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Saturday, August 1

Nigerians troops mop up Dikwa, environs – Army

Colonel Sani Kukasheka, acting Director, Army Public Relations, said troops of 7 Div. Nigerian Army have mopped up Dikwa and environs of Boko Haram terrorists. Kukasheka, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, said the troops recovered four Toyota Hilux vehicles. He said that they also discovered that the terrorists had converted the abandoned Chemistry laboratory of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Boko Haram will be defeated hopeful by end of this year. Buhari spoke in Cotonou on Saturday during a gala lunch held in honour by the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi. He expressed optimism that the Multi-national Joint Task Force, MNJTF launched in Cameroon on Thursday would start yielding fruits soon. This is as Yayi who described his country...

PDP staff members who have been threatened with sack by the party's management following non availability of funds to pay their salaries, have come hard on the party's national publicity secretary, Oliseh Metuh for saying their public outright over their unpaid salaries and possible retrenchment is being sponsored by APC. In a statement released today by members of staff of the party under the...

The Operations Manager of Maybeny Hotel at Ire-Akari Road in Isolo, Lagos, Mr. Uche Egwuenu, was found dead in one of the rooms in the hotel on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A source close to the hotel told NAN in Lagos that the deceased was the son of the owner of the hotel, whose name was given simply as Chief Egwuenu. The source said, “The deceased was last seen in the early...

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Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on saturday visited the Mariri IDP camp school in Kano state. The school was set up to provide quality education for children who lost their parents/guardians in various Boko Haram attacks. The school runs with a full curriculum as other schools. According to Garba Shehu, the VP visit to the school was to commiserate and show the Government's support...

The Nigerian Army has uncovered an abandoned college of education’s chemistry laboratory in Borno State which the terrorist group, Boko Haram, has turned into an improvised explosive devices factory. The latest discovery was made during the clear-out of the terrorist group from Dikwa, which was recently liberated by the Nigerian troops, according to the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and...

Nigerian indigenous rap star Remilekun Shafaru, popularly known as Reminisce, has lost his father, Alhaji A.A Shafaru. The rapper announced the passing on of his dad early Saturday via an Instagram post with picture of the deceased and a caption which reads: “Inna lillahi wa inallah-e-raji’oon. #RIP ALHAJI A . A . SAFARU. #DADDYMI.” Reminisce, also known as ‘Baba Hafusa’, dedicated a song “Daddy...

Many women in the ancient town of Ile-Ife remained indoors on Saturday as the annual Oro festival entered its second day. Although a palace source told NAN on condition of anonymity that the festival had nothing to do with the rumoured death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the women believed otherwise. NAN reports that some national dailies last Wednesday were agog with the news of...

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries on Saturday gave out financial rewards of N91m to its members who graduated in First Class from different universities across the country. The General Overseer of MFM, Dr Daniel Olukoya, made the announcement in Lagos at the monthly live broadcast programme of the church, tagged, ‘Power Must Change Hand’, which was monitored in Abuja. He said 180...

The Department of State Services has arrested 28 suspected kidnappers nationwide within six days. The service stated that it apprehended the suspects across various states in the South-South, South-West and the North-West regions between July 20 and 26, 2015. A statement by one Tony Opuiyo on Saturday in Abuja, said the DSS line with its statutory mandate, initiated series of special tactical...

Political violence returned to Ekiti State on Friday as innocent persons were allegedly attacked at various locations in the state. The Ekiti State Government has, however, called on security agencies and residents to help in arresting the people claiming to be Governor Ayodele Fayose boys. In a statement on Saturday, the governor’s Special Adviser on Public Communications and New Media, Lere...

An Egyptian court sentenced on Saturday 300 loyalists of the currently-blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi from three to 10 years in prison over violence charges, official MENA news agency reported. Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqiya province, Morsi’s hometown, sentenced 31 to 10 years and 269 to three years after being convicted of inciting and committing...

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has donated undisclosed amount of money to 48 victims of the recent Gombe bomb blast admitted at the Federal Teaching and Specialists’ Hospital, Gombe State. Hajiya Aisha Jibir, member representing Dukku/Nafada Federal constituency of Gombe State, presented the money on Saturday in Gombe, on behalf of the First Lady. Jibir told the victims that she was sent...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as a party of shameless and desperate liars. The party berated the APC for sticking to its lies and empty denials despite overwhelming evidences that the new Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura is an APC member. PDP National Publicity Secretary Chief Olisa Metuh...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday in Kano, told the Children displaced by insurgency not to lose hope as the Federal Government was committed to providing for their future. Osinbajo gave this indication at the Internally Displaced Persons' School in Mariri, Kano, where some 100 children from Borno were receiving education and psychological therapy, courtesy of the Kano State...

Nigeria will today, assume the one-month rotational Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council as the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu, takes over from Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, the Permanent Representative of New Zealand, who held the Presidency for the month of July, 2015. In a statement yesterday, by the Spokesperson to Mrs Ogwu, Dr. Tope...

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina was until his appointment the managing director of Sun Newspapers and concurrently, the president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE. In this interview, by Bashir Adefaka, the presidential spokesman responds to issues on the pace and pattern of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Excerpts: How do you think the press...

Arsenal’s readiness to mount a sustained title challenge in 2015-16 will be tested at Wembley on Sunday when they face Premier League champions Chelsea in the Community Shield. Arsene Wenger’s team finished last season at a gallop, winning 20 of their final 26 games in all competitions and retaining the FA Cup by swamping Aston Villa 4-0 in a one-sided final. They have carried that momentum into...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that the Governing Councils of Federal Universities be exempted, for the time being, from the dissolution of Boards of Federal Government’s parastatals, agencies, institutions and government-owned companies announced on July 16, 2015. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He...

The Delta Police Command said on Saturday that it had discovered a “baby-production” factory in Asaba, arrested the operator, and rescued eight pregnant girls. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Celestina Kalu, said in a statement in Asaba that the baby-making factory was discovered after detectives, acting on a tip-off, swooped on the premises. “On July 30, 2015, Police detectives from GRA Division...

Houses and crops worth N46.16 million have been destroyed by flood in Misau town and surrounding villages in Bauchi State. Chairman, Misau Local Government Council in the state, Alhaji Ado Aska, made this known in Misau on Saturday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Aska disclosed that the incident, which occurred on July 28, destroyed 197 houses and crops worth N38.77 million...

Four people have been killed after a private jet crashed in southern England, reportedly including deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s half sister and stepmother. The private plane owned by the bin Laden family overshot the runway when trying to land at Blackbushe airport in Hampshire on Friday morning. The plane crashed into a car auction site next to the airport. Without confirming...

Award winning actor cum producer, Kunle Afolayan has concluded plans to shoot a new movie in collaboration with Air France . This is coming on the heels of his endorsement as the brand ambassador for Air-France. According to Kunle, he decided to sign the deal with the brand because he believes that the relationship will help take Nollywood to the global market and he saw the connection between...

President Buhari this morning departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for a one day State visit to the Republic of Benin. According to Garba Shehu, The President will hold talks with President Boni Yayi as part of moves in strengthening regional cooperation against Boko Haram. More pictures below... ...

The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has explained why the United States Government was not keen on supporting the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, especially in the fight against the Boko Haram sect. Okorocha said the US government shunned Jonathan because it (the US) could not establish confidence and trust in the former President’s administration. He, however,...

At least 4.5 million people are at risk of going hungry in the North-Eastern Nigeria due to the Boko Haram insurgency. The United Nations Development Programme stated this on Friday while saying it had begun to implement a programme that would create hundreds of jobs and promote peace and social cohesion among conflict-affected communities in the zone. The United Nations agency said, “The violence...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said with the coming on board of the Multi National Joint Task Force which has been established under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nigeria and neighbouring countries are now on a better stead to defeat the Boko Haram sect. According to him, with the formation of the stronger regional coalition, the countries in the region have an increased...

The anxiety surrounding the demise of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has continued to heighten as worshippers of Oro began the annual festival in the ancient town on Friday night. Oro is a deity worshipped across Yoruba land, which forbids the womenfolk from going outdoors in the night during the period of its festival. Although, sources in Ife revealed that the festival, scheduled to...

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Saturday, August 1

Nigerians troops mop up Dikwa, environs – Army

Buhari vows to defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year

PDP workers blast Olisa Metuh, accuse him of working against GEJ during last election

Lagos hotelier’s son dies in hotel room

IN PICTURES: Buhari and Boni Yayi celebrate Benin Republic's 55th Independence Day Anniversary

IN PICTURES: Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo visits IDP camp school in Kano

Boko Haram turns college of education’s chemistry laboratory into bomb making factory

Nigerian rapper, Reminisce Loses Dad

Ile-Ife: Anxiety mounts, women remain indoors as Oro festival enters second day

MFM splashes N91m on members with First Class

DSS arrests 28 kidnap masterminds in six days

Ekiti warns ‘Fayose boys’ over attacks on residents

Egypt jails 300 Brotherhood supporters

Buhari's wife donates money to Gombe blast victims

APC is a party of shameless, desperate liars – PDP

Osinbajo pledges support for IDPs

Nigeria assumes UN Security Council presidency

The first person Buhari nabs for corruption won’t find it funny - Presidency

Who wins Sunday's Community Shield? Arsenal or Chelsea

Buhari exempts varsities’ boards from dissolution

Police rescue eight pregnant girls from Delta baby factory

Flood destroys houses, crops worth N46m in Bauchi

Osama bin Laden’s relatives killed in plane crash

Kunle Afolayan becomes Air France brand ambassador

IN PICTURES: Buhari departs Nigeria for a 1-day State visit to the Republic of Benin

Reasons why US shunned Jonathan's government - Okorocha

4.5 million Nigerians in North-East risk hunger – UNDP

Multi National Joint Task Force will defeat Boko Haram - Buhari

Anxiety heightens over the death of the Ooni as Oro Festival begins in Ife

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