Up to 24 people were killed on Thursday in a fresh attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces militia, taking the number of civilians killed this week to over 60, officials and a monitor said. Twenty-four bodies were found at four sites near Oicha in the volatile Beni […]
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By Femi Adesina If Nigeria should die (which we don’t pray for), then hatred killed her. Done in by hateful hearts and lying tongues. People who hate others for no just cause, and they want to recruit you into the hatred binge. But I have news for them: I won’t inherit anybody’s enemy. Never! These […]
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The chairman of the south-east governors forum, governor David Umahi, says the region has formed its regional security outfit to protect lives and properties. This is coming less than a month after governors in the south-west launched Amotekun, a regional security outfit. Speaking while hosting Lasisi Adegboye, general officer commanding 82 division of the Nigerian […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has warned his predecessor in office and national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to ‘behave well’ whenever he comes the state or face decisive action. This is even as he warned leaders and members of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM), to desist from activities […]
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The Board of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday approved a $22 million Senior Loan to help Egypt’s Corporate Leasing Company (Corplease) expand its operations in the North African country. The decision signaled confidence in a burgeoning local market and in the Egyptian economy as a whole. The Bank will mobilize $7 million of […]
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…N2M Up For Grabs Every Quarter…N100,000 Monthly Shopping Allowance Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Tuesday, launched the ‘UBA Bumper Account’, a hybrid account, targeted at transforming the lives of its customers. The new account is in line with the bank’s mission of creating superior value for its stakeholders while […]
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Balogun Market on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, went up in flames on Wednesday. This is yet another gory chapter in the series of fire disaster ravaging Lagos in recent times. According to media reports, the fire “started in a four-storey plaza at Martin Street, beside Great Nigeria Limited, Leventis Bus Stop, Lagos Island.” Dr. […]
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Thirteen persons have been confirmed dead in an attack on Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to the plateau state police command, the gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked the village on Sunday night, killing thirteen while five others were critically injured and are receiving treatment at the general hospital, […]
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The Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo says some parts of the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was drafted at the residence of Pat Utomi, a professor, in 2014. Osinbajo made this disclosure at the 5th edition of the Airtel Touching Lives in Lagos. The vice-president said the APC included a social safety […]
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More than half a century after her crime, a 73-year-old U.S. woman has returned a beer mug she stole from one of Germany’s most famous breweries. The beer stein, a traditional stone mug which holds one litre, arrived in a surprise package at Munich’s popular Hofbraeuhaus last week, spokesperson Tobias Ranzinger said on Monday. “She […]
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