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Man who killed his family members in Yobe says he murdered them out of fear of being reported to the police for drug abuse

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28 year old Adamu Magaji Mai-Bisco who hacked his parents and two sisters to death while they were sleeping on Monday night May 16th, said that he killed them because he was scared of being reported to the police for his drug abuse. “I didn’t have much problem with my parents but they hated me. I became worried that one day they would drag me before the police or some other law enforcement agency, that is why I acted this way,” he told DailyTrust in his detention room at the Potiskum Police station.   A remorseful Adamu added  “I pray that nobody should try this kind of atrocity I committed,”. Speaking on the incident, the elder brother of Adamu, Hussain Magaji, said  the suspect allowed the family to sleep before he went in with his shovel and knife. According to Hussain, he started with the father before the mother and then his two younger sisters. “He entered our father’s room and hit him repeatedly with the shovel, and then sli...

Mother of two, smuggling Indian hemp to China, arrested in Lagos

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  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Thursday said it had arrested a 38-year-old mother of two at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with 1.155 kilogrammes of cannabis hidden in melon and other foodstuffs. Faith Obidike was caught by anti-narcotic officers during an outward screening of passengers on Kenya Airways flight to China, the NDLEA said in a statement. The agency said the arrest had saved the suspect from execution in China where drug trafficking attracts capital punishment. Faith Obidike “It is sad that while government is worried over the number of Nigerians on death row in other nations, a mother of two children is still smuggling drugs to China where drug trafficking is punishable by death,” said Muhammad Abdallah, Chairman, NDLEA. “Her arrest here has saved the country from embarrassment. It has equally prevented her family from the pain of losing a loved one under the ...

Nigeria is broke. Pure and simple- Lai Mohammed

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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the removal of oil subsidy is as a result of Nigeria's poor economic state. According to Mohammed, Nigeria is broke. Mohammed said this while speaking with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja yesterday May 18th. “The current problem is not really about subsidy removal. It is about that Nigeria is broke. Pure and simple! It is like somebody who has been earning N100,000 a month and he is faced with a situation where his employer says henceforth you will be earning N10,000 a month. He would need to make some very painful decisions and some very painful adjustments. That is the situation with Nigeria today. A few months ago, we were earning as much as $100 for every barrel of crude. We no longer have the resources, the foreign exchange to bring in refined fuel products. And our economy is shrinking. We appreciate the fact that the decision is going to affec...

Photos: Unemployed graduate lands job interviews after she stood at the traffic begging for job

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A photo of a graduate begging for a job which was shared on social media has prompted dozens of calls from prospective employers. Unemployed BTech: Chemical Engineering graduate, Anthea Malwandle received positive responses after standing at a busy intersection in Johannesburg, South Africa with a placard, asking for work.   When Malwandle completed her degree at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in 2015, she never anticipated that her job-seeking journey would be so tough. She has been hunting for graduate and internship programmes since April 2015, to no avail. She called many companies and visited their offices to try schedule interview appointments but failed. In desperation, Malwandle took to the street with a placard. Her story has moved many people and the determined woman says that she would love to work for petrochemical companies in the production of energy fuels. Touched by her struggle, a Sasol employee called ...

Photos: Devastated families of EgyptAir victims mourn as official says cause of crash more likely terrorism than technical issue

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An EgyptAir flight with more than 66 people aboard crashed during a flight from Paris to Cairo leaving the victim's families and friends devastated as they search for answer. The plane was flying at 37,000 feet when it lost contact overnight above the Mediterranean Sea, the airline tweeted. French President Francois Hollande said he was told the flight crashed, but Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi said he preferred to classify the flight as missing, CNN reports. "We do not deny there is a possibility of terrorism or deny the possibility of technical fault," Fathi said at a Cairo news conference. "I will continue to use the term missing plane until we find any debris." Later at the same news conference, he indicated that while there were "no known security issues" with passengers aboard the plane, the probability of terrorism downing it is higher than the likelihood of a mechanical cause. ...

Photo: Buhari receives rescued Chibok girl, Amina Nkeki and her baby, Safiya

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Pres. Buhari met Amina, her baby, her mum and others at the State House in Abuja this afternoon.