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    Politics EXCLUSIVE: The untold security, intelligence conundrum of the Buhari administration

    One week into the new year, Tuesday, January 9, the air in Abuja was dry, dusty, and clammy. The nation’s capital was sluggishly waking into a new rhythm of calm and relative order after the chaos of the Christmas season prompted by a debilitating fuel crisis. That … via Premium Times...
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    Metro How Auto Part Dealer Died In SARS Custody – Stella Dimoko Korkus.com

    An auto parts dealer in the Owode Onirin area of Lagos State, Lukman Ogundele, has died in the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command. Although the police formation had been reportedly evasive on the whereabouts of the father of two children, a police charge sheet...
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    Metro Obatala festival starts in Ile-Ife‎ – Premium Times Nigeria

    Monday marked the first day of the week-long annual Obatala festival at Ile-Ife in Osun State. At the Oduduwa hall of Obafemi Awolowo University, where the opening colloquium held, the the Vice Chancellor of the school, Eyitope Ogunbodede, emphasised the need for the promotion of African culture...
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    Metro Bishop of Awka Diocese Says Benue Killings Need Operation Python Dance And Crocodile Smile...

    The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has described the proposed setting up of grazing reserves and colonies for herdsmen as a time bomb waiting to explode. He emphasised that ranching remained the only solution to the Fulani herdsmen and farmers’...
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    World Five arrested, others killed in operation to nab Venezuela former police pilot – PressTV...

    Venezuela says five members of a “terrorist cell” linked to a police pilot who has defected and who attacked the country’s Supreme Court during anti-government unrest last year, have been arrested and several others have been killed in an operation. The Venezuelan Interior Ministry said in a...
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    Entertainment Meghan Markle Shows Off Long Legs In Last Magazine Fashion Shoot [PHOTOS] – International...

    Meghan Markle showed off her long legs in her last fashion photoshoot. The "Suits" star looks stunning in her fashion photoshoot for Good Housekeeping magazine. In one snap shared by The Sun, Markle wears a striped mini-dress. She is seated and raises one of her legs as she stares … via...
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    World Man threatens ex-wife with hammer and tries to strangle her for moving his belongings into...

    Modou Jammeh pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and another charge of causing criminal damage for threatening and trying to strangle his ex-wife – File Photo Google Streetview A Handsworth, Birmingham man tried to strangle his ex-wife and even threatened to hit her with a...
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    World The State Department is telling US citizens ‘do not travel’ to 5 states in Mexico –...

    People and soldiers near a crime scene in Chilpancingo, in Mexico’s Guerrero state, where a man was killed by unknown assailants. REUTERS/Henry Romero 2017 was Mexico’s most violent year on record, and the US State Department has given “do not travel” notices for five states there. Much of the...
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    Entertainment Gospel star Edwin Hawkins dies, aged 74 - BBC News

    The Edwin Hawkins Singers were pioneers of contemporary gospel music The American gospel music star Edwin Hawkins has died at his home in California, at the age of 74. The Grammy-winning singer had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, his publicist said. Hawkins was regarded as a pioneer of …...
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    Sports Simone Biles: Larry Nassar abused me, says four-time Olympic champion – BBC Sport

    Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles says she was sexually abused by former Team USA gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar is serving a 60-year jail sentence for having child sex abuse images on his computer. He is also awaiting sentence after admitting assaulting female gymnasts...
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    Metro Man ruptures throat by stifling a sneeze – BBC News

    Image copyright Getty Images Stifling a sneeze by clamping your nose and mouth shut can cause serious physical damage, doctors are warning. The medics treated a 34-year-old man who ruptured his throat while trying to stop a high-force sneeze. With nowhere to escape, the pressure ripped through...
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    Metro Thousands of fake degrees sold in UK – BBC News

    Image copyright Google Image caption A BBC reporter was offered a degree from the fake Nixon University for $3,600 (£2,600) Thousands of UK nationals have bought fake degrees from a multi-million pound "diploma mill" in Pakistan, a BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme investigation has found...
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    Business Controversy trails Total’s contract – Newtelegraph

    Local vessels’ operators allege bribery, conflict of interest Total has reaffirmed its commitment to due process and zero tolerance for corruption as controversy raged over provision for tenders on vessels support for its project. The Indigenous Vessels Operators Association of Nigeria had...
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    World Weird World: 13 children held captive, chained to bed by parents in California – pulse.ng –...

    The 17-year old daughter of the Turpin couple had escaped from her parents' captivity on Sunday, January 14, 2017 and alerted the police. A California couple, David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin have been arrested and thrown in jail for holding their 13 … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...
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    Politics Fawehinmi lecture: Popoola calls for devolution of powers – Newtelegraph

    Fawehinmi lecture: Popoola calls for devolution of powers A former Dean at the Faculty of the Law, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Demola Popoola, has advocated for the devolution of powers as an essential element for the existence of true federalism in Nigeria...
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    Politics Wike: Nigerians must learn lessons from civil war – Newtelegraph

    Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday stressed the need for Nigerians to learn from the civil war fought in the country decades ago in order to avert another war. He said Nigerians were not happy with the direction the country was going under the All Progressives Congress (APC) while...
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    Metro Kebbi, Anambra, Abia paid highest for petrol in December –NBS – Newtelegraph

    Kebbi, Anambra, Abia paid highest for petrol in December –NBS The sale of petrol, known as Premium Motor Spirit ( PMS) rose to 17.98 per cent last December amidst its acute scarcity , PMS Price watch of National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS) confirmed yesterday. NBS in its report, listed Abia …...
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    Politics Kaduna crisis: Ex-minister, PTA, others back teachers’ sack – Newtelegraph

    Blame el-Rufai for drafting them to schools STRIKE Major stakeholders in the nation’s education sector differ on the crisis rocking the Kaduna State education sector. While some are justifying the action of the state government over the sack of the 21,000 unqualified teachers, others have...
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    Metro 60 escape death as FRSC van, truck, buses crash – Newtelegraph

    At least 60 passengers and motorists yesterday escaped death in an accident which occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The accident involved a trailer belonging to Dangote Group, a pick up van belonging to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), four cars and three buses. Four persons...
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    Metro Kidnappers collect N25m ransom, kill Taraba lawmaker – Newtelegraph

    Body of a lawmaker representing Takum I in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Hosea Ibi, has been discovered in a bush at Kwari village on the borders of Benue State. Ibi was abducted on December 30, 2017 by some gunmen in Takum Local Government Area. He was kidnapped about … via...
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