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The jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in northeast Nigeria, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade in Borno state on Saturday and set fire to homes and public buildings while firing sporadically at ...
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December, 2020
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28 December
40 dead, 18 injured as truck, two buses collide
Nearly 40 people were killed while 18 others injured in an accident involving a truck and two buses in Cameroon on Sunday. The local police chief Poly Ebou said the truck tried to overtake a passenger bus but collided with it instead, sending the bus careening into a river below. A few minutes later, another bus – which was trying ...
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28 December
Customs, smugglers clash again in Ogun with casualties & death
At least, one person has been confirmed dead following a clash between officers of Nigeria Customs Services and some rice smugglers in Oke Ola area of Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State on Saturday. It was learnt that trouble started when Customs officers stormed a hideout where the imported rice were stored, shooting into the air to ...
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28 December
Okowa mourns veteran Nollywood producer, Chico Ejiro
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed sadness over the passing of veteran Nollywood film maker, Chico Ejiro. Born Chico Maziakpono, the renowned movie producer, director and scriptwriter, who died at 51, hails from Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta. He reportedly died on Friday in Lagos after a brief illness. In a statement by his Chief ...
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27 December
TheNEWS, PMNEWS lose founding member, Sani Kabir
The management of Independent Communications Network Limited(ICNL), publishers of The NEWS and PM NEWS, regrets to announce the death of Alhaji Sani Kabir, one of the founding members of ICNL, in the night of 24 December 2020. Until his death, he was the Sarki Hausawa of Ebute Metta, Lagos.
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27 December
Lagos govt insists on approval for 300 guests wedding !
The Lagos State Government has made it compulsory for prospective couples to obtain approval from the state authorities to hold weddings with 300 people in attendance. The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, who stated this, said, “Weddings and social gatherings must not exceed 300 people with prior clearance from the Lagos State Safety Commission.” However, ...
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27 December
Popular Motivational Speaker, Ubong King dies of coronavirus
Popular Motivational Speaker and businessman, Ubong King has passed on. He reportedly died in Lagos in the early hours of 26th December 2020. The security expert and founder of Protection Plus Security Limited who was also known as the ‘Troublemaker’ was said to have tested positive for COVID-19. The news has so shocked the social media that his name is ...
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27 December
Reps drop Buhari invitation, apologise to Presidency
The house of representatives has dropped both “immediate and future” plans of inviting President Muhammadu Buhari to address the lawmakers on rising insecurity in the country. On December 1, the house of representatives passed a resolution summoning the president, following the killing of more than 40 farmers in Borno state. The motion was moved by Satomi Ahmad, lawmaker representing Jere ...
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27 December
Police Swoop on Suspected Armed Robbers on Operation, Arrest One
By Felix Mordi A gang of suspected armed robbers that had planned to spoil the Christmas festival for some inhabitants of Ilaro, the headquarters of Yewa South Local Government Council Area of Ogun State, by robbing them of their valuables, had their operation foiled on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. One of them, Abiodun Michael (aka X1), was not as lucky ...
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27 December
Millionaire’s carnival turns bloody as police allegedly kill two
The Christmas music concert purportedly organised by a young millionaire in the ancient Otukpo town turned sour as one of the policemen at the venue allegedly shot and killed two young people. Eyewitness told our correspondent that David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido was billed to play at the music carnival which later turned bloody. The eyewitness who did not ...
