Air strikes on Friday by Syria’s regime and its Russian ally killed 15 civilians, most of them in a camp for the displaced in Idlib province, a war monitor said. Four children where among 13 civilians killed in a Russian air strike on a camp for the displaced near the town of Hass in southern…
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The Federal Government on Friday raised the alarm over alleged plans by the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, to seek asylum. The government specifically said his actions in India demonstrated malicious intents that were capable of embarrassing the governments of Nigeria and India. A statement issued in Abuja by the Permanent…
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly flogging and locking up a 10-year-old orphan in a kennel. The PUNCH learnt that the incident happened in the Surulere area of Lagos. There had been outrage on the social media after a video went viral showing the suspect beating the boy for an unstated…
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The producers of Rubbin’ minds, popular TV talk-show for young Nigerians, have announced Japheth Omojuwa as guest talk-show host for the month of August, 2019. The weekly show is currently hosted by popular media personality and lawyer, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. However, for the next one month, commencing on Sunday, the 11th of August, Omojuwa will be joining…
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A 15-year-old boy has allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded in Jos on Thursday, told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him to buy clothes and celebrate his graduation. “I was the one who initiated the…
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Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzaky has reportedly discharged himself from the Medenta Hospital and is now on his way back to Nigeria barely 96 hours after landing in New Delhi for medical treatment. According to the President, Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa, he stated that El-Zakzaky and his…
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As Muslims mark the Eid-el-Kabir today, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims to avoid violent extremist ideas, stating that violent extremism is giving Islam a wrong name. The President said this in a statement on Saturday while felicitating with the Muslim faithful, saying they should be “the mirror through which others see the good virtues…
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Sequel to the robbery incident at the Obafemi Awolowo Hall of the University of Ibadan, the postgraduate hostel of the same university was attacked on Sunday by armed men. About seven men who were armed with machetes entered the female block of the Abdusalami Abubakar Postgraduate hall through a window passage and raided the first…
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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Timi Frank on Saturday disclosed how the leaders of the party fabricated lies in 2015 to sabotage the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan. With the rising incidence of killing, violence and insecurity nationwide, Frank disclosed that Jonathan managed security challenges in the country…
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The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, has said that he had a premonition about the February helicopter crash which Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his team survived in Kabba, Kogi State. Adeboye explained that he had received a message from God while praying during the February Holy Ghost Congress that…
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