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The Jihadist group, Boko Haram has released 21 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls to the Nigerian government following a prisoner swap. The Chibok girls were released as part of a prisoner swap deal struck between Boko Haram, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Nigerian and Swiss governments. “It is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok girls have been released and are in the custody of the department of state services,” presidential spokesman Garba Sheu said in a statement. “The release of the girls… is an outcome of negotiations…

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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has demonstrated his seriousness to the State Anti Grazing law by arresting a cow in Ikole Ekiti on Wednesday. The governor according, Lere Olayinka, the governor’s Special Advisers on Public Communications & New Media on his Facebook page said ”Governor Ayodele Fayose demonstrated the seriousness of the State Anti Grazing Law by personally seeing to it that one of the cows was “arrested” by youths who chased the cows after the herdsmen ran into the bush upon seeing the governor’s security men. The remaining cows…

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Reacting to rececent rumours that the governor had slumped at the government house during the Independence Day celebration and was later flown abroad for treatment, the Delta state Governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Okowa has confirmed that he sustained injuries on his head from a broken bathroom tile at the government house. He also refuted claims that he was ever flown abroad for treatments preventing him from officiating the independence celebration as well as performing other government functions afterwards during a church service at the Government House Chapel on Wednesday. “The truth is…

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The release of the four pupils and teachers of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, who we’re kidnapped by ex-Ijaw militants has been confirmed by the Lagos State Government on Wednesday. The four pupils and teachers of the Model College (Senior and Junior) Igbonla in Epe were kidnapped by suspected ex-Ijaw militants on October 6, 2016. The Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said the children have undergone medical check-up after which they were reunited with their families. “The Lagos State…

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Some of the officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, yesterday, clashed with a police officer, Sergeant Gabriel Ojo, over the arrest of a commercial bus driver in Alausa area of Lagos. It was gathered that one of the LASTMA officials, Neye A., jumped into the commercial bus, which was in motion, at Allen Avenue and struggled for the steering wheel with the driver, which made Sergeant Ojo to react. According to the police officer, “the LASTMA official stopped the bus that I boarded. Later, other LASTMA officials came…

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The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, AMBCON, has said the prices of bread, biscuits and other related commodities would be increased by 15 percent with effect from 17th of this month. The Association in a communique after its enlarged joint meeting of the South-South and South-East geo political zones held in Asaba, blamed the development on the high cost of production. Decrying that Nigeria’s economic recession was taking a more dangerous twist, the Association in the communique co-signed by chairman of the Joint Zonal Council, Sir Hilary…

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The Federal Government on Tuesday has asked the Senate to consider and confirm the nominations of two judges as Justices of the Supreme Court. The Judges are Hon. Justice Sidi Dauda Bage, JCA, from Nasarawa State, North Central and Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galinje, JCA from Taraba State, North East Geo- political zone of the country. The letter which was dated October 6, 2016, was received by the office of the President of the Senate, October 7, 2016. Senate President Bukola Saraki who read the letter to the Senators said,…

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Chief Olusegun Osoba, yesterday, lamented the damage caused to print journalism by what he described as the unbalanced writing of untrained internet reporters. Osoba, who delivered the chairman’s address at the launch of a book ‘One day and a story’, written by Mr. Dare Babarinsa, co-founder of Tell magazine, said internet invaders as well as declining interest in regular newspapers had put journalism in danger. He said: “Our profession is in danger, because there’s a serious invasion of non-professionals, who know nothing about the ethics of journalism and who are…

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