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The Katsina Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly making love to a horse. Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Usman Abdullahi, disclosed this yesterday in Katsina while briefing newsmen. According to Abdullahi, the man was arrested in the night early in the week around Polo Ground in Katsina by a police patrol team. “Our policemen on patrol went to …

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Today in Nigeria Thursday 10th March 2016   The police today arraigned more suspects in connection with the March 3, 2016 riots that led to loss of lives and property at the Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos State.   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told a Federal High Court that erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh …

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A 41-year old Prophet Benjamin Bernard on the order of a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State capital was yesterday ordered to be remanded in prison. Bernard was accused of raping his seven year old daughter, an offense which is against the law of the land and the Bible he claims to be preaching from. Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Taiye …

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  Walking through the railway line in Ijora Badia, a Lagos slum located in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development, one may not need to be told how bad the area really is. Apart from the filthy atmosphere, coupled with the swampy nature of the environment, the community is a beehive of activities 24 hours of the day. While the peddlers of …

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Today in Nigeria (TIN) Wednesday 9th March 2016   Death toll in the Lekki, Lagos collapsed building rises to 30 as the Lagos State Government asks the Directors of Lekki gardens to surrender to the police. Workers of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company continue their strike to protest the unbundling of the company which the Federal Government says it is …

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Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, was guest on Radio Continental programme Friday last week (March 4,2016). Here are excerpts from the interview: Q: Fulani herdsmen have on several occasions been accused of ransacking places they pass through while they are herding their cattle. Nigerians are wondering and asking why there seems to …

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For a properly educated individual, a case of minor getting pregnant shouldn’t only be surprising, but equally worrisome. Such is the case of Ese Oruru, 14 year old girl who was reportedly abducted from her home in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria and taken to Kano, a northern city. Different accounts of this story have been published including the young girl’s …

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  Former commander of the North-East counter-insurgency operation, aka, ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, Major General Yushau Mahmood Abubakar, is dead. Abubakar died Tuesday after sustaining injuries in an auto crash along Damaturu – Maiduguri highway. According to Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who confirmed the sad news in a statement, the accident occurred Tuesday evening. Usman added …

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The day started on a tragic note as a five-storey building under construction collapsed around Chisco bus stop, Lekki, Lagos State, killing six people about 4:30am. Nigeria today joined the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day 2016. Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Idiat Oluranti Adebule, made case to end gender discrimination against women in …

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The day started on a tragic note as a five-storey building under construction collapsed around Chisco bus stop, Lekki, Lagos State, killing six people about 4:30am. Nigeria today joined the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day 2016. Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Idiat Oluranti Adebule, made case to end gender discrimination against women in …

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