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Islamic cleric caught on camera defiling five-year-old girl

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Abdulsalam Salaudeen, a 43-year-old Islamic cleric, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl in Lagos. The cleric, who was supposed to be teaching the victim Islamic studies, was said to have been caught having carnal knowledge of her through a video footage that was reportedly presented to the state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi. The Police Public Relations Officer for the state, CSP Chike Oti, said in a statement on Wednesday that Imohimi, who was saddened by the incident, dispatched…

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Buhari’s niece appointed head of INEC’s collation centre

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed Mrs. Amina Zakari as head of the agency’s collation centre committee for the 2019 presidential election. Zakari is widely believed to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s niece. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday rejected the appointment of Zakari who had been INEC’s national commissioner in charge of welfare and health. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the party said the appointment would compromise the presidential election, particularly on account of “her blood relationship” with Buhari who is a candidate in the poll. PDP’s…

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Zamfara State Governor Calls for state of emergency

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Governor Abdulaziz Yari said, yesterday, that he is ready to quit as governor if a state of emergency is declared to solve the security problem in Zamfara state as bandits continue to wreak havoc in the State. This came as the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, revealed also yesterday that all five of its personnel, including the pilot, co-pilot and three crew members died in Wednesday’s helicopter which crashed in fight against Boko Haram in Borno State. Governor Yari, who is the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, also lamented the…

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Court Orders Fraudster To Forfeit Iphone X And Car To FG

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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo has ordered an internet fraudster, Edwin Ogbomwan (aka Thomas Jerry Stars), to forfeit iPhone X and car, a Toyota Camry 2006 model to the Federal Government. Justice D. Senchi also sentenced the convict to two months in prison with the option of paying N1m fine. The convict, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was found guilty of Internet fraud. The court also sentenced two men — Augustine James and Cyrinus Richard — to 14 years in jail…

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Nigeria DJ XGee Commits Suicide

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Seun Omogaji, popularly known as DJ Xgee in the social circle has committed suicide two days into the New Year. There are reports that the Lagos-based DJ took sniper insecticide in the early hours of the morning owing to some marital problems he has been having. In his last note on Instagram, he requested that people wear white rather than black when committing him to mother Earth: Okay there is a twist to this last respect ppl give to their loved ones when gone ….. Black as signs of sadness…

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Man poisons three sons with Sniper over suspicion of witchcraft

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Sunday Otasi, a 42-year-old father of three, has been arrested by the Bayelsa State police command for allegedly killing his two sons with a poisonous substance known as ‘Sniper’ over his suspicion of witchcraft. One of the sons, however, cheated death though he is in critical condition after he escaped from the bush where his father and uncle had tied them to a tree. The man, who hails from Agbobiri-Okodia in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa, reportedly took his three sons, Success Otasi, aged 14; Miracle Otasi, aged 12;…

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Sharp Rise in Air Crash Deaths in 2018

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Last year saw a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017 but 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, figures show. Airliner accidents killed 556 people last year compared with 44 in 2017, the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) reports. Last year’s worst civilian accident was in October when a Lion Air plane crashed in Indonesia, killing 189. The year 2017 was the safest in history for commercial airlines with no passenger jet crashes recorded. Share on: WhatsApp

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Buhari’s claim on Boko Haram makes mental test for presidential candidates logical —Atiku

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Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s denial of the continued threats of the Boko Haram insurgency has made the demand for mental test for all presidential candidates imperative. Atiku in a statement on New Year’s day, also faulted Buhari’s declaration at the Uyo All Progressives Congress, APC, rally that he had fulfilled all his election promises as he drew to light the fact that under the APC administration the number of Nigerians living under extreme poverty had reached an alarming 90 million persons.…

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Man jailed for raping 80-year-old woman

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Jimoh Oyemomi, 40-year-old man, was on Monday, arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Modakeke for raping an 80-year-old woman. Oyemomi was arraigned on two counts of rape and assault, and pleaded guilty to the first count of rape, and not guilty to the second count of assault. The suspect, according to the details presented before the court, assaulted and raped the victim on a farm at Onibambu village, near Modakeke around 2.30pm. It was gathered that the rape victim, identified only as Mrs Sangolana, was also strangled…

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11,100 Nigerian Women Landed In Sicily As Prostitutes In 2016

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The Economist magazine is reporting on Twitter that over 11,000 women from Nigeria landed in Sicily in 2016 alone and most of that number are into involuntary flesh trade. One of the most notorious North-South rackets involves transporting young women, often minors, for sex work in Italy and beyond from Nigeria, in particular the southern area around Benin City. That part of the country has a powerful Christian presence, from Catholic to Pentecostal, but it is also a stronghold of traditional animist practices, including witchcraft. Its sex-slave trade has existed…

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