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Ooni: Aregbesola meets Ife Royal Council behind closed-doors
From Clement Adeyi, Osogbo Sequel to the controversies that trailed the demise of Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, since Wednesday, members of Ife Royal Traditional Council (RTC), the umbrella body of...
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Five wreaks havoc, renders 150 homeless
From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha At least, 150 persons were yesterday rendered homeless when fire gutted 10 shops and 10 residential apartments at Afor Nkpor Market, Idemili North Local Government Area of...
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Boko Haram militants slit throats of 10 fishermen near Lake Chad
Boko Haram militants slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages near Baga on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, a leading fisherman and a resident said yesterday. “On Monday around...
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United, we can defeat Boko Haram –Buhari
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has said the only way Boko Haram insurgents can be defeated is for Nigeria and the neighbouring countries to be united in the fight against...
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Insurgency war: Cameroun indicts Jonathan
•Says he alienated Nigeria’s neighbours From Ikenna Emewu, Abuja The official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cameroun to discuss joint efforts to curb Boko Haram in the region has thrown up an...
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Boko Haram loses 117 fighters in gun battle
■ Female suicide bomber kills 8 in Maiduguri FROM TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MAIDUGURI, WITH AGENCY REPORT No fewer than 117 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in an operation against insurgents holed up...
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I got N1000 for slaughtering 4-year-old boy –Suspect
BY CHIOMA IGBOKWE Operatives of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Panti has begun investigation into what led a 16-year-old Tajudeen Azeez to slaughter a four-year-old boy, Ibrahim...
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My pact with Bode George, Al-mustapha in prison –Ex-convict
BY ’TUNDE THOMAS At 64, Sunday Oladapo is not a happy man. At an age when he is expected to have settled down with his own family, Oladapo is still looking for a wife, and not only that, he is an...
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Couple loses 3 kids in Lagos fire disaster
BY JOSFYN UBA, CHRISTOPHER OJI AND LAWRENCE ENYOGHASU Three children of same parents yesterday died in a fire incident at the LSDPC area of Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo in Lagos State. The children,...
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Ekiti PDP crisis deepens, as party suspends Aluko, others
BY WOLE BALOGUN, ADO EKITI The crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened yesterday with the suspension of five members of the State Working Committee and...
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Jonathan’s ministers, aides share 500 FG houses
■ EFCC boss, others also beneficiaries ■ We’ll investigate them – Presidency BY VIVIAN ONYEBUKWA, JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE AND FRED ITUA Influential ministers and aides of former President Goodluck...
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Oro festival declared in Ile-Ife
FROM CLEMENT ADEYI, OSOGBO A traditional festival called, Oro, has been declared in Ile-ife, the cradle of the Yoruba race. Saturday Sun gathered that the festival would last seven days during which...
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Oba Sijuwade’s corpse arrives Nigeria this weekend
FROM YINKA FABOWALE AND JAMES UDOH, IBADAN AND OLANREWAJU OYEDEJI, ILE-IFE Arrangements have been concluded to bring the remains of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, into the country...
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I think like a man on the job – Augusta Peters, security expert
BY BOLATITO ADEBAYO Augusta Peters is a force to reckon with in the male-dominated security sector. This CEO of Brain and Braces is a graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan. Augusta,...
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Drugs not Majek Fashek’s problem –Orits Wiliki
By DEJI AROLOYE Rassam Wiliki, aka Orits Wiliki, has been active in the Nigerian reggae music scene for over three decades and has contributed immensely to the growth of the music industry in the...
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Petition against me, handiwork of jokers –Kalu
BY ENYERIBE EJIOGU Former Abia State Governor and chairman of SLOK Group, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has decried the tendency of people to be easily manipulated and brainwashed to discredit the integrity of...
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My father’s Will was forged – Debe, Ojukwu’s son
…Sets conditions for peace BY CHIDI OBINECHE Debe Ojukwu, the late Dim Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu’s son speaks on the wrangling in the family, the Will their patriarch left behind, his...
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Campaign against Daura’s appointment ill-informed –Ex-DSS DG
BY OLAKUNLE OLAFIOYE A former Director General of Department of State Service, DSS, Afakriya Gadzama has called for an end to the ongoing political imputation trailing the appointment of Alhaji Lawal...
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Cabal after Oronsaye
BY IDE EGUAGBOR A fresh insight has emerged on the possible reason for the current travail of the former Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye who was accused of having colluded with...
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…Cleric seeks Nigerians’ support for repentant student
BY OLAKUNLE OLAFIOYE Nigerians have been urged to accept the responsibilities of rehabilitating and re-integrating into the societies, sinners who have shown genuine intention to forsake their old ways...
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