Man caught ‘strapped with bomb’ in Plateau bank

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A yet-to-be-identified man who reportedly tried to detonate a bomb within the premises of a bank in Plateau State has been arrested. The incident reportedly took place on Monday, May 13, in Dadin Kowa town in the Jos South area of the state. According to a post on X on Tuesday, the vigilante security at the bank thwarted the attack when they noticed the suspect. Angered by the situation, a mob attacked the suspect and reportedly demanded his execution. It is unclear whether the suspect has ties to any terrorist…

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Pasuma attends daughter’s graduation in US

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Fuji musician Alhaji Wasiu Alabi Pasuma attended the convocation ceremony of his daughter Aliyah Mofiyinfoluwa Odetola, in an institution in the United States. The singer, via his official Instagram on Saturday, shared a video from the ceremony expressing gratitude to God. He wrote, “Haliamdulilahi Robin Al’amin, my daughter, Aliyah Mofiyinfoluwa Odetola, just graduated at University of Illinois Urbana Champagne Chicago with honours. Modupe Olohun Oba, anu nimori gba, kii shagbara.” Aliyah earned her Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the School of Integrative Biology at the University of…

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FULL LIST: AMVCA 2024 winners

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The 10th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos State. The AMVCA, an annual award presented by MultiChoice, recognises outstanding achievements in television and film. Below is the list of winners: Best Makeup Francesca Otaigbe (Over the Bridge) Campbell Precious (Mami Wata) – WINNER Hadizat Gambo (Mojisola) Hakeem Onilogbo (Jagun Jagun — The Warrior) Feyisayo Oyebisi (A Tribe Called Judah) Best Art Direction Blood Vessel (Victor Akpan) Over The Bridge (Abisola Omolade) – WINNER Breath of Life (Okechukwu Frost Nwankwo, Kelechi Odu) The…

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Electricity tariff hike: NLC, TUC shut down Ikeja, Ibadan DisCos

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Workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The workers thronged the offices of the DisCos on Monday, preventing workers from resuming work for the day. In Lagos, the workers were sighted at the corporate headquarters of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, singing and calling for the reversal of the Band A tariff. In Oyo, protesters stormed the office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, picketing the same.…

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EFCC to Embassies: Any transaction in currencies other than the naira in Nigeria is illegal

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned embassies not to demand foreign currency for goods and services in the country. The chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, gave the strong warning in a special memo addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the memo dated May 5, 2024, the EFCC chair made it clear that it was illegal for embassies to collect any currency apart from Naira in Nigeria. Part of the memo reads: “I present to you the compliments of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

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Awujale receives GCON national honour

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The national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON), has been conferred on the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona, by President Bola Tinubu for his immeasurable and invaluable contributions to national development. The President who was represented by his Vice, Alhaji Kashim Shettima Friday at the Olabisi Onabanjo University ,Ago Iwoye, for a book presentation on “Reinventing Governance in Nigeria”, as part of activities marking his 64th coronation as a Paramount ruler and 90th birthday. The ceremony also featured the inauguration…

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We kidnap, extort, rape male victims — Arrested Lagos gays

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Eleven suspected criminals who were arrested in the highbrow Lekki area of Lagos state have confessed that they belonged to a vicious gang of homosexuals that kidnap, extort and rape their male victims. They disclosed that their victims were only healthy-looking males and that they never had anything to do with females during their operations. All the suspects narrated how they joined the gang and how they carried out their atrocities which usually ended with video recordings of their sexual orgies with which they extorted various sums of money from…

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Prince Harry visits wounded soldiers in Kaduna military hospital

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The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, visited Kaduna State on Friday and met with wounded and injured Nigerian soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited Kaduna State on Friday, where they were welcomed by Governor Uba Sani, who gifted the Duke traditional Hausa attire and photo frames of the prince with his late mother, Princess Diana, and another with his wife. The duo arrived in Nigeria to promote the Invictus Games, an initiative Prince Harry founded to support…

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Soldier arrested with illegal ammunition, grenades hidden in bag of rice

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A Lance Corporal, Mubarak Yakubu, has been arrested by the Nigerian Army on Thursday for the illegal possession of ammunition and explosives. He was arrested during a routine search operation by the Military Police K9 Team, at the Borno Express Terminal in Maiduguri, Borno State. A statement by Major Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations said, “The soldier, Lance Corporal Mubarak Yakubu was found in possession of 756 rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition and four 36 hand grenades, ingeniously concealed within a small bag of rice”. “This…

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Man gives Yoruba monarch, Ọọni, two months ultimatum to confirm paternity

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  The video of a middle-aged man who claimed to be the son of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has surfaced online. In the video, the man who did not identify himself, claimed the monarch hid him with his mother with an instruction that he should stay discreet. “Oba Enitan Ogunwunsi is my father. He hid me with my mother with a clear instruction that I must not reveal myself,” the man dressed in a white Agbada said in Yoruba. The palace of the monarch has, however, debunked…

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