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Tinubu visits Buhari, speaks on Bakare’s call for successor

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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday said it was too early to debate which zone of the country should produce the next president. He cautioned that such a debate would negatively affect the pace of governance by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Tinubu, who spoke after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday cautioned that discussing 2023 presidency now would distract the administration from providing people-oriented services and executing its development agenda. Tinubu’s declaration came on the heels…

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Kenyan Pastor stabs wife to death, commits suicide during church service

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Kenyan assistant pastor, Elijah Misiko, with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, during a church service, left his front-row seat and approached his wife, senior pastor Ann Mughoi, on the pulpit and stabbed her with one of the knives he had hidden in an envelope, a report has said. The incident happened on Sunday, according to Mombasa sub-county police commander Julius Kiragu, “He walked up to his wife while the church was praying”. Then he took one of the knives and stabbed her two times, believing she was…

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15 arrested at Kano gay party

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15 homosexuals were on Thursday arrested by Hisbah operatives in Kano during a gay party. The Hisbah guards, during a routine operation, stormed an event centre located on the Ahmadu Bello Way, and a compound at Sabuwar-Gandu quarters in the Kano metropolis, where they apprehended the suspected gays. It was also gathered that the organisers of the party were new graduates from the Bayero University Kano, and planned the party to celebrate their graduation from the institution but were nabbed before the commencement of the planned party. Each of the…

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Ritual killing:Police exhume remains of LASU undergraduate

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Homicide detectives from the Osun state police command on Saturday, exhumed the corpse of a Lagos State University student, Favour Daley-Oladele, murdered by her lover, Owolabi Adeeko and a pastor, Segun Philip, in Ikoyi-Ile, Osun State. The state Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, who led the team that exhumed the corpse, said the move would enable the police to conclude investigation into the case. While responding to questions from newsmen, Philip, said he killed the deceased to experiment what he read in ‘Seven Book of Moses.’ Philip, who was led…

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Banker’s confession : I started planning Abuja bank robbery in October

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Larry Ehizo, a customer care officer of a first generation bank, which was attacked by armed robbers last Saturday, has stated that he began planning how to carry out the operation in October 2019. Ehizo, who recanted his earlier claim that a barman, Ernest Ewim, blackmailed him into carrying out the attempted heist, said he started nursing the idea having monitored the security system and the processes in the bank. The customer care officer said, “Everything Ewim said is true; he didn’t threaten me. I willingly collected his number and…

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Ooni of Ife trapped in Lagos’ hotel lift

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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, got stuck inside a lift at a popular hotel on Victoria Island in the Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State on Thursday night. It was gathered that the Ooni was at the hotel to watch Queen Moremi, The Musical Reloaded; a stage play produced by the House of Oduduwa Production. The monarch attended an earlier production staged in April, last year. The latest production ran from December 24, 2019 to January 2, 2020 and shown between 3pm and 7pm. But Oba…

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Iran vows retaliation after US kills top general in Baghdad strike

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Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani has been killed by a US strike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow “revenge”. The Pentagon said US President Donald Trump had ordered Soleimani’s “killing” after a pro-Iran mob this week laid siege to the US embassy in the Iraqi capital. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei swiftly vowed “severe revenge” for Soleimani’s death, the biggest escalation yet in a feared proxy war between Iran and the US on Iraqi soil. As the US embassy…

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Ronaldo’s new diamond-studded Rolex is most expensive ever produced

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Soccer legend, Cristiano Ronaldo recently stepped out wearing a timepiece from the venerated Swiss watchmaker Rolex, which happens to be the most expensive it’s ever produced at $485,350. Making an appearance at the 14th Dubai International Sports Conference, Ronaldo accented his casual suit and t-shirt combo with Rolex’s GMT Master Ice, which had an eye-watering retail price tag of $485,350 when it was first released. The model is set with 30 carats of glistening white diamonds on its dial, bezel and bracelet. Rolex isn’t one to skimp on the details…

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Defence minister indicted in $550,000 fund diversion, Buhari silent

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Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi has been allegedly indicted in a $550,000 security fund diversion. President Muhammadu Buhari came under heavy criticism yesterday for his failure to act in the alleged indictment of his Minister of Defence. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu deflected response on the allegation to the office of the Minister of Defence when the presidency’s reaction was sought on the matter. Against a groundswell of allegations of cherry-picking on whom to prosecute in his anti-corruption offensive, Buhari is now directly fingered for shielding Magashi, who is accused…

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NURTW President, Tajudeen Baruwa Seeks Peace, Unity amongst Nigerians

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The National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa has called for caution among the members of the union, while wishing them a happy New Year in advance. Baruwa also appealed to members of the union in a statement he personally signed to be cautious, while transporting passengers from one location to another during the New Year celebration. The NURTW National President added in the statement, which was made available to journalists, that time had come for members of the union to see life…

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