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Court permits Ladies to move about topless in six American states

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A federal court has made it legal for women in six American states to go topless in public. As reported by the Washington Times, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Fort Collins, Colorado, topless ban, meaning women can now show more skin in the states of Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Utah without legal repercussions. The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, has decided to end its legal battle and not challenge the federal court’s decision. The court had maintained that banning women from going topless amounted…

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Thunder strikes 36 cows on Ondo sacred hill

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36 cows were reportedly struck by lightning and thunder on the top of a sacred hill at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Council of Ondo State. It was learnt that the fearful incident happened on Saturday night at the hill located on the outskirts of the agrarian community known as “Oke Owa,”. According to a reliable source, only the king of the town and some chiefs have the exclusive right to visit the town and perform some rituals once in a year during the celebration of the new yam festival.…

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Police arrests woman for stealing two-month-old baby

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Mrs Mercy Momoh, a 39-year-old woman, who allegedly stole a two-month-old baby from the mother, Mrs Funmilayo Sunday, at the Ekiti State Secretariat, Ado Ekiti on Friday, has been arrested while attempting to escape with the infant. Sources said the woman was apprehended on Saturday at Odo Aremu, Oke Ori Omi area of Ado Ekiti, and taken to the police station alongside the baby. A source said upon investigation, “The woman claimed that she hails from Benin, Edo State, but resides in Lagos. She said that she stole the baby,…

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Man arrested for raping, stealing victim’s panties

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One Abiodun Makinde has been identified by a rape victim, as the person who allegedly raped her and went away with her panties. Makinde allegedly raped the woman penultimate Thursday but was arrested the following day after he robbed two other women of their belongings. The victim was said to have reported the incident to the police and the suspect was later apprehended after he was identified by his latest victims. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated these in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi said…

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Man drowns while proposing to girlfriend underwater

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Steven Weber, an American man, has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater on holiday in Tanzania. Weber and his girlfriend, Kenesha Antoine, were staying in a submerged cabin at the Manta Resort, off Pemba Island. Footage shows Mr Weber diving underwater to ask Ms Antoine to marry him. In the video, Mr Weber presses a hand-written proposal note against the cabin window as Ms Antoine films from inside. Ms Antoine, confirming Mr Weber’s death in a Facebook post, said he “never emerged from those depths”. The Manta Resort said…

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Charges against Sowore confirms FG’s unprecedented level of paranoia — Soyinka

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Prof Wole Soyinka has said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has attained an “unprecedented level of paranoia” following the charges of treason filed against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a statement on Saturday, Soyinka said the nation had failed to learn from past experiences. He said, “This is utterly depressing news. So, the Sowore affair has moved beyond harassment and taken on a sinister direction. Outside the country where I happened to be engaged at the moment, I can testify that the immediate reaction around me was to…

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My mother, siblings death spiritual, it’s beyond amala – Son

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The eldest son of late Mrs Olanike Ogunleye, Segun Ogunleye, said on Saturday that the death of his mother and two siblings – Funmilayo and Wonderful – was beyond eating yam flour (amala). Segun, 33, said he had part of the same yam flour at his Ikole Ekiti residence, which he eats. “It is only God that knows the cause of the incident. It is beyond my imagination. It is believed that it is a spiritual attack,” he said. Segun said amala came into the picture when people asked of the last…

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FG slams Sowore with treason, money laundering, conspiracy

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Omoyele Sowore, detained activist and convener of the RevolutionNow Protest, has been slammed with a seven-count money laundering and conspiracy charges by the Federal Government, before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Equally cited as a defendant in the charge marked FHC/ ABJ/CR/235/2019, is one Olawale Adebayo Bakare (aka Mandate). In the statement of offence that was attached to count-one of the charge, FG alleged that the defendants committed conspiracy to commit treasonable felony, contrary to section 516 of the criminal Code Act Cap C38 Laws of the…

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Fatoyinbo urges court to dismiss Busola Dakolo’s suit, fine her N50m

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Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, has reacted to the suit accusing him of raping Busola, wife of inspirational singer, Timi Dakolo. In his preliminary objection he filed against the suit on September 20, 2019, Fatoyinbo told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja where the suit was instituted that the prayers contained in the case should not be granted. Apart from seeking the dismissal of Busola’s suit, Fatoyinbo asked the court to award the cost of N50m against her and her solicitor…

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FG disappointed over UN report of violence in Nigeria

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THE Federal Government on Friday, expressed dissatisfaction over the United Nations Rapporteur Report of violence in Nigeria, describing the report as disappointing.  The Federal Government said some of the displaced people in the country was as a result of communal and ethnic crisis. Expressing disappointment on the report, the Federal Government through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that the report did not take into consideration the ethnic clashes. According to him, “We have read press reports of the UN rapporteur…

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