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They rape and beat us every night – Abducted girls

He soon began to threaten me with a knife to have sex with him and when I refused, he brought out his gun, warning that he would kill me if I shouted. “Then he  began to rape me every night … I had never had sex before; it was very painful and I cried bitterly […]

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President Jonathan and Bishop David Oyedepo Arrive Nigeria Together From Israel (Photos)

The two leaders arrived together from their pilgrimage to Israel, looking good in their blue suits…

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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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NFF Saga: Giwa resumes, recalls Keshi

The Chris Giwa-led faction of the Nigeria Football Federation has overturned the decision of the body earlier taken by the opposing faction of Amaju Pinnick to reinstate Stephen Keshi as the Super Eagles coach. The Amaju-led faction replaced Keshi with Amodu Shaibu a fortnight ago after leading the Super Eagles to a 3-1 victory over […]

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Boko Haram says Chibok girls would surely be released on Monday

Self acclaimed secretary General of Boko Haram, Mallam Danladi Ahmadu have said that the group’s cases fire agreement with the Federal Government is very much on course. Ahmadu disclosed that the final meeting between the group and the Federal Government to finally seal the ceasefire agreement has been scheduled for Monday in Ndjamana, Chad and […]

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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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Fire Outbreak At Murtala Muhammed Airport (Photo)

A fire broken out at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos causing panic among occupants and travellers. The incident occurred on the second floor of the airport terminal but the fire was extinguished before it could cause any major damage, Daily Post reports. The blaze is said to have originated from the commercial department […]

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Bill to Place HND at Par with B.Sc Passes Second Reading in the Senate

With the second reading of a bill seeking to put Nigerian polytechnics at par with the universities on Wednesday, the Senate has intensified moves to address the age-long clamour to bridge the dichotomy between the two higher institutions. Entitled “A Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination Between First Degrees and […]

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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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Why I abandoned my kids in boarding school for eight years – Father

Mr Segun Adepegba, the father of the three children abandoned in a boarding school for eight years in Abule-Iroko in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Wednesday, reached out to Punch Metro. Adepegba said hardship pushed him to the wall and that was why he could not take care of his children. […]

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Lagos Police parade dogs that attacked four-year-old boy (Photos)

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded the two dogs that attacked four-year-old Omonigho Abraham in the Igando area of the state. The police, while parading the two German shepherd dogs at its headquarters in Ikeja, added that the dogs had been examined and had been found to be disease-free. (The dogs) The Commissioner […]

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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 5 years but may get out in just 10 months

According to the sentence, Pistorius could be out in 10 months… A member of Pistorius’s legal team claimed after the hearing that he is expected to serve a sixth of the sentence – around 10 months in jail before being held under house arrest…  

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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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Man abandons children in boarding school for eight years in Ogun State

Three children abandoned in a boarding school in Abule-Iroko in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State are longing to meet their parents who have abandoned them for eight years. When Punch visited Solid Model College, the children recounted their ordeal, noting that the absence of their parents was affecting their studies. Seun Adepegba, […]

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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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24 Hours after ceasefire: Boko Haram kills 18 People

Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government and Boko Haram brokered a ceasefire deal on the Islamist group’s terror campaign in the North-east, an attack, suspected to have been carried by the sect, yesterday, left eight dead. The attack took place around the hilly communities of Dzur in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State. […]

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Boko Haram set to release 218 Chibok girls on Monday

There are strong indications that the 218 schoolgirls abducted six months ago in Chibok, Borno State, by the violent Boko Haram sect may be released on Monday following a ceasefire agreement between the sect and the Federal Government. The Federal Government, through the Nigerian military, had on Friday said that it had agreed to a […]

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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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