Archive for month: December, 2023

Police operatives in Kano State have arrested a notorious 27-year-old gang leader, Ibrahim Rabiu aka Janare, and at least seven members of his gang. The command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement on Friday, December 15, 2023, said the suspect, lives at Kwanar Ungogo Quarters. “Janare, who...

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Senate President Godswill Akpiabio has reacted to reports that he coll@psed at his 61st birthday colloquium in Abuja on Thursday, December 14. Recall that SaharaReporters reported that Akpabio sl¥mped while seeing President Bola Tinubu off and was rushed to the hospital. However, speaking at a press conference in Abuja...

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Actor John Okafor’s health has reportedly deteriorated that he is now struggling to talk. This comes about a month after one of his legs was amputated in a desperate bid to save his life. He’s also said to have undergone another surgery, cutting off part of the same leg...

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Four Nigerian health workers have been jailed in Wolverhampton, U.K. after they were caught on camera physically and emotionally ab¥sing an 89-year-old patient. The elderly patient, who had vascular dementia and cannot speak, was at a Wolverhampton care home, BBC reports. The family had noticed brui§ing on the woman’s...

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The United Kingdom Migration Advisory Committee has said foreign students on two-year graduate visas who fail to achieve high grades may be barred from staying in the UK. According to The Telegraph, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), commissioned by Home Secretary James Cleverly, will scrutinize the current program as...

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An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Shem Obafiaye, who made the viral ‘Oga At The Top’ remark in 2013, has been promoted to the rank of deputy commandant-general. Obafiaye was the Lagos commandant of the NSCDC when he appeared as a guest on Channels...

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At least 26 people were inj¥red when a deputy village councillor in western Ukraine thr£w gr£nades onto the floor of a council meeting on Friday morning, December 15. The att@ck took place at the village council headquarters in Keretsky in the western Zakarpattia region, BBC reports. The meeting was...

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Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 28.20 per cent in November from 27.33 per cent in October 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics said in its November consumer price index report. The figure presents the Eleventh times’ hike in Nigeria’s inflation headline inflation rates in 2023. The November inflation...

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A newlywed couple is trending on Twitter because of the circumstances leading up to their wedding. Safiyya Datti married Sir Ruffy this week. However, in 2020, Sir Ruffy had married Safiyya’s friend Kawthar. After Sir Ruffy and Kawthar’s wedding, Safiyya had gone under the post Sir Ruffy made to...

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Comedian Mark Angel has apologised over the viral video of his 13-year-old protégé and comedienne, Emanuella Samuel, which recently caused mixed reactions on social media. The renowned skitmaker added that the video was shared without his consent, but by some ‘adults’ who took it from her WhatsApp status without...

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