Saki indigenes defend Shittu’s ministerial nomination

Indigenes of Saki and Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State under the aegis of the National Association of Saki Elite have asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate to ignore the petition written by the Oyo State leadership of the All Progressives Congress against the ministerial nominee from the state,...

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Alamieyeseigha is in heaven, says Okupe

The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says he is sure that the late former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is in heaven and is now wearing, “a crown of glory”. Okupe said this in a tribute he posted on his official...

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Police summon Wasiu Ayinde over shooting of varsity student

A female Business Education student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Azeez Koforola, was reportedly shot in the early hours of Sunday at a musical show in the same town. A bullet from a gun, said to have fired by a member of fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde’s band, was said...

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Navy destroys 50 illegal refining camps in Delta

The Central Naval Command in Yenagoa on Sunday destroyed 50 illegal oil refining camps and 150 drums of locally-refined diesel at Asiagbene in Delta State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that CNC conducted the operation in collaboration with Nigeria Navy Ship in Burutu Local Government Area...

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Super Eagles thrash Cameroon Lions 3-0 in friendly

Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday bounced back from their disgraceful 0-2 defeat in the hands of Congo DR on Thursday to record an impressive 3-0 win over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in a friendly in Belgium. Details later… from The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper http://ift.tt/1P916Va via...

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Police release lover of murdered NYSC member

The Oyo State Police Command has released Mr. Olusola Babalola, lover of the late Miss Omolola Abogunrin, who was raped and murdered in Ibadan last week. Babalola was arrested after the killing of Abogunrin. Abogunrin was said to have been on her way to Babalola’s place from a church service last Sunday...

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Security agents arrest Falae’s kidnappers in Niger

Five of the abductors of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, have been arrested. Falae, also a former Minister of Finance, was kidnapped three weeks ago on his farm at Ilado Village in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State by some suspected Fulani herdsmen...

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We know your hideouts, surrender now, Army tells B’Haram

The Nigerian Army has said security forces are aware of the hideouts and strongholds of terror group, Boko Haram, in the country. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, urged the insurgents to embrace the peace option and surrender as the troops were already closing in a statement...

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Dangote to build cement plants in 18 African countries

The Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said the firm would build cement plants in 18 African countries, including Nepal in Asia to make the continent import-dependent free. A statement by the company on Sunday said Dangote made the announcement at the commissioning...

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Screening: Rivers APC seeks special consideration for Amaechi

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on the Senate to give the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, a special consideration during the screening of ministerial nominees. State Chairman of the APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, commended the Senate for its decision...

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Tambuwal, Yari visit Ugwuanyi, rue economic downturn

Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, has described the governors who emerged in the 2015 elections as “unlucky”. Yari, who spoke in Enugu, where he attended a burial ceremony, noted that although the governors were lucky to win elections, they were unlucky to hold...

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Chibok girls not pregnant for Boko Haram fighters – Military

The Defence Headquarters has refuted media reports that many of the over 200 schoolgirls, who were kidnapped in April, 2014 from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, have been impregnated by members of the Boko Haram sect. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar,...

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Buhari won’t stop probe against nominees – APC

The All Progressives Congress has said President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the on-going probe of some of his ministerial nominees. It also said the President will not spare any of them found guilty of corruption by a court of competent jurisdiction, even after they have been confirmed...

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Yoruba leaders’ threat against Fulani herdsmen diversionary – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday picked holes in the threat by some Yoruba elders to banish Fulani herdsmen from the South-West following a recent kidnap of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, in a suburb of Akure, the Ondo State capital. He...

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FG deploys ICPC officials in airports

The Federal Government has deployed officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission to major airports across the country in a bid to check corruption at the various facilities. It specifically stated that it had installed the agency’s CCTV cameras at the airports...

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Ignore petition against Kaduna nominee, Bent begs senate

A former Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Grace Bent, on Sunday, urged the members of the eight senate to dismiss the petition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, Mrs Amina Muhammed. Bent in a statement in Abuja, asked the senate...

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Cameroon occupying 16 A’Ibom islands – A’Ibom lawmaker

A member representing Mbo State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Samuel Ufuo, has warned Nigerians on the illegal annexation and occupation of 16 Mbo Mangrove Islands by the Republic of Cameroon. Presenting the issue before the House as a matter of urgent public importance...

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Israel accused of ‘deliberately killing’ Palestinians

Israel’s government is facing serious questions over its use of force in the latest outbreak of violence with protesters after a number of videos appeared online showing soldiers shooting at Palestinians. Amnesty International told Al Jazeera on Sunday that some of the recorded incidents amounted to...

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El-Rufai suspends Kaduna LG chairman over demolition

The Interim Chairman, Kaduna North Local Government Area, Alhaji Garba Kurfi, has been suspended from office with immediate effect by the State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai. It was alleged that the chairman ordered the indiscriminate marking and demolition of buildings in the ongoing recovery of government...

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Alamieyeseigha was like God in his hometown – Monarch

The Acting Paramount Ruler of Amassomma Kingdom, Bayelsa State, Chief Sharp Nengi Sogo, said on Sunday that the late former governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, was like a God to his people. Alamieyeseigha, who died on Saturday of high blood pressure-related ailment at the University...

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