25-yr-old man sets self, house ablaze

Tragedy struck, yesterday, at 12 Bonny Street, Umuahia, Abia State, as a 25 year-old man set himself and the family house ablaze.

The man, Tochukwu Ogbonna, alias Mbe (meaning tortoise), had attacked his mother with a machete, inflicting severe injuries on her.

The woman is said to be lying critically ill at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.

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N8BN Fraud: CBN staff own posh cars, petrol stations, palatial buildings, court told

The court trial of some Ibadan based bankers indicted over the theft of N8 billion worth of mutilated banknotes was yesterday told of the stupendous wealth of the suspects. 

The suspects, including a self-acclaimed illiterate bank staff were alleged to have acquired petrol stations, shopping malls in Nigeria and abroad, exotic cars, supermarkets, among others.

Mr. Ayodeji Alase, one of the suspects and a holder of primary six certificate, was alleged to have acquired property including a duplex at Oluyole, a shopping complex, warehouse at Podo, Challenge and a fenced plot at Dugbe in Ibadan.

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Lagos tanker fire blamed on LASTMA as victims count losses

Eyewitnesses of the fire disaster in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State sparked by a petrol tanker have blamed officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, for causing the accident.
 

The LASTMA officials were alleged to have pursued the tanker until it fell off the bridge at Iyana-Ipaja upon which it caused the inferno that injured 14 persons, razed 34 buildings, 44 shops and 21 vehicles.

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I renew my pledge to crush Boko Haram – Buhari

I renew my pledge to crush Boko Haram – Buhari

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Niger Republic renewed his vow to crush the Boko Haram Islamic sect, saying “five years of the presence of this evil sect is enough.”

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Post for Senate: Tension as APC picks candidate

Senator Bokola Saraki and Ahmad Lawan

Post for Senate: Tension as APC picks candidate

ABUJA — THE criteria recently announced by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on how the Senate President in the 8th Senate will emerge is generating ripples among senators.

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SHOCKING! Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri

SHOCKING! Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri

IN MAIDUGURI, bomb hidden in a pile of scrap metal beside a busy road has killed two people and injured 33 others in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, military and hospital sources said on Wednesday.

The explosion, at around 1630 GMT, struck around 600 metres from army barracks and it follows a spate of bombings in the city by militant Islamist group Boko Haram that has killed around 80 people in the last few days.

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