In a statement released by the Nigerian Army on Thursday, the Nigerian Army said; Boko Haram soldiers have been greatly depleted, and they are now abandoning their masters, burying their weapons and running. Col. Sani Usman, mentioned this giving an update on the counter-insurgency operation, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said […]
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The President and Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari and Prof Yemi Osinbajo, have declared their asset In a statement by the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu said “the documents submitted to the CCB, which officials say are […]
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(Vanguard) Head of the Sokoto Remand Home, Alhaji Dahiru Lawal, on Thursday said 13 inmates had escaped from the centre in the last two years due to the poor state of its facilities. Lawal disclosed this in Sokoto when he received a donation from an NGO, Housewives Initiative Development Association, He appealed to the Sokoto State Government […]
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The News Agency of Nigeria has reported no fewer than 14 persons have died in two separate accidents at Ogunmakin on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. NAN reports that the accidents occurred on Wednesday and Thursday in the early hours of the morning. The first of the accidents was said to have occurred on Wednesday at about […]
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The Police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned a 48-year-old driver, Okechukwu Okoli, in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting his neighbour’s daughter by “touching her breast”. The accused, a resident of nNo. 100, Old Abeokuta Road, Agege, Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of indecent treatment of a child. The prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, […]
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3,032 out of 5000 dismissed soldiers, have been asked to return to work. The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, according to a NAN report, made this known at a news conference in Abuja today. Usman, made it clear that the cases presented to the disciplinary review committee were treated on merit, […]
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Nkem Ndem Vivienne It is a common saying that the lady with the largest luggage in any airport is most certainly from Nigeria, it may not necessarily be true, but at some point, we have all been guilty of over-packing. Packing for a trip is often a struggle for many. Often, we give in to temptation […]
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BY AYO OLOWO The ongoing anti-corruption fight has been taken to the doors of eight former governors by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). An operative of the commission, on Wednesday, said that the task force was set up following petitions written against the former governors, on issues relating to contracts […]
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Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). will have five witnesses testify against him as proposed by the federal government, in order to authenticate the case of illegal possession of firearms brought against the Former NSA. Dasuki was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The five witnesses, according to the […]
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There was pandemonium in Lagos about 4:45pm on Wednesday, when a container skidded off the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos, and landed on cars, crushing some occupants in the vehicles, leaving at least 2 people dead. It was gathered that the about five tons container which was being conveyed by a heavy duty truck on […]
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