Three policemen who assaulted an eight-month pregnant woman in Lagos are currently undergoing orderly room trial, the Lagos State Police Command said on Saturday. The command’s spokesman, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, who made the disclosure to NAN, said they were arrested on Tuesday after a complaint about their alleged human rights infringement. He said the law […]
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Medical Students of the Benue State University, Makurdi, have deposited the coffin of their dead colleague at the office of the Vice-Chancellor in protest. Sunday Punch gathered that the deceased, Idoko Nicholas Inalegwu, died in controversial circumstances after receiving the news of his withdrawal after spending 10 years in medical school. Idoko was withdrawn for […]
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vanguard reports that 15 people were killed with 47 others severely injured when a female suicide bomber detonated an improvised Explosive Devices at Damaturu Sunday market on Sunday morning. The incident took place at about 9:30am Sunday when the market was about to reach its peak. The market usually attracts many buyers and sellers as […]
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AYO OLOWO Duncan got married to the love of his life Vivien yesterday July 25th, 2015 in Port Harcourt. Find pictures from the Wedding below. Wishing them a happy life together!
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By Reuben Abati first published on Sunday Vanguard As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined my entire life; dusk to dawn, all year-round. The phones buzzed non-stop, my email was permanently active; my twitter account received tons of messages per […]
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ISIS’s notorious executioner Jihadi John has reportedly fled the jihadi group and is on the run in war-torn Syria and may have joined another jihadi group.Mohammed Emwazi, a British Kuwaiti computer science graduate turned murderer, is believed to have left the jihadi group after becoming fearful he might be killed by ISIS’s chiefs. The British […]
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(Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari plans to split the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into two entities, his spokesman said on Saturday. Buhari, elected in March on promises to combat corruption, has made clear he wants to overhaul the oil sector in Africa’s biggest economy, which provides the government with around 70 percent […]
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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday said the N10 billion borrowed by the state government was used to pay workers salaries. Mr. Ortom gave the explanation in an interview in Makurdi. He stated this against the backdrop of allegations by the opposition that he misappropriated the N10 billion loan. The governor said when […]
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Kaduna State Government has procured 77 Hilux vehicles to assist the police in maintaining law and order in the state. Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’i, who disclosed this during a working visit to the Police Command Headquarters in Kaduna, also pledged to provide 50 motorcycles to the command. The governor said the gesture was in appreciation of […]
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CNBC Africa on Saturday acknowledged their mistake and apologized to the former minister on the error made yesterday where they had insisted that Arunma Oteh was World Bank first African woman VP. Mrs Ezekwesili has since accepted their apology. Excerpt of an apology posted in an article on their website below … “Oteh however is not […]
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