Arms, foodstuffs, others recovered from Balmo forest

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Security forces have excavated 10 riffles and 80 general-purpose machine guns from Balmo forest in Bauchi State, the Federal Government has said.

The Federal Government also admitted that some soldiers had been facing court martial over their roles in the ongoing war against terrorism in the country.

Coordinator of the National Information Centre and Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.

Omeri said, “The mopping operation being undertaken by the armed forces within the forest is yielding more discovery of arms stockpiled underground. So far, 10 riffles, 80 general purpose machine guns have been excavated from different parts of the forest.
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Ikorodu road at it again: Police kill 3, hoodlums block highway.

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Pandemonium is currently reigning at Thomas Bus stop, Ajegunle on Ikorodu Road as three young men are feared to have been shot dead by policemen from the Ajegunle Police Station.

It was learnt that the men were among some residents of the area, who were protesting against the killing of two young men in the same area by policemen on Friday.

Policemen were said to have pursued four men, who jumped into the lagoon, but policemen reportedly opened fire on them, killing two instantly. Two lucky ones managed to escape.
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Fuel-laden tanker tumbles, blocks Abuja-Keffi highway

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Traffic is at a standstill along the Keffi-Abuja Road, resulting in a gridlock, after a loaded fuel truck crashed on the highway on Saturday morning.  Eyewitnesses say the policemen, officials of Federal Road Safety Corps and National Emergency Management Agency are at the scene, rescuing survivors and trying to manage the traffic logjam. The casualty figure could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.





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Business tycoon murdered in Kenya

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A prominent Kenyan businessman was shot dead in Kenya's port city of Mombasa late Friday, police and eyewitnesses said. The murder of transport magnate Shahid Bhat, which occurred along a road near Mombasa's airport, comes amid mounting insecurity in the coastal region.

"The gunmen shot at him as he was driving along the road, and as they escaped they shot at another pick-up vehicle, wounding a child," Mombasa county police commander Robert Kitur said to AFP.

Military confirms trial of soldiers that revolted in Borno state

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The military has confirmed the trial of soldiers who allegedly opened fire at an automobile carrying the former Commanding Officer of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed in May 2014.(Read here)

A spokesman for the military, Colonel Nwanchukwu Onyema, who spoke at the joint briefing of the National Information Centre did not give details of the charges against the soldiers on trial, he told journalists that details of their offences would be made public after investigations are completed. Continue...

Reps ask CBN to stop trading in naira

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The House of Representatives on Thursday blamed the growing trading in new naira notes on members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

In a resolution in Abuja, the House alleged that there was a cartel made up of bank workers, who exchange the new naira notes for gratifications and later resell them to members of the public.

The lawmakers accused the cartel of ensuring that new notes were not in circulation, a factor that explained the mutilated notes in the economy.

The House directed the CBN to stop the “bribe for new naira notes” by investigating the cartel and punishing the members of staff involved.

What inflated Fayose’s ego ’ll soon blow open–Jide Awe

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Jide Awe, Chairman, All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, in this interview with FISAYO FALODI andKAMORUDEEN OGUNDELE, says the governorship election won by Ayo Fayose in Ekiti State was far from free and fair

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Mayor Marries Crocodile: Joel Rojas Wed A Reptile To Boost Fish Stocks [Pix/Vid]

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I'm simply not AVAILABLE - Joselyn Dumas

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The stunning star has been inundated marriage proposals from her numerous suitors, but has finally spoken out to place a finish to it.  I AM NOT SINGLE AND SEARCHING so please kindly ignore those publications on social networking.Those aren't EXACTLY my words,' she said. Curvy Joselyn, 33 can hardly be missed at any event, and is described since the dream woman of all men with forsight adjudging her the greatest Ghanaian celebrity in 2012

Joselyn took to social networking site Facebook earlier today to declare that she is 'simply' not available.

"For those who through that have been sending me tonnes and tonnes of marriage proposals....sorry guys I'm simply not AVAILABLE. Thanks for your understanding. God bless you." Hopefully the Romeo's will now give her a break 

That matter of a detained ex-president

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France’s Nicolas Sarkozy is in trouble. It’s because the French police detained the immediate past president days back. Those law enforcers said he had questions to answer about allegations of corruption. This isn’t the first time a former French president would answer questions about corruption. But that of Sarkozy is of special interest; a rare fish caught in a net is ever a spectacle, anyway. And note that nailing an ex-president can be an arduous task, even in nations which carefully project that they apply rule of law across board.
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Dating Clearance Peters and Others is Not True - Chidinma Denies

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Singer Chidinma who rose to stardom after winning the 3rd season of MTN's Project Fame West Africa and also popular for her hit single, ‘kedike,' has been alleged on several occasions that she has already established an affair with music artiste like Wizkid, Soundcity presenter Adams, and now she's recently been linked with Clarence Peters.


The singer has debunked these claims and said there is nothing other than friendship going on between herself and the ace music producer, Clarence Peters.
We recall that she also denied dating the likes of Wizkid and other industry guys whom she had been linked with. Chidinma explained that Peters is just her friend while speaking with OmoOodua
See what she said after the break.

Bored gang of Boys Beat 8 Year Old To Death.

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A gang of 11 boys aged between 9 and 13 have allegedly beaten to death their eight-year-old classmate because they were bored, Chinese police said today (Friday). 

The boys allegedly attacked Zhang Tai in the road just near the town of Zhangjiakou in north-west China's Hebei province. They reportedly beat him up, before leaving his battered and bruised body lying next to the road.

A Stolen 2-Year Old Baby Found At Lagos Airport 5 Days Later

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A two-year old baby girl stolen by unidentified men from her parents' home in Lagos last week Friday after a vigil has been found at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The little girl, Mercy Osunbawo, was in captivity for five days before she was found at the airport at about 2: 00 a.m. on Wednesday unaccompanied before she was rescued and handed over to the airport police. It was not certain how Mercy got to the airport.
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Stalemate in confab over derivation formula •Kutigi meets 50 wise men today

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AGAIN, proceedings at the national conference, on Thursday, were in disarray over the logjam between the northern and southern delegates, over the contentious issues of derivation formula and five per cent special intervention fund for the North East.


The development forced the chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, to adjourn the sitting abruptly, in order to avert a free-for-all.  The plenary was thrown into chaos when the deputy chairman of the conference, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, called on the members of the Consensus Group to present their report and recommendation to the conference.
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$49.8bn oil money not missing —Senate •Rejects bid to remove fuel subsidy

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SENATORS, on Thursday, ratified the report of its committee on Finance, which probed allegations of missing $49.8 billion oil revenue made by former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi.

Lawmakers at the sitting ratified the report, which indicated that the allegation by the former CBN governor was unfounded, indicating that the said money was not missing from government’s coffers.
They also unanimously rejected the proposal that the Federal Government should remove petroleum subsidy, due to the alleged widespread misapplication of the funds.
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Ekiti gov election was 'rigged from source' —Fayemi's wife

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WIFE of Ekiti State governor, Chief Bisi Fayemi, has alleged that “events unfolding after the June 21 governorship election in the state suggest that the election was manipulated from source.”
Mrs Fayemi said in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Thursday, that “in due course, the full story of how the elections were manipulated against the governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, would be revealed.”


She was said to have bared her mind while delivering a keynote address at the 50th Anniversary Public Lecture and Award ceremony of the state chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).

Fashola, Amaechi, Baraje, Ngige, Oni, others storm Osun •Abiola’s son backs Aregbesola for second term

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Deft political moves aimed at stopping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from poaching more states in the South West, intensified on Wednesday and Thursday in Osun State ,when governors on the platform of the All Progressives Party (APC) and their leaders stormed the Government House, Osogbo,where they held a meeting, strategising ahead the August 9 governorhip election
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Ambode, Hamzat may pitch Tinubu against Fashola - The Guardian Nigeria

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EARLY in the week, the leadership of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) reportedly held a crucial meeting where several issues, including who succeeds the outgoing governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola in 2015, was tactically debated.

From the grapevine, it became obvious that the ambitions of the former Lagos State Accountant-General, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and the incumbent Commissioner for Works, Mr. Obafemi Hamzat, to succeeds Fashola may pitch the governor against his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the duo are showing interest in different directions.
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This video will melt Your heart: 2-year-old amputee walking for the first time

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It’s crazy how we take things like walking for granted. Every morning we wake up, place our two feet on the floor and head to our destination without thinking of the hundreds and thousands of steps we’ll be taking that day. It’s not until we come across stories like little Kayden Elijah Kinckle’s plight that we realize how blessed we really are.

This  viral video of 2-year-old boy amputee Kayden Elijah Kinckle walking for the first time will not only only melt your heart but make you cry.

Gov. Amosun, Baba Suwe, Adeyeye, Sagay mourn Aturu

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Nigerians have described the death of the Lagos-based human rights activist, Bamidele Aturu, as shocking and ill-timed.  They added that the deceased died at a time when he was needed the most. Aturu, 49, died on Wednesday.  Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, the Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, a legal icon, Prof. Itse Sagay, and popular Yoruba actor, Mr. Babatunde Omidina alias Baba Suwe, described his death as shocking and devastating.

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