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622Trump Fires FBI Boss Comey
United States president Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon fired James Comey as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump said in...
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EFCC to Appeal Dismissal of N190m Fraud Charge Against Oronsaye
Anti-corruption agency EFCC is to appeal the ruling Tuesday by Justice Olasumbo Olajumoke Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja, upholding a...
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1.7KAwolowo, Azikiwe, Macaulay Die
It was a strange coincidence. Three of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists died on May 9, May 10 and May 11 – Obafemi Awolowo...
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Court Refuses Patience Jonathan’s Claim to $9.8m
Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday rejected an application filed by a former first...
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Ike Chioke Named Speaker for AUN’s Ninth Commencement
The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, has named Rhodes scholar and leading investment banker Ike Chioke of Afrinvest...
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Emmanuel Macron Elected French President
After a runoff with Marine Le Pen, 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron has been elected president of France.
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Buhari Back to London for Treatment
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will Sunday night be flown back to London for treatment of a yet-to-be-disclosed illness. He has transmitted...
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878Boko Haram Wins
The Nigerian government Saturday announced that terrorist group Boko Haram had released 82 more “Chibok girls”. The “girls”, who were swapped with...
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1.1KThis Is Plutocracy or Kleptocracy
Have you heard the news? Nigeria’s National Assembly has budgeted N150billion for itself in 2017. It’s perhaps a condition for passing the...
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Reflection on Current State of Affairs
By ABBA MAHMOOD — If there is any indicator that sub-Saharan Africa will also have its spring like the Arab Spring of...