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Birmingham 2022: Liadi wins Team Nigeria’s fifth medal, sets record
Team Nigeria claimed their fifth medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England today as Taiwo Liadi bagged silver in weightlifting and set a new mark. The 20-year-old lifted a combined 216kg in the women’s 76kg category to finish second overall and win Nigeria’s first silver. The previous four medals were two gold
16 dead, five injured in Lagos road accident
A crash involving two vehicles in the early hours of Tuesday along Alaro City, Epe area of Lagos State claimed 16 lives and injured five. Twenty-three male adults were involved in the crash; while 16 died, five were critically injured, and two suffered no injuries. Confirming the accident, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos
*-with-goat/ Ogun: Amotekun arrest teenager for having s** with goat
Olufemi Adediran, Abeokuta Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, have arrested one Ibrahim Ismaila for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a goat. The 18-year-old suspect was arrested in Ilu-Tuntun Olorunsogo, Ajowa, in Ifo Local Government Area of the state on Friday, June 17. The state commander
Group urges A’Ibom CJ to back out of jailed lawyer’s case
A group, Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance has asked the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom state, Justice Ekaete Obot to back out of the ongoing suit for which a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has been incarcerated for one month. Recall that state CJ has last week sentenced Effiong to one month imprisonment at the
I need justice, says wife of Nigerian killed in Italy
The wife of a Nigerian street trader who was killed in Italy has told the BBC she is seeking justice following his “painful death”. Aliku Ogorchukwu, 39, was reportedly selling handkerchiefs in the seaside town of Civitanova Marche on Friday when he was chased and beaten to death. A 32-year-old Italian has been arrested
Bandits block Enugu-P’Harcourt Expressway, burn Army van, abduct passengers
Scores of passengers were reportedly abducted at the weekend, by kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen, who blocked the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway between Leru junction and Ihube axis. It was learnt that the gunmen, numbering about 30, abducted the entire occupants of three buses. The bandits said to be heavily armed were said to have
Gunmen kidnap gold miners in Osun, demand N100m ransom
Ayobami Agboola, Osogbo Some yet-to-be identified gunmen have abducted a gold miner and his driver while on their way back from the mining site. The incident, it was learnt occurred along Ilesa-Osogbo road. According to the close allies of the kidnap victims, Musibau Adepoju and his driver whose name could not be ascertained, were
Newly-baptised and ordained political clerics
And he came with the salesmanship, oh I have joined official PDP bla-bla-bla. And the presidential candidate of the PDP is a “Northern Christian”, whose name is Atiku Abubakar. Isn’t that awry? Isn’t that smelling of hypocrisy. You spoke so glowingly of christianity as if you were born in Bethlehem and just returned from a
US Floods: Death toll rises to 37, hundreds still missing
At least 37 people have now died in flash floods in eastern Kentucky, as the region braces for more rainfall. At least six children – including four siblings, aged one to eight, who were reportedly swept from their parents’ grip – are among the dead, reports the BBC. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the
Militiaman who took gun to US Capitol riot jailed
A Texas man who joined the US Capitol riot armed with a holstered pistol and threatened his own children to keep quiet about his role has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Guy Reffitt, 49, was found guilty in March on five felony counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding and
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