Tag: fiction
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Doctor dies 15 minutes after arriving to treat patients
Editor A senior consultant physician based in Kano State died after collapsing barely 15 minutes after arriving at a hospital in Kano State to attend to patients who had been waiting several hours for his evening clinic. The incident occurred last Saturday at Arewa Surgery Hospital, Hotoro, Kano, where the doctor reportedly responded to a…
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Bag used to deliver ransom found in Seriki Fulani’s kitchen
Admin ABDULLAI Muhammadu, the 67-year-old Seriki Fulani and leader of the Fulani community in Ijebu Ode, who was arrested alongside his eldest child by the police in Ogun State for recent kidnappings around communities in the Ijebu area, has pleaded innocence, but one of the bags with which ransom was delivered was recovered in his…
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IGP Disu: Inside the rotting walls of Zone II
Tunde Odesola Except for its motto and morality, there is hardly anything wrong with the Nigeria Police Force. If burnished in the furnace of grammar, the statement, “Police is your friend,” which is the motto of the Nigeria Police, is wrong because ‘police’ is a plural noun, and so, cannot legally coexist with ‘is’, a…
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Nigeria basketball pays lovely tribute to D’Tigress captain Ogoke
Sarah Ogoke signs off from D’Tigress in a blaze of glory By Editor The captain of Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, Sarah Ogoke, just announced her retirement from the national team she had led to a record fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title. The announcement brought teammates, officials, and team management to tears, just…
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Tinubu sacks IGP Egbetokun, AIG Disu to take over
By Editor The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has resigned from office. Several reports confirm he was forced to resign at the demand of President Bola Tinubu. It was gathered that Egbetokun was asked to resign at a meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. Egbetokun is to…
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Nigeria basketball stakeholders seek help for an undergraduate jailed for a ball theft
An undergraduate is out of class as he has been sentenced to six months in the Nigerian jail over theft of a basketball, reports Pius Ayinor Uchenna Ohotu had a dream. Those around him say he always wanted to be a basketball star. He has always been fascinated by what he is able to read…
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Nigerian nurse loses licence for sleeping on duty in Australia
By Editor A Nigerian-born nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has had her nursing licence cancelled in Australia after a tribunal found she repeatedly slept during night shifts at an aged care facility, putting elderly patients at risk. As reported by the Daily Mail on Friday, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on January 20th ruled that Ms…
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How Fencing shaped Thomas’ education and global dreams
By Editor Adebodunrin Thomas was part of the Nigerian team at the 2025 African Fencing Championships held in Lagos. For the teenager, making the national team was a dream come true. Just a few years after embracing fencing, Thomas has already reaped remarkable rewards. Through the sport, she secured a scholarship to continue her education…
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He asks for sex 8 times every night – Tired wife cries out in court
By Editor It’s a bedroom cry out as a Harare woman, Melocia Gwata, has sought legal protection from her husband, George Kusotera, citing his excessive demands for intimacy and abusive behaviour as her reasons. Melocia revealed her ordeal to the Harare Civil Court, Zimbabwe, describing how her husband coerced her into having intercourse up to…
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Wife of former Ogun governor dies at 100, Abiodun mourns
By Editor Chief (Mrs.) Lucia Onabowale Onabanjo, the wife of a former Ogun State Governor, Olabisi Onabanjo, has died at the age of 100. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has expressed deep condolences to the family of Chief Onabanjo over the passing of their matriarch. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Kayode Akinmade, the…
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