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Cocaine
July 21, 2016
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Sex, drugs and MiFi: Top 10 tweets from today’s Twitter ‘cocaine scandal’

Three is a crowd – they say. That might precisely be what triggered the most recent outburst of juicy gist on the micro-blogging site, Twitter. https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756103068043870208 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756104395532697600 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756105872422690817 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756105981726232576 Here is the story; @6ftHobbit accused @UduakIsBae of stealing some of her belongings after a sleep-over in her house in these tweets, https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756114014652948480 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756114520020582400 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756114850116407296 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756116321591500800 https://twitter.com/6ftHobbit/status/756116518367293440... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Just In: Plateau govt imposes 24-hour curfew in Bokkos

Following the recent series of violence in Bokkos LGA, Plateau State, the government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Local Government Area. This is after the reported killing of two protesting youths by security personnel. The youth were protesting Monday’s killing of a traditional ruler in the area. Saf Ron Kulere, Lazarus Agai, was... Read More
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Gani Adams
July 21, 2016
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Pipeline vandalism: OPC offers security assistance to FG

Leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Gani Adams has told the government, that the group is ready to assist in checking criminal activities, especially vandals of oil installations. Adams said this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday. He said the OPC was forced to withdraw its security service after being blacklisted by the... Read More
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Nigerian militants
July 21, 2016
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No militant group will dialogue with FG anymore – Concerned Militant Leaders

The Concerned Militant Leaders, CML, has said no other militant group will negotiate with the Federal Government until issues in the South-south region are addressed. The group also threatened that more attacks should be expected. The group confirmed the capture of a vessel with Liberian flag along Bakassi Peninsula of Nigerian waterways. They warned that... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Court grants Fayose’s aide, Agbele N50million bail

A  FCT High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday granted a N50million bail to Abiodun Agbele, an aide to Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state. The accused is also expected to produce two sureties of the Director Cadre in the civil service. Agbele is being prosecuted by the EFCC for allegedly buying properties for Fayose... Read More
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Plateau state
July 21, 2016
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Soldiers open fire on rampaging Plateau youths, one killed

Soldiers serving with the Special Task Force in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday opened fire on rampaging youths who blocked a road in Bokkos Local Government Area. The youths were protesting the killing of a monarch and a night attack on Wednesday. At least one person was killed and five others injured, witnesses told PREMIUM... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Arms scandal: Doyin Okupe may face fresh charges of conspiracy

After new revelations emerged in the ongoing investigation into the arms scandal, former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, may face conspiracy. The EFCC is investigating Okupe for receiving N100m from embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) A source at the Economic and Financial Crimes... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Just In: Fresh attack on Plateau community

Following a recent attack in Bokkos LGA of Plateau state where a monarch was killed, another attack has taken place at a settlement in the same Local Government Area Wednesday night. In response, youth of the local government area barricaded all access routes to the council Thursday morning. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the convoy of... Read More
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Boko Haram
July 21, 2016
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Military kill 42 Boko Haram terrorists, rescue 38 women and children

Nigerian military troops on Tuesday killed 42 Boko Haram terrorists at Gangere Village in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno state. The troops also rescued 38 women and 42 children from the terrorists. This is contained in a statement released on Thursday by the acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman. “Following confirmed intelligence... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Tinubu, Melaye bury the hatchet | EFCC goes after Obanikoro’s daughter | Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in sour love-hate show | More

DSS arrest lawmakers for plotting impeachment of Zamfara state governor YNaija Senate has summoned Kemi Adeosun to explain why the economy is in shamble YNaija It’s a family affair now as EFCC goes after Obanikoro’s daughter YNaija Ribadu is still suffering for fighting against corruption? He said it. YNaija Dino Melaye and Remi Tinubu settle... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Here are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Melaye, Tinubu reconcile The President Of the Senate, Bukola Saraki brokered peace between Senators, Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye. 2. Crime suspects handed over to the police are being released – Naval chief Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has accused the police of setting... Read More
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Aisha Alhassan Minsiter of women affairs
July 21, 2016
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Alhassan attends FEC meeting in crutches – Here’s why

Ailing Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, on Wednesday, came to the federal executive council in crutches. Alhassan was said to have had a knee surgery in the United States and is now recuperating. She was helped into the meeting venue at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by her security aide. Her crutches were taken away by... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Melaye, Tinubu agree to put away their swords

The President Of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, made efforts to reconcile warring Senators, Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye. According to Vanguard, Saraki, in an effort to quell the over-flogged issue, met with both Senators separately for two hours each in his West wing office in the National Assembly. Melaye, who represents Kogi west... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Crime suspects handed over to the police are being released – Naval chief

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral, Ibok-Ete Ibas, on Wednesday accused the police of setting free, crime suspects who are handed over to them for further investigations. He lamented that these suspects keep repeating the crimes for which they were initially arrested, after their release. Ibas, said this when the acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Zamfara state speaker, others, arrested for plotting to impeach governor

The Speaker of the Zamfara state House of Assembly, Sanusi Rikiji, was on Tuesday arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly planning to impeach the state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, the Punch reports. According to the report, Rikiji was arrested in Gusau, the state capital, alongside other principal officers of the House. They... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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State of the Economy: Senate summons Adeosun

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has been summoned to appear before the Senate on Thursday, July 21. The Minister could not honour the invitation on Wednesday, a development the upper chamber was not happy with. Adeosun was billed to address the Senate on the state of the nation’s economy and the implementation of the 2016... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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Super Eagles coach: NFF begins seven days search

Following the unsuccessful negotiations with Le Guen, the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, on Wednesday, asked the Technical and Development Sub-Committee to recommend another Super Eagles coach within seven days. The NFF officials also said they have rejected Le Guen’s bid to negotiate again. Reports on Wednesday suggested that the Frenchman was having... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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FG ask oil firms to recall sacked workers

All oil firms who recently sacked their workers have been asked by the Federal Government to recall them. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Petroleum Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and representatives of some... Read More
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July 21, 2016
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EFCC freezes Obanikoro’s daughter’s account

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen an account belonging to Shalewa Obanikoro, the daughter of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. According to EFCC investigators, about N1.2bn whose source is unknown passed through the account which belongs to an oil firm. A source in the anti-graft agency on Tuesday... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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Herdsmen killings: NSCDC officials to serve as farm guards

In order to curtail and stop the alleged killings of farmers by Fulani herdsmen and adequately protect farmlands for massive cultivation, the federal government may engage the services of officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after the meeting of... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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I am still paying dearly for tackling corruption – Ribadu

Former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mallam Nuhu Rubadu Wednesday said he was still “paying dearly” for his efforts to rid the country of corruption. He spoke in Abuja at a National Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Recovery and Management of Recovered Assets, organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), in collaboration with... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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The late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today Hillary Clinton blamed for kidnap of Chibok girls    Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, on Tuesday, said that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, is to blame for the 2014 kidnapping. 2. Nigeria loses N127bn to cybercrime annually – FG The Minister of... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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Just In: Aisha Buhari sues Gov. Fayose to court

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has sued Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for ‘falsely’ accusing her of being involved in the Halliburton corruption scandal. A court summon dated July 20, 2016 was reportedly made available to online news platform, PREMIUM TIMES. Fayose had in June said the president’s wife was the “Aisha Buhari”... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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Plateau Monarch’s murder: ‘Stop blaming fulani herdsmen’ – Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday said the media should stop accusing Fulani herdsmen of being responsible for the death of a monarch in Plateau State. Lazarus Agai, the Saf Ron Kurele, was killed on Monday while visiting his farm. His wife and security aide were also shot dead by unknown gunmen. The... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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Soldiers arrest suspected associates of Tompolo

Soldiers have arrested Simon Bebenimibo and Bomboy Oluwa, two suspected associates of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, in Warri, Delta State. A dependable source said that two of them, including a member of Delta Waterways and Land Security Committee, DWLSC and ex-councilor were seized by soldiers on Monday night. The source, who confirmed the... Read More
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July 20, 2016
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Lagos APC lawmakers protest against Melaye at party’s Secretariat

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday protested at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, against Senator Dino Melaye. The group of peaceful protesters, who were led by the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Wasiu Sani, were registering their displeasure over Dino’s alleged verbal assault on... Read More
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