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Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

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Kebbi Chief Magistrate in trouble for slapping lawyer, 2 others

Salihu-Kokani allegedly slapped the lawyer who is a state counsel and two other persons the premises of Chief Magistrate Court…
FILE - Robbie Coltrane arrives in Trafalgar Square, central London, for the world premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the last film in the series on July 7, 2011. Coltrane, who played a forensic psychologist on TV series “Cracker” and Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. He was 72. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

Entertainment

Harry Potter actor dies aged 72

The Scottish star, whose real name is Anthony Robert McMillan, was best known for playing the beloved Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid…
Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, throws weight behind the calls for the national chairman of PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to vacate office

Headlines, Politics, Top Stories

In affront to Wike and his allies, PDP’s BoT backs Ayu to stay in office till 2023

Wike has been at the vanguard of calls for Ayu to quit office in compliance with the rotation or zoning…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

World News

2 brothers plead guilty to killing journalist

The brothers had unsuccessfully tried to negotiate a pardon in exchange for naming bigger alleged conspirators, including a former minister…
A 39-year -old man, Mfon Jeremiah has been arrested by the police in Ogun state for impregnating his 13- year- old daughter.

Metro

‘I thought she is my wife’ – Mfon Jeremiah who impregnated 13-year- old daughter

By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta A 39-year -old man, Mfon Jeremiah has been arrested by the police in Ogun state for impregnating…
Romeo Oriogun: wins the 2022 NNLG Nigeria Prize for Literature for his collection of poems, Nomad.

Art

Romeo Oriogun wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Oriogun's collection of poems won the highly coveted prize, beating Su'eddie Vershima Agema's Memory and the Call of Water and…
Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of PDP, reacts to allegations of fraud leveled against him by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

Headlines, News

Ayu fires back at Wike: Your bribery allegations against me are lies

Wike, who has been at the vanguard of the calls that Ayu should vacate office of the PDP National Chairman…
A fully loaded container knocks two vehicles into the Aleto River in Eleme LGA of Rivers State, before falling on top of the bridge.

Metro

Rivers: Container knocks 2 cars off Aleto bridge, causes gridlock

By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A fully loaded 40ft container has knocked a Toyota Hilux and a Sienna car into the…
Ghana deports another 16 Nigerians for allegedly committing cyber crimes, the Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says

News

Again, Ghana deports Nigerians for engaging in cyber crimes

Ghana’s Financial and Intelligence Agency accused the Nigerians of cyber crime
Yobe North: Bashir Machina floors Ahmad Lawan at Appeal Court

Politics

Yobe North: APC asks INEC to recognise, publish name of Machina

APC had supported Senate President Ahmad Lawan who was contending the ticket with Machina, though he did not participate in…
APC candidate in Adamawa governorship poll, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) cries out over plot to launch a week-long mass protest against her

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Court knocks Binani, APC out of Adamawa 2023 governorship election

The Judge affirmed that with the court judgment, APC had no candidate for the 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State.
Police arrest girl in Mararaba community of Nasarawa state for stabbing lover dead during a fisticuffs behind a popular hotel in the area.

Metro

How girl stabbed lover to death in Nasarawa

DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer for Nasarawa State said the incident happened early Wednesday morning at the popular…
Kachalla Kallamu and the 13 other bandits were killed by Nigerian Army troops in two different operations in Sabon Birni LGA of Sokoto State.

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Zamfara locks down 3 LGAs over fresh killings, attacks

Zamfara government says it is worried about the resurgence of the activities of bandits and the recent killings by bandits…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday in Lagos received 126 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they returned home.

News

126 more Nigerians back from Libya

The Nigerian returnees brought back from Libya comprise 46 male adults, 62 female adults, two male and six female children,…
Justices Maryam Sabo and Abdu Maiwada of the Kano State High Court have convicted and sentenced David Omoude Victor and Abba Ahmad Ibrahim to three years imprisonment for Automated Teller Machine, ATM fraud.

Metro

2 ATM fraudsters jailed in Kano

They both pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to them individually.
A Nigerian tech start-up, ShapShap, has won the award for 'Mobility and Smart Cities Innovator' t the ongoing GITEX 2022.

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Nigeria’s ShapShap wins GITEX start-up award

GITEX is the annual enterprise technology and global digital transformation event taking place at Dubai World Trade Centre.
How Igbo can get Nnamdi Kanu out of prison

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‘Why IPOB’s Kanu is not yet free despite Appeal Courts’ ruling’

This, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) said in a statement that this was…
Labour Party

Politics

Labour Party to release supplementary campaign council list

The party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, made this known in a communique he read at the end of the Expanded…
Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) pays the over N500,000 mortuary bill of murdered Oluwabamise Ayanwola

Metro

 PDP’s Jandor lied, Bamise’s over N500k mortuary bill paid by LASG

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso wondered why the PDP's governorship candidate would be playing politics with the issue.
Police Kill 4 bandits in shootout in Benue

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Police shoot gunman dead in Plateau, recover gun

A patrol team sighted some gunmen who criminally barricaded the road in Du on Tuesday
Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu's N1 billion suit against DSS

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Jubilation in Nnamdi Kanu’s community over court’s judgment

Kanu, the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had been standing trial for alleged treasonable felony and…
Police arrest Emmanuel Okoi, suspected member of a 7-man robbery gang that robbed a pharmacy and killed one person in Maitaima area of FCT

News

Abuja fatal robbery: Police arrest suspect, recover snatched vehicle

Operatives of Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel Okoi, 29, suspected to be member of a…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reviewed the number of Special Assistants on Political Units he will appoint from 28,000 announced on Wednesday to 50,000 despite criticisms that have greeted initial announcement.

Politics

Wike to now appoint 50,000 special assistants on political units

Wike had on Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 appointed 14,319 Ward Liaison Officers and 40 Local Government Area Liaison Officers.
Police rescue four of the passengers abducted from commercial bus hijacked in the Omerelu axis of Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Rivers State

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Police rescue 4 passengers abducted from hijacked bus in Rivers

The commercial bus was returning to Port Harcourt from Owerri on Tuesday night when it was ambushed by the kidnappers.
Nnamdi Kanu

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JUST IN: Appeal Court frees Nnamdi Kanu

A three-member panel of the court of appeal held that Kanu’s extradition from Kenya to Nigeria to stand trial was…
Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, throws weight behind the calls for the national chairman of PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to vacate office

Headlines, Politics, Top Stories

Wike adamant: Nothing will make me change my mind on resignation of Ayu

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The crises in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may not end anytime soon as Governor…
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State

Opinion, Politics

Cross River 2023 and Bassey Otu’s gubernatorial aspiration

Various support groups have come up in Cross Rivers state to work assiduously for the success and actualization of Senator…
Ambassador Oji Ngofa APC Candidate for Rivers South East

Politics

2023 campaign: Rivers APC chieftain dares Wike

Wike, had in the Executive Order he signed into law recently stipulated that political parties must obtain permission from appropriate…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

News

Gunmen hijack bus, abduct passengers in Rivers

According to an eyewitness, the commercial bus was returning to Port Harcourt from Owerri on Tuesday night when it was…
French President Emmanuel Macron urges Russian President Putin to stop the war against Ukraine and respect its territorial integrity.

World News

‘We do not want a world war,’ Macron tells Putin

Macron pledged France would “continue to support the Ukrainian resistance and boost our military assistance.
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