The Nigerian Army, Monday, said it has rescued more than 1,000 persons held hostage by Boko Haram insurgents in some villages in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri.
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There was commotion in a village in Cross river state last weekend after a gorilla living in the wild met a farmer in the bush and followed him home. Residents of Bitiah Irruan village in Boki LGA of Cross river State all gathered at the …
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A Nigerian man, Chukwuebuka Nnaemeka Chukwuemeka, has said that he doesn’t mind his children bearing their mother’s surname as well as identifying with her roots. Chukwuemeka, who is a language editor at Oxford University Press according to his Facebook profile, said on Monday that the choice of...
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Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has said that fight against drug abuse in the country should be prosecuted the same way as the fight against insurgency. The leader made this known in an interview with Newsmen in Abuja. He said that considering the damage abuse of substances …
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The governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that Fulani herdsmen don’t move around with AK-47 rifles but sticks and machetes as false and misleading.
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Determined to recover the cash realized from the sale of 61 assets traced to a former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Oceanic Bank, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has written to the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the United Kingdom to probe some suspects.
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On Tuesday, the Federal High Court of Nigeria will hear a case to compel the Nigerian government to take back one of Nigeria’s most lucrative oil blocks, which has been at the centre of a $1.1 billion multinational corruption scandal.
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Risikat Adeniyi Adegeye, the wife of music legend, King Sunny Ade, is currently embroiled in a protracted legal battle over a N45.4 million debt, being the alleged outstanding amount due on a loan facility advanced to her by Sterling Bank in 2008. She is in court to contest …
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Nigerian Afro-pop singer and lover boy, Davido is quite elated after his ‘babe’, Chioma who has for the past few days been on media headlines, bagged an endorsement deal.
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The rumor about the amorous relationship between Tiwa Savage and Wizkid continues to swell.
The two singers have been spotted together more often than usual and it has sparked talks of suspicion but Tiwa Savage’s recent Instagram posts are starting to fuel the talks. …
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Well, today (yesterday) is Shatta Michy’s birthday but not only Shatta Wale refused to celebrate his queen but also he is trying his best to spite her.
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Florentin Pogba, the older brother of Manchester United star Paul, was attacked by angry Genclerbirligi team-mates after abruptly walking off the pitch on Sunday and leaving his side a man down, Turkish media reported.
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In compliance with the rules guiding the conduct of primaries in the party, the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has barred Governor Ayodele Fayose’s political appointees from voting in the governorship primary of the party holding on May 8.
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Second Republic Senator, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher was Minister of State, Power and Steel; Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico and con-current to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama and later, High Commissioner to Canada.
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Micro finance banks’ operators have commended the new Anti Money Laundering/Counter Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) sanction regime saying it will enhance public confidence in the banking system.
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Pakistan’s interior minister Ahsan Iqbal has been shot in a suspected assassination attempt ahead of nationwide elections due this year, but will survive, officials said Sunday.
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Second Runner Up of the recently concluded Big Brother Naija Season 3, Tobi Bakre has shed more light on his relationship status with co-housemate and 3rd runner-up, Alex Asogwa.
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The Chief Executive Officer of BaoBaB Microfinance Limited, Mr. Kazeem Olanrewaju Rashid, has said that the bank plans to disburse a tune of N500 million to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to boost economic activities in the country.
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The Dean of Banking & Finance Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to supply details of its recent currency swap deal with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to enable Nigrians assess the real...
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Commercial Bank customers across the country last week, lamented the excess charges imposed on them by banks through Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawals.
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