Nigeria’s troops have foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on a camp of displaced people in the northeastern town of Dikwa, previously targeted by the insurgents, the military said. “From all indications, the terrorists aimed at causing havoc at the Internally Displaced Persons camp located at Dikwa,” army spokesman Colonel …
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The Federal Government’s insistence not to devalue the naira yesterday saw the local currency firming sharply on the parallel market against the greenback. The naira closed at between N300 and N310 to dollar, regaining about 20 per cent of its Tuesday’s N364 to dollar closing rate. The rates had opened …
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According to SDK, the marriage of comedian AY and his wife Mabel have crashed. Mabel is reported to have moved out of their matrimonial home and it is unknown whether or not she will return. Details of why the marriage crumbled remains sketchy but unknown sources allege that it has …
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By Dotun Olutoke Interestingly, the inspiration for this piece floated in my mind after reading Bayo Olupohunda’s expressive piece titled “Buharists, Wailing Wailers and a Divided Nation.” The article which appeared on Naij.com in the early hours of Wednesday, 6th January, 2016 points in an instructive manner to the dangers …
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Some students of the Southern Nigeria Institute of Innovate Technology, Ifewara in Osun State on Monday set the private institution ablaze because some courses offered by the school were allegedly not accredited. Our correspondent gathered that some of the students had turn violent on Sunday evening, vandalising the school’s …
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a fake naval officer, Ahmed Abdullahi, in the Victoria Island area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that 37-year-old Abdullahi from Adamawa State was apprehended while he was on a trip to Lekki, reportedly to raise money for his wedding billed for March …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a fresh investigation into the alleged diversion of N4.4bn from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the accounts of top officers of the Nigerian Air Force. To this end, the EFCC transferred the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air …
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The wife of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán claims her husband is a loving family man unfairly scapegoated by Mexican authorities, and his life is at risk because of harsh prison conditions imposed since his recapture in January. In her first ever interview, Guzman’s third wife Emma Coronel, 26, …
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FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Monday, denied issuing any ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw military from the region or he would blow up oil pipelines. Tompolo’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, said the purported statement was trending …
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A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday dissolved an 11-year-old marriage between Stephen Adejobi and his wife Seun over quarrelsomeness, anarchy and disregard for parents-in-law. The President of the court, Mr Ademola Odunade, held that it was impossible for the court to force any couple to continue in a …
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