The Police have arrested key members of the gang that attacked banks in Kwara. The robbery left many residents and policemen dead. On Monday, in a statement the Police confirmed the arrest of two of whose photos were released. The statement reads: “Sequel to the Publication of the Pictures of the Offa Bank
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A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, collapsed on Monday at the continuation of his trial for alleged fraud. Mr Metuh is facing trial on a seven-count charge for alleged diversion of N400 million. He received the money from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo
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Pope Francis said on Sunday he would elevate 14 churchmen from five continents to the rank of cardinal, picking candidates that work with the poor or where Catholics are in a minority and putting his stamp on the group that will elect his successor. Reuters
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will delay heading off for their honeymoon, instead attending a birthday party for his father Prince Charles just days after marrying in a ground-breaking ceremony that blended the modern with the traditional. After a day that saw the couple exchange vows in a medieval chapel at
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Members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) are set to severe relationship with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) any moment from now except last minutes efforts being made yield positive result. According to a report, the national leaders of the APC and members of the nPDP are expected to
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Reuters Unidentified gunmen killed the manager of a plant owned by Nigeria's Dangote Industries Limited in Ethiopia on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive Oromiya region while returning to the capital from the factory, officials said. Oromiya, which surrounds the capital Addis Ababa, was plagued by violence for over two
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Oru Leonard The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, May 18, 2018 lifted the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) of the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with the sum of $293m. A statement from the Bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, confirming the figures, indicated that the sum,
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THE United States has accused the Cameroonian government of "targeted killings", arson and looting in its fight against an Anglophone separatist movement. In a statement following a meeting with President Paul Biya on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon called for dialogue to end an 18-month-old conflict. English-speaking rebels have killed over
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THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and nine others have sued the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, over the conduct of ward and local government congresses of the party in Bauchi State, the Nations reports. The plaintiffs claimed that the
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North Korea on Wednesday canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over military exercises between Seoul and Washington that Pyongyang has long claimed are invasion rehearsals. The surprise declaration, which
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