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The Cleveland Cavaliers extended their best start to an NBA season with a 10th successive victory by beating the Golden State Warriors 136-117. Darius Garland scored a game-high 27 points for the Cavs, who became only the 15th team to start with a 10-0 record. Cleveland dominated from the outset and led 83-42 at half-time, with Stephen Curry managing just …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has successfully retrieved the black box from the East Wind Aviation helicopter that tragically crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima, Rivers State, on October 24. The helicopter, chartered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, was carrying six passengers and two crew members on a journey from the Nigerian Air Force …

The Lagos State Government announced the closure of 11 key roads on Lagos Island and Victoria Island for the Lagos Women Run, to be held on Saturday,October 9.   In a statement issued on Thursday, November 7, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that in view of the annual Lagos Women Run, the Lagos State Government had implemented …

Bandits have k!lled 10 farmers including women from Wayam and Belu-Belu villages in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.   Residents said six of the victims were beheaded and bandits went away with their heads.    According to them, many people also sustained bullet wounds and were being treated at a clinic in Kagara, the Headquarters of Rafi LGA. …

    Former US President Donald Trump has won North Carolina, taking the first major major battleground state of the election so far and cementing the Republican party’s hold on the state’s 16 electoral votes.     Voters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia did cast ballots in the presidential contest between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican …

The Niger State Police Command has rescued 23 kidnapped passengers from Pangugari and Kattako forests in Rafi Local Government Area of the state.     The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 4, 2024, said bandits attacked a commercial bus heading to Bayelsa State from Sokoto and abducted 19 passengers …

Disgusting much. Yorubas are bastarda, I swear. They should make sure they remove all the names of non indegenes on streets all over Lagos, Lekki, VI, Anthony, Mende,Ajah, Ilupeju, Oshodi, Gbagada, Ojota, Apapa, Festac/ Amuwo, Satellite, Mile 2, Ketu , Magodo, Badagry etc. If they stop God go punish all of them. No sleep for the wicked. Like this! 11 …

Men of the Delta state police command have arrested a 17-year-old boy identified as Thankgod for k!ll an old man identified as Ogbonna Nwodo.    In a video shared online by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Bright Edafe, Thankgod said the deceased had attacked his mum and had beaten her to the point she fainted. He said …

The Rivers State government has reacted to the new Federal High Court ruling in Abuja, which ordered the cessation of local government allocations, stating that the ruling was anticipated due to various developments during the court process. Rivers state Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, on Wednesday , October 30 said;, “When the trial Judge refused to add the 23 Council …

The Gladiators Eyeing Imo State Douglass House   As Chief Emmanuel  Iwuanyanwu is laid to rest this weekend, most of the political stakeholders in  Imo state  are expected  to grace the event, which will present an ample opportunity for all the gladiators aspiring for the apex seat at the Douglass House, to meet, exchange pleasantries and size each other out …