Ogunsola, an 18-year old son of a Nigerian, was stabbed on Wednesday, in Hackney, London, Ogunsola’s death is coming 10 days after Abraham Badru, son of Enitan Badru, a member of the house of representatives, was shot dead in the UK. At least six people Nigerians have been killed in London attacks in 2018 alone. […]
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Mansur Dan-Ali, the Minister of Defence, has described former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma’s comment has “highly uncalled for,” and an invitation to anarchy. Danjuma had, on Saturday at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University, told Nigerians to defend themselves against killers, saying the Nigerian Armed Forces were not ready to defend […]
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The federal government disclosed on Sunday that a week-long ceasefire was declared from March 19 to enable the insurgents drop off the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this in Lagos at a media briefing to give update and clarifications on the release of the schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state. […]
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A former Army Chief and minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, has asked Nigerians to defend themselves against killers, as he said the army and other security agencies colluded with killers to attack Nigerians. Danajuma said this on Saturday while speaking at the maiden convocation of Taraba State University. The retired general accused the army of […]
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Mama Boko Haram, whose real name is Aisha Wakil, has narrated how 104 of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls were released by Boko Haram. In an interview with Channels Television in Kano on Friday, Wakil, who is also the founder of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, gave the assurance that the last Dapchi schoolgirl, Liyah Sharibu, […]
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Reports from Dapchi village of Yobe State indicate that the girls abducted from a secondary school in the town have been returned in the manner they were taken. Some sources in Dapchi indicated that the girls were brought back and dumped in the village by unknown persons in the kind of vans that were used […]
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has issued a statement to deny foreknowledge of the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls as alleged by Amnesty International (AI) and described the indictment as “outright falsehood and misleading’’. Read the full statement: The Defence Headquarters wishes to respond to Amnesty International (AI) report in which the group alleged that the Nigerian […]
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In furtherance of tactical operations to stem activities of criminal elements across States of the Federation, the Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the general public that it has, within the last ten (10) days in the month of March 2018, apprehended the following key members of kidnapping, gunrunning and armed banditry syndicates […]
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There was tension in the Ojota area of Lagos state following a violent clash between two groups at Scavengers Land, near New Garage. Mohammed Ali, the state deputy commissioner of police (operations), confirmed this to NAN, saying 100 persons have been arrested in connection with the incident. He said the arrested persons had been transferred to the […]
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The management of Dana Air says it will fully cooperate with the audit of its operations as ordered by the Federal Government. The spokesperson of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa, stated that the airline did not commit any infringement in the two cases that recently brought its safety into questioning. “Excerpts of the reports confirmed that […]
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