Boko Haram attack Adamawa village, kills 12

Some armed persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday night attacked a village in Adamawa State, killing 12 people.

While narrating how the attack occurred, Maina Ularamu, a former Chairman of Madagali Local Government Area, said the insurgents attacked Dar Village in the council at about 8:30 p.m.

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Secret Meeting: APC, PDP senators set for battle over Amaechi

Secret Meeting as Senate to End it Final screening of 36 ministerial nominees on Tuesday 

 

Weeks after he was tipped as a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s nomination is still generating ripples at the Senate.

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Ministerial List! Senate to End it Final screening of 36 ministerial nominees on Tuesday that has earned President Buhari "Baba Go Slow"

Final screening of 36 ministerial nominees on Tuesday -- Nigeria set to finally get government ministers

Final screening of 36 ministerial nominees is due to take place from Tuesday, ending a lengthy process that has earned President Muhammadu Buhari a less than flattering nickname.

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Civic group has petitioned Okonjo-Iweala’s

Nigerian group petitions GAVI, seeks suspension of Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment

A Nigerian civic group has petitioned the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization, GAVI, requesting that the organization suspend the recent appointment of Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as chairperson of its Board of Directors.

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USA kicks off U-17 World Cup with 2-0 defeat to Nigeria

Just as the senior and U-23 teams have done of late, the U.S. U-17 national team disappointed on Saturday.

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Abacha loot: World Bank seeks more time to provide information on spending of Abacha loot

Abacha loot: We need more time, World Bank tells SERAP - to give details of disbursement soon

Following a request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, for information on the spending of recovered asset stolen by late General Sani Abacha, the World Bank has said that it needed “additional time to provide [SERAP] with a more comprehensive response.”

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Nigerian Army general jailed for losing battle to Boko Haram

Nigerian Army general jailed for losing battle to Boko Haram

NIGERIA: A military court in Nigeria has sentenced a general to six months in jail for his involvement in one of the army's worst defeats by Boko Haram.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian general has been dismissed from the army and jailed for losing a major battle in which Boko Haram Islamic extremists killed hundreds of civilians, the military said Saturday.

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Bola Tinubu conspiracy against Saraki that made Buhari to placed Tinubu under security watch finally Leaked

Ahmed Bola Tinubu, APC’s godfather, kingmaker and supremo, of having anything to do with a purported conspiracy between him and the president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, against President Buhari for which the presidency was said to have placed the former governor of Lagos State under security watch, was laced with poison and betrayed the seething emotions of a man who is upset at the sailor of the ship he built but which has left him behind at shore without consideration that he is fast sliding into a lonely lurch.

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