Osun, The 7th largest Economy in Nigeria - (NBS)

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Osun Charts a New Path: Ranked 7th largest Economy in Nigeria By National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)-

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In the past, Osun State has been described by its very nature as poor and primitive. Not only that, based on its economic status, it has been classified a civil service state. But nowadays there’s been an important shift. The state is blossoming into a major business hub with high-profile infrastructure and the activation of entrepreneurial skills of its indigenes. Adeola Akinremi writes

Video: Completely Drunk Police man nabbed Assaulting Two Women, Pulls the trigger (Video)

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Political Respect ? Rauf Aregbesola gives Pastor Adeboye A Respect Gesture

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Hmnn suspect this kind of Respect Gesture as election is around the corner. Reminds me of Pres. GEJ kneeling before the same man during last elections. Do you think this move is political or not ?

FG should use missing $20bn to provide electricity – Fashola

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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has told the Federal Government to recover the missing $20bn and use the money to provide 20,000 megawatts of electricity.
Fashola said this on Thursday during the inauguration of Addo – Kekere, Lagbasa and Ajah Badore roads in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area.

The governor wondered why it was taking the Federal Government a long time to recover the money that could solve the problem of electricity permanently in the country.
He said, “If the Federal Government finds the missing $20bn, we will have constant power supply. I know that if we have $1bn, we will have 1,000 megawatts of electricity in the country. So $20bn is equivalent to 20,000 megawatts.”

Nigerian Man in the U.K Admits to stabbing his mum to death, guilty of manslaughter

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Emmanuel Kalejaiye, the 21 year old Nigerian young man, who learned to walk in heels as part of his plans to kill his own mother, Tolu Kalejaiye, in September 2013, (read here) has been found guilty of manslaughter by a court in England.

According to the jury, Kalejaiye could not be found guilty of murder because to his mental state.

The Essex University undergraduate last year stabbed his 41 year old mother (pictured right) 40 times in her head, face, neck, upper limbs and hands during a frenzied knife attack. His mother until her death was an accountant with the Camden Council in England. Continue...

Photos: Riot in Ondo State against the government

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 According to Sahara Reporters, youths in Akure, Ondo State today took to the street to protest their state governments decision barring them from utilising the Democracy Park in the state which they had planned to make use of for his or her annual festival that has been to put up today. 

 

In line with the youths, they had already taken permission from the State government by way of a written letter and there was no objection from their website prior to today. Fuji Star Saheed Osupa had been in town to play at the festival along with other guests who'd come right into town to celebrate with them.
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War Against Terror: Police Commence Special Operations

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IGP urges increased support and vigilance by citizens

In line with the resolution of the Police High Command to ensure a seamless and secure Easter Celebration and beyond, the Nigeria Police Force has commenced special operations nationwide. The operations encompass extensive counter-terrorism sweeps, detailed overt and covert surveillance operations, intelligence-driven raids, arms mop-up exercise, special stop and search exercise, amongst others. Police operatives involved in this exercise which will be drawn from the Bomb Disposal Squad, Counter-Terrorism Units, Police Mobile Force and Joint Border Patrol Units, Force Intelligence Bureau, Police Dog Section and conventional Police Teams, are expected to pay special attention to Motor Parks, Airports, Seaports, Border points, Recreation Parks, Major Markets, Shopping Malls, etc.

ABUJA BLAST LATEST: Government Releases Names Of Nyanya Explosion Victims Currently Receiving Medical Treatment

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The Nigerian Government has released a list of names and contacts of 126 persons receiving treatment in several hospitals after a powerful explosion occurred in Nyanya, Abuja, on the morning of April 14, Monday. The authorities report that over 75 individuals were killed in the blast at the crowded bus park in Abuja's suburb. The list was created by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). A number of the victims may have been discharged. The FG had earlier given approval for hospital authorities release  the remains to the families. Names, information on injured persons currently receiving medical treatment in hospitals Nyanyan General Hospital

 Maitama District Hospital

 Pan-Raf Hospital

 National Hospital

 Mararaba General Hospital

 Customs Hospital

 Abuja Clinic, Karu & Garki Hospital

Heartless: Man beheads 2 year-old boy, r*pes mother in Ogun state

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According to PM News, a middle aged man named Mamodu Bashir Ibrahim has been arrested by the Ogun State police command for behading a 2year old boy and raping the boy's mother inside an uncompleted building in a bush at Ofada town in Obafemi/Owode local government area of the State.

Reports say the man trailed the woman who was carrying her son on her back, into the bush, forced her into an uncompleted building, raped her, then stabbed her in the neck. He then cut off the little boy's head. A passerby discovered what was happening and raised an alarm but by the time help finally came, the suspect had already fled the scene with the little boy's head. 

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No girl was rescued in Chibok - Parents and school principal

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Yesterday evening all of us heard the happy news that over 100 secondary school girls abducted on Monday evening at Government Girls Secondary School Chibok have been freed by the military. But unfortunately these details isn't true.

Parents of the missing girls, the principal of the institution and Borno state governor told reporters today that the military lied concerning the rescue operation as girls were still missing.

Below is what the principal of the institution, Mrs Asabe Kwambura, told Premium Times today:

15 people died as Fulani Herdsmen launch fresh attacks in Taraba state

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Based on a breaking news report on Channels TV, suspected Fulani herdsmen are still attacking Wukari village in Taraba state. Eyewitness reports has it that about 15 people have already been killed but police officials say its only 7 which are reported dead. Reports also say several houses have already been destroyed.  

Pics: APC Governors visit Nyanya bomb blast victims.

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 APC Governors including Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, today April 16th paid a stop by at Monday morning Nyanya blast victims at the Asokoro General Hospital in Abuja. 

They sympathized with the patients and condemned the incessant attacks going on in the country. During a brief press statement that followed their visit, the governors asked the federal Government to step up in its responsibilities as regards security of every citizen.

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Putin rules out "iron curtain" in Russia-West relations

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Russia is not going to pull down an iron curtain on the West, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

"The iron curtain was an invention of the Soviet times. This was an internal event. We are not going to close our country and our people, our public from anyone. No," Putin said during a hotline on Thursday.

Soldiers, hunters comb bushes for abducted girls

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Soldiers, policemen, local vigilantes, hunters and volunteers combed the bushes on Wednesday in search of over 100 schoolgirls abducted on Monday by Boko Haram Islamists in Chibok, Borno State.

The rescue teams, aided by surveillance helicopters, were said to have moved deeper into the vast forest that extends into neighbouring Cameroon and other states in the North-East.

A senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, made this known to the Cable News Network just as President Goodluck Jonathan summoned military chiefs and governors to emergency security meetings on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Osaze to recoup money from a British Fraudster.

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Nigeria forward Osaze Odemwingie may have his stolen money, totalling around £22,000, refunded after the fraudster Claire Duke pledged in the Stafford Crown Court to pay for back over £80,000 to her victims.

According to Daily Mail, the 38-year-old mother of two, whose business offered concierge services and organised holidays and trips abroad, pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud on Wednesday, including one concerning the Stoke City striker.

President Goodluck Jonathan & Patience Dance To Beyonce's Drunk In Love [Video]

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What Is Wrong With This Photo? [Security check version]

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This is very intrusive and indeed laughable. The Nigerian security officer is really “going in.” Is this a new kind of security check innovation or some sort of madness in display?

You Soiled Your Hands –INEC Officer Exposes Minister Obaniko

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A stakeholder meeting called by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State, almost degenerated into fisticuffs on Tuesday as the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akin Orebiyi, hinted that the commission had a report which showed that the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, had “his hands soiled” during the election.

[Graphic Pic] "Suicide Bomber Of Abuja Bomb Blast Identified" - CTU

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A body has been recovered by the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Nigerian security forces suspected to be the suicide bomber responsible for the bomb blast which occurred at the Nyanya El’Rufai Motor Park, Abuja.

The charred body was recovered with charms and amulets, he must have used for protection, still strapped to his body.

Security sources also recovered useful leads with him, including a mobile phone.

Security Issues: GEJ summons governors and members of National Security Council

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Find the State House press release below...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has summoned members of the National Security Council to a meeting tomorrow at the Presidential Villa against the background of recent events and developments in the country.

The meeting which will be presided over by President Jonathan is scheduled for 1100 hours.

Those expected at the meeting include Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen Aliyu Gusau, the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, the Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of the State Security Services and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency.