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More trouble for Enugu Chief Magistrate: Suspended from work, faces criminal charges along with husband

There appears to be more troubles for a Chief Magistrate in Enugu State, Mrs Ifeoma Egbonnaji  who was last week detained along with her husband by the police over allegations of abduction and child abuse. Saturday Sun had last weekend reported the arrest of the Magistrate and her husband by detectives from the anti-human trafficking squad […]

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Car crushes 7 students to death, injures 10 others in Awka

THERE was pandemonium, yesterday, at Umuokpu Junction along the old Onitsha-Enugu road in Awka, Anambra State when a Toyota Camry car lost control and ran into about 30 students of Community Secondary School, Umuokpu and Union Secondary School, Amawbia, killing seven of them instantly. Ten others, who sustained injuries, had their limbs or arms severed. […]

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31 students slump in Lagos

Thirty one students of Ogba Junior High School, Ikeja in Lagos were  rushed to the hospital, yesterday, after inhaling chemical substance from  a laboratory located near the school. The students were said to have collapsed when the chemical emission from the company filled the air. They were consequently rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching […]

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I raped my daughter to get a job – Father

A 42-year-old father, Pedro Anegbe, has told an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court that a spirit asked him to rape his 15-year-old daughter to get a job. He said the voice ordred him to rape the girl shortly after he lost his job and was idle at home. Anegbe was arraigned on two counts for defiling […]

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Father kills daughter in Ogun

A man  in Ogbere community,  Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun state  has allegedly beaten his daughter to death over alleged  misbehaviour. Bisi  of J6 Camp, Ogbere,  ran away after allegedly clubbing his 12- year old  daughter, Yemi, to death. Reacting to the incident, the state Police Commissioner, Ikemefuna Okoye, said that with the assistance […]

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34-year-old Pastor arrested in Abeokuta for allegedly “fingering” a female Church member

A 34-year-old pastor at Olorunsogo, Abeokuta, has been detained.  The suspect, Adekunle (surname withheld), was arrested for allegedly, “fingering” a female member of his church in a bid to confirm her virginity, within the church premises last Sunday. The state  Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed what he described as an ugly incident, […]

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ROBBERS STORM CHURCH FOR OFFERINGS AND TITHE

In a futile attempt to steal the offerings and tithe of a church in Queen Elizabeth Road, Ibadan, Vine Branch Church, the dare-devil robbers shot two policemen dead yesterday. The robbers were said to have mixed up with the congregation, after the collection of the offerings, the robbers in a miscalculated efforts confronted a banker […]

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Why fuel scarcity won’t end soon

Failure of the Federal Government to allow the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) issue import allocations to fuel importers in advance has contributed to the fuel scarcity being witnessed in the country, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Magnus Ngei Abe stated this in Abuja at the weekend. Sen. Abe also […]

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Death Toll Reaches 35 as Multiple Bomb Explosions Rock Maiduguri

Two thunderous explosions, suspected to be from detonated bombs, were heard in the city at about 6.15 p.m. on March 1, 2014, Saturday. Terrorists in two vans, pretending to be firewood suppliers, detonated the bombs at a densely populated Ajilari ward, Jere Council area of Maiduguri, near Ngomari-Bulumkutu. According to PREMIUM TIMES panic and confusion hit […]

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Update On Aluu Four, Trial continues March 13

THE trial of the 12 suspected killers of four students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), at Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State continues on March 13. A mob at Omuokiri, a university community, on October 5, 2012, lynched Ugonna Obuzor, Lloyd Toku Mike, Chiadika Biringa and Tekena Elkanah on the […]

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Which Way Nigeria? 25 killed, 3 banks razed in Adamawa

Communities in Madagali and Michika local government areas of Adamawa State sharing border with Borno State and the Cameroon Republic were in the wee hours of Wednesday under severe attacks by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents, killing 25 persons while many others were wounded. The Public Relations Officer of the 23rd Armoured Brigade, […]

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Yobe killing: More condemnations, as death toll rises to 59

Death toll in the Tuesday massacre of students of the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe State, by members of the insurgent group, Boko Haram Islamic sect, has risen to 59, hospital officials said on Wednesday. The officials said a 16-year-old boy who died of gunshot wounds suffered from the attackers raised the toll to […]

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YOBE ATTACK: Why Boko Haram Spared Girls And Killed Only Boys

Mass killing of school children at the Federal Government College in the Buni Yadi area of Yobe was shrouded in mystery after reports revealed that only male students were killed. It has been learnt, however that the extremists intentionally spared the female students. According to the officials, female students at the co-ed school were spared […]

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Boy Kills 56-year-old father

The Police in Sokoto State on Tuesday confirmed the murder of a 56-year-old man, Mallami Aliyu, by his 25-year-old son on Sunday. The Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP El-Mustapha Sani, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Sokoto. Sani said that the incident happened about 2a.m on Sunday. “The incident occurred in […]

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Today: Boko Haram attacks Federal Govt College Yobe, kills 29 students

Men suspected to be members of the Islamic Sect, Boko Haram, today Tuesday Feb 25th launched an attack on students of the Federal Government College Buni-Yadi Yobe state, killing 29 students, Hausa Service BBC reports. Some buildings in the school were also reportedly razed. Sources at the school said the men invaded the school in […]

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Jonathan’s father kidnapped

There was panic in Otuoke, the community of President Goodluck Jonathan  in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Sunday night as the 70 years old Chief Inengite Nitabai believed to be the foster father of the president, was kidnapped. He was kidnapped by 10 armed gunmen who invaded his compound, located after the […]

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TV star commits suicide after receiving abuse on Twitter

Australian TV star and former model Charlotte Dawson, who became an anti-bullying activist after she was targeted online, has been found dead at age 47. Famed for TV shows such as “Australia’s Next Top Model,” the New Zealand-born star had a history of depression. She was found dead in her Sydney apartment on Saturday morning. […]

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Nigerian Student Murdered In Ghana And ‘No One Is Doing Anything About It’ (PICTURED)

A Nigerian citizen and a 300-level student at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, has been murdered in the West African country, and his body was dumped by the roadside. According to the sources from the university, Godwin Ayogu was last seen on Tuesday. It has been also learnt, that the young man had planned […]

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