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50 female suicide bombers target 100,000 Nigerians

A female suicide bomber arrested by the vigilante group, also known as civilian JTF, has revealed that 50 female suicide bombers have been released in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital,  targeting 100,000 people before the end of December. The female suicide bomber, who was handed over to security operatives, according to members of the civilian […]

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APC Expresses Outrage Over Another Raid On Data Centre by DSS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as the height of lawlessness and an orchestrated provocation the second raid that was carried out on the party’s data centre in Ikeja, Lagos, by the Department of State Security (DSS) on Monday night. The party demanded that the security agency must urgently be called to order. In […]

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Kim Kardashian teaches US Troops how to take the ideal selfie (Photos)

Kim Kardashian secured her patriotic pin-up status with a trip to raise morale among the armed forces The reality star showcased her charitable side as she toured the USS San Diego stationed in Abu Dhabi on November 24, surprising delighted servicemen, women and staff. She not only cheered them on, she also taught them what she knows best, […]

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Fight for Nigeria’s survival, Obasanjo tells youths

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told youths to take up the responsibility and effect the needed change in Nigeria instead of blaming the previous generations for the nation’s decay. The former President said this at the 100th-year anniversary of Ijero Baptist Church in Lagos on Sunday. Obasanjo said the generation before him fought for Nigeria’s […]

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Impeachment: Anti-Jonathan senators meet today

The 63 senators who had signed up to remove President Goodluck Jonathan will meet on Monday (today) evening to perfect their strategy for making it a reality. One of the coordinators of the impeachment plan,who made this known to Punch’s correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, said the agenda of the meeting would centre on how […]

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Ferguson Shooting: Officer Darren Wilson resigns from Ferguson police force

  Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager in August, has resigned from the police department in Ferguson… Wilson said he resigned after the police department told him it received threats of violence if he remained an employee. “I’m resigning of my own free will,” he said. “I’m not willing to […]

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Hosni Mubarak cleared of killing protesters and corruption

An Egyptian Court has dropped all charges against former President Hosni Mubarak who was accused of ordering the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising that removed him from office. The court also dismissed corruption charges against Mr. Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal. A separate fraud case related to gas export to […]

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No voter card for Fashola – INEC

The names of the number one citizen of Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Fashola, his wife and all residents who registered at the governor’s polling unit have been declared missing on the data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Governor Fashola and his wife could therefore not collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVC yesterday. […]

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Court backs bid to commit Inspector General of Police to prison

A F e d e r a l High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday gave legal backings to moves by the Speaker of the House of Repre­sentatives, Aminu Tambuwal to send the Inspector Gen­eral of Police, Sulei­man Abba to prison for disobeying court order. Justice Ahmed Mo­hammed specifically directed the Speaker to put the IGP […]

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Recent DNA result reveals two of Femi Kuti’s five children are not his…

Femi Kuti  has revealed that he is not the father of two of his five children. In an interview with Encomium mag, he revealed that,out of his alleged five children: Made, Afolabi, Dupe, Tosin and Ayomide, two of them, Dupe and Tosin (a boy and a girl) have been discovered not to be his biological […]

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63 senators sign to impeach Jonathan

SIXTY-three senators as of Thursday have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber… One of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed Punch’s correspondent the list containing the signatures of the senators. The source said eight Peoples Democratic Party senators were among […]

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Nigerian Musician Mr Raw Welcomes first Child In The USA

Nigerian Igbo Rapper Mr Raw has welcomed a bouncing baby boy, Chizaram Ekpere. The mother and son are doing very well the overjoyed father revealed. Congratulations to the family.

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Police Arrest Kidnapper Who Impersonated Dangote to Abduct Beauty Queen

Police detectives attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Command has arrested a member of a five-man gang who posed as renowned business mogul Aliko Dangote on Facebook in order to kidnap a beauty queen. The 20 year-old victim, Miss Sa-adat Usman Bibire, was later discovered to be the daughter […]

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FG to buy cooking stoves with N9.2bn

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of N9.2billion worth of clean cook stoves and wonder bags for rural women under the National Clean Cooking Scheme. Wonder bag is a non-electric slow cooker invented by Sarah Collins, ‎a south African eco-entreprenuer, who came up with the idea six years ago during a power […]

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Wizkid opens up about Chidinma…

Star Boy, Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, has revealed he has deep liking for 2010 Project Fame winner, Chidinma Ekile. Wizkid, who made his thoughts known as guest artiste on the popular MTV Base, did not mince words, as he gave some exclusive scoops about himself. The documentary, which airs this week, showcases the other side […]

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Soyinka diagnosed of cancer

Renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, on Tuesday opened up on his health status, saying he was diagnosed of prostate cancer last December. But an expert and Founder of African Cancer Centre, Lagos, Prof. Olu Williams, quickly assured Soyinka that he would “not die of cancer.” Williams, who revealed that Soyinka had the […]

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Senators initiate move to impeach Jonathan

Some Peoples Democratic Party’s senators on Monday started impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan over what they described as the high level of impunity and corruption allegedly being condoned by his administration. Investigations by Punch’s correspondent revealed that the PDP senators had started compiling impeachable offences against the President. An All Progressives Congress member of […]

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