After placing him on house arrest for about a month, the State Security Services on Tuesday arrested a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, driving him away from his Abuja residence, people familiar with the matter have told Premium Times. Mr. Dasuki was first arrested by the SSS in July after a prolonged siege on his […]
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2.9m HIV positive Nigerians not on treatment!
AN estimated 2.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS out of 3.4 million Nigerians diagnosed last year are not receiving treatment needed to suppress the infection. Those affected, most of who are currently living in hiding, are not only at risk of death from HIV related illnesses, but are also infecting new people, causing a surge […]
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Boko Haram Kills Four, Abducts More Teenage Girls…
At least four persons were killed and an unspecified number of teenage girls were on Sunday abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from Bam village in Biu Local Government Area, about seven kilometres from Buratai village, hometown of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, in Borno State. Boko Haram has abducted […]
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WHO predicts end to HIV/AIDS by 2030
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says mankind is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – provided it can accelerate the pace of progress achieved globally over the past 15 years. That is the cheery news the organisation released yesterday ahead of the World AIDS Day tomorrow December 1, 2015. At the International Conference […]
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Abacha loot spent on roads, electricity, others, Okonjo-Iweala tells World Bank
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “received several documents from the World Bank totalling over 700 pages on information on the spending of recovered assets stolen by the late General Abacha, with some of the documents suggesting that Abacha loot was spent on roads, electricity, education, health and water.” This information was disclosed […]
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Boko Haram plans attacks on churches, mosques, markets, DSS warns
The Department of State Services, DSS, has alerted Abuja residents over plots by Boko Haram to attack churches, mosques and markets, using girls to bomb those places. A memo by the Director of Security Services, Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Ibrahim, urged religious bodies to put their members on the alert. The memo addressed to the […]
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Actor Idris Elba almost DIED in Ghana (Photos)
Idris Elba almost died while filming scenes for his latest movie Beasts Of No Nation. The actor, 43, was on set in a tense scene near a waterfall in Ghana when his foot slipped off a rock and the branch he held on to snapped. Recalling the incident on The Jonathan Ross Show, Elba – […]
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Use your Foundation to show remorse for your past actions – Obasanjo to Jonathan
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan urging him to use the new Foundation he is establishing to engage in soul-searching and in reviewing his past actions. In the letter, dated October 12, 2015, Mr. Obasanjo also advised Mr. Jonathan to consider the Foundation as a platform through which he can heal […]
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America issues worldwide terror alert over fears of attack from ISIS, al-Qaeda & Boko Haram
Americans have been issued with a global travel alert over fears of attacks from terrorists around the world. The US State Department has warned all citizens to be vigilant citing threats from ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and “other terrorist groups”. They have advised everyone to take caution in public places, during holidays and at large […]
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New Photos of Sick Diezani Alison-Madueke
Dele Momodu shared some of the photos on his Instagram page…May God heal her!
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World leaders must do more for Chibok schoolgirls – Ezekwesili
The co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign urged world leaders on Friday to do more to help hunt down Boko Haram militants and rescue hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in northeastern Nigeria more than a year ago. Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Nigerian education minister and World Bank vice president, said she believed the girls […]
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Siege on Dasuki’s house in national interest, says FG
The Federal Government yesterday said its actions against the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Mohammed Dasuki (retd) currently under house arrest was in the overall interest of the nation which supercedes individual interest. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice [AGF], Abubakar Malami [SAN], who spoke on the issue yesterday during […]
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Buhari orders arrest of ex-NSA Dasuki, others indicted in arms contract report
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the interim report of the investigative committee on arms procurement with an order for the arrest of all indicted persons in the arms scam. This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. According to the statement, […]
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ISIS Warns It Will Strike America & Other Nations…
A chilling new ISIS video has warned of further Paris-style attacks on countries taking part in bombing Syria. In the footage, the terror group also specifically threatens to ‘strike’ Washington DC due to America’s central role in airstrikes. And it warns European countries that Islamic State terrorists are ‘coming with booby traps and explosives’. The […]
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I founded Silverbird in 1980 with a ₦20, 000 loan, If anyone has evidence that I stole, publish it — Ben Bruce
The chairman of Silverbird Groups and lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District , Ben Murray Bruce, has challenged anyone with evidence that he stole money to publish it. The #commonsense advocate said that he founded Silverbird with a loan of twenty thousand naira (N20,000) from his father in 1980 and he is happy that it has become […]
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I challenge anyone to come forward with facts showing that I stole government or public money – Diezani Madueke
Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has denied allegations of financial impropriety under her tenure, especially the alleged disappearance of $20billion. Mrs. Diezani, who is battling with cancer disclosed this in an interview with The Boss newspaper. She was visibly angry at the mention of the $20billion “If there is one issue I […]
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Paris Attacks: This is part of Third World War – Pope Francis
Pope Francis has described the deadly terror attacks on Paris, the capital of France, which left no fewer than 129 people killed, as part of “the Third World War”, just as the country is now under a state of emergency.Francis said, yesterday, he was “shaken” by what he described as the “inhuman” attacks on […]
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PDP reports Buhari to International Community!
Leaders and stakeholders in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a conference in Abuja yesterday drawing the attention of the international community to what it called “the growing impunity, abuse of power, constitution infractions, violation of human rights, selective war against corruption” of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The party also accused the President […]
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