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US President Donald Trump was among world’s prominent men who mourned the death of Rev. Billy Graham on Wednesday after he called the evangelist “a very special man” who will be dearly missed. Trump as usual took to his twitter handle to honour the evangelist saying, “The GREAT Billy Graham is dead,” “There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man.” Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday at age…

Bauchi State government has approved N1.38 billion for the revival of the state’s Mass Transit Company, operators of “Yankari Express” and other agencies. The State Executive Council which made the approval on Wednesday said the money would be used to purchase 60 buses for the state’s Mass Transit project. Alhaji Ali Ali, the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Governor Mohammed Abubakar, said this in Bauchi while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting, presided over by the governor. Ali explained that the 18-seater, 2015 model buses would be supplied by Transfiguration Integrated Resource…

US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida. A staff member with a gun could end an attack “very quickly”, he said. Mr Trump floated the proposal as emotional survivors of the 14 February massacre implored him to make sure something similar does not occur again. The Republican president also backed calls for improved background checks on gun buyers. Other survivors meanwhile lobbied Florida lawmakers on gun control. READ: Nigerian Army rescues Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram “We’ll be very strong on background…

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe have been rescued by the army. Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, Director General to Yobe governor on press affairs, disclosed this in a press statement issued on Wednesday. “The Yobe State Government hereby informs the public that some of the girls at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) whose school was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists last Monday have been rescued by gallant officers and men of the Nigerian Army from the terrorists who abducted them. “The rescued girls are now in the…

A US man who fell to his death while searching for buried treasure in the Rocky mountains has become the fourth person to die on the hunt. Jeff Murphy, 53, had driven his car to Yellowstone National Park from his home in Illinois to seek the buried $2m (£1.4) treasure chest. He had been looking for the stash of gold and jewels allegedly hidden by a wealthy 86-year-old art dealer. Officials determined that Murphy fell 500ft (152m) after his foot slipped. According to an official report obtained by Montana TV station KULR-News, Murphy’s wife had told rescuers that he…

President Muhammadu Buhari has despatched Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama to visit Dapchi in Yobe to assess the reported abduction of schoolgirls. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The meeting, which was held at the State House Council Chamber on Wednesday, was presided over by President Buhari. Mohammed disclosed that the President had since directed military and other security agencies to take immediate charge and control…

Leicester City will pay the Football League £3.1m after settling a Financial Fair Play (FFP) dispute from the 2013/14 season when the club won the Championship. The Foxes exceeded the permitted £8m loss when they won promotion. They posted a loss of £20.8m but said £13m of it was “allowable” as it included promotion and academy costs. The EFL said that Leicester “did not make any deliberate attempt to infringe the rules or to deceive”. It added: “The dispute arose out of genuine differences of interpretation of the rules between the parties.” READ: Bayern equal longest winning run by…

More laurel came the way of Nigeria’s fully integrated telecommunications network, Globacom on Monday night as the company was given an award of recognition for its silent contributions to road safety in the country over the years. The award of recognition was formally presented to Globacom at a high profile dinner marking the climax of the activities put together to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) at the Nigeria Airforce (NAF) Conference Centre and Suites in Abuja. Presenting the award to Globacom’s acting National Coordinator, Public Sector Sales, Mansur Opakunle and the company’s Regional…

A 18-year-old girl, Barakat Ganiyu, has been arraigned in Lagos for receiving cartons of stolen exotic wines, fried meat and a pot of pepper soup, valued at N440,000. The Prosecutor, Inspector Uche Simeon, told an Ojo Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that the accused committed the offence on January 28, at 8.30 p.m. at Isashi area of Ojo, Lagos. He said that the accused collected stolen cartons of exotic wines, fried meat and a cooler of pepper soup, all valued at N440,000, from her boyfriend, Ibraheem and three others at large. “The boyfriend and his three accomplices, who were bar…

Northern Senators Caucus of the 8th senate has confirmed that N70 million saved by the 7th senate is missing and there are suggestions that maybe monkeys took it. This bizarre suggestion was offered by Senator Shehu Sani who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital today. The caucus had sacked Senator Abdullahi Adamu as its chairman on Wednesday, following allegations of misappropriating N70m belonging to the group. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu who presided over Wednesday’s plenary, announced the leadership change with Senator Aliyu Wamakko as the new chairman. Briefing newsmen after plenary, Senator Shehu Sani said…