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Crush Boko Haram and ISWAP before 2023 – Buhari tells service chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged service chiefs in the country to ensure that the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram are crushed before he leaves office in 2023. The President gave this order at an emergency security meeting yesterday December 24, barely 24 hours after the insurgents shot rockets close to the Maiduguri airport shortly before his arrival to the North-East city. The President further directed that no inch of the Nigerian territory should be ceded to terrorists. According to a source, he said “No one was happy with how the ISWAP insurgents struck on Thursday…
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Christmas: Nigeria passing through so much, pray for her – Gbajabiamila to Christians
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has urged christians in the spirit of Christmas to pray for the country.In a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday morning, the Speaker urged Nigerians to pray for the leaders of the country for good direction.He said the Christmas season also calls for unity of purpose among citizens, adding that Nigerians, particularly Christians must emulate the lifestyle of Jesus Christ.The post reads, “I rejoice with Nigerians, especially Christians, on the occasion of this year’s Christmas. The period calls for sober reflection. I, therefore, enjoin Christians to pray for the country…
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Son sets mother ablaze in Niger state
Former Principal of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Sabon Wuse and Maryam Babangida Girls’ Science College, Minna, Mrs Comfort Jiya, has been set ablaze by her biological son, Steven Jiya. Comfort was reportedly in her kitchen at her residence in Darusalam Area of Minna, when her son said to be a drug addict, returned from Suleja on Monday December 20, and poured petrol on her before lighting her up. According to reports, Comfort died at about 3pm on Friday December 24, at the Minna General Hospital where she was receiving treatment for burn injuries. It was also learnt that Steven had…
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ISWAP’s ability to launch rockets in Borno is disturbing – IGP
Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has reacted to members of the slamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) firing rockets into Borno communities, hours before President Muhammadu Buhari arrived the North-East state on Thursday December 23. Addressing state house correspondents after an emergency security council meeting presided over by Buhari at the presidential villa, Baba said “the ability of the terrorists to strike with rockets is worrisome”. He said; “They are launching it in major towns, they are launching it in Maiduguri. It is a concern. And it has been seriously checkmated. There are efforts to continuously checkmate it.“Yes, they have…
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I do not believe in Islam at all – Reno Omokri hits out at a Muslim follower who asked why he won’t convert to Islam
Reno Omokri has slammed a Muslim follower who asked why he won’t convert to Islam. Reno had shared some knowledge about Islam with a follower and another follower asked why he knows so much about Islam but won’t convert. “You knew all this in Islam, why don’t you convert to Islam?” the follower wrote. Reno responded, blasting the follower. He told her it’s people like her that make religious coexistence difficult. He then added that “empathy is not sympathy” “That I empathise with Islam does not mean I sympathise with Islam,” he wrote. He added that he doesn’t believe in Islam…
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Donald Trump would beat Joe Biden by six points if the 2024 election held today, New poll claims
Former US President, Donald Trump would beat current President Joe Biden by six points if the 2024 presidential election were held today, a new poll has revealed. The poll from Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 44 percent of Americans would vote for Trump and 38 percent would vote for Biden, with a sizable 12 per cent saying they didn’t know who they would vote for at this point in time. Biden has struggled in the polls since his disastrous military and diplomatic pull-out from Afghanistan this summer. Combined with his COVID-19 response, the economy, rising gas prices, immigration and crime,…
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Wishing You A Merry Christmas
To everyone out there celebrating, we wish you a Merry Christmas. (Don’t overeat or overindulge, remember it is Jesus’ birthday not your own. Wait for your own)
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DSS releases man detained for 6 months for allegedly preparing charms for Sunday Igboho
The Department of State Services has released one Dada Ifasooto, who was detained for 6 months for allegedly preparing charms for embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Ifasooto was taken into custody on July 16, 2021, two weeks after DSS operatives stormed Igboho’s Ibadan residence in a Gestapo style, killing two of his aides and arresting 12 others. The man’s whereabout was said to be unknown until one of Igboho’s aides who was recently released, told one of the Yoruba nation agitator’s lawyers that he was being held by the DSS in an underground cell. One of Igboho’s lawyers in Nigeria, Pelumi…
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Russian priest who adopted and raped 70 children jailed for 21 years
A court in Russia has jailed for 21 years a former Orthodox priest, who adopted 70 children, and committed series of rape and abuse offences against them . Nikolai Stremsky, well known in Russia as the man with Russia’s ‘largest family’ and was decorated with a national Order of Parental Glory, has been convicted of raping several children and other violent acts in his parish in the Urals in south-west Russia. As an abbot in the town of Saraktash, Stremsky and his wife ran a foster home from the early 1990s, adopting children from orphanages in the region. Most of…
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Olori Naomi: Ooni also read about his divorce in the media and it was a rude shock- Palace spokesperson
The spokesperson of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the monarch learned of his separation from his wife, Olori Naomi, via social media just like every other person did. Recall that on Thursday, December 23, the Queen took to her social media handles to announce her break-up with Oba Ogunwusi. ”I, at this moment, announce that I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people and mother of my adorable Prince. Today, I announce the beginning of a new dawn…
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Discovery of Crude in Northeast will Balance Oil Politics – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the finding of oil in the two northeastern states of Bauchi and Gombe will provide stability to the country’s oil politics.He also stated that fighting corruption as President was more difficult for him than fighting corruption as Military Head of Head between 1984 and 1985. The President made the remarks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, while inaugurating projects carried out by the Babagana Zulum administration.He claimed that as President, he was unaware of the country’s unemployment rate and the percentage of uncultivated land.He urged Nigerians to judge him on his accomplishments.
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FG declares free train rides for Nigerians
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared free train rides for citizens from December 24 to January 4, 2022.Mr. Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)on Friday in Abuja. He said the decision was made in order to ease movement of citizens.”The decision which was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation is to ease movement of citizens during the yuletide, he said”This is to help ease the cost of transportation and enable citizens to easily enjoy the festive period.”Passengers are, however, advised to ensure they…
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