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Four ‘Chibok’ Babies now in FG’s Custody

ABUJA – The federal government has concluded arrangements to, this week, reunite the recently released 82 Chibok girls with their parents, Vanguard has learned. Newly found Chibok girl, Rakiya Abubakar and her baby The government in a statement posted at the weekend on the website

WHO adopts measures to stop Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had taken measures to effectively respond to the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Regional Director of WHO for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said that

Chelsea stars to share £5m for winning

Chelsea stars will share a £5million bonus for winning the Premier League this season. The money will be handed out as soon as  Chelsea  get their hands on the prize, with players who’ve made the most appearances getting the larger sums.  The Times  claims ten

How bullion van rammed into Gov Amosun convoy

ABEOKUTA—Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, yesterday on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, experienced what ordinary motorists go through at the hands of reckless bullion van drivers as he narrowly escaped disaster when a Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s bullion van rammed into his convoy. Governor Amosun’s Senior

Chibok girls to reunite with parents ‘next week’ – FG

Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls who were released after being held for more than three years by Boko Haram will be reunited with their parents next week, according to Nigeria’s minister for women. Aisha Alhassan said the students’ parents will travel from the remote northeastern town in

Only Igbo can survive a divided Nigeria – Fayose

Ado Ekiti-The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has declared that in the event that the country is divided, only the Igbo nation can survive because of their resilience. The Governor also boasted that there has been no politically motivated killing of anyone under his administration.

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House of Reps passes 2017 budget of N7. 44 trillion

ABUJA- THE National Assembly has made open its budget for 2017, with a total sum of N125, 000,000,000 to be spent this year. With the figure, there is an increase of N10,000,000,000 as against the N115,000,000,000 approved for National Assembly in 2016. The breakdown shows

Fake Police Inspector arrested in Lagos

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested commercial bus driver that has been parading himself as an Inspector attached to the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos. Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi who paraded the suspect said that

Mercy Aigbe’s husband, remanded in prison custody until…

LAGOS—Lanre Gentry, Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe’s husband, has been remanded in prison custody until he meets his bail conditions of N500,000 and two sureties, who reside in Lagos and have landed property. He was docked before a Magistrate’s Court 1 sitting at Ogba, Ikeja, yesterday,

Ex- FCT minister Bala Mohammed jailed over alleged N864m fraud

Justice A. M. Talba of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to remand into prison custody pending the determination of a bail application by the Ex- FCT minister Bala Mohammed who has