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    Metro Man allegedly kills lover over separation threat - Punch Ng

    A 23-year-old resident of Owode-Ijako, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Salaudeen Issa, is in police custody for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Kemi Ilo. The suspect reportedly used a cutlass to inflict an injury on Kemi’s head around 4am on Sunday and left her in a...
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    Metro My husband always demands anal sex, woman tells court - Punch Ng

    A housewife, Asma’u Sulaiman, on Thursday prayed a Sharia court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her marriage to her husband over frequent demand for anal sex. Sulaiman also told the court that her husband, Nura Ahmad, had been assaulting and accusing her of infidelity. Click here to...
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    Metro Sex-for-mark Professor allegedly goes into hiding - Punch Ng

    A professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, who was accused of demanding sex from a female student of the institution in return for marks, has allegedly gone into hiding. PUNCH Metro said it visited his office on Thursday, but he was not around. Click here to read more
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    Saraki Disbands Buhari Support Group In Senate – Sahara Reporters

    The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, ordered the immediate disbandment of a group, Parliamentary Support Group, in the Senate It is not clear if Mr. Saraki, as Senate president, has such constitutional powers to disband a freely formed group, especially as the constitution...
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    Politics APC, INEC working to truncate democracy, Secondus tells EU - Punch Ng

    The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has told the international community that the ruling All Progressives Congress government and the Independent National Electoral Commission are working to truncate the country’s democracy. Secondus said though the PDP...
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    Metro Scores feared killed as gunmen hit Zamfara - Punch Ng

    Suspected bandits on Wednesday attacked two villages in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing some people. The Cable reported that the suspects attacked a mining site at Kuru-kuru village and also ambushed some people from the neighbouring Jarkuka village as they mobilised to...
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    Imo government sacks, retires 1, 215 workers – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Governor Rochas Okorocha Imo State government yesterday sacked and retired over 1, 215 civil servants. The Guardian leant that most of the affected workers were largely from the local government service. The state Head of Service, Mr. Calistus Ekenze, reportedly directed … Read more via...
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    EFCC arrests bank MD who bought 134 buses, 20 houses with N11.4bn slush cash – Nigeria News...

    Mr. Michael Osasogie Obasuyi, the Managing Director of Platinum Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Limited, has been arrested by the EFCC for alleged conspiracy, cybercrime and laundering of N11.498 billion! Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2EICwHU Get More Nigeria...
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    Police declare Sen. Shehu Sani wanted for murder – Newtelegraph

    The police in Kaduna State yesterday linked Senator Shehu Sani as a person of interest in a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide in the state. Following the development, Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Austin Iwar, has written to the Sani, asking him to appear on April 30 …...
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    Herdsmen Murder 36 Persons In Benue, Taraba – 360Nobs.com

    Some suspected Fulani Herdsmen on Tuesday night attacked Gbeji and Tswarev communities in Ukum and Logo council areas of Benue State, killing no fewer than 11 persons. The names of those killed, according to community sources, include Mtserkyaa lgbugh; Kananfa Amarfu; Tyavyar Akau; Orfega...
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    2019 Presidency: Does Dankwambo Have A Choice? – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    About 15 kilometers after leaving Gombe Airport, on the way to the city, the first major landmark that tells you serious governance is taking place in Gombe State is a sprawling edifice that looks every inch like a five star hotel. It is the International Conference Centre … Read more via...
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    Buhari confirms loot 10 years after defending thieving Abacha – The Guardian Nigeria...

    Ten years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari, who served as the Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the late former military Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha denied that his former boss looted the treasury, but his government on Tuesday … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Buhari in UK: PDP Asks N’Assembly to Address Power Vacuum – Thisdaylive

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to invoke the relevant sections of the constitution to address the power vacuum caused by President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence from the country. The party accused the president of shrouding his private visit to London as …...
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    Dismiss treason charges against us, IPOB tells Binta Nyako – Vanguard News

    ENUGU—INDIGENOUS People of Biafra, IPOB, has commended Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako over the “uncommon courage” she displayed in the trial of Boko Haram suspected terrorists and asked her to adopt same yardstick used for the terrorists by dismissing the treason charges against IPOB members in her...
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    Breaking: Reps Summon Osinbajo over ‘Illegal’ Suspensions at NEMA – Olisa.tv

    The House of Representatives committee on emergency and disaster management has summoned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over what it termed the “illegal” suspension of directors at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Also summoned are Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and...
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    Politics Offa robbery: Nigeria’s security system sick, say Reps - Punch Ng

    Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the recent robbery attacks on commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, saying the incidents were signs that the country’s security system was “sick.” The lawmakers said the situation called for the overhauling of the security system...
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    Metro Herdsmen attacks: Protest in Plateau, 30 killed in Taraba, Benue - Punch Ng

    Parliamentary activities at the Plateau State House of Assembly were on Thursday delayed by two separate groups of protesters that stormed the Assembly complex. The protesters, mostly women and youths, stormed the Assembly to register their displeasure over the spate of killings by Fulani...
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