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Burglars Steal Solid Gold Toilet Worth £1milion In A Raid On Blenheim Palace

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Burglars have stolen a solid 18-carat gold toilet, worth £5 million from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England The operation took place in the early hours of Saturday, September 14. The toilet titled ‘America’ which was created in 2016 by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan only went on display two days ago during an exhibition. Thames Valley Police have confirmed the toilet was stolen and a 66-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft and remains in police custody. Dominic Hare, chief executive officer of Blenheim Palace, told the…

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Ramaphosa booed at Mugabe’s funeral over attacks on Nigerians, others

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Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, was booed on Saturday in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, while delivering a speech at the funeral of Robert Mugabe, a former Zimbabwean President, who died at 95 penultimate Friday. Following the jeers and whistling from the audience, which interrupted his speech, Ramaphosa apologised for the recent xenophobic attacks in his country. Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa had come under a series of xenophobic attacks, about 12 people reportedly killed. Businesses belonging to foreigners were destroyed in and around Johannesburg, South…

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Adewale Seeks Support For Rotary’s Quest For Better Living

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The newly installed President of the Rotary Club of Maryland, Ikeja, Rotn. Adewale Sanni, has sought all stakeholders support towards complete eradication of polio in Nigeria and delivering on Rotary International’s mandate to ensure safe delivery and maternal health. Adewale who spoke during his investiture as the 18th Hope President of the club said there is the need to ensure the polio vaccines get to every part of the country. Said he, having not recorded any case of poliovirus in the last three years, Nigeria is on the verge of…

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Woman marries tree, plans change of name

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Kate Cunningham, a 34-year-old mother of two, has ‘tied the knot’ with a tree and now has plans to change her name to reflect her new marital status to the unusual species she got hitched to. Cunningham held her unusual wedding in the presence of her family and friends in a Merseyside park. She wore an olive green dress, a home made skirt and green pumps for the symbolic ceremony. Cunnigham who is an activist from Meling in her explanation as to why she decided to ‘marry’ the elder tree in…

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20-year-old Man arrested for alleged rape, killing of 35-year-old woman

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A 20-year-old man, Gbolahan Ismaila, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command, for killing a 35-year-old woman, Toyin Olubowale, with a wooden stool after allegedly raping her. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Shina Olukolu, while parading the suspect on Friday at the command headquarters, in Eleyele, Ibadan said the culprit forcefully had sex with the victim before killing her. He said on August 29, 2019 around 2pm, Ismaila boarded a commercial motorcycle ridden by one Joel Musa to Olubowale’s house. The CP explained that Ismaila sexually…

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Okonjo-Iweala’s Dad dies at 91

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Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has announced the death of her father, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo. The former minister through her spokesperson, Paul Nwabuikwu, in a statement yesterday announced the death. Okonjo-Iweala, in the statement, said the Professor of Mathematical Economics, who clocked 91 this year, died in Lagos soon after he arrived from a trip to the United States and Ghana. “He died in Lagos soon after he arrived from a trip to the United States of America and Ghana. We are immensely grateful that his last moments…

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Police rescue three-year-old boy abducted and sold for N300,000

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A three-year-old boy, who was abducted and sold for N300,000 by one Bose Isaac to a woman in Ogun State, has been rescued by the Niger State Police Command. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed this in Minna on Thursday. It was gathered that a team of policemen attached to the Kagara Division were dispatched to Ogun State to arrest the suspected buyer. It was further gathered that the suspect escaped from her residence on hearing that the police were on her trail. Abubakar said investigation led the…

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Two FUOYE students arrested over attack on Fayemi’s wife’s convoy, rifles recovered

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Ekiti State Police command yesterday, said they have arrested two students of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), in connection with the attack on the convoy of wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, and her security details. The police also said that the two rifles seized from the police during the crisis had been retrieved. The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Asuquo Amba, who disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti, said two of his men were wounded while two police vans were burnt during the attack. “Two persons have been arrested and…

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PDP rejects VAT increase as Senate summons finance minister, FIRS boss

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The Federal Government’s decision to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 7.2 per cent, has been condemned and rejected by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting that Nigerians could not bear the burden under prevailing economic situation. This emerged as the Senate summoned Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, to explain the rationale behind the proposal. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan yesterday, it described the decision as “anti-people, suppressive and a confirmation that the Muhammdu Buhari Presidency was exploitative, inconsiderate and insensitive to…

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Evacuation of Nigerians suspended over South Africa’s restrictions

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Further evacuation of Nigerians in South Africa byAir Peace airline, was yesterday suspended until the remaining voluntary returnees have been cleared and released by the host government. The chairman, Allen Onyema, said the airline would deploy staff and equipment to South Africa once it receives approval from the Nigerian High Commission in the country. Air Peace on Wednesday returned 187 out of a total of 640 Nigerians that submitted themselves for repatriation over xenophobic attacks. The returnees were a shortfall from the 314 that had been expected the same day.…

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