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NNPC to meet with VP Osinbajo over FAAC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has disclosed that it would be meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to address the issue of remittances to the Federation Account that caused the suspension of the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting. ...

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Congolese hero gets immortalized in Belgium

Assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba was immortalised on Saturday in Brussels with a square named after him; what campaigners called Belgium’s first major step towards tackling its dark colonial legacy. Hundreds of supporters cheered as campaigners and officials unveiled ...

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Sudanese ex-PM, opposition leader denied entry to Egypt

The party of leading Sudanese opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi said on Sunday he has been refused entry on his return to Egypt, where he had been living in self-imposed exile. Egypt’s foreign ministry did not respond immediately to a request ...

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President Buhari sympathises with victims of Kaduna gas explosion

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his deepest sympathy with the gas explosion victims in Kaduna, North-West Nigeria. The President further says his heart is with the victims at their hour of distress. In a statement he issued on Sunday evening, Presidential Spokesman, ...

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More than 30 Boko Haram members willingly surrenders to the Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 32 Boko Haram terrorists have willingly surrendered themselves to troops at different locations in Borno. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said that among them was one ...

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PUNCH: A million deaths won’t move Mallam Buhari

Without a doubt, the death of a child is the most unendurable filial anguish that could torment a parent. Having lost a couple of sons, David, king of Israel, captured the immeasurable worth of a child in the boundless words ...

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Video:Leaking NNPC petrol tanker spotted on the road in Lagos

  A leaking NNPC petrol tanker was spotted along Ikorodu road in Lagos yesterday July1st. A twitter user shared a video of the tanker conductor trying to stop the leakage as the driver drove the tank through Maryland tunnel. Click on the ...

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Cristiano Ronaldo rejects big money offer to stay at Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo has allegedly rejected a big-money offer to stay at Real Madrid. The Portugal international has turned down a contract worth £26.7m from Los Blancos, according to Tuttosport. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s future was cast into doubt in May ...

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11 family members found hanging in house

Police are investigating the mysterious deaths of 11 people after their bodies were found blindfolded and hanging in a house in India. The victims were all from the same family and most had lived in the home where they were ...

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Ministers rehearse for Queen’s death for first time in secret exercise

Government ministers have rehearsed for the Queen’s death for the first time in an “unprecedented” exercise to prepare for 10 days of national mourning, it has been reported. Cabinet ministers and Whitehall officials this week met for the exercise, apparently ...

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Ras kimono to be buried on August 25th 2018

The burial date of the Legendary Nigerian Musician. Okeleke Augustine Onwubuya, popularly known as Ras Kimono, who passed on few week ago has been announced/ According to one of the family members of the deceased, the burial will take pkace ...

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Air Peace called impending accident prophesy FAKE

Air Peace on Friday urged members of the public to ignore a recorded voice message warning them not to patronise the airline and some other air and land transport companies. The airline, in a statement signed by its General Manager, ...

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Transgender in the US cries out as 3 were killed within 4 months

The transgender community in Jacksonville, Florida have raised an alarm as they fear a serial killer is after them following the killing of three women who were murdered this year. According to reports,  Celine Walker, 36, was found shot to death in ...

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Saraki, Tambuwal want security chiefs sacked

Following the increasing spate of killings across the  country, Senator President Bukola Saraki and Governor  Aminu Tambuwal  of Sokoto State want  immediate removal of  security chiefs  to allow for fresh and innovative ideas on how to protect  the nation Tambuwal ...

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Dismissed soldier terrorising people in Lagos nabbed

A former official of the Nigerian Army who was reportedly dismissed for terrorizing the Ebute Meta area of Lagos, has finally met his Waterloo, after months of harassing unsuspecting Lagosians, with the help of his former colleague who is still ...

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Pastor arrested for selling tickets to heaven

A Pastor in Zimbabwe has been arrested together with his wife for allegedly selling tickets to heaven. Pastor Tito Wats told thousands of people that it was Jesus who appeared to him, then gave him tickets to people, especially sinners, ...

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Nigerian software developer dies in ghastly motor accident in Germany

  A software developer with microsoft, FRANCIS OKAMBA CHUKWUEBUKA has lost his life following a ghastly motor accident in Germany. The ugly news was shared yesterday by Maria Ude Nwachi, on her popular Igboist group on facebook.   Read her ...

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We were the first to refund Nigeria’s looted fund- Switzerland ambassador

As President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts at repatriating Nigeria’s looted funds from other countries gathers momentum, the Swiss Government has prided itself as the first to repatriate stolen funds from Nigeria. Switzerland’s outgoing Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Eric Mayoraz, who made ...

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Mbappe wins man of the match for his astonishing display against Argentina

France forward Kylian Mbappe was named the man of the match after putting in a stunning display to help his country beat Argentina 4-3 in Kazan on Saturday and move through to the World Cup quarter-finals. Mbappe earned his side ...

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