Breaking-news: 10 die, one injured as trailer, bus collide

 A midnight accident at Obada-Oko along the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway has claimed 10 lives and left one person critically injured.   The accident occurred when a passenger bus with Lagos registration number CZ 269 MUS collided with a trailer around midnight. The...

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Former Delta Speaker dies in hospital toilet

 A former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Young Igbrude, is dead. It was gathered that the death occurred at St. Luke’s Hospital, Asaba, where the man took one of his sons for medical treatment.Aged 62, the late Igbrude was said to have personally driven...

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Refinery blast kills 26

 A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 80 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country's key oil industry. Balls of fire rose over the Amuay...

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New York man kills his infant daughter with one punch to her face

A cruel man blamed his wife for the killing of his little daughter. A Bronx, New York man who beat his little daughter in the face, killing her, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, officials said Tuesday. Lawrence Johnson, 31, was convicted of second-degree murder...

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Russian Woman strangles elderly neighbour with a BRA

A woman strangled her elderly neighbour with her BRA when he refused to lend her money. The 26-year-old was drunk when she and her boyfriend asked the 65-year-old for cash to buy alcohol. When he refused to lend them money, the woman punched him in the face and tried...

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Local Government Chairman Arrested in US over Money laundering

Security report reaching Mid-Week Global Concord from Houston, Texas,United States of America alleges that the incumbent chairman of Uyo Local Government Area, Hon. Ekerete Ekpenyong was arrested by Houston security at the airport on arrival with over $450,000 (N74.2 million)...

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Baby making factory uncovered in Delta state

A maternity where newborn babies are sold to wealthy couples has been discovered in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The police in collaboration with local vigilance group recently raided the storey building located in Oduke, a sparsely populated area of Okwe community in...

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Dana: DNA shocker at mortuary

It is double tragedy for the family of Mr. Moses George, who was killed in the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash in Lagos. There is confusion over the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (otherwise called DNA) test result of the retired Fire Service official. His body was intact when the family...

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Police IG redeploys 18 Commissioners

There was a major shake-up in the police force on Monday. The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, redeployed 18 police Commissioners. The redeployment, which takes immediate effect, according to the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba,...

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Shell spends $383m on security in Nigeria in two years – Platform

 Oil company Shell has spent $383 million on security in Nigeria in two years, watchdog organisation Platform has said.According to Platform, a London based non-profit, citing leaked financial data from Shell, the expenditure made between 2007 and 2009 is 40 per cent of...

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Ramadan Continues Over Non-Sighting of New Moon

Hopes that the Ramadan fast would be concluded last night was dashed over the failure to sight the new moon. A statement from the Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, noted that the Muslim fast will continue through the weekend as a result. The Eid-el-Fitr celebrations...

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Governor appoints three physically-challenged persons as aides

GOVERNOR Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State yesterday approved the appointments of three physically-challenged persons as his special assistants.The appointments are contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson. The approval...

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ESUT Vice Chancellor Kidnapped-Police escort shot

Armed gunmen today kidnapped Prof Cyprian Onyeji the vice chancellor of the Enugu State University (ESUT).Sources disclosed that the kidnappers numbering about 10 also shot the police escort. Reliable sources disclosed that the incident happened this morning when the Vice Chancellor...

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Cultist hacks 300 level student to death

Tragedy struck in Warri, Delta State, last weekend, when a 300-level student of the Delta State University, Abraka, was hacked to death allegedly by a suspected cultist over a N5,000 internet modem. The victim, Solomon Onyeoghani, was a student in the Department of Business ...

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Humongous Snake Killed In Egypt Red Sea - Photo Humongous Snake Killed In Egypt Red Sea - Photo

Amazing Giant Snake found in the Red Sea that killed 320 tourists and 125 Egyptian divers, has been killed by a professional team of elite Egyptian scientists and qualified divers in Egypt.  Names of scientists who participated in the process of catching the huge snake...

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Delta State Prostitute flees as client turns rapist

Three men were, yesterday,arrested by men of the Ughelli vigilance team in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State for alleged rape. The men were apprehended at the Iwhrekpokpor area of the Ughelli metropolis at about 3 a.m. by members of the vigilance team after...

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Mathias Eze, Ex-commissioner Kills Wife for failing to prepare Stew

When Mathias Eze of Umu-Aji village in Umuida, and Patricia Ossai of Imufu, both in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State got married, little did Patricia know that her heartthrob would end her sojourn on earth in the most gruesome manner 16 years after their marital...

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Nigeria has been bedeviled with visionless leaders – Rochas Okorocha

 The Governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha has blamed the lingering security crises confronting the nation on “visionless leaders” that has ruled the nation in the past. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at a national dialogue on Effective Leadership and Good Governance...

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2 fake doctors nabbed in Abuja

Two persons, who claimed to be medical doctors, have been nabbed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.The suspects, who gave their names as Dr Victor and Dr Solomon operated at Nyam Hospital in Kurudu area of Abuja, according to FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat. Before...

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EFCC Arrests 3 Top Bankers Over N855m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned three officials of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank Plc), the bank itself and a firm, Nulec Industries Limited for fraud totaling N855,000,000. The bank officials – Ananyo Nwosu, Olajide Oshodi, Sunny Obazee,...

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Nigerian police arrest 4 in connection with church attack

 Nigeria's police in central north Kogi State said on Wednesday that four suspects have been arrested in connection with the Monday evening gun attack on the Deeper Life Bible Church in Okene. State commissioner of police Mohammed Katsina told a news conference in...

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Police foil attempt to bomb PDP secretariat

 POLICE, on Wednesday, foiled the attempt to bomb the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Sokoto with improvised explosive device (IED). Informed police sources told the Nigerian Tribune that at 11.00 a.m on Wednesday, the state police command got a report...

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Dana Crash: 132 bodies ready for collection

 The Lagos State Government says 132 bodies of victims of the Dana plane crash are ready for collection by their relatives.This followed the arrival of the bodies from the UK after the Deoxynubonucleic Acid results (DNA). DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the hereditary...

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Collect Bribe, Go To Jail —LASTMA Officials Warned

The Lagos State Government has vowed to sack any officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, who will capitalise on the new Road Traffic Law signed into law by Governor Babatunde Fashola to enrich themselves. The new law provides a tempting avenue for...

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