Two Female Suicide Bombers Kill 67 in Borno Market

At least 67 people were feared dead and about 98 others seriously injured yesterday when two female suicide bombers hit a popular Monday market along One-Way Road, Chalarams, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

►Over 30 shops and 25 vehicles were also destroyed.
►Unconfirmed report said one of the female suicide bombers was a mad woman suspected to have been used by terrorists, leaving over 16 people including the mad woman dead on the spot, while those who sustained injuries were rushed to University of Maiduguri and the State Specialists Hospital for treatment.

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Emergency Extension - Military Mounts Pressure On Senate

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Kenneth Minima (left); his Air Force counterpart, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (middle) and General Officer Commanding 3rd Division, Nigerian Army.

THE Senate yesterday grilled the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun and The Director of Department of State Service, Mr. Ekpenyong Ita for eight hours over the security situation in the North.

The senate also disclosed that the Nigeria military was mounting pressure on them for the extension of emergency rule in the three North Eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe for them to be able to conduct operations in a manner that will bring insurgency to a quick resolution.

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CBN devalues Naira by N13, fixes N168 to dollar

The Central Bank of Nigeria, yesterday, devalued the national currency, the Naira, as it moved the midpoint of the official window of the foreign exchange market from N155 to N168 to the one US Dollar. This means that the Naira will exchange between N168 and N174 to the dollar at the foreign exchange market. Official devaluation of the naira became inevitable as a result of reduction in government revenue from oil production and sales. The devaluation will increase the volume of Naira available to the federation account and to various levels of government to prosecute their local programmes.

The CBN Monetary Policy Committee also, yesterday, raised the interest rate benchmark from 12 per

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Vacancies, Jobs At KPMG Nigeria - Graduate Audit Trainee At KPMG

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Two female suicide bombers killed at least 44 people

Female suicide bombers kill at least 44 in Nigeria's northeast

 IN MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Chat212 Fm) - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 44 people on Tuesday in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, at the heart of a militant Islamist insurgency, medical officials said.

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PDP Office Attacked With Explosive

PDP Office Attacked With Explosive

Im Nigeria’s PDP office in Calabar was hurled by A “small explosive” yesterday, according to police.

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