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111 beer bottles confiscated, 21 arrested by Hisbah in Jigawa

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The Sharia Law enforcement agency in Jigawa State, Hisbah, on Monday arrested 21 suspects allegedly committing immoral acts, while they also confiscated 111 bottles of beer from them. The Hisbah Commander in the state, Ibrahim Dahiru, who disclosed this in Dutse, said the suspects were arrested in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state. Dahiru said that operatives of the command carried out the raid in the early hours of Monday at the popular Gadar Kazaure joint. He explained that during the raid, 14 suspected commercial sex workers and seven men…

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NDLEA berates Akeredolu over call for legalisation of cannabis

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Plans by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, to begin the cultivation of Cannabis Sativa for medicinal and commercial purposes has been berated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. In a statement by the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), the agency denied Akeredolu, reminding the governor that Nigeria remained opposed to the legalisation and decriminialisation of cannabis, in line with the constitution of the country. Abdallah denied claims that he had visited Thailand with Akeredolu to learn how to grow Cannabis sativa for medicinal…

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Traditional ruler, retired police officer arrested for allegedly stealing transformers

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The traditional ruler of Ipene community in the Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, Chief Paulinus Ogbor, and a retired police officer, identified simply as Onugh, have been arrested by the Ebonyi State Police Command, for allegedly stealing three transformers. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Loveth Odah, said that the duo were arrested by men of the 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Calabar, at Unwana in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Friday, and were handed over to the police for further investigation. It…

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Man Steals $2m Ferrari On Test Drive

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A man has been declared wanted by the German police for speeding off with a vintage Ferrari worth over two million euros (over $2 million) during a test drive. Police issued a wanted picture of the burly man wearing glasses and a dark blue blazer who made off with the 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO on Monday in Duesseldorf. The car, painted in classic Italian racing red, was recovered a day later in a garage where the thief had tried to hide it, but the suspect remained at large. The theft…

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My Wife denies me sex, says my Penis is small -Pastor

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A Pastor, Samson Farounbi, seeking to divorce his wife, has told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, in Ibadan, that the small size of his penis made his estranged wife to deny him sex for a long period. Farounbi disclosed this on Monday when testifying before the court on a case of divorce he instituted against Tope Farounbi. He had requested the court to end the 19-year-old union on the grounds of unrest of mind, threat to life and lack of respect for his family. Narrating his ordeals, the Pastor said…

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Nigerian Doctor wins “Brain Tumor Research” award in U.S.

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A US-based Nigerian Doctor, Chibawanye Ene, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on Brain Tumor Research. A statement from the Clinical Department, Applied Radiation Oncology U.S., said Ene received the award at the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting held from April 13 to April 17 in San Diego. The-37-year-old, who is from Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, won the award with his research work on ‘Anti-PD-L1 Immunotherapy Enhances Radiation-induced Abscopal Response in Glioblastoma’. Immunotherapy is a type of…

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Gardener arrested for beating WASSCE candidate to death over alleged insult

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a school gardener, Femi Aderonmu, for allegedly beating a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil of the Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri, Rafiu Adagun, to death. It was gathered that Rafiu was heading home after writing his West African Senior School Certificate Examination on Wednesday when he was accosted by the gardener along the Oke-Olu Road in the Iponri area of the state. It was learnt that Aderonmu engaged the deceased in a fight, which led to the latter being unconscious. He was…

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Olubadan says Breach of protocol stalled Obesere’s chieftaincy title

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Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan land, has said the procedure for prescribing and consenting to honorary chieftaincy title in Ibadan is too sacrosanct to be bent for anybody. Oba Adetunji stated this while welcoming the Fuji Musicians Association executives led by its National President, Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Agboola, to his Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace at the weekend. Apparently reacting to the controversy generated by the non-installation of Ibadan-born fuji star, Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere, as Agbaakin Bobagunwa of Ibadan land, the monarch said there was no ill feeling towards…

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Woman arraigned for allegedly striping naked and urinating on church altar

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Moji Aderibigbe, a 39-year-old petty trader, accused of stripping naked and pouring urine on the church altar, has appeared in a Yaba Chief magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Aderibigbe, who resides in Pedro Area of Lagos is charged with insult to a religion and disorderly conduct. The Police prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at 8 p.m. on May 13, at No. 49, Onabola St., Ladi-lak area of Bariga, Lagos. Olaluwoye told the court that Mr Francis Osibowale, the pastor of the Firebrand Power…

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Covenant University accountant arrested over N180m diversion

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An accountant with Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly diverting N180m school fees belonging to the school. The diversion of the  money was said to have taken years before the university discovered his alleged fraud. The Chancellor of the university and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, reportedly described the accountant’s lifestyle as “riotous”. The suspect was said to have bought some flashy cars, which he allegedly kept in a mansion he bought with part of the stolen…

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