Bombs explode in northeastern Nigeria city during meeting of political opposition parties

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria –  Witnesses say several bombs have exploded in a northeastern Nigeria city which is hosting a meeting of opposition political parties. The blasts happened Thursday afternoon in the city of Maiduguri, long under assault by a radical Islamic sect known as Boko Haram. A security official said he believed some soldiers were killed in the blasts, but did not have any other information. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.  The All Progressives Congress, a recently announced amalgam of opposition parties in Nigeria, was holding a meeting Thursday in the city that had drawn powerful politicians. Meanwhile, police in the eastern state of Taraba said foreigners working for a construction company escaped a kidnapping attempt Wednesday night that killed two police officers.

Nigeria, Cameroun plan joint action against fake drugs, others

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IN furtherance of regional efforts to check fake and substandard drugs, Nigeria and Cameroun have signed a cooperation agreement. Both countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Wednesday that involves Nigeria providing some technical capacity to Cameroun’s anti-counterfeiting war, including training of the neighbouring country’s team and sharing Nigeria’s experiences and technological capacity with them.

The pact, officials of both countries say, is to enhance cooperation between both countries and to reinforce the application of standard and the respect of specification for all products, which come to Nigeria from Cameroun and those that go to Cameroun from Nigeria.

R.I.P: Hip hop act Damino Damoche shot dead at LASU this afternoon

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Rising hip hop act, Olaniyan Damilola, popular known as Damino Damoche, was shot dead this afternoon at Lagos State University Ojo gate by people suspected to be cultist.  Damoshe was shot twice in the head and hand after he finished writing a test at faculty of management science. He was a Banking and Finance student at LASU. He was popular for his song - obo to she

Samklef involved in auto crash

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 The top music producer and singer was involved in a car crash in the early hours of today 28th February, around the Anthony area of Lagos. His car was badly damaged but thankfully neither he nor the other occupant of the car, his driver, was injured.

'Those betraying GEJ and PDP Gov Akpabio Got A Message For You ( Pls reply)

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Those betraying GEJ and PDP are like Judas who betrayed Jesus'- Gov Akpabio

"PDP is the only party with national spread and Nigerians have come to accept it. But when there is an implosion, when you have more Judases than disciples. The Judases are more than disciples now. We have to cleanse the system of Judases to support Mr. President. Where there is treachery, where there are more Judases than you have disciples, we want to have good disciples, we know that even in Christendom when Jesus Christ have 12 disciples, there was one Judas, but if the Judas were up to nine, then, Jesus could have been in trouble, the gospel would have been in trouble today."- Godswill Akpabio Akwa Ibom State Governor and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum

22-Year-Old Nigerian Caught With 1.3kg Hard Drugs

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A 22-year-old Nigerian, Jude Ejikonye Ilechukwu who resides in Thailand was recently apprehended by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 1.295kg of substance discovered to be methamphetamine.

Ilechukwu was arrested at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

The drug which was concealed inside his luggage, was detected during the screening of passengers on Ethiopian Airline at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The MMIA Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Hamza Umar, said the drug was carefully hidden in the suspects’ luggage.

Enough Of This Oppression And Injustice Against Traders In Lagos State!

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I have personally and officially followed closely, the case of Ladipo market, Mushin LGA Lagos. I assert that the closing down of Ladipo market by the Lagos State Government and the arrest, detention and dehumanizing of Igbo traders in that market is a clear case of oppression and injustice by powerful, primordial forces intent on dislodging the traders, dispossessing them of their assets and taking over a market they built with their own sweat and resources.

Jungle Jungle: 3 Female Students Beaten To Coma For Stealing Underwear In Delta

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Angry market women yesterday beat three female undergraduates to coma at the popular Asaba Ogbegonogo market, in Delta State for allegedly stealing various pants at the boutique line.
Eyewitness said that the suspects were caught with the pants after they had pretended to be customers and paid for two different ones selected from the hangers.It was gathered that the suspects’ who are undergraduates of the state owned university were said to be regular visitors to the market.

15-Year-Old Girl Killed By Facebook Lover

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The family of Facebook murder victim Katie Wynter have spoken of their “living hell” – to warn about the dangers of social networking sites.

Katie, a talented young art student, was duped into dating twisted loner Tony Bushby after he created four fake Facebook profiles.

His phoney friends all got to know the shy, church-going 19-year-old online and the messages he sent pretending to be them persuaded her to trust and like him.

Agriculture Receives Boost As FG Approves N15 Billion For The Recapitalization Of Bank Of Agriculture

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In its attempt at modernising agriculture and ensuring that farmers are real beneficiaries of its policies, the Federal Government has made moves towards bringing agricultural inputs closer to the farmers. This is through the implementation of Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES).

In the same vein, the FG has approved that N15 billion be provided to recapitalise the Bank of Agriculture.

Head Of Service Of The Federation Refuses To Join Issues With Maina Over Pension Looting Allegation

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Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Alhaji Isa B. Sali has said he would not join issues with embattled chairman of Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, as it had since been dissolved and all the members returned to their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).Sali said: “The President has approved the dissolution of the Pension Reforms Task Team and all the members were issued with letters to return to their various agencies.

House Of Reps To Probe Killing Of 4 Nasarawa Varsity Students By Soldiers

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Sequel to a motion brought to the floor of the House by  Hon Kingsley Chinda, PDP, Rivers state under matters of national importance, members of the House of Representatives Tuesday mandated the committees on Internal Security and Police Affairs to investigate the killing of four Nasarawa state University students by soldiers.

The students who were on a peaceful demonstration over lack of water and electricity on campus, were reportedly killed when soldiers shot into the crowd in a bid to quell the uprising.

South-South States Are Solidly Behind Jonathan – Uduaghan

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Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, weekend, assured President Goodluck Jonathan that the South-South states are solidly behind him, saying: “We are giving him all the support we can and by the grace of God, he will succeed.”

The governor, stated this in Asaba the state capital when he hosted the Good Governance team, led by Minister of Information and Communication, Mr. Labaran Maku, to a dinner party.

Uduaghan said Delta State was behind Jonathan and will do its best to support the policies and programmes of the Jonathan administration.

NDLEA Apprehends Police Corporal With 5.1kg Of Indian Hemp

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The Kogi State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a police corporal with 5.1kg of substance suspected to be cannabis sativa, known as Indian Hemp. The command also said it had seized over 2,020kg of the suspected substance this year.

This was made known by the state commander of the NDLEA in Kogi, Alhaji Idris Bello, while he was speaking with newsmen in Lokoja. According to Bello, the suspected policeman was a serving corporal and was arrested in a Peugeot J5 bus with a sack and black polythene bag full of the suspected substance weighing 5.1 kg. The suspect (name withheld) was reported to be on a special assignment in Damaturu, Yobe State.

Unknown Gunmen Kill Kano State MOPOL Commander

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The Officer-in-Charge of Kano Mobile Police Force, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia, was Monday night shot dead by unknown gunmen at his private residence located at Sabo Gandu quarters of Kano State

The Public Relations officer of Kano Command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia confirmed the incident thus:  “I have lost my brother to gunmen at his private residence in Sabo Gandu this evening and we are making arrangement for the burial that will likely come up tomorrow (today)” an emotional Majia said.

The victim was the elder brother to the Kano Police Command image maker

PDP Does Not Need Merger, They Already Merged With The Police, INEC, Judiciary, NNPC, Etc. – Buhari

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Former Military Head of State and National Leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said Nigeria is in the grip of bad government. According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party wants to retain power by hook or crook.

Speaking in Abuja on Monday at an interactive session with the party’s elected representatives, Buhari said that the events of the last 13 years had shown that the PDP did not possess the capacity to lead the country. He said while other political parties were merging and planning alliance, the PDP was busy aligning with the Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies and the judiciary in order to remain in power.

Goodluck Jonathan has given approval for sacking Justice Charles Archibong of the Federal High Court

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President Goodluck Jonathan has given approval for the compulsory retirement of Justice Charles Archibong of the Federal High Court, Lagos, as recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC).

This approval was stated by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke yesterday in Abuja while addressing State House correspondents.

“This is to inform you that President Goodluck Jonathan is in receipt of a recommendation from the National Judicial Council recommending the compulsory retirement of Justice Charles Archibong and Mr. President has approved that it should take immediate effect” Adoke said.

UNIMAID Don Abducted In Error, Captors Reduce Demand To N5m

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Abductors of Dr Abba Kagu, an associate professor of Geography at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), are demanding a ransom of N5 million for his release.

The don was picked on Saturday evening at the Federal Low cost housing estate in Maiduguri by kidnappers who mistook him for someone else.

A source close to the family said: “The abductors mistook him for a brother in law of a prominent politician in Borno State.

“Initially, they demanded for N100m but when they realized that they picked the wrong person, they demanded for N5 million…insisting he cannot go free,” the source, who pleaded anonymity said.

Meanwhile, Kagu’s family have intensified their prayers for his safe return and urged their acquaintances to also join them in praying for his return.

Nigeria Police Has Lost Over N600 Million To Court Cases

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It has been revealed that the Nigeria Police Force has lost over N600 million as a result of various court judgments, but most especially those related to breach of fundamental human rights.

This revelation was made by the Nigerian Tribune which also added that the development is seriously affecting the finances of the force. The Police had raised the alarm on January 1, over litigations emanating from human rights violation by policemen.

PROTEST: Militants Set Cars On Fire As They Protest Non-Payment Of Salaries In Bayelsa

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Militants under the federal government subsidy scheme have launched a protest in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State capital. Eyewitnesses say the angry militants are setting cars on fire as they protest the government’s refusal to pay their allowances.

The militants are reportedly owed over two months’ salary, and their peaceful way of expressing their grievances to the government seemed to be ineffective. The militants seen on Otiotio road, towards Yenezue gene in the state capital are setting up barricades as they continue their protest.