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Danjuma’s self-defence outburst sparks big row Army ’not partial’ Sagay: it’s in order PDP, APC disagree Keyamo seeks proof A BIG row has broken out over Lt.-Gen Theophilus Danjuma’s advice that Nigerians should defend themselves when attacked. The Armed Forces, in his view, cannot protect Nigerians because they collude with the killers. The Army and the Minister of Defence, Mansur ... Read More »

MMM founder, Sergei Mavrodi, dies of heart attack World MMM founder, a Russian company that ran one of the world’s largest Ponzi scheme, Sergei Mavrodi is dead. According to Russian state news agency, the 62-year-old, died  of heart attack in Moscow. Reports said he was rushed to the hospital late on March 25 with pain in his chest and died several ... Read More »

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,  has suspended by one month, the withdrawal of  policemen attached to VIPs across the country. The suspension of the order, which was billed to be immediate, when announced on Monday, followed Idris’ meeting with the Commanders of Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Special Protection Unit (SPU). The meeting was held ... Read More »

Victor Oluwadamilare, Special Assistant Media to Mr. Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, has accused his boss of greed and wickedness. Mr. Olwuadamilare made the allegations in a letter to the minister. Dated 12 March and exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the former spokesperson’s letter said Mr. Adebayo owes him the sum of N13million in emoluments from November 2015 to the end ... Read More »

  Child X, the pupil allegedly defiled by Adegboyega Adenekan, a 47-year-old Chrisland School supervisor, on Thursday testified at an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court in Lagos and confirmed that she was abused. Child X, who is now four-years-old, was two years and 11-months at the time the alleged defilement occurred serially in 2016 at the Victoria Garden ... Read More »

      Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday reacted to a video of Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, saying he has been roundly defeated and cannot do anything. Dino Melaye. in the recently released video on Instagram was seen singing, dancing and mocking the governor. Speaking with State House correspondents on the sidelines of the expended National Economic Council meeting at the Presidential ... Read More »

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday revealed that he would write another explosive letter on burning national issues, but said it will take a little while. Obasanjo also said that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) was making an appreciable progress in mobilising Nigerians ahead of 2019, saying over 3,000,000 people, including himself, had so far registered as members. The ... Read More »

  The Federal Government said on Thursday  the allegation made by the People Democracy Party (PDP) that the abduction and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls was stage-managed “is erroneous and extremely dishonourable” In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said such postulation portrayed the PDP “as insensitive, unpatriotic and unworthy party.” ... Read More »

  Operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), Thursday arrested the former Chief of Staff to Former Kano state Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Yunusa Adamu Dangwani. A source in the agency told out reporters that Dangwani was arrested while he was  trying to flee to Saudi Arabia, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) The source added ... Read More »

A Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned till May 7, the arraignment of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on two fresh charges. Justice Adedayo Akintoye set the date after dismissing Evans’ two applications challenging the validity of the proposed charges filed by the Lagos State Government. Evans argued through his counsel Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, that both ... Read More »