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Gov Shettima advised residents to remain calm over Boko Haram’s Caliphate

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday advised residents of the state to remain calm following alleged proclamation of Islamic State in Gwoza by Boko Harm insurgents. This was contained in a...

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Femi Fani-Kayode Blasts APC Again…A Party Full Of “bunch of feudalists,...

Femi Fani-Kayode has once again blasted APC, while congratulating Chief Tom Ikimi who announced that he has quit the party. Read below for what he has to say. “I congratulate my leader and my Chairman,...

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Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza; A Bad Idea and Bad Omen

Written by Obinna AkukweBoko Haram Republic of Gwoza is both a bad idea and a bad omen for Nigeria because the indigenes of Gwoza are not sympathetic to  Boko Haram. Boko Haram Republic flags should be...

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Boko Haram Republic of Northern Nigeria: A Good Idea (Part II)

By Obinna AkukweBoko Haram Republic of Kano, Boko Haram Republic of Borno, Boko Haram Republic of Yobe, Boko Haram Republic of Minna, Boko Hhram Republic of Arewa and Sharia Republic of Nigeria are all...

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NNPC Seeks Greater Collaboration with Army, Police on Asset Security

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha has expressed the desire of the Corporation to enhance existing cordial relationship between the...

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Boko Haram Leader, Shekau “trying to get more media attention”

Lagos (AFP) – Boko Haram’s declaration of a caliphate in Nigeria may have been prompted by the attention heaped on Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, experts said, but the pronouncement may have...

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Abstinence From S.ex After Recovery From Ebola Is important —Experts

Experts have cautioned that the semen of a male, who is getting over an Ebola virus infection, remains a body fluid from which Ebola virus disease may be contracted for a period of seven-weeks...

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OBJ becomes ambassador of sight

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, will be inducted by the Ophthamological Society of Nigeria (OSN), as the Ambassador for Sight in Nigeria. Obasanjo, alongside others, will be inducted at the...

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ASO ROCK: My Meeting With Jonathan, Obasanjo Reveals

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan met today, Wednesday, 27 August, 2014 in Abuja in other to discuss security matters in the country. P.M NEWS reports...

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Cameroon kills 27 Boko Haram members in border clashes

CAMEROON’S army has killed 27 members of terrorist group, Boko Haram, near a northern town, state radio said on Wednesday. In a report quoted by Reuters, the Boko Haram fighters were reported to have...

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“Amaechi holding secret meetings with Mu’azu” – Rivers PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has accused Governor Rotimi Amaechi of sponsoring crisis within its fold. State Secretary of the PDP, Ibiba Walter made the accusation while...

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Boko Haram may link up with ISIS —Australian negotiator

An Australian hostage negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, has warned that Boko Haram may establish links with two vicious terror groups- Al Shabaab and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria- if not...

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OBJ & GEJ: Imagine 1,000 clerics abandoning their pastoral duties just to...

By Ochereome Nnanna WHEN I saw the story in one of the newspapers it made me laugh. One of the headlines read: “1000 Bishops Storm Abuja To Reconcile Jonathan, Obasanjo”. The story had it that 1,000...

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Boko Haram: Abducted Chibok girls reportedly now in Balmo forest

There was panic on Wednesday when news filtered in that, Boko Haram terrorists may have relocated the over 200 abducted girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok and other abducted victims from...

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60 killed in Nasarawa communal battle- Police

Fighting between Fulani herdsmen and farmers from the Eggon ethnic group has left at least 60 people dead in Nasarawa, mostly from machete cuts, police said on Thursday. The clashes broke out on...

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Another Nigerian Doctor Dies In Port Harcourt Of Ebola

Amos Dunia in Abuja—The Federal Government on Thursday announced that another Nigerian doctor has died from the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Port Harcourt. Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi...

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Jonathan holds crucial meeting with PDP chieftains, Ministers, Reps

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, immediately after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, met for several hours with the chieftains of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), some Ministers...

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Enugu govt withdraws impeached dep gov’s vehicles

By Tony Edike ENUGU—Barely 24 hours after Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, was removed from office by the State House of Assembly, heavily armed security operatives stormed his...

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EXPOSED: El-Rufai is Boko Haram’s executive commander – Ihejirika

KINGSLEY OMONOBI-ABUJA. Former Chief of Army Staff, General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika on Thursday opened a can of worms by declaring that the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory and APC...

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El-Rufai Fires Again, Says Modu Sheriff & Ihejirika are Boko Haram Sponsors...

Posting the statement to his Facebook and Twitter pages, the former minister cited Australian hostage and crisis negotiator Stephen Davis, who alleged the above duo were key elements of the insurgency...

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