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Patience Jonathan was arrogant & flamboyant as first lady – Ex-US ambassador

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, as being arrogant and flamboyant when she was Nigeria’s first lady. In a piece he wrote on Friday, ‘Nigerian President Buhari’s Sisyphean Efforts’, and posted on Council on Foreign Relations’ website, Campbell also wondered how Jonathan’s wife became […]

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End of the world ‘to start on October 15 with seven years of earthquakes and hurricanes’

Some people believe our planet is to be blighted by tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes, starting from October 15. They say we are in for a horrific “seven year tribulation”, before earth is eventually destroyed. Doomsday theorist Dave Meade believes the chaos will be triggered by the mysterious ‘Planet X’, or Niburu. Conspiracies suggested it was […]

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“Park well & Report me to EFCC! ” Senator Dino Melaye replies follower who accused him of being corrupt after he showed off his expensive cars (Photos)

Senator Dino Melaye yesterday shared photos of  his expensive cars on Instagram with the caption – “My Toys. My passion Noni! Talk oya talk”, and this got some Nigerians talking…Read below: A G-Wagon, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, were spotted among his luxury cars.

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May God give Nigerians the patience to tolerate us – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he hopes God gives Nigerians the patience to tolerate his government. Buhari said this on Friday when he hosted a delegation of judges led by Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria, at the presidential villa in Abuja, on Friday. He said his administration had been doing its best to overcome the […]

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Ooni of Ife ‘renames’ IPOB, says Biafra agitators are not terrorists

Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the ooni of Ife, has referred to the Biafra group led by Nnamdi Kanu as the Indigenous People of Brighter Nigeria (IPOBN). He said this on Friday when he paid a courtesy visit to Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia state. The monarch expressed disapproval with the proscription of the activities of the Indigenous […]

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Online Sexual Violence Harming Children, Pope Francis Warns

Pope Francis on Friday urged the world, including the Catholic Church, to face up to the devastating effects of online sexual violence on young people, including extreme pornography and sexting. “We have to keep our eyes open and not hide from an unpleasant truth that we would rather not see,” Francis said at a gathering […]

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Groom humiliates ‘cheating bride’, plays infidelity video before stunned wedding guests

A groom in Singapore decided to teach his cheating bride a lifetime lesson by playing a footage of her alleged infidelity in front of their wedding guest. According to Mirror, their loved ones and guest were stunned when they saw the bride ‘behaving intimately’ with another man on the screen. The video as reported began with the […]

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Terrorism: We’ll stand by Nigeria to defeat Boko Haram, UK assures

The United Kingdom will continue to stand by Nigeria to defeat the Boko Haram terrorist group, the British Armed Forces Minister, Mark Lancaster, has said. Lancaster gave the assurance after visiting many military formations in the Northeast, where the UK military experts are providing specialised training for the Nigerian military in the counter insurgency campaign. […]

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Why I’m seriously working against governor Obiano – Peter Obi

A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained why he is working against  the re-election of his successor, Willie Obiano. Obi, who spoke on Wednesday during a  rally organised by the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party at the  PDP secretariat in Awka, Anambra State, said  he was just against Obiano’s […]

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It’s absurd to say CBN is printing money to support FG – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has described as “absurd” allegations that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is printing money to support the federal government. He was responding to a question from civil society organisations at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue held in Abuja on Tuesday. CBN “claims” on the federal government have reportedly gone from N678 […]

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Meet The New Hot CBN Deputy Governor Aishah Ahmad

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Aishah Ahmad, as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President had presented Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation. She is to replace a former Deputy Governor, who retired early […]

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Most talked about N41 billion Akwa Ibom ‘world class’ hospital shut down

The Ibom Specialist Hospital in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has been shut down, just two years after it was built and commissioned by the administration of former governor Godswill Akpabio. Almost all the health workers in the hospital were foreigners, mostly from India. Mr. Akpabio had boasted that the hospital, which he described as ‘world […]

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Why we won’t demand Diezani’s extradition from UK – Nigerian government

The Nigerian government has said it would not ask the British government to send a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, back to Nigeria to avoid jeopardizing ongoing investigations by authorities in the United Kingdom. The government’s position was made known by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday. Mrs. Alison-Madueke, who is […]

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Court orders three men whipped for loitering in Nigeria

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that three men should be given six lashes of cane each for loitering at the Hill Top Garden, Abuja. Daniel Lucky, Aliyu Ahmed and Badiru Lawal were arraigned for constituting “nuisance” at a black spot. The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, warned them to desist from crime. […]

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Buhari keeps mum as N9 trillion contract scandal rocks NNPC

President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to clear the air about grievous allegations of abuse of contract process to the tune of N9 trillion naira at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, more than 24 hours after leakage of an internal memo which detailed the allegation. Presidential spokespersons, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, did not pick or return calls, […]

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3 billion Yahoo accounts hacked

An estimated three billion Yahoo accounts were compromised during a data breach in 2013, the company said on Wednesday. The figure tripled the number revealed by the company in 2016. The revised figure was issued after Yahoo admitted in December that over 1 billion users’ data, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of […]

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