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Isaiah, a 55-year-old pastor, was paraded by the Oyo State Police Command yesterday, over unlawful possession of a human head, buffalo horn, as well as gunpowder and charms. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abi Mr. Abiodun Odude, revealed in Ibadan that the pastor, said to be the founder of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Idapomimo Zion, Alagbado, Lagos, was arrested by operatives of the Federal Highway Patrol during a “stop and search” operation. Odude said the pastor was arrested about 10:30 pm on May 4 on his way to another branch of the church at…

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President Buhari has dispelled rumours of being bed-ridden as he appears in public on Friday. Since returning from a medical vacation in the United Kingdom (UK), President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday joined other Muslim faithful to participate in the Juma’at prayers in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Other dignitaries who observed the prayer session in the Aso Rock mosque ‎ yesterday were the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Mongunu (rtd), Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari and Director-General of Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura. Others included…

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Seven people have been confirmed killed while six others were injured in fresh suicide bomb attack in Borno. The Borno Police Command confirmed the killing stating that two suspected female suicide bombers attacked Mandarari ward in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. Malam Murtala Ibrahim of the Borno Police Command Public Relations Unit, confirmed the incident in statement he issued in Maiduguri. Ibrahim said that the attack took place on Thursday. “Yesterday at about 22.45 hours, two suspected female suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies at Mandarari ward…

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There was jubilation in Jigawa yesterday as commercial and administrative activities were momentarily brought to a halt thursday immediately after the Magistrate Court in Dutse granted former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, bail. Lamido was sent to Kiyawa prison on Tuesday by the Chief Magistrate of court 22, Muhammad Lamin, after he was brought before the court by the Zone 1 Police Headquarters, Kano. At the state secretariat, workers hurriedly closed for the day and began celebration and praying to God for the release of the ex-governor whom…

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About 25 people have been reported injured as followers of the traditional Egungun religion and some Islamic faithfuls clashed in Kishi town, in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State on Wednesday. The clash came at a time when the traditional ruler of the town, the Iba of Kishi, Oba Moshood Arowoduye, was celebrating his 20th coronation anniversary. It is, however, not clear if the clash had anything to do with the celebration. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Odude, revealed that he was aware of the clash and that he…

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Patrol vehicle belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), was yesterday set ablaze by angry car dealers in Kaduna following a clash with customs’ officials in Kaduna metropolis. The officials had gone to a car mart on Rabah Road, Kaduna North Local Government Area, at about 3p.m., to impound vehicles without import duties from car dealers, when the clash occurred. However, a swift intervention by the Kaduna State security outfit, code-named Operation Yaki, saved the situation from degenerating further. An eyewitness explained that the officials had gone to a car…

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A female teenager was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly luring her friend to a hotel for gang-raping. The accused, a student, who resides at Alagbado, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for conspiracy. The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu told the court that the offence was committed on March 26 at Mega Funds Hotel, Alagbado. Ogu said the accused lured her friend (name withheld) to meet a boy at the hotel where she was allegedly gang-raped by four men now at large. The offence contravened…

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will continue to rest until he has fully recovered and is fit to work based on his doctor’s advice. Making this remark on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Lai Mohammed said Buhari was not in the meeting because he chose to rest. He dismissed inquiries by State House correspondents seeking to know if the president’s health had deteriorated to the…

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