteri area of Oyo State. The spokesperson of the Oyo Police Command, DSP Alayande Olayinka, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, Suleiman was said […]

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Israel launches attack on Lebanon, kills at least four

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Israel has carried out fresh air strikes in eastern Lebanon, killing at least four people in the city of Baalbek as cross-border fighting with Hezbollah intensifies. Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported on March 4 that an Israeli strike hit a four-storey residential building in Baalbek, leaving four dead and six others wounded. Rescue workers

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Award-winning UK rapper, Ghetts, jailed for 12 years, after student killed in hit-and-run

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Ghetts has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for causing the death of a student in a hit-and-run crash in northeast London. The grime star, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW struck Nepalese national Yubin Tamang, 20, last October. The 41-year-old admitted causing death by dangerous driving. At

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Nigerian woman says dating is consented rape, sparking debate and backlash online over sex before marriage and modern relationship expectations.

‘Dating is consented rape,’ Nigerian woman on s*x before marriage

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A social media comment by Nigerian content creator Uju Amaeshi describing dating as “consented rape” has sparked widespread debate online. Amaeshi made the remark in a two-minute Instagram reel discussing expectations around intimacy in modern relationships. She used a lending analogy, suggesting that accepting dates and gifts could imply an expectation of s*x if there

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DSS nabs suspect linked to attack on Peter Obi in Edo

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The Department of State Services has arrested a man identified as Udeme Sunday Stephen in connection with the attack on former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benin City, Edo State. Security sources said the suspect was taken into custody following an investigation into the February

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Wife of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dies

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The wife of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died after suffering injuries in the same US-Israeli airstrike that killed her husband. Al Jazeera reported that Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh died two days after Khamenei was killed at his compound in Tehran. Iranian state media said on Sunday that Khamenei’s daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law and son-in-law were also killed

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Nigerian s*x worker laments trade’s struggles in viral 34-second video, saying “I keep prostituting myself for capitalism,” sparking mixed reactions and debate online.

‘I keep prostituting myself for capitalism,’ Nigerian s*x worker laments trade’s struggles

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A Nigerian woman has stirred widespread debate online after posting a 34-second video in which she described the emotional and financial toll of s*x work. The clip, shared early Monday, has drawn more than 250,000 views, with social media users split between sympathy and criticism. In the video, the woman, whose identity is unknown, speaks

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What Lisabi Built, Egbaliganza Is Transforming For Global Recognition

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In 1986, the Egba people did something that peoples across the world have done across centuries when they wish to hold memory against the erosion of time: they institutionalised it. The Lisabi Festival was born, a formal, annual act of remembrance for Lisabi Agbongbo Akala, the warrior and liberator who, centuries before, had united the

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Iran responds to US, Israel attack, targets US assets in Bahrain

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Iran has launched missile strikes on U.S. military assets in Bahrain after a coordinated attack by the United States and Israel. The assault marks Iran’s response to the earlier strikes and has raised fresh fears of a wider Middle East war. The Iranian government said its forces carried out the operation on Saturday, targeting bases

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King Mitchy reportedly dies following online clash with Verydarkman

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Popular Nigerian content creator and philanthropist Mukoro Michelle, known as King Mitchy, has reportedly died. The news was shared in the early hours of February 28, 2026, on her official Instagram page by her management. It would be recalled that her dispute with VeryDarkMan began after King Mitchy urged him to begin using NGO funds

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