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The deadly Boko Haram sect have been suspected as the masterminds of the destruction of houses in Buratai Village, Borno State, which include the burning down of the family home of acting Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday, a policeman, military source and witnesses told Reuters. At least two people were killed and eight injured, resident Adamu Talba and the military source said, but General Baratai, was not present at the time of the attack in the early hours. Boko Haram has waged a deadly campaign…

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Telecommunications giant, Globacom Nigeria may need to prove to many that the company is not owing staffers’ salaries as some insiders are making people to believe. Owned by Nigeria billionaire, Mike Adenuga, staffers have continued to lament over unpaid four months salaries that the company owes. Though, the PR department, known in Glo as Marketing Communications, has tried to keep the development away from the media because of the integrity of the company, but some staffers have been using fictitious identities to mail journalists secretly for fear of being sacked.…

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With the recent statement from the corporate headquarters of First Bank Plc, of the intending exit of its current managing director, Mr. Bisi Onasanya in December 2015, major stakeholders of the first generation bank had in earnest, shopped for a new man to head the affairs of the financial institution after Onasanya. According to Top News findings, a replacement has however been penciled down for the plum job, but the core investors of the bank are said to be keeping the identity close to their chests for now. It was…

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One of Nigeria’s most celebrated pastors, Bishop Oyedepo has continued to blaze the trail in terms of assisting millions of people within Ogun State axis, which his laudable projects. The revered man of God has been donating transformers worth several millions of naira to communities suffering from electricity. He has also brought smiles to the faces of several people by donating several boreholes for portable water, as well as providing health care services to people for free. The project which is a Covenant University’s Community Development Impact Initative, has brought…

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Barely 24hours after the former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole alleged that the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala took $1billion to fund the re-election bid of former president Goodluck Jonathan, the former minister has replied Governor Oshiomhole. In statement issued by Paul C Nwabuikwu, media adviser Okonjo-Iweala, he described Oshiomhole’s accusations as “another false, baseless allegation against Okonjo-Iweala by Oshiomhole. It reads “The statement is just another example of the numerical diarrhea that seems to have afflicted His Excellency in recent times in his effort to…

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Former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido to be remanded in prison custody along with his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha on their first day in court over corruption charges. This is because the EFCC said they lacked enough facilities to accommodate them. Justice Evelyn Anyadike ordered that the accused persons be remanded in a Kano Prison Custody and adjourned the case to September 28 for ruling on bail applications. Judges nationwide are going on two-month vacation but the former governor and the others could get early bail since vacation…

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BREAKING TIMES, a popular on line platform has obtained photographs of Bashir, one of the sons of Nigeria’s former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai and current Governor of Kaduna State. Bashir, the wild son of Mallam El-Rufai is seen here looking ‘stoned’ and living like the spoilt child of an oil sheik. El-Rufai, who according to a Wikileaks report was homeless in 1999, recently declared he is now worth N90 billion with 40 mansions in assets according to media reports. More than 50 percent of Nigerians live below the international poverty…

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Former FCT minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai may need to explain to the people of Kaduna State why he has decided to bring the controversial former bank executive, Shakiru Olajimi Adebisi Lawal into his cabinet. el-Rufai who is a leading voice at campaigns against corruption and has been selling himself as a proponent of ‘Change’, shocked many when he recently appointed Jimi Lawal, a former Managing Director of Alpha Merchant Bank who was convicted in absentia in Nigeria for criminal act of distressing his bank, abandoned thousands of devastated investors to…

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The sum of N25.7billion criminal charge preferred against the former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Mr. Francis Atuche, and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has been dismissed by a Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Monday, June 22, 2015. Atuche was set free alongside his wife, Elizabeth and a former Chief Financial Officer of Bank PHB, Mr. Ugo Anyanwu. The three persons were prosecuted by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly stealing N25.7 billion from the bank. In a ruling delivered by the presiding judge,…

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In furtherance of efforts by the Rivers State Government to recover government property from officials of the immediate past administration in the state, security agents and government house officials on Thursday took possession of government vehicle from the home of the former spokesperson for the Amaechi administration, Mrs Ibim Semenitari. The security operatives carried out the operation at the home of Mrs. Semenitari located at Ernest Ikoli Street, Old GRA, Port Harcourt. The operatives recovered a Lexus Armoured Vehicle from the residence. Another Range Rover vehicle is said to have…

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