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Death Sentence For Rev. King Goes To Supreme Court

Dissatisfied with the death sentence passed on him by a Lagos High Court and confirmed by the Appeal Court in Lagos, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (alias Rev
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Lagos Police TryToCover Up Murder Of NSCDC Officers

The Police in Lagos have forced Olanrenju Gbedeogun, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to make a statement that contradicts...
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A Look At The Life Of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with "Things Fall Apart" and continued for decades...
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Housewife In Lagos State Dies While Cheating With Neighbour

The price for adultery is fatal when one considers what happened recently in Badagry area Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, where a housewife died during sex...
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Nigerian Islamist Group Releases Video Of Hostages’ Bodies - Video

A Nigerian Islamist group that killed seven foreign hostages it had been holding since February has posted a video of their bodies on the Internet. According...
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Taiwo Lawal, child shot in the head by robbers dies after seven months

After seven months of battling with complications from a gunshot wound on the head, Taiwo Lawal, the one-year-old baby who was shot during a series...
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Terrorists in Nigeria kill four in Kano drive-by shooting

Four persons were killed in drive-by shooting on Sunday by gunmen driving around on a tricycle  in an area of Kano.It was learnt that the...
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Nuns Dance To P.Square's "Chop My Money"- Video

Nigerian Reverend sisters seen rocking the dance floor at a wake keeping event to celebrate the life of late Rev. Sr.Vincentia Aribe in the US...
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Video of female preacher who exposes her boobs while preaching

Those strongly behind the "End is Near school of thought" can have a new reason to support their stance.The video above shows a female preacher...
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Senior Nigerian Lawyer Chief Ajibola Aribisala Stripped Of Privileges

Chief Ajibola Aribisala, a senior advocate of Nigeria has been stripped of the title and the privileges attached to it.The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC)...
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Presidency Takes On CNN's Christiane Amanpour

As we approach 2014, the year in which Nigeria attains her centenary, it may probably begin to enter the consciousness of Nigerians that this nation...
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Nollywood movie titled `Dr Bello’ makes history as the first Nigerian movie to debut in U.S. theatres

A Nollywood movie titled `Dr Bello’ will be making history as the first Nigerian movie to debut in the U.S. theatres on Feb. 22, its...
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Nigeria Customs Officer Accidentally Shoots Colleague Dead

A Deputy Superintendent of Customs, Tunde Oseni, accidentally shot dead a colleague during an operation on the Seme-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State on February 16.This...
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Super Eagles Are 2013 African Cup Of Nations Champs!

Nigeria are Africa Cup of Nations champions for the first time since 1994. The Super Eagles, who'd suffered a series of semifinal defeats over the...
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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour - “What Nigeria And The Super Bowl Have In Common” - Video

Nigeria’s persistent power cuts was recently compared to the black out which occurred at the largest sporting events in the United States, the Super Bowl...
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President Jonathan Should Sue the British

Poor Goodluck Jonathan. He thought all he had to do to get Nigerians singing "good luck for you, good luck for me" again was to...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Is Either Outright Ignorant, Mischievous Or Both

The Presidency yesterday issued an angry rebuttal to the constant criticisms by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on President Goodluck Jonathan, calling the ex-leader ‘confused’. The...
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Prominent politician accused of rape is publicly beaten and stripped by mob of angry women

Pictures have emerged of a leading Indian politician being beaten by villagers after allegedly raping a woman in her home at 2am.Congressman for Assam's ruling...
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Late Biafran Leader Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu’s Firm Rejects Bianca As Director

A Director of Ojukwu Transport Company Limited has said the wife of the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca, has no place on the...
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Nigerian Federal hospitals trade words over lawyer’s death

When 37-year-old Alex Ofehe, a lawyer, left home for surgeries at the Federal Staff Hospital in Jabi, Abuja on October 23, little did he know...
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Ondo swimmer Ibukun Adamolekun wins gold, battles for life

The atmosphere was similar to what fans experience at  international champion-ships.Ambiance was superb and the crowd enjoyed it and showed this with ceaseless cheering the...
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Joshua Akindele - The Man Who Ate, Sold Human Parts To Churches And Ritual Killers

Report say members of the palace guard to the community leader of Ajara Topa community in collaboration with a vigilante group operating in Oloko village...
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Lamido Sanusi: $11bn cash taken abroad through Nigerian airports

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has said that about $11bn (N1.73tn) has been taken out of the country through the airports...
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Justice Kayode Eso Is Dead At Age 87

A statement released by his family reads “With Glory to Almighty God we wish to announce the peaceful passing on of our husband, father, grandfather,...
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Dr. Doyin Okupe: Jonathan more concerned with fixing Nigeria than politics

Dr. Doyin Okupe is a familiar face in the Presidency, having worked as the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo...
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Nigerian Corruption: North’s Demand For Death Penalty Stirs Controversy

AREWA Consultative Forum’s demand for death penalty for corruption cases stirred a controversy on Wednesday.While the Ndigbo youths in Ohanaeze were divided on the propriety...
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Nigerian Gospel Artist Mayowa Ajayi Arrested For Fraud In The UK

A gospel singer who pretended to be an American fighter pilot, an oil executive and widower to con women out of more than £120,000 has...
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Oyo State Government declares seven-day mourning for Alhaji Lam Adesina

Oyo State Government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former governor of the state, Alhaji Lam Adesina, who died on Sunday morning at...
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Sin City In Nigeria

The enclave of Ijora Badia in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State is a constellation of absurdity. It is indeed a melange...
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Gov Obi-Umeh: I’ll expose Bianca Ojukwu

The last may not have been heard about the death of late Ezeigbo Gburugburu, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, as the National Chairman of APGA and...
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Four People Accused Of Witchcraft Burnt To Death By Mob - Graphic Video

This Wickedness has to stop. These extrajudicail killings must end.Say NO to More Jungle Justice!!!!The sad thing is that these kinds of Mob killings happen...
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Boko Haram Top Commander Sani Mohammed Escapes From Custody

A top Boko Haram commander, Sani Mohammed has reportedly escaped from police custody in Abuja on Thursday. The suspect who was arrested with another Boko Haram...
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President Jonathan Assures New Ambassadors Nigeria Has Made Progress With Security Challenges

President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria has made “significant progress” in meeting the country’s security challenges. A State House press statement said the claim was made...
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Prophet TB Joshua Prophesied Obama’s Re-Election - Video

Prophet T.B. Joshua has just released a video of how he prophesied the mass shooting at Apple Valley Farms Plant in Central California that occurred...
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Attorney General of the Federation challenges the Chief Justice of Nigeria

Barely three months after the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, accused him of unwittingly contributing to the undue delay in prosecution...
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Lawmakers In Lagos Caution Over-Zealous Security Officers

Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Commissioner of Police, to caution some of his over-zealous officers to desist from indiscriminate arrest and...
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Oyo State Government Drops Commissioners, Ogun Swaps Portfolios

Oyo State Government on Monday carried out a major cabinet shake-up in which three commissioners were dropped from the state executive council.Secretary to the State...
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Youths chase away Owa of Ogbagi for shunning traditional festival

There was pandemonium at Ogbagi-Akoko, in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State last Friday when youths of the town chased away their...
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Governor Adams Oshiomhole: Death Row Convicts Must Die

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that two death row convicts in the state deserve to die, saying he owes no apology over...
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Children of abandoned octogenarian sisters in Lagos surface

At last, succour has come the way of Ibijoke Apena and Janet Eruwayo, two octogenarian sisters abandoned by their children and relations, as some of...
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Former Head Of State Gen.Muhammadu Buhari Under Pressure

A former Head of State, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, has come under intense pressure to accept to play a mediatory role in Boko Haram’s peace overture to...
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Nuhu Ribadu Committee Report Causes Major Altercation

An open disagreement between the Chairman, Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force, Nuhu Ribadu, and his deputy, Steve Orosanye, on the process leading to the compilation...
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Mohammed Shuwa, Retired Nigerian General Killed By Gunmen

 A retired Nigerian general, Mohammed Shuwa, who was a key figure in the 1960s civil war, was on Friday shot dead by unknown gunmen at...
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Nsima U Ekere, Deputy Governor Of Akwa Ibom State Resigns

The Deputy Governor of Akwa-Ibom, Mr Nsima U Ekere, yesterday tendered his resignation latter to the government of the state.Mr Nsima U Ekere in the...
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Civil Society Organisation Requests Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala To Be Sacked

Some civil society organisations on Wednesday in Abuja called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and her...
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