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DSS raids ex-security chief's homes

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Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency says it has raided several properties belonging to the country’s former national security adviser to prevent “treasonable felony”, a charge that can include plotting to overthrow the government. The Department of State Security (DSS) said last […]

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Buhari’s cabinet: 33 ministerial nominees fail corruption test

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INDICATIONS emerged at the weekend that the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to announce ministers after nearly two months of assuming office is not unconnected with the alleged malfeasance, fraud and misappropriation of funds traced to most of the ministerial […]

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Jonathan’s ex-CSO detained

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Ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO) to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Gordon Obuah has been arrested and detained by the Department of State Services (DSS). A security source said Obuah is being held in connection with an ongoing investigation into illegal […]

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World News: ISIS kidnaps Nigerian amongst 2 others

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By African Spotlight The Islamic State has reportedly kidnapped a Nigerian, Ghanaian and Egyptian migrants in Libya. Their passports and photos were posted online through the Twitter handle, -T- @TDecker75 on Friday night. The passports posted on the Internet indicated […]

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Pastor’s agony: ‘My wife eloped to Liberia with another man’

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A pastor, Onyekwere Osondu, 48, has pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage, saying his wife eloped to Liberia with another man. Osondu told the court that the wife, Ogechi, travelled to Liberia over a year […]

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Professional Negligence? : 250 Passengers Cheat Death As 2 Planes Collide In Lagos

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About 250 persons narrowly escaped death yesterday when a First Nation Airways plane hit another stationed aircraft belonging to same airline at the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos, while taking off to Port Harcourt. While the airline refused to […]

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Finally, Radio Biafra is off the airwaves

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The Nigerian government appears to have finally succeeded in taking the pirate channel, Radio Biafra, off the airwaves in south east of the country after earlier claims turned out false. At 7:30 am Saturday, the broadcaster was off the air […]

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The ban on local council roadblocks

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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered Police Commissioners to dismantle roadblocks set up by local government officials for collection of revenue on the nation’s highways. The directive, which followed a similar order for the removal of military […]

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How I co-ordinated Rivers kidnaps from London –Suspect

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A 45-year-old man, Chukwudi Ubani has told the police how he ran a kidnap syndicate from his base in London. He was said to have been responsible for several kidnap cases in Rivers State and its environs for several years. […]

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Lekki robbery suspect sues police over detention

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Ebi Tosan, the 20-year old suspected member of the four suspects arrested and paraded by the police over the March 12, 2015 robbery of the Lekki branch of First City Monument Bank, has dragged the police to court over what […]