Victims of gunshot wounds will henceforth be treated without Police report, the report on a Bill for an Act to make Provisions for the Compulsory Treatment and Care for the Victims of Gunshot and Other Matters Connected Therewith has said. House of Representatives members adopted the report last Thursday. The report, which was sponsored by […]
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Releasing Chibok girls information’ll damage ties with Nigeria – UK
There is a strong indication that the United Kingdom is withholding intelligence information as regard the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram since April 14, 2014. The girls, until their abduction, were pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The British government claimed that revealing details of what it found […]
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Never Again Will We Lose Territories to Boko Haram – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that Nigeria will never again concede any part of her territory to the Boko Haram terrorists, even as he commended the Nigerian military for recapturing lost towns and communities in the North-eastern part of the country. Jonathan who spoke through the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Supervising Minister of Information, […]
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ISIS to radicalise Nigerian youths schooling abroad, FG raises alarm
The Federal government, yesterday, alerted a plan by Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to radicalise Nigerian youth, who were schooling abroad, calling on parents and guardians to monitor their wards closely. The Coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC), Mr Mike Omeri stated this while briefing newsmen on security situation in the country, […]
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Google bans porn from Blogger
Google has announced that users of its Blogger platform will no longer be able to publicly share sexually explicit or nude videos or images on their blogs. In an announcement that was sent out to bloggers who use the company’s blogging website, Google said people will no longer be able to “publicly share images and video that are […]
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Fashola buys burial spot in Lekki where his remains would be interred
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) stunned a gathering in Lekki yesterday when he said four years ago, he bought his own vault where his remains would be interred. He told journalists after inspecting the site of the new cemetery in Ibeju-Lekki that death is a necessary end that will come when it will come, […]
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Immigration Recruitment Victims Threaten To Drag FG To International Court of Justice
Victims of the 2014 ill-fated Immigration Service Recruitment stampede from Edo State have threatened to drag the federal government before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, over what they described as social injustice and total neglect of applicants that died and those wounded in the exercise. Besides, the victims through their counsel/co-ordinator, […]
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“Jogging ensures sound mind, reduces accidents” – FRSC boss tells Nigerians
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has called on all stakeholders in the sector to embrace jogging for healthy living and reduce spending on ailment. Oyeyemi said this on Saturday in Abuja during the Special 27th Anniversary Walking/Jogging Exercise organise by the commission at the National Stadium, Abuja. He said […]
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New virus discovered, spread by tick or insect bites – CNN
The CDC has discovered a new virus that may have contributed to a Kansas man’s death, the agency announced Friday. Named the Bourbon virus after the county where the patient lived, the virus is likely spread by tick or insect bites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. A 50-year-old man suffered multiple tick bites […]
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This is the first administration that has made plans for young people – Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said that 33 Nigerians benefited from the Federal Government’s housing programme under the mortgage refinancing scheme. Okonko-Iweala, who said this while presenting a speech at the Caritas Nigeria Forum on Tuesday in Abuja, said 9,667 people had also been cleared as eligible to benefit from the scheme. “ […]
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Manchester United ‘clear to seal Cristiano Ronaldo transfer as Real Madrid agree to sell’
Manchester United have been cleared to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the season with Real Madrid set to sell. United are keen on bringing Ronaldo back to Old Trafford in the summer, andplan to use their chunk of the Premier League’s new TV money to finance the switch. Madrid were thought to be against […]
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Jonathan seeks more US help to fight Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is appealing to the United States for greater assistance in the fight against Boko Haram Islamists, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Are they not fighting ISIS? Why can’t they come to Nigeria?” Jonathan told the newspaper in an interview published Friday, referring to the Islamic State group. “They are our […]
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CBN under pressure to devalue naira again
Developments in the foreign exchange market are putting the Central Bank of Nigeria under intense pressure to further devalue the naira. The currency has been experiencing free fall since November 25, 2014 when the CBN Monetary Policy Committee devalued it by eight per cent from 155 to 168 against the United States dollar. Following […]
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Finally, FG Agrees to Conduct Fresh Immigration Recruitment
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to conduct fresh recruitment for new personnel into the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), almost a year after the previously botched exercise led to the loss of several lives, with many others injured. This was confirmed on Monday in a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), NIS, Chukwuemeka Obuah, […]
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Nigerian military set for “final onslaught” against Boko Haram
The Nigerian military is set for a final, and comprehensive onslaught against the extremist Boko Haram group, in an operation expected to end by before February election, a website that distributes press statements for the Nigerian military, has reported. PRNigeria quoted a military source as saying that government forces have finalized plans to conduct a […]
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I feel pained when I hear Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said it pains him to hear that Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Jonathan said this when he visited an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri on Thursday. I feel pained as a President when I hear that some Nigerians have fled to Chad and Cameroon […]
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Jonathan, Military Chiefs in secret visit to Maiduguri
President Goodluck Jonathan and his military chiefs on Thursday undertook an unexpected visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The president and the military high command left for Borno State, the hot bed of Boko Haram insurgency, after attending the Armed Forces Remembrance in Abuja. Reports from the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, said the president […]
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We should stand as one and resist Boko Haram. We are all responsible for stopping them – Koffi Annan
The former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Kofi Annan has voiced his support for Nigeria’s ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency campaign against the Boko Haram Islamic fundamentalists, describing the recent Baga massacre as brutal. Annan stated this Wednesday in Abuja during a press briefing, which formed part of the activities of his visit to […]
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