President Muhammadu Buhari has called Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to commiserate with him and all Egyptians over Thursday’s EgyptAir crash which claimed about 66 lives. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this on Friday in a statement made available to journalists. “President Buhari told President Al-Sisi that the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged militants in the Niger Delta to drop their confrontational stance and work with his government to review the Amnesty Programme initiated by the Yar’Adua Administration. Mr. Buhari assured oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that the Federal Government is taking all necessary actions to protect strategic assets…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday, sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Mr. Raymond Temisan Omatseye, to five years in prison over a N1.5bn contract scam. Giving judgment in a case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Omatseye who was facing a 27-count-charge bordering…
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The Nigerian Army has defended its earlier statement that a second girl rescued by its troops on Thursday was among the nearly 300 school students abducted from a secondary school in Chibok by Boko Haram. According to Premium Times, the army dismissed reports that Serah Luka’s name was not on the list of girls…
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The late Ronke The Police have revealed the cause of death of Ronke Shonde who was found dead in her matrimonial home as a heavy blow to the head by Lekan, her husband. According to Encomium.ng, the charge sheet presented in court read: “Charge no:D/30/ Com. Of Police vs Shonde Olalekan ‘M’ Age 51. That you, Shonde…
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Lekan Shonde, husband of the late Ronke Shonde who was found dead in her matrimonial home (read here if you missed) and the only suspect in the culpable homicidal trial has been remanded in Ikoyi Prisons. The 51-year-old who was on the run for 3 days till he surrendered to the police, appeared before an…
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Members of Chibok community have decried what they described as the inhuman treatment meted upon their daughter, Amina Ali Nkeki, who was abducted in 2014 and found on Tuesday, reports Premium Times. Addressing journalists on Thursday, representatives of the community condemned the description of a Boko Haram suspect, Mohammed Hayatu, caught alongside Amina, as…
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Two days after Amina Ali was rescued, another Chibok girl has reportedly been rescued from Boko Haram by the Nigerian Army. The girl, Serah Luka was said to have been rescued last night by troops after a clearance operation at Shettima Aboh in Borno State. Below is a statement by Army spokesperson, Col. Usman Sani…
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The ongoing trial of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh was reportedly stalled aging today after he broke down at the Federal High Court in Abuja and threw up repeatedly. Recall he was rushed to the hospital after falling off a swivel chair during the inauguration of Borno and Kebbi caretaker…
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One of the kidnapped schoolgirls from Chibok, Amina Ali Nkeki, who was rescued by a vigilante group in a village on the fringes of Sambisa forest on Tuesday with her 4-month-old baby, was received by President Buhari at the state house in Abuja, minutes ago. The 19-year-old was brought to the villa by the…
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