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NBA star, Kobe Bryant Dies in a Helicopter Crash

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Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star and five-time N.B.A. champion, and his daughter Gianna were among nine people in a helicopter that crashed near Calabasas, California. A college baseball coach and his wife and daughter were also killed. The authorities in Los Angeles County said it could take several days to recover bodies from the crash site, as the helicopter crashed in rough terrain. Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during…

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APC rerun: NSCDC officer kills Action Alliance candidate at victory party

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The victory party of APC candidate, Miriam Onuoha who was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, came to an abrupt end when an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot and killed the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo North senatorial district, Ndubuisi Emenike. The incident took place around 5pm during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate who won the Okigwe North Federal Constituency held on Saturday. The tragedy occurred at the APC’s candidate house at Umunachi in…

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Kano rerun: Jibrin complains of voters’ intimidation after election loss

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“My constituents came out en masse to exercise their civic responsibility but were denied their franchise to vote the candidate and party of their choice through the application of maximum force in all the wards of our constituency except my home town of Kofa, Bebeji, that proved impenetrable. We know we won the election fairy and squarely but our mandate was stolen”, these were the words of the former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday. Jibrin was defeated…

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Gov. Ganduje to Kwankwaso, “you are a selfish leader”

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Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Wednesday night at the Government House while receiving the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as troops of the Kwankwasiyya Movement that decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state carpeted his erstwhile political leader and former governor, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, saying he is a very self centred politician who thinks of nothing but himself. Ganduje in his words said, “It is natural to be a bit selfish but I have never seen anyone as selfish…

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Dasuki appears in Court after 14 Months in custody

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Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) appeared in court on Thursday to stand trial over allegations of illegal possession of firearms and money laundering. He appeared before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja, one of the courts where the federal government is prosecuting him on the alleged infractions. The former NSA was re-arraigned before Justice Mohamed in 2017 on an amended seven-count charge bordering on alleged unlawful possession of firearms and money laundering. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted but…

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US Visa: Possible implications of the proposed travel ban

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Should the United States slam a visa restriction on Nigeria as being currently speculated, its attendant consequences will undoubtedly be enormous. Already, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen are facing U.S. travel ban, an action U.S President Donald Trump explained, in 2017, as safeguarding America and its citizens from terrorism. Aside Nigeria, the coming ban will have Eritrea, Tanzania, Belarus, Sudan, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan. According to foreign media reports, the travel ban will only apply to specific targets including government officials and to certain visa types. In spite…

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Property tussle: Police Inspector arrested for alleged murder

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The attention of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has been drawn to publications in some dailies and online media, that a police officer attached to the state police command, one Insp. Bassey Ikpe, reportedly beat one Mrs Deborah Nkpenie to death, on January 16. The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has however ordered the arrest of the Police Inspector attached to the state police command, for alleged murder of a widow. Mr Odiko Macdon, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement…

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NUC : Nigeria needs 300,000 doctors

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Secretary of the Nigerian University Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said the country is in urgent need of about 300,000 medical doctors. He emphasized this, during the maiden matriculation of the Bayelsa Medical University held on the university campus, Amarata, Yenagoa, on Wednesday. About 208 pioneer students took the matriculation oath on the occasion. The BMU, which started on January 31, 2018, received the NUC accreditation five months’ after. Rasheed said the current “doctor-patient ratio in the country stands at 1: 3,500,”  stressing that this was among the several challenges bedeviling the…

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Amotekun: Police takeover Fawehinmi Park in Lagos

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In a bid to stop the proposed rally of the newly launched Southwest security outfit, Amotekun in Lagos, armed mobile policemen have taken over Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, venue of the rally. Code-named “Amotekun Solidarity Walk.” It was organised by Yoruba World Congress to show a peaceful protest and support for the new security outfit set up by governments of southwestern states. At the venue there was heavy presence of security personnel along the roads and other recreation parks nearby. As at the time of this report, many people…

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Atiku Abubakar hails Nigeria’s security forces, says they are undepaid

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, gave his opinion concerning the controversy surrounding the right of regions to establish internal security outfits, saying that they were necessary because the nation’s military and paramilitary forces are overstretched and underpaid. This his his second statement after the first one, on the issue that regions have the right to self-defence and setting up internal outfit was not the same as seeking succession. In the statement titled, “Self Defense Is International Human Rights, Guaranteed By Article 51 of the UN Charter,” the former presidential candidate…

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