Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Amotekun, in collaboration with security agencies in Kogi State, have rescued six kidnapped corps members. Two leaders of the kidnap gang were also arrested by the security outfit after the payment of N1 million out of the N2 million ransom demanded before the release of
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Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a former aide of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that Buhari and his government have failed Nigeria. Yakasai took to Twitter to call for Buhari’s resignation after an Abuja-Kaduna train was attacked by bandits, who killed some passengers and abducted others.
In a series of tweets, the former member of the
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The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that fatalities were recorded in the terrorist attack on a train along Abuja-Kaduna route on Monday. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday March 29, did not state the number of fatalities but said injured and dead
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The Zuba High Court sitting at the Gwagwalada High Court Division, Abuja, has sentenced four men to death by hanging for armed robbery. Ag. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said that the case began on the night of 23rd August, 2016, when the four suspects – Tochukwu Uwalaka,
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Seven persons have been killed following a clash that ensued between two rival cult groups in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was gathered that members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities have been engaging one another in a supremacy battle since last week.
On Thursday night, March 24, a popular area boy, known as Tommy
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A member of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Al-Mustapha, has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress will take over Sokoto State come 2023. Al-Mustapha, who represents the Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday that, “Sokoto is an APC State.
“It is just exigencies of politics that we
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The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, aka the Oscars, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022.
The ceremony was hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. The ceremony honored the best films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021
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Four persons have been confirmed dead in a head-on collision between a petrol tanker and a truck conveying cement along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. It was gathered that the accident occurred at Kaiyetoro end of the expressway by Eleko bus stop on Sunday afternoon, March 27.
Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Adeseye Margaret, who
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Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington was seen consoling Will Smith at the Oscars after he slapped presenter Chris Rock for mocking his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith at the event on Sunday night, March 27. Tyler Perry and Bradley Cooper also took Will aside to speak with him.
Chris Rock made a joke about the hairstyle of
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Will Smith has apologised for storming the Oscars stage to slap Chris Rock after the presenter made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. After the slap, Will won Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams, tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams' father, in "King Richard".
This is Will's first Academy Award and he used his acceptance
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