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February 7, 2018

The Late 5: FG says NHIS boss won’t escape investigation, Army to begin military operation in Benue, and other top stories

These are the top five stories that drove conversation in Nigeria today. The Federal Government has said the reinstatement of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf will not stop the investigation of allegations against him. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said this in reaction to the reinstatement of Yusuf... Read More

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September 8, 2017

Army begin operation python dance in S’East

The Nigerian Army has said it would commence its second phase of Exercise Python Dance, tagged Python Dance II, in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Army Chief of Training and Operations, the army said the exercise was necessary due to the “mindless assassinations (even in religious places), attack on security personnel,... Read More

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August 17, 2017

TSA account has not been audited since its operation – AGF

The Auditor-General of the Federation, Anthony Ayine on Wednesday told the House of Representatives that the Treasury Single Account policy has not been audited two years after it came into operation. Ayine had appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House, which is investigating the operations of the TSA since it was inaugurated in 2015.... Read More

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September 23, 2016

Army kills 2 armed bandits, recovers 7 cows

Men of the Nigerian Army on Thursday killed two armed bandits, and recovered seven cows during a clean up operation in Zamfara state. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the army spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman. According to Usman, the troops also recovered one Mercedes Benz car from the bandits. The statement... Read More

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Military scraps Niger Delta Operation, announces replacement

In a bid to ensure better service delivery and efficiency, the Nigeria Defence Headquarter, on Wednesday, scrapped its military operation in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, and replaced it with Operation Delta Safe. This was contained in a statement made available by Rabe Abubakar, Defence Headquarters spokesperson. Abubakar noted that the Chief of Defence... Read More

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Nigerian Airforce takes action against Niger Delta Avengers

As the spate of militancy in the Niger Delta region keeps growing, the Nigerian Airforce has deployed more fighter aircrafts to the region to aid the ongoing efforts of the military. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, the aircrafts deployed... Read More

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Nigerian militants

Niger Delta militancy: Nigerian military arrests 7

The Nigerian Military, on Saturday, disclosed that it has arrested seven suspects during an operation to clamp down on militants in the Niger Delta militants. According to The Nation, the military arrested the suspects following a mission into the suspected hideout of embattled former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) in Oporoza community, Warri South-West... Read More

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Ikorodu robbers planned the operation in 30 minutes… and there was no woman leader

Even in movies, it takes days for an operation to be planned and carried out successfully. You make the plans, review it, sleep on it and do a head count/revision the morning after. But for these guys, all that took was just about 30 minutes and they [near] successfully robbed a bank of N80 million.... Read More

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Patience Jonathan: They wanted me to be a sacrifice… again

by Kolapo Olapoju It was the farewell service organised in their honour at the Aso Villa Chapel in Abuja, and the Jonathans came to church prepared to say their last words. While President Jonathan appeared remorseful and begged for forgiveness, Patience Jonathan, had a few revelations for the congregation. While speaking at the service, the First... Read More

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September 15, 2014

Buki Otuyemi: What is a Nigerian life worth? (Y! Superblogger)

by Buki Otuyemi I came across a story today about how a 10-year-old goldfish with a tumour in its head was operated on by Dr. Tristan Rich, the Head of exotics and wildlife medicine in Lort Smith Animal Hospital, Melbourne. Ten-year-old George (the goldfish) is a pet whose owners really love him and so seeing... Read More

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February 13, 2014

Bizarre: Woman’s stomach explodes during operation, sets room on fire

by Zara Mustapha In what could be called a freak accident, the stomach of a Chinese woman who drank and ate too much exploded while she was being operated upon. According to reports, the 58-year old woman was said to be hospitalized after she had developed severe abdominal swelling due to excessive eating and drinking. The... Read More

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February 8, 2014

This baby was operated on INSIDE her mother’s womb (PICTURED)

by ‘Jola Sotubo A medical breakthrough has been recorded by doctors who operated a baby inside her mother’s womb and saved her life. Hope Rollings, now ten months old, was discovered to have an abnormality when her mother’s pregnancy was 20 weeks old. Doctors decided that baby Hope would die if her condition was not... Read More

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January 14, 2014

How I made N45 million from one operation – Robbery suspect reveals (PICTURED)

by ‘Jola Sotubo A suspected armed robber yesterday revealed to police in Lagos just how much he had made from his illicit ways. Samuel aka Asiwaju, during his confession, also disclosed that he was a member of a gang which raided the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), and robbed some Bureau De Change operators working... Read More

November 14, 2013

Just in: Boko Haram operation – French priest kidnapped in Cameroon

by Chi Ibe The BBC is reporting that a French priest has been “kidnapped in northern Cameroon, in region where Islamist militant group Boko Haram operate.” This tweet was sent out by the service at 12.45pm. French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon, in region where Islamist militant group Boko Haram operate — BBC Breaking News... Read More

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November 5, 2013

Opinion: The NCAA and its double standards

by Edet Akpan But really, was the recent grounding of Dana Air operations due safety reasons? Wouldn’t this be the second time the airline is being grounded by the authorities for safety issues since recommencing flight operations this year? Civil aviation is one of the most regulated industries in the world. Every single technical... Read More

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October 11, 2013

OMG! Man amputates his own leg because he couldn’t afford hospital operation (PHOTOS)

Operation: Zheng Yanliang sawed off his own leg A man has sawn off his own leg to save his life because his family could not afford for him to have an operation. Zheng Yanliang used a metal saw and a knife to perform the operation while biting down on a piece of wood. The farmer... Read More

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September 24, 2013

What disease? Tinubu works out his operated knee in the UK (WATCH)

by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite widespread rumours that his health is deteriorating , it has been discovered that Bola Tinubu is recuperating quite well in the United Kingdom after undergoing knee surgery. Tinubu, who had an operation on his knee last month, is seen here doing exercises and is believed to be making a full and... Read More

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August 22, 2013

Tinubu undergoes successful surgery in America

by Oge Okonkwo The former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who traveled to the United States of America for a knee surgery few weeks ago, had a successful operation. The operation was carried out three days ago and he is said to be doing fine by well wishers who visited him. One of the... Read More

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Terrorism: Boko Haram leader, Shekau’s in-laws arrested

As part of the ongoing crackdown on Boko Haram insurgents, the Defence Headquarters on Monday confirmed the arrest of the in-laws of the leader of the sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau. But it was silent on where the in-laws were being kept as at press time. The raid which led to the arrest of the in-laws... Read More

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Rainoil expands operation with 2 new vessels

… as PPPRA Executive Secretary applauds investment as a significant boost to economy Rainoil Limited, a leading indigenous petroleum products marketing company, has inaugurated its two newly acquired multi-million dollars oil vessels, MT Adeline and MT Emmanuel, aimed at boosting petroleum products’ availability and distribution in the country. MT Adeline is a 20,000-tonnage vessel while... Read More

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WTH: Man wakes from surgery to find out surgeon removed his entire nose (PICTURED)

A man woke up after getting a nose job to find that the plastic surgeon had removed his nose entirely. Patient Vishal Thakkar went to Dr Angelo Cuzalina, the president of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, for more than eight surgeries over the course of a half a dozen years. Mr Thakkar told the... Read More

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Oluwagbenga Osowe: Code red (30 Days, 30 Voices)

He dialled his wife’s number once more to check on her but got the same response as before. The automated response of “the number you are dialling is not available at the moment…” had never seemed more ominous of evil than at that moment. When Tunde Joshua dropped off his wife at her shop... Read More

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January 19, 2013

“I could hear the surgeon talking as he cut into me”: Mother describes horror of waking up during operation

Trauma: Sarah Newton, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, woke up during an operation but could not communicate with the surgeons to let them know A mother has described the agony of feeling a surgeon cutting into her stomach when she woke up during an operation. Sarah Newton lay paralysed on the operating table as she listened to... Read More

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January 9, 2013

Sad: How adorable conjoined twins died at the National Hospital, Abuja

by Akan Ido The conjoined twins who were born to Safiya Sani on January 3 at Mararaba Medical Centre, Mararaba Gurku in Nasarawa State have died. The twins who were who were connected in the heart, down to the abdomen and the upper side of the intestines died at the National Hospital, Abuja where they... Read More

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September 20, 2012

Conflicting reports on the suspension of Arik flight operations

by Isi Esene Reports say that Arik Arline today suspended all its flights out of Lagos leaving passengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport stranded. There are conflicting accounts as regards the actual cause of the flight suspension but some published reports say flights were grounded by labour unions over unpaid dues to them. It further stated... Read More

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