Tribunal dismisses Wike’s objection to new chairman

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike Hearing of the main petition filed by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate in the April 11, 2015 election in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, challenging the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, began on Thursday. The APC and Peterside called their first set of witnesses to testify before the Rivers...

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Bayern Munich plans $1.11m donation for refugee crisis

The Bayern Munich football club will donate $1.11m to help refugees and set up a training camp for those arriving in Munich, as the number of people arriving in the city continues to rise. Thousands have crossed into Germany via Hungary and Austria with Munich’s train station one of the main points of entry. The plight of those fleeing conflict in their countries such as Syria, as well as...

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Footballer Dies After Being Hit In The Head By Object Thrown By Fan After Match

24 year old Cameroonian striker Albert Ebossé Bodjongo (pictured above) was killed yesterday Aug. 23rd, after being struck in the head by an object thrown from the stands by an angry fan after his team lost 2-1 in a home defeat during an Algerian league game. Albert and his team mates were leaving the field at the end of a match between his club JS Kabylie and USM Alger in Tizi Ouzou, when an angry fan threw what is believed to be a rock. Albert, who had scored the sole JSK goal, died a few hours...

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R.APE: 5-Year-Old Girl Demands Gun From Police To Shoot Suspect

Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, in Lagos, were stunned on Friday when a five-year-old girl demanded a gun from them so that she would kill the man who defiled her. The suspect, identified simply as Okafor, 22, was said to have called Chimuanya and took her into an uncompleted building at Dansa area of Badagry and forcefully r***d her. Leadership investigation revealed that the minor was with her mother who was a trader when Okafor told her to come. A...

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Army Will Soon Crush Boko Haram, Says COAS

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, Tuesday in Enugu declared that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in sight as the military has concluded arrangement to procure more weapons that would enable them execute the mother of all wars with the terrorists. Minimah who disclosed this while addressing officers and soldiers at the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu during a familiarisation tour of the Division also warned that saboteurs in the army shall be court-marshaled as prescribed...

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Breaking News: Police Arrest Boko Haram Suspect At NAMA Office In Lagos

The NAMA office in Lagos was almost hit by an attempt by a suspected Boko Haram member. The supect who was arrested a few minutes ago had explosives with him that have been recovered and is currently in police Details shortly.. ...

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Man jailed 5 years for stealing 3 bunches of plantain

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Dominic Owusu, a 50-year-old electrician, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing three bunches of plantain. The convict, who was recently released from prison for committing a similar offence, pleaded guilty. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court, presided by Mr. Justice Samuel Obeng Diawuo that the complainant, Mr Franklin...

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Female hostel in Benue State University on fire [PHOTO]

Report reaching usfrom Makurdi, the Benue State capital indicates that a female hostel of the state university is currently on fire. According to our source, the fire outbreak was caused by electrical fault on Tuesday morning in the Block S Hostel, 2nd campus. This newspaper further learnt that no life was lost in the incident. We gathered that fire service men are currently on ground to put out...

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