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Ebonyi Pastor blames “deceitful spirit’’ for failed prophesy on Super Falcons

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Rev. Simeon Ononogbu, an Ebonyi-based Pastor, has blamed “deceitful” spirit for the failed prediction that the Super Falcons will reach the semi-finals of the FIFA Women World Cup in France. Ononogbu, a self-acclaimed forecaster, predicated in an interview that the Falcons would reach the semi-finals of the tournament, while the hosts, France would place fifth (best placed quarter-finalists). The former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ebonyi branch, sought the understanding of Nigerians on the failed prophesy, noting that he will be more careful in future prophesies. “It…

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Fidelity Bank launches Exclusive Education Advisory Forum

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The Private Banking Division of Fidelity Bank Plc, recently organised an exclusive advisory forum in Lagos. The forum was aimed at providing sufficient information and guidance for select clients who wish to have their children study abroad. In her opening remarks at the event, the Divisional Head, Private Banking, Fidelity Bank Plc, Chioma Nwankwo, was quoted in a statement to have noted that, “Studying abroad is becoming more popular among Nigerian students as the country itself continues to pursue integration into the international landscape. “The demand for professionals with global…

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Kidnapping: Army employs drones to locate hideouts in Ondo, Ekiti

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The Nigerian Army has procured some anti-kidnapping drones in a bid to further curtail kidnapping incidents in Ondo and Ekiti states. It was gathered that the drones would be employed to search for the hideouts of the criminals in the bushes and forests in the two states. At the launch of the drones in Osi community in Akure, on Friday, the Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade of the Army, Akure, Brig. Gen Zakari Abubakar, said the newly acquired drones would be deployed to flashpoints in the two states. He said that…

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Judge orders abortion of 22-week-old pregnancy

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A British judge, Nathalie Lieven, on Friday, ordered a mentally disabled woman to abort her 22-week pregnancy despite objections from the woman and her mother. The woman who is described to be in her 20s has developmental disabilities and the mental age of a 6- to 9-year-old. She is reported to be under the care of an NHS trust, as part of the country’s National Health Service. Although the judge admitted in the ruling that it’s an “immense intrusion” to order the abortion against the woman’s will, he argued that it’s in…

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Frustrated man kills fiancée’s mother over cancelled wedding

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Ogwu Christian, an ex-policeman, has been arrested for allegedly killing his fiancée’s mother, Veronica Obiejieogo, over the cancellation of their wedding date. Christian reportedly shot the 45-year-old woman dead at short range while she was walking along a street in her village in Delta State. He thereafter fled the scene on a motorcycle. It was learnt that his wedding to Obiejieogo’s daughter, Blessing, had been fixed for December 27, 2018. He had reportedly given Blessing money to buy clothes and some other items they would use on that day. Few days…

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CUPP condemn Lawan’s withdrawal of Adedayo’s nomination as media aide

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The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has been faulted by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Friday, for allegedly sacrificing competence by withdrawing the appointment of Dr Festus Adedayo as his Special Adviser on Media based on pressure from the chieftains of the present administration and ruling All Progressives Congress. It said Lawan, by his action, has confirmed the fear of many Nigerians that the Senate under his leadership will be an annex of the executive arm of government. The CUPP’s position was contained in a statement made available…

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Man arrested with three-year-old boy’s head in Abuja

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One Mustapha Aliyu, 22, has been arrested by police in Abuja with the freshly severed head of a three-year-old boy, identified as Usman Awalu. Aliyu reportedly confessed that he had beheaded four children, adding that he was paid N170,000 for every male head and N160,000 for the female head he supplied to his boss, who is at large. Aliyu was also said to have informed detectives during interrogation that he had so far supplied four human heads to his master. Parading the suspect and others in Abuja on Friday, the…

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House help stabs boss to death two days after employment

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22-year-old Joseph Ogbu, a domestic worker, has been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his employer, Oreoluwa John, to death in the Surulere area of the state. Oreoluwa’s mother, Adejoke, was said to have also slumped and died due to the shock of her daughter’s murder. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Thursday that an argument ensued between Oreoluwa and Ogbu when she told him to clean the house around 9pm on Wednesday and adding that the…

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Nepotism is corruption, Obasanjo tells presidency

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Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President, has lamented that nepotism in Nigeria is obstructing the fight against corruption. The elder statesman, before a gathering of investors at the ongoing yearly meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Moscow, accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of fiscal indiscipline and bias in the fight against corruption. He described corruption and development as strange bed fellows, warning that people in authority would remain deluded as long as their definition of corruption is when money, goods and services are involved. “Nepotism is a…

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Housewife seeking spiritual help lured and killed by Prophet

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A self acclaimed Prophet, Dotun Ogunlade, popularly called Arole Jesu, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command on Thursday, over the murder of a 25-year-old housewife, Bosede Oguntade, who was lured to Igboora in the Ibarapa area of the state via Facebook as by the Prophet and his accomplice, identified simply as Mutiu. The mutilated and decomposing corpse of the victim was exhumed in the presence of journalists and sympathisers, who wailed and rained curses on the prophet and his accomplice, for allegedly murdering the victim and grinding her body…

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