Lagos Police Rescue ‘Crossdresser’ In Hijab Who Was About To Be Lynched

The police in Lagos state have rescued a man from being lynched over claims he is a terrorist. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson of the state police command, said the man was almost lynched in the Ijora Badia area of the state today August 15, by a mob who accused him of being a terrorist. Hundeyin said police intervention led to his rescue. He said the man who wore a hijab, claimed he is an electrician. Lagos Police rescue. At about 11:00hrs today, a mob descended on an alleged terrorist at Ijora Badia. The Police arrived on time to save

2023: I Will Never Vote For APC, PDP – Mr Macaroni

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, popular Nigerian Comedian, Mr Macaroni, has vowed that he would never vote for the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) or Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Macaroni, however, didn’t mention the political party or the candidate he would vote for in the forthcoming election. He disclosed this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He tweeted: “I have been saying it since October 2020 that I will never cast a vote for APC or PDP!! “I can’t speak for others but I can speak for myself and that is final!!” Carpeting his

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My village people have followed me abroad – Bovi

Comedian Bovi Ugboma has raised the alarm about being trailed by his ‘village people’ abroad. He cried out after noticing a strange ‘occurrence’ in his photo. The humour merchant, who’s been away with his family holidaying, recently visited the Inter Continental Buck head Atlanta USA where he decided to pose for a photo.But he was shocked by what he saw in the background of his photo because according to him, it was just in the building when the said photo was taken. The camera did not just capture Bovi but also what looked like an elderly woman clad in a

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​Sylva didn’t win defamation case against me in US- Online publisher

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of an online news medium, Pointblanknews.com, Jackson Ude, has dismissed claims that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, won him in the defamation suit in the United States court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Ude said the claim that Sylva emerged victorious in the out-of-court agreement was false, criminal and malicious. Prior to Ude’s claim, an electronic copy of a settlement agreement entered by Sylva and himself to discontinue the case filed in the court presided over by Joseph F. Leeson Jr. claimed that Ude agreed to take down, delete and destroy all articles

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PDP crisis: I’ve no plans to resign, Ayu declares

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Iyiochia Ayu has stated he has no plans to resign. He said he will not resign now or in the foreseeable future having been given a four-year mandate to lead the opposition party. There has been pressure on Ayu to resign in line with an alleged agreement he entered into prior to his emergence to step down if the presidential candidate emerges from the north.Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar won the party’s presidential ticket with Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike coming second.   The Wike’s camp has insisted on the resignation

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UNIABUJA hospital debunks outbreak of Marburg virus

Lara Adejoro   The Management of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, has debunked reports that there is an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in its facility.   The Public Relations Officer, Sani Suleiman, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday.   Suleiman was reacting to social media reports on the memo issued by the hospital to alert the staff of the hospital on the MVD and the surge in COVID-19 in the country.   The memo titled ‘Outbreak of Marburg disease and COVID-19 virus infection’ sighted by our correspondent read in part, “The management

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Ilebaye, Khalid evicted from BBNaija S7

The Big Brother Naija season 7 held its second live eviction show on Sunday evening and two housemates were disqualified.   Ilebaye and Khalid became the third and fourth housemates to leave the show respectively.   The show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, made the announcement during the live show, which also featured electrifying performances from Mavin’s Crayon and Magixx.   Earlier in the week, Adekunle from Level 1 became the Head of House and he was given the power to nominate five housemates from Level 1 for possible eviction.   Adekunle nominated Ilebaye, Khalid, Groovy, Phyna, and Bryann for possible eviction.

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Soyinka sails Pyrates out of Emi lokan sea

During their 70th anniversary celebration that lasted from Friday to Sunday, penultimate weekend, members of the National Association of Seadogs aka Pyrates Confraternity converged on Ikeja, the capital of the former federal capital, Lagos State.   They were a colourful sight to behold in their white long-sleeved shirts, black trousers tucked into white socks, black shoes, sashes, red regalia and red scarves bearing the skull and crossbones emblem that serves as an allegory of life’s friability.   Pyrates were not in Ikeja on sight-seeing. They were not in Ikeja to grovel before the political seat of power in Alausa. In Ikeja,

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Terrorists attack Taraba Catholic church, abduct catechist

Terrorists on Sunday night attacked St. Agnes Catholic Church in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State and abducted a catechist.   The Parish Priest of St. Agnes Parish, Rev. Fr. Lawrence Awua, told our correspondent on the phone that terrorists invaded the church and began shooting at 9:58 pm.   “I was in the room when the attackers came and started shooting sporadically and hitting objects on my door. “I never responded and they probably thought I was not around. “My catechist, who was in the church heard what was happening in the Parish House and was coming

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What INEC must learn from Kenya elections – Ex-minister

As Kenya is moving closer on Monday to knowing the outcome of its closely-fought presidential election after days of anxious waiting, a former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has highlighted what he described as “urgent lessons” that the Independent National Electoral Commission must learn from the Kenya polls.   The PUNCH reports, Monday morning, that Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto was leading with slightly more than 51 per cent of the votes against his close rival Raila Odinga – with 48 per cent in the presidential race, in the collation of results for the elections held August 9, 2022.  

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