By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Communal violence in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna over the last few days has killed 55 people, the local police commissioner said on Sunday. Ahmad Abdur-Rahman, in a telephone interview, said the clashes between two communities in the Kasuwan Magani area of southern Kaduna had […]
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National President of the Movement for Nigerian Greatness, MNG, Mr Collins Oniobo, has urged the international community to closely monitor the 2019 general election with a view to exposing those who are bent on rigging.. Describing the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as good omen for Nigerians, he said Atiku has capacity to […]
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After mysteriously disappearing from Umuahia in Abia State in the wake of his confrontation with troops of the Nigerian Army, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Nnamdi Kanu, according to a former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, spoke with him, yesterday, on phone from Jerusalem. It has been speculated since Kanu’s disappearance […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regret over the unnecessary loss of lives and property as a result of last Friday’s pipeline explosion in Osisioma Ngwa community of Abia State, and sympathises with those who lost loved ones. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in […]
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No fewer than 254 surrendered and repented Boko Haram sect members were reintegrated by the Federal Government. Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Shafa, Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, announced the development during a town hall meeting and dialogue with Boko Haram affected communities on Saturday in Yola. The meeting was organised by the Presidential Committee on the North East […]
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Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians not to be speaking evil against the country, saying that there is power in the spoken words. Dr. Buhari gave the advice on Saturday at the 2018 Episcopal Harvest of the Anglican Communion at the Cathedral of Holy Trinity, Gwagwalada, Abuja. The nation’s First […]
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The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, IPoB, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Saturday confirmed that his client, Nnamdi Kanu who was allegedly assaulted by the Nigerian Army was alive. In a statement obtained by newsmen on Saturday afternoon, Mr Ejiofor opined that he spoke with Kanu in the morning after watching his […]
Read More Alleged Photo and video of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has surfaced showing where he is praying in Jerusalem, Israel. The photos and videos were shared online by Radio Biafra. Kanu went missing in September last year after the military invaded his home in Abia state and there had not […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against submission of unauthorised names of candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Friday in Abuja, said that PDP had officially submitted names of candidates for National Assembly elections to the NEC ahead of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the brutal activities of the Boko Haram sect would soon become history. President Buhari gave the assurance on Thursday night when he hosted members of the Kannywood entertainment industry to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President who spoke in Hausa language at the meeting said that […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night reassured that the brutal activities of the Boko Haram sect would soon become history. The president gave the assurance when he hosted members of the Kannywood entertainment industry to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that the Federal Government would not allow any group hiding under […]
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The Oni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Friday, unveiled his new wife, Queen Morenike Naomi Oluwaseyi. The new Queen, 25, a prophetess, is the Founder/President of En-Heralds, an interdenominational ministry based in Akure, Ondo state. She started public ministry at the age of eighteen and became a full time evangelist in October 2011. The […]
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