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Group issues Buhari two weeks ultimatum to return to Nigeria

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Nigeria President Mohammadu Buhari has been issued two weeks ultimatum by an advocacy group, Concerned Nigerians, to return to Nigeria and resume his office as the President as well as continue the mandate given to him by Nigerians during the 2015 elections failure of which it would storm the streets of Nigeria on peaceful protest. In a statement signed by its convener, Prince Deji Adeyanju and made available to newsmen on Saturday, the group alleged that although President Buhari handed-over presidential powers to his vice and now Acting President Yemi…

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Inciting posts: Audu Maikori will be prosecuted – El-Rufai

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Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the Chocolate city co-founder, Audu Maikori will face the full brunt of the law for publishing “fake stories and pictures.” El-Rufai made this known at the on-going Social Media Week 2017. Audu Maikori, Chocolate City co-founder, was recently arrested by the police over a series of tweets he sent to his followers, alleging that some students of the Kaduna State College of Education had been killed by Fulani herdsmen in Southern Kaduna. He is currently out on bail. “We are going to…

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Unconscious Torres taken to hospital after head clash, recuperates

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32-year-old Spanish striker, Fernando Torres was rushed to hospital after being hit from behind by Deportivo La Coruna’s Alex Bergantinos five minutes before the end of the game. He hit the ground hard and appeared to have already lost consciousness. Players from both sides immediately called for urgent medical attention. Distressed Atletico defender Jose Maria Gimenez was seen crying. Deportivo fans gave the former Spanish international a standing ovation of encouragement as he was stretchered off the field. A CT scan revealed Torres suffered no traumatic brain injuries and the…

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Nigeria’s deadliest kidnapper ‘Vampire’ shot dead by police

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The end came for Henry Chibueze popularly known as Vampire, in the early hours of yesterday after police engaged him and his cohorts in a fierce shootout. Henry Chibueze, popularly known as Vampire was orphaned at seven, took to crime when he was 11years old. According to police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Vampire was killed in Omu Awa forest, at Ikwerre, Rivers State by the police special forces, led by the I-G’s Intelligence Response Team around 1a.m. yesterday. He added that five suspected members of the…

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Curbing corruption: Okorocha calls for traditional method of oath taking

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The Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has called for adoption of traditional method of oath taking in governance to curb corruption in the country. Delivering his lecture at a seminar titled: ‘Promoting Culture, Developing the Economy: A Nigerian Perspective’, Governor Rochas Okorocha explained that it would be difficult for public office holders to syphon public money or abuse their office if they were swore in with their deity, like ‘Ofo’ in Igbo or ‘Ogun’ in Yoruba. He said people no longer fear Bible and Qur’an that are currently being used,…

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Senate to probe Customs over raid of rice shops in Ogun market

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Following a motion by Sen. Gbolahan Dada (Ogun-APC), Nigeria Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Customs, Tariff and Excise to investigate alleged unlawful raid of rice shops at Kayero Market, Sango Ota, Ogun by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Officials of the service were said to have raided the market on Feb. 22 and allegedly carted away goods and other commodities described as contraband. The senate’s resolution followed a motion by Sen. Gbolahan Dada (Ogun-APC), who alleged that the Customs officers broke into shops and made away with goods worth…

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Moments after release from prison, man escapes assassin’s bullet

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Ibrahim Ibuoye, a fifty-four-year-old businessman, has narrated how he escaped the assassin’s bullet a few minutes after he was released from prisons. Fearing for his life, Ibuoye, the Chief Executive Officer of GB Ibuoye Nigeria Limited, a mining company, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to investigate the alleged shooting and fish out those behind the attempt on his life. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos yesterday, he said he was detained at Ikoyi Prison on some frame-up charges, but was later granted bail. “Moments after…

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Buhari made a bad economy worse – Soludo

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“Buhari had worsened the “very bad” economic situation he inherited when he assumed power in 2015”. Those were the words of former CBN governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Soludo spoke at the ‘Big Ideas Podium’, a public policy debate organised by the Afri Heritage Institution in Enugu, where he canvassed what he termed a “citizens united” campaign by Nigerians to demand change and accountability from government at all levels. Besides Soludo, other speakers at the inaugural edition of the Big Ideas Podium were a former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke;…

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Court dissolves Emeka Ike’s 17 years marriage

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The marriage between Emeka Ike, Nollywood actor, and his wife, Suzanne Emma, has been dissolved. A Lagos Island Customary Court, South West Nigeria today dissolved their 17 year-old marriage. The three-man panel presided over by Chief Awo Awosola, dissolved the marriage in a judgment following a petition filed by Suzanne. Other members of the panel of judges were: Mrs. Opeyemi Olanrewaju and Mr Kehinde Jacob Olayinka. “From all evidence before the court, the marriage between the couple had broken down, and it is irreconcilable, consequently, the marriage is hereby dissolved”,…

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Rihanna bags recognition award from Harvard

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R&B superstar Rihanna was delighted as she was presented an award by Harvard University for her humanitarian work. “So I made it to Harvard! Never thought I would be able to say that in my life, but it feels good,” a beaming Rihanna said to students’ cheers at the prestigious US university Tuesday evening. Harvard named the 29-year-old singer its Humanitarian of the Year, pointing to her projects that include an advanced center to treat breast cancer in her native Barbados and support for girls’ education around the developing world.…

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