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President Obama Reacts To Yobe Bomb Blast

US President, Barack Obama has condemned the killing of 48 students in a bomb blast which occurred in Yobe State on Monday, November 10. Obama said in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Jen Psaki: “We condemn in the strongest terms the horrific attack on Nigerian students by a suicide bomber in the northeastern Nigerian […]

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Lagos police arrest two boys for homosexual act

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two teenage boys, Gideon Harrison and Ifeanyi Ezeorji, for allegedly having sex with each other in the Ikotun area of Lagos. While Harrison is 19 years old, Ezeorji is just 14. The two boys were arrested on October 23 by the Ikotun Police Division. According to the police, […]

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Fashola arrests LASAA employee for driving against traffic (Photos)

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday arrested an employee of the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Israel Onyemaechi (pictured above), for driving against traffic. It was learnt that Fashola arrested Onyemaechi for committing the offence on Awolowo Road, Ikorodu, while he was inspecting projects in the Ikorodu and Epe areas. The governor’s […]

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Morocco pulls out from hosting Africa Cup of Nations 2015

Morocco has failed to meet a deadline to confirm it will go ahead with the hosting of January’s African Nations Cup finals, throwing the 2015 tournament into jeopardy amid fears over the spread of the Ebola virus. Morocco officials, who want the 16-team event postponed, said they had rejected an ultimatum set by the Confederation of […]

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Lagos Man Replaces Wife With Akwa Ibom Lover, Accuses Her Of Not Knowing How To Make Love, Case in Court

A man in Lagos has sent his wife packing and brought in a lover to satisfy his sexual needs. The husband had initially accused his wife of 12 years, Abosode Ibiniyo of not knowing how to make love. He then filed for divorce on these grounds at a Customary Court in the Ejigbo area of the […]

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UK to Return £6.8m Ibori Loot to Nigeria

The United Kingdom government is set to return an additional £6.8 million of the confiscated loot of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, to Nigeria. The UK Metropolitan Police Senior Investigator, Mr. Rupert Broad, disclosed this in London yesterday at a meeting on “Supporting Policing in Nigeria: What Role for Police in the Nigerian […]

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Ignore federal task force, Fashola tells Lagos motorists

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged motorists across the state not to regard officials of the federal task force who have been deployed in major roads in the state. The governor said this even as officials of the task force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority clashed on Monday. Fashola said […]

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Boko Haram brings Mubi under Sharia, amputates 10

Members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, have instituted the Shara law in Mubi, Adamawa State, captured by the insurgents last week. The insurgents were also said to have amputated the hands of 10 residents said to have been found guilty of sundry offences, including looting of property of fleeing residents. Sources in Mubi […]

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Dangote slashes cement price by 40% discount

In a move that will raise the stakes in the rapidly evolving Nigerian cement market, leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Ce­ment Plc, has announced huge cuts in the price of the essential product. The new price regime an­nounced by the Group Manag­ing Director of Dangote Cement, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, pegged the Dangote 32.5 cement grade at […]

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10 Shocking Things Boko Haram Leader Said In His New Video

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video and below are the 10 most shocking things he said in his speech “We hope to die on this path and get eternal rest in our graves, rise up in bliss before our Lord and enter Paradise (quotes from the Koran). Our goal is […]

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Army arrests six senior officers, including an injured Lieutenant Colonel for fleeing

Six military commanders, including an injured Lieutenant Colonel, have been arrested by the military for withdrawing from Mararaba, Michika, Madagali, Mubi and later Vimtim when Boko Haram insurgents attacked the communities last week. It was learnt that an unspecified number of soldiers were also in detention for allegedly abandoning the communities, thereby making easy for […]

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300 Nigerian soldiers flee to Cameroon again

No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, according to Sunday Punch. Cameroonian military sources told Punch’s correspondent that Nigerian soldiers fled the north-eastern part of Nigeria, where the insurgency launched by the sect was raging, and […]

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Boko Haram Releases New Video Debunking Ceasefire And Saying Kidnapped Girls Married Off

Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by AFP, describing the Nigerian government claims as a lie and apparently ruling out future talks. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, also claimed the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote northeast town of Chibok, in Borno state, in […]

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Panic at MMIA as Ebola victim arrives Nigeria

There was panic yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos as a Nigerian, who had already been cured of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone arrived aboard Royal Air Maroc. The ebola victim, Mr. Theophilus Onnakhinon, was flown from Sierra Leone by the airline while his younger brother, Mr. Chinedu Eroka was said […]

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110 Nigerian women die daily… – UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund has said that 110 Nigerian women die daily from pregnancy or childbirth related complications. UNFPA Assistant Resident Representative, Pre-National Council on Health, Adonri Osaretin, said that of the 2,443,000 pregnant women deaths recorded worldwide between 2003 and 2009, 90 per cent of the cases occurred in developing countries, including Nigeria. […]

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Fraudsters using my name on Facebook – Lagos CP

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Cornelius Aderanti, says fraudsters are using his name on Facebook and other social networks to defraud members of the public. He, therefore, warned Lagosians to be wary of such people. The CP said the modus operandi of the fraudsters was to communicate with members of the public […]

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Ezekwesili Gives FG 24-Hours Deadline for Tangible Results on Rescue of Chibok Girls

Tired of endlessly waiting for the release of the 218 Chibok school girls who were kidnapped over six months ago, the co-Convener, Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group and former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday called out the Federal Government. She said the federal government should not allow another 24 hours to […]

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Boko Haram: 30 policemen still missing, says IG

  The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, on Tuesday said about 30 policemen were still missing following the recent attack carried out by Boko Haram sect on the Nigeria Police Mobile Force, Gwoza Training Camp, Borno State. Abba spoke with State House correspondents shortly after a meeting President Goodluck Jonathan had with […]

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