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Lagos motorists demand removal of damaged metal net barricade

Hot Gist/ News/ 2023-11-23T10:54:39+01:00

Motorists and commuters have decried the condition of the metal net barricade mounted along the corridor of the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State.  Our correspondent who visited the location on Wednesday observed that some parts of the metal...

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Pregnant woman sues state over right to abort

Hot Gist/ World/ 2023-12-07T19:36:10+01:00

A Texas judge on Thursday granted a pregnant woman permission to obtain an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state’s ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.   It was unclear ...

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Cross River State government to set up an independent body to look into disputed Efik throne

Hot Gist/ 2023-12-08T07:20:10+01:00

In Calabar, the  Etubom traditional Rulers Council, of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar has urged the Cross River State government to set up an independent and unbiased body to look into the disputed Efik throne.   The council l...

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Inter-tribal marriage: Perks to marrying an Igbo man

Hot Gist/ Opinion/ 2023-12-08T21:48:48+01:00

Marriage is a beautiful thing with the right partner, but it can be hell when you marry the wrong person. In contrast, is there anything like a wrong partner?When you think Igbo, I bet the first that comes to your head is money… 😂 I am ...

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Soldier impersonator bags jail term in Abuja

News/ Hot Gist/ 2023-12-14T15:23:25+01:00

A Grade I Area Court in Dei-Dei, Abuja on Thursday sentenced a 31-year-old man Lawal Babangida to six months imprisonment for impersonating a military officer.   The court charged Babangida, who lives in Tungamaji village Abuja with impers...

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Police nab man who stabbed friend over female lover

Hot Gist/ 2023-12-18T21:25:15+01:00

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect who allegedly stabbed his friend fatally during an argument that went sour. Authorities revealed that Okereke who stabbed his friend, did so over a woman who had a relationship with both him and t...

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Police nab man who stabbed friend to death over female lover

Hot Gist/ 2023-12-18T21:25:52+01:00

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect who allegedly stabbed his friend fatally during an argument that went sour. Authorities revealed that Okereke who stabbed his friend, did so over a woman who had a relationship with both him and t...

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Rivers Police Take Action Against Officers Involved in 3,000 Dollars Extortion

Hot Gist/ Sport/ 2024-01-22T17:48:33+01:00

The Rivers State Police Command has announced that three of its officers accused of kidnapping and extorting $3,000 from two men will face disciplinary measures. The officers, including two Assistant Superintendents of Police and an Inspector, were ...

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Court Parades Man Who Allegedly Removed Neighbor’s Sctotum

Hot Gist/ 2024-03-06T15:56:08+01:00

An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has paraded a 33-year-old man, Dominic Kenneth, who allegedly caused grievous harm to his neighbour by removing his scrotum.   Kenneth, whose address is not provided, is facing a count charg...

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Woman Bags Life Imprisonment Over Leaving Baby To Starve To Death

Hot Gist/ 2024-03-19T19:10:47+01:00

A court in Ohio has sentenced a 32-year-old American woman who went on a 10-day vacation leaving her 16-month-old daughter at their home to starve to death to life in prison without parole.   The convict, identified as Kristel Candelario, ...

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CNG tasks presidency, NASS on fuel scarcity, seeks reversal of electricity tariff hike

Hot Gist/ News/ 2024-05-06T14:51:51+01:00

Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called for immediate intervention of the presidency and National Assembly on the lingering fuel scarcity and the recent increase in electricity tariff in the country.   The group, which expressed seri...

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Nigeria: a den for Lawlessness

Hot Gist/ Opinion/ 2024-05-06T19:40:59+01:00

By Dumbi Johny Where there are no laws, everyone becomes a law unto himself. This is the situation in various parts of the country, where local government councils have appropriated powers to themselves, including the power to arrest, detain and put...

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Awaiting Justice for Richard Onumegbu

Hot Gist/ 2024-05-07T03:00:10+01:00

Sunday Ehigiator writes that justice is yet to be served on the tragic death of a civilian member of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, Richard Onumegbu, who was brutally assaulted by serving naval officers. In the heart of Lagos, within the confines...

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Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers, rescue 3 Indians in Ogun

Hot Gist/ News/ 2024-05-08T07:54:24+01:00

Ogun State Police Command says it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorizing travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. ...

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Sancho stifles Mbappe as PSG denied by post six times

Sport/ Hot Gist/ 2024-05-08T12:02:35+01:00

Not many people would have guessed Jadon Sancho would be Dortmund’s key defender to stifle Kylian Mbappe. In the first leg in Dortmund, Sancho was the key attacking spark on the pitch and could have ended up with a hat-trick of assists. Th...

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BREAKING: Tinubu back after two-week foreign trip

Hot Gist/ News/ Opinion/ 2024-05-08T12:15:36+01:00

President Bola Tinubu returned in the early hours of Wednesday after a two-week official and private visits out of the country.  Tinubu, who departed Abuja on April 23, enroute the Netherlands, on an invitation by the Dutch Prime Minister, ...

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NCC donates 50 laptops to Disabilities Commission

Hot Gist/ News/ 2024-05-08T12:29:21+01:00

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday donated 50 sets of HP computer laptops to the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, (NCPWD). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Dr Aminu Mai...

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Nigerian Youths Will Benefit From FG Housing Scheme Nationwide – Gwarzo

Hot Gist/ Politics/ 2024-05-08T13:24:40+01:00

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, has assured that Nigerian youths will benefit from the ministry’s housing programme nationwide. A statement by the Minister’s SSA Media, Adamu Abdullahi, s...

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THEY LABOUR IN VAIN

Opinion/ Hot Gist/ 2024-05-08T14:38:51+01:00

It has usually been said that people would enjoy the fruit of their labour. Based on this belief, so many people invested their youth in the future of Nigeria. They shunned corruption. Everyday, dreary pictures of old men and women who are trying to...

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ICPC has power to investigate, prosecute officials of Delta State government – Court

Hot Gist/ News/ Politics/ 2024-05-08T20:59:04+01:00

A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has upheld the powers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to investigate and prosecute officials of the Delta State government who allegedly engage in c...

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