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Nigeria: 22 Killed In Fresh Plateau Violence

At least 22 people have been killed in fresh sectarian clashes in North central Nigeria, the military said on Friday. Violence flared after the discovery of a corpse of a missing person in Wadata, Wase local government area of Plateau state, North Central Nigeria, local residents said. Fighting broke out between the Fulani and Tarok speaking ethnic groups after the decomposed...

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Breaking News: Gunmen Kill 10 Persons in Jos Beer Joint Raid

About 10 persons were murdered as gunmen  fought at a drinking spot near the Jos airport terminal. Residents claim Special Task Force officers, STF, an...

BREAKING: 3 police officers, INEC official feared dead in Edo State

… voters protest By Emma Amaize BENIN CITY- THREE police officers and and an INEC registration official were feared dead Saturday at the riverside community of Ajoki, near Ologbo, in Edo State, when the boat with which they were transporting electoral materials for Saturday’s governorship election capsized. The police officers involved in the tragedy were two inspectors...

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Nigeria: Senator Albishir is dead

Former Senator Representing Yobe North, Senator Usman Albishir is dead.Albishir died this morning in a ghastly motor accident which occurred within Kura...

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NIGERIA: UNKNOWN GUNMEN ATTACK EBONYI COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, LEGISLATIVE LEADER

Palpable fear gripped Ezza North Local Council of Ebonyi State after unknown gunmen operating on motorbikes attacked the Local Government Chairman Ikeuwa...

MAN WHO KILLS MUM FOR WITCHCRAFT DIES

MAN WHO KILLS MUM FOR WITCHCRAFT DIES

A man, Mr. Jonathan Igbinomiahie, who allegedly killed his 75-year-old mother, Mrs. Janet Igbinomiahie, after accusing her of witchcraft, has died. Jonathan,...

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WOWZERS: Woman Gives Birth To LIVE Monkey In Benue State, Nigeria

It sure sounds unbelievable, but a young Nigerian woman has been delivered of a monkey-like monster in Otukpo, a popular town in Benue State. The outré...

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BREAKING: Islamic school bombed in Kano, Nigeria

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday attacked two schools -  Ja’en Primary School and Farawa Islamiyya School, both in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano...

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WOW: 21 Yr Old Man Bites Off Woman’s Ear

According to a popular saying: when a man bites a dog, it is news, but what now happens when an able-bodied man bites a woman’s ear? This was exactly...

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How A Lebanese murdered bureau de change operator over $50,000

‘How they tricked bureau de change operator to hotel for the kill’…Over 50,000 dollars 35-year-old Ali Sani, a bureau de change operator in Apapa...

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Two killed as gunmen attack prison, police station in Borno State

TWO Nigerian Prison warders were yesterday killed when gunmen attacked a Police station and a nearby prison in north eastern town of Kumshe, Bama Local...

30 houses burnt in fresh attack in Plateau State,13 killed

About 13 people have so far been killed and over 20 people injured after armed fulani herdsmen invaded six villages in Riyom Local Government area of...

13 Persons Perish, 43 Others Injured In Auto Crash In Nigeria

Thirteen persons have been confirmed dead while 43 others were injured in a ghastly motor accident at Kwanar Gwanti village in Mai’adua Local Government...

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EDO 2012: 4,000 PDP members declare for ACN

BENIN—OVER four thousand members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, including the South-South Zonal Youth...

Nigeria: Trailer crushes man to death in Ogun

A middle-aged man,  Kamorudeen Adeoye, has been  crushed to death by an articulated truck belonging to a cement factory on Papalanto road in Yewa South Local Government Area. The incident  which happened Saturday evening, occurred  in a head-on collision  between  a Mitsubishi car  with number-plate  Lagos BF 937 APP and a  trailer with number-plate  Jigawa XB...

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Nigeria: Wife, Children, Boyfriend beat husband to death

Tragedy struck in Ikpamodo Village, Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State last weekend when a housewife, (names withheld),...