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Man arrested for slaughtering daughter for sacrifice in Benue

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A man identified as John Depuun has been arrested by police for killing her daughter for sacrifice in Benue state. The Chairman, Konshisha Local Government, Mrs Justina Ubebe confirmed the killing of the infant girl by her father as sacrificial offering in a village in Tse-Agberagba in the area. Confirming the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Thursday in Makurdi, Ubebe described the act as ” strange and bizarre”. She said the act, which happened on Wednesday night, had already been reported to the…

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Femi Otedola tells court Farouk Lawan demanded $500,000 bribe

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Femi Otedola, Founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, has said that a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, demanded $500,000 bribe from him. Lawan was former Chairman of the House of Representatives committee that probed the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud by the seventh Assembly. The former lawmaker is accused of receiving money from Otedola to remove Zenon from the list of oil companies allegedly involved in the fuel subsidy fraud. He was charged by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation for allegedly receiving…

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Nurse apologises to families of over 100 victims for giving injection overdose

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Niels Hoegel, 41-year-old German former hospital nurse who has admitted to killing more than 100 patients in his care apologised on Thursday to victims’ grieving relatives. “If I knew a way that would help you, then I would take it, believe me,” he said at his trial. “I am fully convinced now that I owe every relative an explanation,” said the bearded, heavyset defendant “I am honestly sorry.” Hoegel, Germany’s worst post-war serial killer, has already spent nearly a decade in prison on a life term for six other patient…

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Woman goes to jail in Indonesia for exposing boss’ sexual affairs

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Baiq Nuril Maknun, an Indonesian woman, has bagged a six-month jail term for exposing her cheating boss. The supreme court’s shock ruling overturned an earlier court decision that had cleared the woman of breaking a controversial law against spreading indecent material. “I’m saddened and shocked by this sentence,” Maknun’s husband Lalu Muhamad Isnaini said Friday in reaction to the ruling, which was issued last week. The case stretches back to 2012 when Maknun recorded a conversation in which the principal of the school where she worked on the island of…

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DELSU missing student’s corpse found without breasts, tongue

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Two persons and a security man attached to Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, have been arrested over a missing student, whose decomposing body has been found with her tongue and breasts cut off. Olozino Ogege, a 300 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication, was declared missing last Thursday after she reportedly went out to meet an agent, who was assisting her secure an apartment in the university town. A source, who simply gave his name as Michael, said: “Her decomposing body was found on Friday with her tongue…

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Oyo government rebuilds Ayefele’s Music House

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The Oyo State Government has commenced reconstruction of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House, which was partially demolished in August. The government, in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication and Strategy, Mr Bolaji Tunji, said its intervention was informed by the acknowledgment of contravention of the state building code by the management of the Music House and the personal appeal by Ayefele to Governor Abiola Ajimobi. The statement noted that an appeal from various stakeholders in the state and the musician’s willingness to rectify the contraventions, which…

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Delta 2019: UK Group drums support for APC candidate, Great Ogboru

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A group under the aegis of Deltans in Diasppra, UK for Great Ogboru have massively been working on strategies and campaigns to make sure the dream of Great Ovedje Ogboru to take over the Osadebe House as the next governor of Delta State becomes a reality. Ogboru who is the candidate of the All Peoples’ Congress(APC), is a tested politician and successful businessman. The group coordinators, Chief (Mrs) Pat Isiorho-Eleto and Chief Stella Aghoghovbia-Tulloch; both based in the United Kingdom said “Great Ogboru symbolizes the dream of an average Deltan…

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Flights To Be Disrupted As Harmattan Sets In – Nimet

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) said there could be high cases of flight disruptions through cancellation and delay of flights at some airports across the country as the harmattan season sets in. A statement from NiMet yesterday said during the harmattan season, sunny and hazy conditions are expected over the Northern states and central cities down to the inland cities of the southern parts, with thick dust haze conditions which can impair horizontal visibility to less than 1000m (1km). NiMet also advised road users to be careful and avoid over…

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Pastor arraigned for allegedly abducting and sleeping with chorister

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Joseph Igwemon, 34-year-old pastor of the Global Influence Ministry, has been arraigned before an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly abducting and having carnal knowledge of one of his church members. The accused was said to have committed the offence on October 15, 2018, in the Mission Road area of Benin metropolis. The victim was said to be a chorister in Igwemon’s church and was wedded to her husband by the accused. The pastor, who was arraigned on two counts of abduction and an act likely to…

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ADVAN: Folake Ani-Mumuney-led association Celebrates Silver Jubilee

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  Series of weeklong activities has been announced by the Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), to mark its 25th anniversary, culminating in the ADVAN marketing excellence awards slated for the 18th of November. The ADVAN anniversary week with the theme “The Power of Story Telling” gives the leading marketing association in Nigeria and its members the opportunity to emphasize on the strategic importance of storytelling in nation building and driving economic growth, a role they have played so well over the last 25 years.  According to statement issued by the President of…

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