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Insurgency in North East can affect 2015 elections, Senator Ike Ekweremadu

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu warned that if drastic action was not taken to tackle headlong the activities of Boko Haram, it would derail the 2015 elections. Senator Ekweremadu...

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Ebola: NAFDAC arrests importers of fake Ebola kits

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and ‎Control, NAFDAC has apprehended two men in Lagos for sale of unevaluated Ebola Virus test kits and expired hand sanitizers. The Director...

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I’m facing hard times – TB Joshua

Founder of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, says he has been facing hard times since the collapse of his church guesthouse in Lagos. He, has however said that he would...

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Troops kill 200 Boko Haram terrorists

Kingsley Omonobi, Ben Agande, Abdulsalam Muhammad, Luka Binniyat, Ndahi Marama & Mayen Etim ABUJA—No fewer than 200 members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, were reportedly killed, yesterday, in a...

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Synagogue reluctant to release names of victims as death toll hits 80

By Evelyn Usman Lagos—Six days after a five-storey building used as guest house by the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN collapsed, killing scores of persons and injuring several others, the...

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Nigerian Islamic Group Rejects Jet & Cash Story, Alleges Grand Conspiracy...

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed alarm over the issue of a Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor-owned private jet, loaded with $9.3 million in cash belonging to the Nigerian government, which was seized...

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FG approves N147.4bn for Benin-Ore, Lokoja-Benin, Shagamu road

The Federal Execu­tive Council (FEC) presided over by President Good­luck Jonathan, yesterday reviewed progress on two major roads Benin-Ore Express way as well as Okene-Benin Express way. It approved...

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Boko Haram kills Adamawa acting gov’s uncle

The father of Mr. Tanko Wazimtu, personal assistant to acting Gover­nor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, was among the people killed by Boko Haram insur­gents in his Madagali residence last week. Pa...

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Stop death sentence on soldiers, Ubani, ex-chairman, Ikeja NBA, tells Jonathan

By Onozure Dania Lagos — Former chairman of Ikeja branch of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop the execution of soldiers sentenced to death on...

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Kano Suicide Bombers: We won’t keep quiet again —Emirs

TRADITIONAL rulers from the North, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, have told President Goodluck Jonathan that they have resolved not to keep quiet again, in the face of Boko Haram...

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Professor Who Claims Ewedu Cures Ebola To Be Arrested By NAFDAC

For fear of another horrible deaths that was caused by the deceptive intake of salt and warm water, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is all set to arrest and...

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Jonathan Vows To Actualize United Nigeria

By Larry Martins President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his readiness to actualize a peaceful and more united Nigeria where unemployment would be a thing of past and future of youths in the country...

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Papa Ayo Oritsejafor: The Spoilt Child Of A Religious Nation By Imoh David

Our polithiefcians and legislooters will always be safe and encouraged so far our minds are controlled by the priests. The priest is to the polithiefcian what the river is to a crocodile....

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Troops recover 3 vehicles, 1 APC from insurgents —Laleye

THE Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, recovered three Hilux vehicles mounted with machine and anti-aircraft guns, one Mowag Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) and other assorted arms and ammunition from...

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Returns With a Smile, Denies Rumors Of Sickness

Former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State, who is also one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), returned to Lagos today after a prolonged trip abroad and denied rumors that...

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Nigerian Army Sees Recent Victories Over Insurgents As Turning Point

“We are now doing more in terms of providing soldiers with the weapons and logistics to battle these Boko Haram people and crush them,” said a colonel, who is based in Maiduguri. He added, “You can see...

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Boko Haram: Things’ll change by next month — Jonathan

By Kingsley Omonobi & Henry Umoru ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday that by next month, the security challenge posed by members of the Boko Haram sect who have engaged in massive...

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CBN Boko Haram “sponsor” Reveals

WHEN the Australian negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, alleged that an unnamed top official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was among the sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria many people...

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$9.3m scandal: S’Africa insists on criminal probe

There are strong indications that efforts of the Federal Government to ensure amicable settlement of issues surrounding the $9.3m seized by South Africa have failed. South Africa’s National Prosecuting...

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Military reveals Boko Haram’s tricks to use mechanics, others to deploy IEDs

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — In the aftermath of the heavy casualties inflicted on Boko Haram insurgents in recent weeks, indications have emerged that the group is  recruiting auto-mechanic and car...

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