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Man arrested for posting four-year-old daughter’s sensitive photos online

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A man, Musa Suleman, who posted his four-year-old daughter’s sensitive photos online, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. The spokesperson for the state police command, Chidi Nwabuzor, made this known on Tuesday. Suleman was arrested on Sunday for posting half-naked pictures of the minor via her recently deactivated Instagram account, @officialsarah_ig , as she posed erotically and engaged in adult content. In a viral video, the suspect admitted during an interrogation by the police that he was the handler of the page and that his motive was…

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Nigerian who killed wife with skateboard in UK sentenced to life imprisonment

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Olubunmi Abodunde, a 48-year-old Nigerian man, who allegedly murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard and blamed his loss of control on medication, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom. The incident occurred in their Newmarket home, resulting in Taiwo’s death from catastrophic brain injuries in November 2023. He, however, admitted to killing Taiwo, who suffered “catastrophic brain injuries”. The Ipswich Crown Court noted the intensity of the attack that led to her death at their Exning Road residence. Abodunde faces a minimum of 17 years in…

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Portable attempts to evade arrest over balance payment for G Wagon

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Habeeb Okikiola, controversial Nigerian singer, popularly known as Portable, in an attempt to evade arrest by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday, jumped a gate. The singer was taken into custody following a complaint filed by a car dealer to whom he owed money. Portable had initiated the purchase of a N27 million G-Wagon from the dealer, making an initial payment and promising to settle the remaining amount later. In a video of his arrest that circulated on social media, the singer dressed in a white and…

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Portable arrested for failing to pay N14m G-Wagon debt

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Popular musician Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a. Portable, has been arrested on Tuesday, April 14, 2024 by officers of the Lagos State Police Command. The singer was arrested for failing to settle a debt he was owing a Lagos based car dealer after he purchased a G-Wagon Mercedes Benz. According to the report, Portable only paid N13 million out of the N27 million for the vehicle and has since refused to pay the remaining N14 million. He often claimed that the vehicle was in poor condition whenever the car dealer requested payment of…

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Man caught ‘strapped with bomb’ in Plateau bank

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A yet-to-be-identified man who reportedly tried to detonate a bomb within the premises of a bank in Plateau State has been arrested. The incident reportedly took place on Monday, May 13, in Dadin Kowa town in the Jos South area of the state. According to a post on X on Tuesday, the vigilante security at the bank thwarted the attack when they noticed the suspect. Angered by the situation, a mob attacked the suspect and reportedly demanded his execution. It is unclear whether the suspect has ties to any terrorist…

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FULL LIST: AMVCA 2024 winners

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The 10th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos State. The AMVCA, an annual award presented by MultiChoice, recognises outstanding achievements in television and film. Below is the list of winners: Best Makeup Francesca Otaigbe (Over the Bridge) Campbell Precious (Mami Wata) – WINNER Hadizat Gambo (Mojisola) Hakeem Onilogbo (Jagun Jagun — The Warrior) Feyisayo Oyebisi (A Tribe Called Judah) Best Art Direction Blood Vessel (Victor Akpan) Over The Bridge (Abisola Omolade) – WINNER Breath of Life (Okechukwu Frost Nwankwo, Kelechi Odu) The…

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Electricity tariff hike: NLC, TUC shut down Ikeja, Ibadan DisCos

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Workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The workers thronged the offices of the DisCos on Monday, preventing workers from resuming work for the day. In Lagos, the workers were sighted at the corporate headquarters of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, singing and calling for the reversal of the Band A tariff. In Oyo, protesters stormed the office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, picketing the same.…

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EFCC to Embassies: Any transaction in currencies other than the naira in Nigeria is illegal

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned embassies not to demand foreign currency for goods and services in the country. The chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, gave the strong warning in a special memo addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the memo dated May 5, 2024, the EFCC chair made it clear that it was illegal for embassies to collect any currency apart from Naira in Nigeria. Part of the memo reads: “I present to you the compliments of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

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Awujale receives GCON national honour

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The national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON), has been conferred on the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona, by President Bola Tinubu for his immeasurable and invaluable contributions to national development. The President who was represented by his Vice, Alhaji Kashim Shettima Friday at the Olabisi Onabanjo University ,Ago Iwoye, for a book presentation on “Reinventing Governance in Nigeria”, as part of activities marking his 64th coronation as a Paramount ruler and 90th birthday. The ceremony also featured the inauguration…

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We kidnap, extort, rape male victims — Arrested Lagos gays

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Eleven suspected criminals who were arrested in the highbrow Lekki area of Lagos state have confessed that they belonged to a vicious gang of homosexuals that kidnap, extort and rape their male victims. They disclosed that their victims were only healthy-looking males and that they never had anything to do with females during their operations. All the suspects narrated how they joined the gang and how they carried out their atrocities which usually ended with video recordings of their sexual orgies with which they extorted various sums of money from…

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