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Breaking: Nigerian woman jailed for running prostitution service

A Nigerian woman who ran a prostitution service and kept brothels in Sligo and Longford Ireland has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Irish Independent reported on Wednesday. Charity Ajayioba (36), of no fixed abode, kept brothels in Sligo and Longford and admitted directing the activities of prostitutes between July and September 2007. The...

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UN condemns attacks on places of worship in Nigeria

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the continued attacks on people at places of worship by terrorists in Nigeria. The UN scribe’s...

Nigeria: Robbers snatch Ogun Speaker’s official car

About 24 hours after the Ogun State Government took delivery of two more Armoured Personnel Carriers, armed robbers on Thursday night snatched one of the official cars of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, in Abeokuta, the state capital. The seven-man gang, who had laid in ambush along the popular Abiola Way, snatched the Toyota Avensis car with...

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Sports: FIFA backs Muamba to play again

Fabrice Muamba could make a return to playing professional football, according to FIFA’s medical chief. Muamba’s recovery from a cardiac arrest that...

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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23747 Persons Screened For HIV, 3,780 test positive in Abuja, Nigeria

The Daughters of Charity Hospital, Kubwa in the FCT, has screened more than 23,747 people for HIV and found 3,780 positive, the hospital’s Administrator,...

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Fashola rejected our plea to recall sacked doctors – NMA

The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has said the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, rejected the plea by...

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Nigeria: Paul Play Dairo Recovers From Strange Illness, Set To Launch 3-Album

Music star, Paul “Play” Dairo of the popular “Mosorire” fame has been missing in action for quite some time due to a strange ailment that almost...

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The Man who killed his son, mutilates wife over alleged infidelity

  A washerman, Henry Nnamdi, has allegedly killed his one-year-old son, Chukwuebuka, in order to spite his wife, whom he accused of having an extra-marital...

How and Why the wife of AY (commedian) was beaten

The crowd was large and the tickets pricey. So, imagine what went on in the mind of a young lady, who had paid for two tables amounting to N800, 000 but...

Mercy Chinwo, Winner of 2012 Nigerian Idol – I didn’t tell my mum I would contest

Mercy Chinwo is the 2012 winner of Nigerian Idol, the recently-concluded music reality TV show sponsored by Etisalat. She speaks with ADEMOLA OLONILUA about...

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Nollywood producer, Taiwo Bello, reported dead

Nollywood has been thrown into fresh mourning as producer/director, Taiwo Bello, has reportedly died in Lagos. Reports said he battled cancer for two months...

Nigeria: Doctors go on strike – Nurses take over in Lagos

As doctors in Lagos State-owned hospitals began their three-day warning strike on Wednesday, nurses were on hand to take care of patients. The doctors,...

Golf: Tiger Narrowly Escapes Major Trouble at Masters

Tiger Woods overcame two nightmarish tee shots at the start of the 76th Masters to stand one-under par after nine holes on Thursday in the opening round...