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BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Shot Obasanjo’s Son In Mubi

Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo Photo Credit:Niyi Tabiti Boko Haram militants attacked a platoon led by the son of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, shooting him today. He sustained serious...

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Police name new CP for Lagos, others

Following recent promotions and retirements in the Nigerian Police force which led to vacancies in position of Command helmsmen, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba Monday appointed...

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Ohaneze has sold Ndigbo into slavery – Biafra Zionists

The Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, has slammed the Ohaneze Ndigbo, over what it called “the cowardly silence of the group in the face of injustice against Ndigbo”. The BZF in a press statement made...

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APC blasts Jonathan for hobnobbing with alleged Boko Haram sponsor, Sheriff

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of exhibiting a shocking act of indiscretion by hobnobbing with an alleged Boko Haram sponsor, Modu Sheriff, who is not known...

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Boko Haram recruits Tuareg fighters

THE war against insurgency in the country is entering a new dimension, as the Boko Haram Islamist group is believed to be recruiting Tuareg fighters to beef up its offensive against Nigerian military....

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Jonathan under attack for visiting Chad with Sheriff

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday came under fire over the presence of a former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu-Sheriff, at a meeting he held with Chadian President Idris Deby in Ndjamena on...

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I’m eager to return to battle front —OBJ’s son

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL Adeboye Obasanjo, recuperating son of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was reported, on Tuesday, to have expressed eagerness to return to the battle front. This he...

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Military and Boko Haram battle for CDS’ town

By Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru,  Caleb Ayansina, Umar Yusuf & Ndahi Marama ABUJA—The military, yesterday, engaged the Boko Haram terrorists in a fierce battle at Vimtim, the home town of the...

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Chibok girls: The bulk stops on Jonathan’s table – Fashola

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA— GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State said yesterday that it was the President and Commander-in-Chief who is in possession of the whole security...

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Adesina urged Police to get to the bottom of Pastor Dimgba Igwe’s death

Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers and President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Femi Adesina, has urged the Nigerian Police to get to the bottom of Pastor Dimgba Igwe’s death. Speaking to journalists...

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Washington Post blasts Jonathan for campaign slogan

The Washington Post has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan over a campaign slogan in support of his re-election in 2015. In an editorial in the United States-based newspaper on Tuesday, titled,...

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Chibok girls: Let’s exercise patience with Jonathan —Sodipo-Clark

THE chairman, National Ear Care Centre, Kaduna State, Dr Abisola Sodipo-Clark, has enjoined Nigerians to exercise patience with President Goodluck Jonathan, on efforts to ensure the release of the...

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Francis Ogunbowale: Boko Haram and threat to nationhood

Sometimes in August 2014, Dr Stephen Davies, the Australian Hostage Negotiator, dropped a bomb shell when he granted an interview to Arise TV and indicted former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and former...

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Ezekwesili faults Jonathan’s withdrawal of ‘Bring Back Jonathan’ signs, says...

Former Education Minister and a co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has chided President Goodluck Jonathan, over his swift order that the offensive #BringBackJonathan signs...

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2015: We stand behind Jonathan — Cattle Rearers

By Henry Umoru ABUJA—AHEAD of the 2015 Presidential election and formal declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan for his re- election bid, the  National leadership of Cattle rearers  in the country...

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See How People reacts to FG’s Ban of ‘Pomo’ On Social Media

Yesterday, it was widely reported that the Minister of Agriculture announced that the Federal Government was concluding plans to ban the sale and consumption of cow skin and hide popularly known as...

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Religion not a tool for causing unrest – Yero

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State on Wednesday said for peace to reign supreme in the country, there was the need for attitudinal change among Nigerians. The governor stated this just as a former...

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Gunshots As Cultists Attack Police Station in Rivers State, Many Injured

As the security situation in Rivers State battles to return to normalcy following the aborted impeachment saga to remove the Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, skirmishes at select local government areas remain...

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Creation of more polling units: Ekwueme, Clark and others ask Jega to resign

By Okey Ndiribe, Henry Umoru & Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—SOUTHERN leaders, yesterday, asked the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega to...

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Don’t cede any inch of Nigerian territory to Boko Haram, regent urges FG

By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA—Worried by the alleged capture of some communities in the northern part of the country by Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram, the traditional regent of Mbosi in Ihiala Local...

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