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‘Batman’ Adam West, dies at 88

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The American actor whose career was defined by his superhero role in the hit 1960s television series “Batman,” Adam West is dead at the age of 88. The actor died Friday night after a “short but brave battle with leukemia,” his family said in a statement posted Saturday to West’s Facebook page. Donning a cape, cowl and bat gloves, West catapulted to fame after portraying the superhero Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne on the popular campy television series that premiered in 1966 and ran three seasons until its…

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Militants order Northerners out of Niger Delta before Oct 1

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The Niger Delta militants in a joint statement have asked Northerners to leave their region before October 1. This is in response to the October 1 ultimatum quit notice given to the Igbo by Coalition of Northern Youth Groups. In a joint statement released on Friday, the coalition of Niger Delta militants said they will declare the independence of the region on October 1. The communiqué signed to this effect by ‘General’ John Duku (Niger Delta Watchdogs and Convener: Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators), ‘General’ Ekpo Ekpo (Niger Delta Volunteers),…

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Soldier Sentenced to Death for Killing youth

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Lance Corporal Hilary Joel has been sentenced to death by the General Court Martial (GCM) sitting in Maiduguri for killing a youth. The incident took place following fracas with soldiers at the Command Secondary School Kaduna yesterday. Joel was arraigned before the Brigadier General Olusegun Adeniyi’s General Court Martial sitting at 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, killing a youth in Damboa, southern part of Borno State. Reading the judgment, General Adeniyi said Joel killed the unarmed youth with nickname ‘Chemical’ without provocation. Also found guilty of various…

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Muslim Cleric arrested with human parts, says he planned to use the parts for money ritual after Ramadan

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38-year-old Rasheed Ajibade, a Muslim Cleric who was caught with a fresh female head in Osun State recently, revealed that he planned to use the head and other body parts of the victims for money ritual after the ongoing Ramadan ends. Ajibade, an indigene of Ikirun in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State was caught with a fresh human head and other body parts like hands, lungs, liver and blood, which was kept inside a bottle, was arrested by the police in Osogbo on Wednesday during a stop and…

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59-year-old arrested by NDLEA for drug exportation to US, Qatar

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59-year-old contractor, Okechukwu Oparaji Joseph travelling to the US has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) alongside 41-year-old safety officer, Nnaji Ikenna Austine, travelling to Doha, Qatar, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in connection with drug trafficking. The suspects were intercepted during the outward screening of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight to New York and Ethiopian Airline flight to Doha. NDLEA commander at the airport, Ahmadu Garba, said while under observation, Okechukwu excreted 1.105kg of brownish substances that tested positive for…

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Northern Elders Forum backs Igbo quit notice

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The call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbos to leave the region within three months has been supported by the Northern Elders’ Forum , NEF, on Friday. The NEF leadership said this despite widespread condemnation trailing the ultimatum. It berated the Nothern Nigeria Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups behind the ultimatum. Briefing newsmen yesterday in Zaria, NEF Spokesperson Prof Ango Abdullahi said it was hypocritical for the Igbo to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s break up. His…

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Airtel Builds Multimillion Naira, Ultra-Modern Apartment for Fire Victims

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  Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has built and donated a multimillion naira, ultra-modern 2-bedroom apartment to victims of a devastating inferno, the Aina family, in fulfillment of its pledge to the beneficiary in the just concluded Airtel Touching Lives Season 3. The Aina family, which was one of the several grantees that appeared in the philanthropy series, had been struck by severe vicissitudes of life and had lost four children in a shattering fire accident that also consumed their abode as well as all their material possessions. Chief…

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26-year-old mother kills own newborn daughter to save her career

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Rachel Tunstill, a 26-year-old mother has allegedly stabbed her newborn daughter to death with a pair of kitchen scissors because she feared having a child would harm her career. She dumped her newborn baby’s body in a bin after allegedly butchering her with scissors 15 times at the flat she shared with boyfriend, Ryan Kelly. Preston Crown Court heard the couple’s daughter Mia Kelly had been born after Tunstill had gone into labour on their toilet while Ryan played on his XBOX. But she told her partner that she was…

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Why I Want to Become Osun State Governor 2018“ -Barr Kayode Oduoye

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Barrister Olukayode Oduoye was born in the 1970s to the family of Late Senator & Chief (Mrs) Simeon Olasunkanmi Oduoye (AIG Rtd). He hails from Ikirun in Ifelodun Local Government, Osun State. The vibrant politician and businessman attended Government College Ibadan before proceeding to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, from which he earned an LL.B (Hons). After his National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme he embarked on further academic pursuit in the United Kingdom, bagging a master’s degree in International Trade and Commercial Law (LL.M) in 1998 at the prestigious University…

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Pastor beheads seven-year-old boy, buries head at church altar

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A dedoyin Oyekan, a pastor and his accomplice, Eric, have been arrested by the police in Lagos yesterday for allegedly beheading a seven-year-old boy at Ikorodu. The suspects were arrested at Odokereke, Odogunyan after they allegedly beheaded the boy and buried his head at the church’s altar. The suspects, who were rescued from being lynched, allegedly committed the offence at No.16, Apata Abo Street, Odokekere, Odogunyan. Eric, said to be a friend to the victim’s father, allegedly abducted the boy around 11a.m. on Wednesday, after his father left him in…

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