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Daily Archives: March 30, 2018

FG Names PDP Looters: See List

The federal government has responded to the challenge of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which dared it to name its members who are “looters”. Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the opposition party, had asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to either name those accused of being corrupt or keep quiet. Ologbondiyan said this after Osinbajo vowed not to stop talking about the alleged …

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Bus Crash Kills 17 Illegal Immigrants In Turkey

A bus conveying illegal immigrants in Eastern Turkey was Friday reported to have hit a lighting pole and bursted into flames, leaving at least seventeen people dead and thirty nine people wounded. According to the Anadolu news agency, the bus which crashed late Thursday on the Igdir-Kars highway, was carrying nationals from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. “When we arrived at …

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Over 30 buried after gun attack in Zamfara

More than 30 persons were on Thursday buried in Bawan Daji village of Anka local government area of Zamfara state, following an attack on the village. Suspected bandits attacked the area after some members of the community held a meeting to discuss measures to be taken against invaders during the 2018 farming season. The bandits had earlier threatened that there would be …

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Two Pupils Found Dead After Heavy Rain In Lagos

Two male students of a private secondary school were picked up dead in the flood after a heavy rain in Alagbado area of Lagos on Thursday, witnesses confirmed. The witnesses said the boys were found floating on water at Casso Bus Stop on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway by shop owners and people waiting to board vehicles to their destinations. Some commercial motorcycle …

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Oba Of Benin To Pay Libya Returnees Stipend

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin has offered to pay Libya returnees in the state a stipend of N20,000 monthly. The monarch on Wednesday said N4.6 million would be paid to 78 returnees in three months as part of his support for them. He also said that those who had acquired skills, under the state …

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Fake MLK Award to Buhari: Presidency urged to arrest Abike Dabiri and others  

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate arrest of Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa and other Presidency officials for the embarrassment caused the nation by the false claim that the family of human rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr, conferred an award on President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Pope Francis did not say there is no hell – Vatican

On Thursday the Holy See stated that a reported interview between Pope Francis and an Italian journalist, which claims the Pope denied the existence of hell, should not be considered an accurate depiction of Francis’ words, but the author’s own “reconstruction.”

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