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Environmental Sanitation Exercise Turns Bloody, Soldiers Kill Two,Youths Raze Police Station

The monthly “Environmental Sanitation” exercise in Ondo state turned bloody at Igbotako township in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo state on Saturday as soldiers posted to the council area shot and killed at least two people in the community. A resident in the area told SaharaReporters that Mr. Niyi Pirisola, the local government council […]

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Governor Fayose swears in Judge who headed his impeachment panel 

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose yesterday stunned the people of the state when he swore in as a judge of the state the man who in 2006 headed his impeachment panel. Fayose equally announced the promotion of an official of the state Ministry of Justice,Mr Lawrence Ojo who signed his warrant of arrest papers […]

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New York confirms first Ebola case

New York confirmed the first case of Ebola… The New York case is a doctor who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea, the epicenter of the world’s worst outbreak of the disease. They said the 33-year old doctor identified as Craig Spencer was taken to an isolation ward at Bellevue Hospital Center for […]

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Boko Haram frees abducted women, girls rumoured married off to insurgents 

The Boko Haram insurgents, who reportedly abducted about 50 women and girls from two border villages between Adamawa and Borno states have freed the women among their captives. This was disclosed in an interview by villagers, who spoke on the issue with newsmen on the telephone from their hide-outs. They however, said that the exact […]

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Boko Haram abducts 60 women in fresh attack

Sixty women were reportedly abducted by suspected members of the deadly Boko Haram sect at Waga Mangoro and Garta villages, both in troubled Adamawa State during a fresh attack. Forty of the women were said to have been abducted in Waga Mangoro and the other 20 were forcefully taken away from Grata. Some of the […]

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Nollywood and yoruba Actress Laide Bakare Welcomes Bouncing Baby Boy

Nollywood and yoruba  actress  Laide Bakare gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. The baby arrives on Tuesday 21st Oct. at exactly 4:30 pm American time in new York. The mother and son are doing well. According to Laide, she is the happiest woman in the world, hear her: “I’m the most happy person in the world.   Araye […]

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Why we killed Newswatch editor – Robbery suspects

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a robbery gang, which confessed to have killed a former Assistant Editor of the Newswatchnewspapers, Mr. Toyin Obadina, in one of their operations. (The suspects with recovered ammunition) During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the police that they were responsible for the killing of the owner of […]

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DC Exclusive: Veteran Actor Kenneth Okonkwo Obtains Nomination Form Of PDP To Contest For… (Photos)

Veteran Nollywood actor cum Lawyer, Barr Kenneth Okonkwo, took  further step to actualize his political ambition to represent his people, Nsukka/ Igboeze South Federal Constituency, in the Federal House of Representatives by picking the normination form of his great party PDP. He was warmly received by PDP Enugu State party officials who prayed for him […]

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Power generation drops by 1,000MW to 2,513MW

Many Nigerians have in the last one week decried the poor supply of electricity and criticised the power firms for not living up to expectation since the sector was privatised last year. But this, according to the Federal Government was as a result of the massive drop in generated power by 1,000 megawatts in the last one […]

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DC Exclusive: Nollywood Actress Uche Ogbodo Storms Germany For Movie Shoot (Photos)

Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo was spotted  in Germany with her little daughter. The beautiful actress is not on vacation in Germany, but for a movie shoot. Talking to Diamond Celebrities, Uche said she’ll be spending few weeks. More details coming soon,..

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Peace talks split Boko Haram into two groups

Following the ceasefire deal the Federal Government entered into with Boko Haram, the violent fundamentalist sect has split into two. While one faction wants peace, the other doesn’t. It was gathered on Sunday that the Federal Government might have entered into the ceasefire with the faction interested in the cessation of hostilities in the North-East. […]

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Denrele Surprises Ruth Kadiri With A Marriage Proposal At NEA Awards (Photos)

Denrele became the star of the night as he knelt down and proposed to fast rising actress Ruth Kadiri on the red carpet at NEA awards. That was a drama and funny situation many people will not forget in a minute. The beautiful actress stuns in yellow dress….cute

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Birthday Is Deeper Than mere celebration, It is a time to make life changing decisions Director Ugezu J Ugezu Says As He Adds Another Year

Director Ugezu J Ugezu added another year today. The hardworking director talks about what’s birthday means to me. Read his message below and wish him happy birthday… “To many people, birthday represents many things. To me, it mildly reminds me that time is not on my side and concretely alerts me that I am approaching old age. […]

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Tears for Clem Onyeka, killed while driving to a movie location with a colleague

Following the tragic death of Nollywood actor, Clems Onyeka, whose life was brutally cut short during a cross fire between armed robbers and policemen on October 14, while driving to a movie location with a colleague, Zubechi Onyia, in Asaba, the Delta State capital, tributes have been pouring in for the actor who is survived […]

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War Machine Attempts Suicide by Hanging in Jail

Via TMZ : War Machine tried to kill himself in his Las Vegas jail cell this week … but his attempt was foiled by a corrections officer. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Tuesday night around 9:30 an officer was walking by War Machine’s cell in Clark County Jail. The officer saw him sitting on […]

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No govt should claim credit over Ebola roll back — Jonathan

In response to criticisms of government by some opposition governors over who gets the credit for the roll back of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has explained that the “buy-in” of Nigerians into the campaign was responsible for the success in tackling the outbreak. Therefore, he said no government should […]

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Joan Rivers’ cause of death confirmed

The 81-year-old Fashion Police presenter died as a result of complication during surgery that caused her brain to be starved of oxygen. In an official statement, Julie Bolcer of the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office said: ‘OCME [Office of Chief Medical Examiner] has completed its investigation. The cause of Ms Rivers’ death is anoxic […]

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