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23-year-old lady kidnaps boyfriend, collects N5m ransom

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A young woman, Maryam Mohammed, aged 23 has been arrested by members of the Nigerian Police Force in Kano for allegedly kidnapping her ex-boyfriend who refused to marry her after dating her for years. Maryam, popularly called Hajiya, was arrested by the police at Jaba quarters, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State while negotiating a ransom with the family of one of their captives last Tuesday, January 12. According to Maryam, she was introduced to kidnapping by her uncle, one Hamza Dogo of Butsa village, Gusau local government of…

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Joe Biden sworn in as America’s 46th president

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‌ Joe Biden was on Wednesday sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at a scaled-down ceremony overseen by over 20,000 National Guards in Washington DC. Biden took the oath of office administered by US Chief Justice, John Roberts, and became the oldest US president in history at age 78. The president in his inaugural address pledged to end the “uncivil war” in the deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. He said, “To…

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Katsina school’s Vice Principal raped, Impregnated 12-year-old student

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The Vice Principal of Community Secondary School Kadandani in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State, Mr. Ibrahim Sale, has admitted in a statement before police that he had sexual relationship with his 12-year-old student. Ibrahim, 38 said: “My name is Ibrahim Sale. I am the vice principal of community secondary school Kadandani in Rimi Local Government and I have three wives. I raped my 12-year-old student and she got pregnant. “I do pay her N200, N300 and sometimes N500 before she agreed to have sexual intercourse with me. She…

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FirstBank strengthens financial inclusion with largest agent banking network, empowers SMEs

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At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion had been processed through the bank’s agent network. As he explained, FirstMonie agents have supported several government and NGOs’ cash transfers to the poorest of the poor in the rural areas. Additionally, selected FirstMonie agents in the rural communities are…

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Anchor varsity deputy VC abducted by Gunmen in Nasarawa

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Prof. Johnson Fatokun, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos State, has been kidnapped. Anchor University is a faith-based institution in Ayobo, Lagos, owned by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. It was learnt that the victim left Lagos on Sunday to drop off his two children, who were schooling in the North. He was said to be returning on Monday when his vehicle was attacked by the gunmen in Nasarawa en route to the airport to return to Lagos. A source said the assailants were in police uniform. The source…

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21.9kg cocaine seized by NDLEA at Abuja airport

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Two suitcases of substance believed to be cocaine has been seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The narcotic, weighing 21.9 kilogrammes, was the largest single seizure made by the Airport Command of the NDLEA. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Jonah Achema. Achema, a Deputy Commander of Narcotics, said the two unaccompanied and unclaimed suitcases were discovered after the arrival of Ethiopian Airline ET 910 in Abuja from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…

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Ex-banker arrested for robbery

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An ex-employee of a second generation bank, thirty-eight-year old Moses Keffi, who was arrested last Thursday on the Osu/Ile-Ife Expressway for armed robbery, has said he was invited by a friend, simply identified as ‘Ibadan’, to Osun  State to buy a car. Keffi was arrested by the police alongside Odeyemi Oluwafemi and Isah Lawal for hijacking at gunpoint two trucks, one of which was loaded with toiletries on January 14, 2021 around 4am. Keffi, who was paraded along with two other suspects by the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr…

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Coronavirus: NCDC records 1,444 new infections, total now 110,387

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1,444 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested 1,154,138 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020. According to the public health agency, the new infections has taken the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 110,387, which includes 89,317 discharged cases and 1,435 deaths. The agency said…

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Ex-Minister, Jubril Martins-Kuye, dies at 80

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‌ Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, a former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, is dead. He was said to have passed on about 10:05 this morning at his residence in Victoria Garden City, Lagos. He was aged 80 years. One of his children Bolaji, who confirmed his death said “We are about to convey his remains to his home town where he would be hopefully interred by 4 pm, according to Islamic rites.” The Ago-Iwoye born politician was appointed as Minister of Commerce and Industry on…

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Suspected “Yahoo boy” caught with girlfriend’s corpse

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‌ Delta State Police Command arrested a suspected Internet fraudster popularly known as ‘yahoo boy’ with the corpse of his girlfriend an attempt to dump the body of the lady, Blessing Akpovwovwo in a bush. The suspect, said to be a resident of Urhuoka, Abraka in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, is in police net. Sources said the suspect, whose identity has yet to be ascertained was nabbed by a passerby on Thursday evening, as he (the suspect) was attempting to dispose of the lifeless body…

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