Bandits-terrorists bomb Abuja-Kaduna train with about 970 passengers onboard

Suspected bandit terrorists on Monday March 28, detonated bombs on the rail track of the Abuja-Kaduna train. According to reports, the attack occurred at a point between Katari and Rijana. The 6pm train, which took off from Idu Train Station at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) hit the explosive device about 30 minutes to Rigasa […]

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Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth ―Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars

Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage to hit Chris Rock after the presenter made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s haircut. Rock, a comedian, compared Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair to that of G. I. Jane’s, who has a shaved head. Pinkett Smith suffers from hair loss condition alopecia. Pinkett Smith has been grappling with hair loss since revealing […]

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Court refuses to grant DCP Abba Kyari, ACP Ubua, 2 others bail

Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the application for bail filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday J. Ubua. The two senior police officers are charged with five others in relation to offences of unlawful drug dealings. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a […]

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Nigerian gospel artiste dies of chronic Kidney disease

Nigerian Gospel artiste, Chinedu Nwadike, has died. He died on Sunday, March 27, after a long battle with chronic Kidney disease. The “Oku Gbajie Aka” crooner had battled the ailment for a while and had even come out to publicly seek financial help from prominent Nigerians and others. Actress Rita Edochie announced his passing on […]

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NYSC member slumps, dies while watching football match at orientation camp

Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has commiserated with the family of a corps members, Musa Momoh Tunde (KB/22A /2278) who died at the Orientation Camp in Dakingari, Kebbi State. Late Tunde, a Public Administration graduate of the Federal Polytechnic Bida, slumped and died on Friday evening, March 26, while […]

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Lagos party host who shared petrol souvenir, gets 2 years imprisonment

Ms. Chidinma Ogbulu, Lagos socialite, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by a Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court for sharing petrol as gift at a social (owambe) party she hosted. The court sitting in Oshodi delivered the judgment after Ogbulu pleaded guilty to the charges against her. She had initially pleaded not guilty […]

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Abdullahi Adamu is the new APC national chairman

Ex-governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has been declared National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jigawa State governor, Mr. Abubakar Badaru, made this known at Eagles Square, Abuja, venue of the APC national convention, after an aye-and-nay vote. The party had earlier on released its unity list which named the lawmaker as […]

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Woman applies to court to forgive man who was charged with touching her buttocks

A Kenyan woman, Makena Sara Ngari has appeared in court to forgive a man who had been charged with touching her buttocks. The 21-year-old Ramadhan Johnson, was arraigned before Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, for intentionally touching Sara’s buttocks without her consent. Sara was in court on Thursday, March 24, ready to withdraw the […]

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Man sentenced to death in Ekiti for raping, killing his landlady

A man identified as Tunmise Abraham was on Wednesday March 23, sentenced to death by hanging by an Ado-Ekiti High Court, for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. An eyewitness account shared in the court revealed that Olanrewaju, a mother of three, was alone at home after her husband had gone to work when the incident […]

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First female US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, dies

The first female US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has died aged 84. A long-time foreign policy veteran, Albright became America’s Secretary of State in 1997 during the Clinton administration Albright was instrumental in efforts to end ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and was hailed as “a champion of democracy’ On Wednesday, March 23,  State Department spokesman, […]

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Woman allegedly killed, burnt for demanding her father’s inheritance in Nigeria

A Nigerian woman was reported to have been brutally murdered in Ebonyi state, Nigeria, after demanding her father’s inheritance following the death of her only brother under a mysterious circumstance. The National Human Right Commission (NHRC), is demanding justice for Nnenaya Onu, 35, who was allegedly stripped naked, beaten, dismembered, and burnt behind her father’s […]

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20-year-old kills her baby boy 3 days after birth in Nigeria

Men of the Adamawa State Police Command in Nigeria have arrested 20-year-old, Amina Umar, for allegedly killing her 3-day-old baby boy with a pesticide normally used in killing rats. Confirming the arrest to LIB, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the suspect killed her child because she felt the […]

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Nigerian Lawyer takes Nigerian Bar Association to court, claims N10m damages

Nigerian legal practitioner, Bartholomew Okafor—Oyilo, has asked a High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria to set aside the findings of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which recommended him for disciplinary action based on a legal opinion he rendered as Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Anambra State (Legal Matters). Okafor-Oyilo, in a writ of […]

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$2.5bn Dangote Fertiliser plant commissioned by Buhari in Lagos

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has commissioned the Dangote Fertiliser Plant in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Buhari inaugurated the multi-billion dollar facility on Tuesday at an event well attended by many political, traditional, and religious leaders, as well as key members of the private sector from various parts of the country. They include […]

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Buhari commissions new Lagos Intl Airport terminal, see the terminal Photos

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned a new terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The new MMIA Terminal is expected to handle 20 million passengers a year. It comprises of a four-storey Main Terminal Building, three-storey Finger Building, two-storey Cargo Terminal Building, 82,925sqm apron, and external and ancillary works. The […]

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The pretty young lady found dead in Nigerian hotel room identified, her friends mourn (Photos)

Friends are mourning a young lady found dead in a hotel room in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Nigeria. Earlier on, Bodedolu had reported that the deceased now identified as Takor Veronica, was found dead inside the room of the hotel located at Nyinma area in Makurdi. The victim was said to have been taken to […]

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Lawyers can pay practicing fees in bank’s cash deposits ―Nigerian Supreme Court

Nigerian Supreme Court has clarified its position on the contentious new mode of bar practising fees by legal practitioners in the country introduced by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a circular, the NBA had directed lawyers in the country to henceforth pay the statutory annual Bar Practicing Fee via an online payment portal called […]

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