SARS operatives gun down 2 armed robbers during gun duel in Anambra
By Sunny A. David
The Police operatives attached to the Anambra State Command Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) responded to a distress call and stormed the hideout of a robbery…
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Gen. Buratai, still focused on victory over Boko Haram
General Buratai
By Ifure Ataifure
While the Boko Haram insurgents hit soft targets, the Nigerian military has continued to push to stop the terrorists. Recently Nigeria’s…
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Boko Haram: Coalition charges Nigerians to defend Service Chiefs, military from interference by…
Nigeria's Chief of General Staff, General Gabriel Olanisakin
The Coalition for Democracy and Development (CDD) has charged Nigerians to support the country's Service Chiefs in…
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Plot against military chiefs: PDP alleges Borno Governor, successor fueling fuelling insurgency
The PDP Conservative Vanguard has accused the governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, and his immediate predecessor Kashim Shetimma as being the brain behind the resurgence of the…
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President Buhari congratulates Dahiru Bauchi on Lafia varsity honorary degree
Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi
By Sam Tor
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated prominent Islamic scholar and preacher Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi on the conferment of an honorary…
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Politisation of security won’t benefit anyone – Presidency
President Buhari acknowledges cheers from the crowd during second term swearing in in Abuja on May 29, 2019
By Sam Tor
The Presidency wishes to caution a section of the…
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Slavery’s bitter roots: US marks 400th anniversary of arrival of first Africans
In late August 1619, an English pirate ship named the White Lion sailed into the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and anchored at Point Comfort. It deposited, according to handwritten…
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Polio vaccination: Enugu targets 1.05m children
The Enugu State Government says it is targeting 1,050,000 children under five years for vaccination in the National Immunisation Plus Days which began on Saturday.
Mr Fabian…
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Actress Mercy Aigbe asks single ladies to quit relationship with married men
Actress Mercy Aigbe
Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe, has advised single ladies dating married men to quit the relationship for their own good.
The single mum of two gave the…
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Africa rights groups demand end to Kenyan police extrajudicial killings
FILE - A woman cries over the body of man who was killed by police, witnesses said, in Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 9, 2017.
Kenyan police killed 107 people last year,…
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Our mission in government – IBB, the ‘evil genius’
If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.
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Nigeria’s Economist, Pat Utomi, tasks state govts on comparative advantage to boost their…
Professor Utomi
Professor Pat Utomi, an economist, has advised states governments to look inward and utilise their comparative advantage to boost the economy and improve the…
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Bloomberg’s Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence
Michael R. Bloomberg speaking about gun violence at an event in December, days after announcing his presidential bid.Chet Strange for The New York Times
In the fall of 2018,…
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Coronavirus: First death confirmed in Europe
France has had 11 confirmed cases of the disease
A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus - the first fatality from the disease outside Asia.…
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Attack on Radio Bayelsa: GM suspends 9 staff as NUJ seeks investigation
The Management of Radio Bayelsa has suspended nine workers over an attack on the station by hoodlums in protest against Supreme Court’s judgment that sacked erstwhile…
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15 states participate in Dambe traditional boxing in Yola
No fewer than 15 states are participating in traditional boxing competition, popularly knows as “Dambe”, in Yola, the capital of Adamawa, an official has said.
The News Agency of…
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