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    Metro Robbers kill UNIBEN don, one suspect shot dead – Punch Newspapers

    Alexander Okere, Benin A gang of suspected armed robbers have shot dead a lecturer at the University of Benin, Dr. Godwin Omofonwa, in Ugbowo, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the robbers invaded the residence of the university don, located in Evbuomore...
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    Metro Two killed, seven injured as bribe-seeking policemen cause accident – Punch Newspapers

    Samson Folarin Two motorcycle riders were reported dead and at least seven others injured after an accident on Adeboye Road, Odorasanyin, in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that a team of policemen had mounted a checkpoint on the road and were extorting money …...
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    World Police arrest 15-year-old pupil for killing classmate – Punch Newspapers

    German police arrested a 15-year-old who on Tuesday allegedly killed a schoolmate, with the motive still unclear. Media reports said the teenager did not resist when police tracked him down through a helicopter search and arrested him. Prosecutors said preliminary investigations suggest that the...
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    Metro Ooni suspends Oduduwa University’s founder over poetry – Punch Newspapers

    Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has suspended Chief Ramon Adedoyin, as the Maye of Ife, for allegedly releasing an ewi ( poetry) composed to deride the stool of the Ooni. The Chiefs also said that they had started the process of removing the Oloyere of … via...
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    World India’s top court rejects last-ditch bid to ban Bollywood film – Punch Newspapers

    India’s top court Tuesday rejected a final bid by two states to ban a Bollywood film about a mythical Hindu queen which sparked violent protests by radical groups. Threats by Hindu fringe groups against “Padmaavat”, which is to be released Thursday, have forced police to step up security around...
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    Metro I skipped meals, slept few hours during exams —NOUN best graduating student – Punch Newspapers

    With a 4.88 Cumulative Grade Points Average in Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mr. Adebayo Fabiyi emerged the Overall Best Graduating Student at the National Open University of Nigeria last Saturday. He shares his experience in this interview with OLALEYE ALUKO. Excerpts: Tell us...
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    World Dad throws newborn into dustbin, says he thought she was dying – Punch Newspapers

    A father dumped his newborn daughter in a waste bin, allegedly because he thought she was going to die. He told police he thought she was ‘incurable’ because she started to turn purple a couple of hours after being born. Chilling CCTV footage shows the man, from Xuanwei in China, … via Punch...
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    Metro Gunmen abduct Zamfara lawmaker’s two children, demand N10m – Punch Newspapers

    The Police in Zamfara have confirmed the abduction of two children of Yahaya Chado, the member representing Maradun/Bakura Federal Constituency. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Shehu, told newsmen in Gusau on Monday that the children were abducted after the gunmen invaded the...
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    Metro Herdsmen attacks to be brought under control soon, says Buhari – Punch Newspapers

    *President promises to stop stealing by corrupt officials Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured Nigerians that increasing cases of killings being carried out by suspected herdsmen in communities across the country would soon be brought under control. He said...
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    Sports Robinho heads to Sivasspor despite rape conviction –

    Brazil forward Robinho is set to join Turkish Super Lig side Sivasspor, the club said on Monday, despite his sentencing in absentia to nine years in prison in Italy for gang rape. Sivasspor, based in the city of Sivas in central Anatolia, said that an agreement with the former AC … via...
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    Metro Govt to enforce N1,000 compulsory insurance on motorbike operators – Punch Newspapers

    Nike Popoola The National Insurance Commission is set to begin the enforcement of third party insurance on owners/operators of motorcycles nationwide under the Insurance Act. NAICOM also stated that N1,000 would be paid as an annual premium by each motorcycle operator to secure the compulsory...
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    Metro Terrorist tag: IPOB alleges FG’s plot to frustrate appeal – Punch Newspapers

    Tony Okafor The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday alleged that its move to appeal an Abuja Federal High Court judgment was being frustrated by the Federal Government. It also accused Justice Abdul Kafarati, who delivered the judgment, of complicity. The court had, last week, affirmed the...
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    Metro Herdsmen killings: Parents, NYSC members panic, rush to seek redeployment – Punch Newspapers

    SUNDAY ABORISADE, OLALEYE ALUKO, DOLAPO, AKITOYE, PETER DADA, HINDI LIVINUS, JOHN CHARLES and TYOPUUSU JUSTIN Corps members, posted to some states that have come under continuous attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt and parts of the North, have appealed to the authorities of the...
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    Metro It’s dangerous for Yoruba to shun rites for dead and new kings – Elebuibon, Ifa High Priest...

    The Araba Awo of Osogbo and prominent Ifa High Priest, Ifayemi Elebuibon, tells FEMI MAKINDE in this interview that there will be serious implications for new Obas and their families if the tradition of performing certain rites on their predecessors is stopped. The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba...
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    Metro [VIDEO] Police seize cocaine found hidden in pineapples – Punch Newspapers

    via Punch Newspapers – http://ift.tt/2DthuAz Police in Portugal and Spain say they seized nearly a ton of cocaine hidden inside pineapples. The Police said they arrested nine members of a gang that shipped the drugs from South America. The cocaine was wrapped in yellow wax and packed inside...
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    World Crocodile confronts policemen searching suspect’s house for weapons – Punch Newspapers

    Policemen searching a suspect’s home for a weapons stash were surprised to encounter a large crocodile living in the basement, the police said Friday. Police officers in Russia’s north-western city of Saint Petersburg were inspecting a property owned by a man suspected in a case of illegal arms...
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    Metro Nasarawa school principal, teachers suspended for beating students – Punch Newspapers

    Umar Muhammed, Lafia The Principal of Government Science Secondary School, Nassarawa-Eggon, and three other officials have been suspended for one month for meting out corporal punishment to some students. The state Commissioner of Education, Mr. Tijjani Ahmed, who confirmed this to Northern City...
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    Metro JAMB directs all institutions to end 2017 admissions next week – Punch Newspapers

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday directed all tertiary institutions to end their 2017 admission by January 25. The Board’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin said the board’s decision came at a meeting where all issues and ones bordering on the admission process were taken...
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    Metro Wife denied sex for three years gets reprieve – Punch Newspapers

    An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage due to irreconcilable differences between the couple. The case was instituted by 36-year-old Raliat Ajila, who accused her husband, Sola Ajila of denying her sex for three years. Raliat had told the...
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    Metro [PHOTOS] Nigerian banker gives birth inside plane en route New York – Punch Newspapers

    A 41-year-old Nigerian banker identified as Toyin Ogundipe, aboard an Air France flight, was delivered of a baby boy mid-air about 35,000 feet above sea level and four hours away from the destination. The mother of two who lives in the UK had gone into labour a week earlier than … via Punch...
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