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Late Hanifa’s school set ablaze by angry youths

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Noble Kids Academy, in Kwanar Dakata, Kano State where late Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old was kidnapped, killed and buried by her proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko has been set ablaze by angry youths. It was gathered that the youths mobilized themselves and launched an attack on the building in the early hours of Monday. Recall that the youths had, some days ago after the ugly incident, attempted to burn down the school but were prevented by security agents deployed to forestall the breakdown of law and order in the area. However, the…

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Omolara Adebiyi’s HighPoint Event Centre set for opening

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A new date has been fixed for the opening of the latest super event center in Lagos: HighPoint. With Thursday, February 3 2022 confirmed as the D-day, the opening of the HighPoint Event Center will be nothing but spectacularly grand. The brains behind HighPoint, Mrs Omolara Adebiyi intends to give the guests something to think and talk about as 2022 unfolds. Thus, with her status as HighPoint CEO, her colorful achievements will be matched with the colorful event in which her relatives, friends, business associates, and admirers can clink a…

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Abiola was not poisoned, but took ill and died -Gen. Abdulsalami

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Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar says, contrary to the belief that late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential election in Nigeria was killed, he said the politician took ill and died. Gen Abdulsalami spoke in an interview with Trust TV, at the weekend, debunking the story that Abiola took tea that was allegedly poisoned, before he passed on. He said “Well, I smile because there were lots of allegations here and there that we killed Abiola. As always when I am talking about…

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School shut, three nabbed over kidnap, murder of five-year-old Kano pupil

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Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of a five-year-old schoolgirl in Kano state, Hanifa Abubakar. This was just as the state government ordered immediate closure of the private school, Noble Kids Academy, at Kwanar Dakata, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state, where Abubakar was reportedly secretly buried by the suspects. The police on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old man and teacher in the school, Abdulmalik Tanko, and his alleged accomplices, Hashim Isyaku, 37 and 27-year-old Fatima Jibreel. The spokesperson for the police in the…

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Man arrested for attempted murder of 14-year-old boy

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Francis Chukwura, a 38-year-old former staff of Federal Medical Center (FMC), Owerri, has been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for alleged involvement in ritual killing.  A release signed by the command’s spokesman, Michael Abattam, said the suspect was arrested over an attempt to use a 14-year-old neighbour’s son, Henry Ekwos for suspected crime.   The suspect hails from Umuime in Onitsha North LGA of Anambra State, but reside in Ubommiri in Mbaitoli Council of Imo State.  According to the statement, the suspect dug a grave-size pit inside his…

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Undergraduate jailed over N74m Internet fraud in Kwara

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Alonge Toyyib, 24-year-old undergraduate of Kwara state University, Malete, was on Thursday sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Kwara State High Court over offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds. Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the state High Court sitting in Ilorin sentenced Alonge to prison after the court found him guilty of the two-count charge levelled against him by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The anti-crime agency charged him with two charges before the Court. One of the charges against him read, “That…

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Court awards N1b to Nnamdi Kanu, orders FG to tender apology

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The Federal Government has been ordered by the High Court of Abia State, to pay N1 billion compensation to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for the violation of his fundamental rights, including the illegal invasion of his country home in Afara Ukwu, Umuahia North L.G.A of the state in September 2017 by the military. The trial judge, Benson Anya, additionally, ordered the government to render apology to Kanu for the trauma he went through. Kanu, in the suit, had sought N5 billion compensation…

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Couple arrested for hiring thugs to beat son’s teachers over haircut

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A couple has been arrested by police in Ogun state for hiring thugs to beat up some teachers in their son’s school, Toyon High School, Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State, for preventing him from attending classes because of his hairstyle. The student, Joshua Joseph, his parents and the hired thugs were said to have stormed the school, located in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, and descended heavily on about three teachers, inflicting injuries on them. A teacher identified as Mr Kabir Azeez told the student to go and have…

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Women protest half-naked in Ondo over insecurity

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Aged women in their hundreds from four council areas of Akokoland, protested half-naked in a bid to register their anger over the spate of insecurity in the Northern senatorial district of Ondo State, raining curses on perpetrators of unending criminal activities in their communities. Some monarchs and other stakeholders in the district had recently raised the alarm over the invasion of criminals from border towns to perpetrate crimes in their communities. The monarchs include the Owa of Ogbagi, Oba Victor Adetona; the Oluyani of Akoko, Oba Joel Daudu and Akala…

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FIRSTBANK REWARDS CUSTOMERS IN TRANSACT AND WIN PROMO

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Getting rewarded for spending money is a dream that is probably going to remain exciting for many people, but not for the Firstmonie Wallet users. In a two month Transact and Win campaign that started on November 22, 2021, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is rewarding several customers for carrying out transactions on its Firstmonie Wallet application. The e-wallet is useful for conveniently paying utility bills, purchasing airtime and data, transferring and receiving money, and many other digital transactions. Just for using the mobile-friendly wallet app, Customers got rewarded with…

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