Day: January 21, 2021

23-year-old lady kidnaps boyfriend, collects N5m ransom

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A young woman, Maryam Mohammed, aged 23 has been arrested by members of the Nigerian Police Force in Kano for allegedly kidnapping her ex-boyfriend who refused to marry her after dating her for years. Maryam, popularly called Hajiya, was arrested by the police at Jaba quarters, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State while negotiating a ransom with the family of one of their captives last Tuesday, January 12. According to Maryam, she was introduced to kidnapping by her uncle, one Hamza Dogo of Butsa village, Gusau local government of…

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Joe Biden sworn in as America’s 46th president

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‌ Joe Biden was on Wednesday sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at a scaled-down ceremony overseen by over 20,000 National Guards in Washington DC. Biden took the oath of office administered by US Chief Justice, John Roberts, and became the oldest US president in history at age 78. The president in his inaugural address pledged to end the “uncivil war” in the deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. He said, “To…

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