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Kenyan athlete found dead with stab wounds

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In a suspected homicide, record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop was found dead on Wednesday with stab wounds to stomach, athletics officials said. Tirop, 25, was a fast-rising athlete — a double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion who also finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Only last month, she smashed the women-only 10 km world record at the Road to Records Event in Germany, with a time of 30:01, slicing 28 seconds off the previous record, Athletics Kenya said. Tirop also…

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Libel: Janemena demands N500m from Tonto Dikeh

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Jane Orezimena, an instagram dancer and influencer, popularly known as Janemena, has written a letter to Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, demanding the sum of N500m for alleged libel and claiming on social media that Janemena has a sex tape. Dikeh had claimed last month that her ex-lover, Joseph Egbri, aka Prince Kpokpogri, had a sex tape of Janemena who is married. But Janemena claims that due to Dikeh’s allegation and the trauma it caused, she suffered a miscarriage, losing her one-month pregnancy. The claims are included in a letter signed…

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BBNaija: I discovered my husband was cheating when I went into trance -Tega

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Tega Dominic, former Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, has alleged that her husband cheated on her by bringing his lover to their home. She alleged that she got to know when she interacted with some neighbours. She made this known in a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, on his show, WithChude, where she spoke about her marriage and BBNaija. When asked if her husband cheated on her, Tega stated that she got to know “spiritually” before finding out from the neighbours. Tega said, “Well, I got…

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795kg hard drugs seized by NDLEA

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794.5kg of hard drugs has been seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while 107 suspects we’re arrested in Imo between January and September, 2021. Mr Nse Inam, NDLEA Commander in Imo said that it rehabilitated four drug addicts and counselled 73 users during the period. “Six drug addicts are currently undergoing rehabilitation, while the 73 drug users who were counselled had been reunited with their families,’’ he said. He added that the command secured the conviction of 14 persons in the 27 local government areas of the state,…

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COVID-19: France donates 501,600 doses of Astrazeneca vaccines to Nigeria

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The French government through the COVAX facility has donated 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Nigeria.  Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, who received the vaccines at the National Strategic Cold Store in Abuja, observed that the donation of the vaccines to Nigeria demonstrates France’s faith in Nigeria’s potential to be a proactive and forward-thinking partner in the global fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted that Nigeria was one of the first African countries to get vaccines from the French government,…

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Nollywood Actor, Chiwetalu Agu arrested by Army

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Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu was on Wednesday arrested while allegedly inciting members of the public and soliciting for support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, said Agu, a Nollywood actor, was arrested while allegedly wearing a very well known attire of the proscribed group. Nwachukwu said that Agu attempted putting up some resistance when troops made effort to take him into custody, adding that he was neither assaulted nor brutalised. According to him, the Nigerian…

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Saudi airport attacked, five persons injured

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An attack on an airport in the Saudi Arabian city of Jazan, near the border with Yemen, has left five people injured on Friday evening. The five people suffered only minor injuries when “a hostile projectile fell on King Abdullah Airport”, according to a statement from the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). There have been a number of attacks against Saudi targets recently blamed on Huthi forces in Yemen fighting a Saudi-led coalition to reinstate the ousted government there. Four workers…

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Bola Tinubu returns to Nigeria after three-month medical trip

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, returned to Nigeria on Friday after about three-month medical trip to the United Kingdom, where he underwent a knee surgery. The former Lagos State governor arrived in Lagos barely 24 hours after the incumbent Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, inaugurated the South-West Agenda 2023 (SWAGA ‘23), a group rooting for Tinubu as the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 election. Though Tinubu had yet to declare his intention to contest any office in 2023, there have been rumours and veiled…

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Gunmen attack Ebonyi community, 2 Policemen, 2 Lawyers, 8 others killed

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Gunmen reportedly invaded Isu and Onicha-Igboeze communities, of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State killing no fewer than 10 persons including policemen yesterday. Two Policemen were reportedly killed in Isu while others met a similar fate in Onicha Igboeze. It was gathered that two Lawyers were also killed by the gunmen during the attack. The two affected Lawyers, according to sources, were driving in a vehicle, when they ran into the gunmen who operated on a Lexus Jeep. The Invaders were said to have killed the Lawyers, burnt the…

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Sanwo-Olu backs Tinubu’s 2023 presidential bid

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, yesterday, threw his weight behind the presidential bid of National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, in 2023, saying he has the quality to lead the nation. Sanwo-Olu made the remark at the official launch of a campaign group, South-West Agenda for Asiwaju, SWAGA’23, held in Ikeja, Lagos SWAGA’23 is a campaign group championing the cause for the candidacy of the former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu, for the 2023 presidential poll. Speaking at the launch, the governor said: “You can see that Lagos…

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