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October 31, 20202KComments

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BREAKING: Trump Lauds US SEAL Over Rescue Of America From Boko Haram

US President, Donald Trump is in high spirits after an American citizen Philip Walton was spirited out of from the den of the Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest, by a team of SEAL forces in a stealth operation. Forces including navy Seals rescued Walton, 27, who was abducted on Tuesday from his home in…

October 31, 20205KComments

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Bitter Campaign, Joe Biden Anguishes Over ‘My Only Surviving Son’

Joe Biden and his son Hunter talk every day, typically a fast check-in initiated by the Democratic presidential nominee, often from the back of a car between campaign stops. Although Biden tries to touch base with his two grown children and five grandchildren once a day, doling out “I love you,” Hunter Biden is a…

October 31, 20202KComments

EXCLUSIVE: Gambari’s son leads new cabal as Farouk Gumel disappears from Aso Rock

Amobile court sitting in Nasarawa State sentenced 67 persons to six months imprisonment for violating the state’s environmental sanitation laws. Judge Shittu Umar while passing the sentence also gave the convicts an option to pay fines between N5,000 to N50,000. The Prosecutor, Abubakar Mohammed, had told the court that the suspects were transacting their private…

October 31, 2020875Comments

EXTRA: Group files suit to compel el-Rufai to contest presidency in 2023

The Nassiriya Organisation, a northern-based group, has instituted a suit to compel Nasir el- Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, to contest the 2023 presidential election. The governor had previously said he had no interest in the presidential seat and would not contest because the next president should be a southerner, as Nigerian politics is based on rotation. But…

October 31, 20206Comments

Sierra Leone Supreme Court Penalises Lawyer For Criticising Controversial Ruling

Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court, in a ruling delivered on Friday, has convicted human rights lawyer and social commentator, Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah, for criticising a decision of the court in a social media post. A panel of five judges had, on Monday, upheld a presidential appointment to the position of Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).…

Auditor General Queries Foreign Ministry for Spending N248m in Berlin

The Auditor General of the Federation AuGF), Mr. Anthony Anyine, has queried the Foreign Affairs Ministry over N248 million alleged extra budgetary spending at the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. He accused the embassy officials of expending the said sum in 2014 without recourse to the National Assembly. In its response to the query, the…

Tambuwal: Devolution of Power, Solution to Nigeria’s Challenges

Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that a constitution amendment that addresses devolution of power may be the panacea to the challenges facing Nigeria. He described the difficulties facing the country as not insurmountable, adding that they can be addressed within the framework of “one Nigeria.” The governor spoke yesterday in Abuja…

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IMAGINING LAGOS WITHOUT THE IGBO By Prof Wole Soyinka But I always find it utterly ludicrous when some scoundrel issues an ultimatum on the Igbo to vacate Yorubaland. And by Yorubaland, they mean Lagos. It is laughable because only a fool who hates the Yoruba will commit such knavery. Not that it will ever happen,…