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Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu escapes death again in ghastly accident

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Dosu Joseph, former Nigeria goalkeeper, has again survived another life-threatening automobile accident on Wednesday at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV. Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday. “To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger…

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Internet fraud: Siblings, 33 others sentenced to jail over internet fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Oyo zone, has secured the convictions of two siblings, Adedeji Adeboye and Adedamola Adeboye, and 33 others for involvement in internet-related fraud at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan. This was disclosed in a statement and pictures shared on the X.com page of the anti-graft agency on Friday. According to the statement, the convicts were tried before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Bayo Taiwo, and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The statement reads, ” The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the…

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Police arrest suspected serial killer in Ogun

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A 29-year-old man, Ogunnaike Philip, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on suspicion of killing at least three young girls, including an 18-year-old, in separate incidents across the state. The command stated that the suspect’s method was to lure his victims into the forest, where he would tie them up, strangle them, and then abandon their bodies after stealing their phones. According to the command, investigations revealed that the suspect is a suspected serial killer who escaped from the Ibara Correctional Centre about two years ago while…

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Another Hamas commander, wife, two daughters killed by Israel’s strike

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Hamas, Palestinian militant group, has said an Israeli strike has killed one of its commanders in a refugee camp in north Lebanon Saturday, the first time the area had been hit since the start of the Gaza war. “Commander” Saeed Attallah Ali, his wife and two daughters were killed in “Zionist bombardment of his house in the Beddawi camp” near the northern city of Tripoli, it said. Israel has repeatedly targeted Hamas officials in Lebanon since the Gaza war erupted almost a year ago. Hamas has announced the deaths of…

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Explosion rocks Rivers APC secretariat as LG poll holds

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Explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, in the early hours of Saturday. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the second time the Chief Tony Okocha-led APC would be experiencing such an attack at its secretariat this year. This came as the local government elections is holding in the state today as the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission said on Friday that…

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Russia, Ukraine exchange words over Nigeria’s protests

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The Russian and Ukrainian government have been exchanging sharp statements over allegations of interference in Nigeria’s domestic affairs. The Russian Government on Friday issued a stern warning to the United States, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom for accusing it of sponsoring protests in Nigeria. Russia, in a release, said the countries should rather be blamed for attempting to interfere in Nigeria’s internal affairs and undermine its bilateral relations with Russia. The warning comes amid growing concerns over foreign influence following the October 1st protests across Nigeria. The protests followed earlier…

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Three-day-old baby sold for N2million recovered by police

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Two female suspects have been arrested by the police in Delta State, South-south Nigeria, for allegedly buying a three-day-old baby for N2 million. The baby, a boy, has been recovered, the police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe said in a statement on Thursday. Mr Edafe, police superintendent, said the suspects, Tessi Ikechukwu and Lauretta Akomen, were arrested on Tuesday with the help of a tricycle rider. According to the police, four women boarded the tricycle, but two alighted around the Effurun roundabout. “One of the two women who alighted…

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Pastor Adeboye tenders apology over statement on tithing

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Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has apologised for saying any believer who does not pay tithes will not make heaven. Tendering his apology while delivering a message at the ongoing annual national youth convention of the church going on at the RCCG Redemption City, pastor Adeboye said: “I am going to be talking to everybody as soon as God permit me, I am going to apologise for making a mistake for saying that if you don’t pay tithe, you will…

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Bobrisky never spoke to me, I have never met him -Falana

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Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, Human rights lawyer, has denied having anything to do with popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye known as Bobrisky and his alleged bribing of prison officials to serve his prison sentence outside the prison facility. In a viral video by a blogger, Martins Otse known as VeryDarkMan, some unnamed Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, officers collected the sum of ?15million from Bobrisky to drop money laundering charges against him. VeryDarkMan also alleged that Falana sought a presidential pardon for Bobrisky in exchange for N10 million.But speaking on…

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Wizkid to Davido: You’re only 001 in your house

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Ayodeji Balogun, Nigerian music icon, popularly known as Wizkid, has sparked another round of controversy with a series of fiery social media posts, where he appears to have taken shots at fellow superstar Davido, mocking his self-proclaimed title of “001.” Wizkid, in a post on Wednesday via X, said, “The only time u’re 001 is when u’re in your house. U’re not 001 of nothing but Instagram followers!” The Afrobeats heavyweight also took a dig at Davido’s entourage, accusing the singer of surrounding himself with financially dependent individuals, saying, “Naija…

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