Please rescue my daughter, Leah Sharibu’s mother begs Buhari

Over seven months after the abduction of her daughter, Leah, by the Boko Haram sect, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu on Friday in Jos continued to share her agony with a plea to President Muhammadu Buhari to take action and rescue her daughter. Her saddest moment, she said, was when after expressing joy and happiness that her […]

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MASSOB tips Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca for Senate

– 15 Igbo billionaires support bid Many years after his death, the sacrifice he made for his people in their trying moment continues to ring bell among his people and open path for his immediate family. In fact, the identity of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu to the Igbo people, has propelled the Movement for the […]

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Serena Williams gathers support over sexism charge

Serena Williams smashes her racket in a bad tempered Saturday night Serena Williams’s claim that the code violations that sparked her meltdown in the US Open final were sexist stirred debate, with WTA Tour chief executive Steve Simon backing her on Sunday. Williams was handed three code violations — and docked a point and then […]

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Nigeria’s Presidential Villa round-up: September 2 – 8, 2018

Chinese schoolgirls welcome Buhari to China with flowers Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his presidential villa activities for the week with an official working visit to Beijing, China, on Sunday, September 2, where he attended the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting with members of the Nigerian community at the Nigeria Embassy in China. He […]

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Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri wins first African tennis championship

African Women’s champion Dina Meshref with Aruna Quadri, the African men’s champion Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri on Sunday won the Men’s Singles title at the 2018 ITTF African Championships in Mauritius, the first time in his career. He beat veteran and three time champion, Egypt’s Ahmed Ali Saleh (11-7, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-1). The victory came […]

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Woman killed for suspected money ritual, body dumped in Ekiti river

A lifeless body of a septuagenarian woman was on Sunday discovered in the popular Ureje river in Ajilosun area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. Residents of the area and commuters plying the route, located along the Ado Ekiti-Ikere Ekiti road, rushed to the scene to catch a glimpse of the fresh corpse of the […]

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Nigeria needs urgent restructuring – Falana

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has called for an urgent restructuring of Nigeria. He made the call in Lagos at the 19th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with theme: ‘Nigeria’s unity: Matters arising,’ saying: “The restructuring I’m talking about is not the one that will put more money in the pockets of rulers. […]

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