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INEC has crucified our hope for new Nigeria — Catholic bishop

The Catholic Bishop of Umuahia, Bishop Michael Ukpong, has regretted that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has crucified the hope of Nigerians for a new country through the manipulation of the outcome of the 2023 presidential poll. Bishop Ukpong who made the remark in his Easter message, however, urged Nigerians not to give up, […]

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Flight to UK from Poland is diverted to Prague after a ‘possible bomb’ was found on board

An EasyJet flight heading to the UK from Poland has been diverted to the Czech Republic after a ‘possible bomb’ was found on board.  Flight EZY6276 from Krakow to Bristol was an hour into its two-and-a-half-hour flight when it landed at Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport at 10.50pm on Sunday. Prague Airport tweeted: ‘There was reported a possible bomb

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Elon Musk to launch gold, grey, blue verification badges on Twitter

Twitter’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk has said Twitter verification will return next week with colour-coded categories for individuals, government accounts and companies. “Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week,” he tweeted. “Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will

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Rats eat 200kg of Cannabis seized by police from drug dealers

Police in India have blamed rats for destroying nearly 200kg of cannabis seized from criminals and kept in police stations. A court heard how the rodents had in some cases eaten the marijuana being kept as evidence. The judge cited three cases in which marijuana was destroyed by rodents. A statement read to the court

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No woman owes you sex just because you took her on a date – Media personality, Moet Abebe tells men

Media personality, Moet Abebe has told men that no woman owes them sex just because they took her on a few dates. Describing it as a warped mentality, Moet said the ”entitlement” makes her blood boil. Read the post shared on her Instastories below…

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Man jailed for attempted trafficking of three Nigerian girls to Libya

A Kano State high court has sentenced a 53-year-old man, Hycinth Uchechukwu Enekwechi to two years imprisonment for attempting to procure the illegal entry of three girls from Oyo and Osun to Libya through Niger Republic. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, November 24, 2022. ALSO READ: LAGOS

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Lagos court sentences man, friend to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos State on Wednesday, November 23, sentenced a man, Adewale Ibitoye, to life imprisonment for having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye also sentenced Ibitoye’s friend, Moses Okrukpe, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating the girl.  Soladoye held that the prosecution had convincingly

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I ‘m grateful – Nigerian woman celebrates as she welcomes twins after 13 years of waiting

A Nigerian woman, Rita Emuh Onyekachukwu, and her husband have welcomed a set of twins after 13 years of waiting. “Am as happy as a honeybee, you made it to my child’s special day. Your support in our life is as sweet as honey,” she wrote on Facebook. “Even the thorns in life cannot stop me

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