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Over 700 suspected cultists, 38 armed robbers nabbed in Anambra

Over 700 suspected cultists and 38 suspected armed robbers were arrested in different parts of Anambra in the last three weeks, the state Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar has said. Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Awka that the arrests were an indication that Anambra was no longer a safe haven... Read More

armed robbers, cultists, Garba Umar, nigerian police

Protest against Lai Mohammed and face our wrath | Youth group dare Nigerian entertainers

Youths For Change NG, an umbrella group of Nigerian Youth, have asked Nigerian entertainers to shelve the idea of a protest against the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, or they will face the wrath of the youth. In a statement by its leader Seun Bobade, dated July 22, published by Daily Trust, the... Read More

Coalition of Nigeria Entertainers, lai mohammed, Nigerian entertaiment, Youths For Change NG

Renowned Nigerian actor, Adebayo Faleti is dead

Renowned Yoruba veteran actor, broadcaster, poet and writer, Chief Adebayo Faleti has died, aged 86. Adebayo, an old student of Ibadan Boys High School died Sunday morning at University College Hospital, Ibadan at about 6. am according to sources. Chief Adebayo who happened to be one of the pioneer staff of the first television station... Read More

Adebayo Faleti, Nigerian actor, Yoruba actor

MASSOB asks Gov Fayose to release Igbo traders detained since 2016

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has asked the governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, to release some Igbo traders who were ‘unlawfully’ detained in the state since December 2016. In a statement published by Punch on Sunday, signed by MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Samuel Edeson, the group expressed... Read More

biafra, Ekiti, governor ayo fayose, Igbo traders, MASSOB

Nigerian Army confirms 9 Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered

The Nigerian Army has said that nine Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered themselves to troops on Saturday at Buni Yari in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. According to a statement issued by Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, and reported by NAN, the army spokesman inAbuja, the terrorists are: Usman Ali, 22, Ibrahim Matukur, 13 and Usman... Read More

boko haram, Borno, insurgents, Nigerian Army

Lagos poll: APC wins Oshodi/Isolo, collation ongoing in other councils

Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oshodi/Isolo local government area, Bolaji Muse-Ariyo, has been declared the winner of Saturday election. Ariyo polled a total of 8,429 votes to defeat Adeola Williams, his closest contender from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 3928 votes. Abari Ajibola, returning officer of the Lagos State... Read More

All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos LG polls, LP, PDP

Army prevent attempted bomb attack in Borno, kill 3 female suicide bombers

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it foiled an attempted bomb attack and killed three female suicide bombers in Konduga Local Government Council of Borno. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, in a statement on Saturday night, said the incident occurred at Kawuri village, NAN reports. Usman said that the female suicide... Read More

boko haram, bomb attack, Borno, female suicide bombers, insurgents

Kano police engage Boko Haram insurgents in gun battle, arrest 5

The police in Kano State on Sunday morning engaged in a gun duel with gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram, Premium Times reports. The police officers were members of a special task force set up by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. At the end of the gun duel, three of... Read More

boko haram, insurgents, kano, Kano Police

N40bn life pensions: SERAP replies Fayemi, says ‘threat of legal action unjustified’

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, “to join us in promoting and supporting legislative measures to redirect public funds spent to provide life pensions to former governors for the benefit of the most marginalized and disadvantaged Nigerians, rather than issuing threat of legal action... Read More

Adetokunbo Mumuni, Kayode Fayemi, pension for former governors, SERAP, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, transparency

Manchester City sign Danilo

Manchester City have announced the signing of Danilo from Real Madrid. Danilo, 26, has signed a five-year deal and has now joined his teammates on the Club’s pre-season tour of America. “I am very, very happy to be joining Manchester City,” Danilo told mancity.com after agreeing personal terms and passing his medical. “There has been strong interest... Read More

Danilo, English Football, manchester city, Premier league signings, real madrid

Pope Francis replies “erring” Priests on Bishop Okpaleke’s appointment

Days after the deadline Pope Francis gave priests of Ahiara diocese, Mbaise, Imo, to write and apologise to Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke elapsed their Bishop, he has begun to respond to each of them. “The pope promised he would write back, and he’s doing so,” said Cardinal John Onaiyekan of Abuja. The prelate, who’s been... Read More

Ahiara diocese, Bishop Okpaleke, Cardinal Onaiyekan, catholic church, Pope Francis

The Thread: How incompetent staff ruin a business within 24 hours

The popular definition of incompetent is, “inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose”. Now, you can add the “staff” to it. A vlogger, known as Sisi Yemmie, took to her Twitter account (@Sisi_Yemmie), narrated her ordeal with a delivery personnel who said he was ‘tired’ to get to her place to make a delivery and... Read More

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54 Fulani’s killed, 15 others missing in Kaduna attacks | Community accuses media of “distortion of facts”

The Fulani community in Southern Kaduna have said 54 of their members were killed in the recent attacks in some communities in Kajuru Local Government Area. They also said 15 others are still missing. This was revealed by the Assistant National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Ibrahim Abdullahi, at a press conference in... Read More

Fulani, police, Southern Kaduna killings

Akeredolu bows to pressure, appoints kinsman as acting chief judge

The governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu, has appointed Oluwatoyin Akeredolu as the new acting chief judge of the state, after months of a legal battle that sought the removal of Justice Temitayo Osoba. Osoba took over as acting chief judge shortly before the assumption of office by Akeredolu in February. An Akure-based lawyer, Femi Emodamori,... Read More

chief judge, Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu, Temitayo Osoba

198 illegal immigrants in Saudi Arabia return to Nigeria

The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 Nigerians illegally residing in Saudi Arabia at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 10 am. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this number was out of the 1,800 Nigerians living illegally in Saudi Arabia, who were given amnesty to return to... Read More

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We deserve to be honoured | Arewa youth asking Igbos to quit the North say

Leader of the ‘Kaduna Declaration’, a coalition of Northern youth groups that gave Igbo an October 1 deadline to vacate the North, Yerima Shettima has said that the idea behind the quit notice is working perfectly. According to him, the groups decided to come with the quit notice to make leaders in the Southeast disclose... Read More

Arewa Youth, biafra, IPOB, Kaduna Declaration, Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze, quit notice to Igbos, Southeast leaders, Yerima Shettima

2-year-old, mother killed as building collapses in Lagos

A 30-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter were killed after an uncompleted building collapsed at 7, Saidu Okeleji street, Alaro street, Meran, Abule Egba, Lagos, on Saturday. Spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adebayo Kehinde confirmed the incident in a statement, TheCable reports. He said the agency received a distress call via... Read More

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Review textbooks that teach “ungodly practices like masturbation”, C.A.N. urges FG

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Saturday, lauded the Federal Government for reversing the controversial merging of the Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) and the Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC). The President of CAN, Samson Ayokunle, said that the decision showed that the government is a listening one... Read More

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“Any call to divide Nigeria is unacceptable” – Al Mustapha

Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has urged those calling for separation to desist. He said this in an interview with Vanguard, saying God has a reason he created us as Nigerians. He said, “If we want to make progress in Nigeria, we should first... Read More

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Today’s Noisemakers: Donald Trump, Femi Adesina and the artist that says his colleagues should be jailed

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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The Big 10: These are the stories that drove conversation this week

These are the top ten stories that drove conversation this week. 1. We’re in talks with over 16 political parties to take power back – Makarfi The Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi, has said that the party is in talks with over 16 political parties ahead of 2019 elections.... Read More

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President Conde asks Guineans to pray for Buhari

President Alpha Conde of Guinea on Friday asked Islamic worshippers in the country to pray for his ailing President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari has been on medical vacation in London for over two months. In a statement from his government and publish by Guinean websites, Conde asked “all mosques in Guinea to devout Friday, July 21,... Read More

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Prison Service to probe Kuje prison fire, as group claims responsibility

The Nigerian Prisons Service has launched a probe into the fire incident that gut the Kuje Medium Prisons on Friday. According to Vanguard, the prison authorities said the fire occurred at about 4:30 pm. “Minor fire was detected in Kuje Medium Security Prison hospital at about 4.30 pm. and was immediately put out by security... Read More

Abuja, Kuje Prison, Nigerian Prison Service

EFCC vows to appeal Bala Ngilari’s acquittal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it would appeal Thursday’s acquittal of a former Governor of Adamawa, Bala Ngilari. The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, Adamawa, had discharged and acquitted the former governor. In a statement on Friday, spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, described the ruling as “a travesty of justice’’. He said,... Read More

Bala Ngilari, Court of Appeal, EFCC, Zamfara

Stop using hate speech and fake news to discredit the government, Lai Mohammed says

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that hate speech, disinformation and fake news in the country are the handiwork of pessimists, whose aim is to discredit the government and destabilise the polity. The Minister made the statement at the Extraordinary Meeting of the National Council on Information (NCI), which has the... Read More

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All my children studied in Nigeria, can Buhari claim that? – Fayose

The governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose Friday, said all his children are studying in the country. According to the spokesman for the governor, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said this at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, while attending the convocation ceremony of his son, Ayorogbayimika, TheCable reports. The governor said the standard of education in the county will improve... Read More

Ayodele Fayose, covenant university, Ekiti, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian universities

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. We’re In Talks With Over 16 Political Parties To Take Power Back – Makarfi The Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi, has said that the party is in talks with over 16 political parties ahead of 2019 elections. 2. Sean Spicer... Read More

APC, biafra, donald trump, igbos, LAUTECH, Nigerian Army, PDP, Sean Spicer, white house

Alvaro Morata joins Chelsea

Chelsea Football Club has formally announced the signing of Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid on a five-year-deal. Morata will now join up with the squad on its pre-season tour of Asia. Upon completing his transfer, Morata said, ‘I am so happy to be here. It’s an incredible emotion to be part of this big club.... Read More

Alvaro Morata, chelsea, English Football, premier league, real madrid

Kuje prison currently on fire (Video)

High profile security Kuje prison is currently on fire. The prison hosts many high profile prisoners as well as some allegedly corrupt officials. The video of the fire was shared on social by Sahara Reporters. Kuje prison, Abuja on fire pic.twitter.com/oYXHZSM3GP — Y! Online (@YNaija) July 21, 2017 Details later…

Nigeria set to export locally made vehicles to Mali

The Charge‘d Affair of Nigeria in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, has announced that manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, has signed MoU with a Malian firm to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali. Abdulsalam made the announcement on Friday in Abuja when he led a delegation of businessmen from Mali to visit the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey... Read More

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