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The Borno Police Command on Friday confirmed the killing of seven persons after two suspected female suicide bombers attacked Mandarari ward in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. Malam Murtala Ibrahim of the Borno Police Command Public Relations Unit, confirmed the incident in statement he issued in Maiduguri. Ibrahim said that the attack took place on Thursday. “Yesterday at about 22.45 hours, two suspected female suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies at Mandarari ward in Konduga LGA, killing themselves and five others. “Six persons sustained various degrees of injuries. “The corpses and injured persons were evacuated to General…

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa, has called on Nigerians to rise in protest against the cabal holding ailing President Muhammadu Buhari hostage by closing down the National Assembly, courts and other public offices, banks and preventing every official activity from holding. The lawyer made the call in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday. According to him, the protest should continue until the President and the cabal around him are forced out of power. “I hereby call upon all the good people of Nigeria across the land to rise up to challenge the cabal that is holding Nigeria to…

A Kogi High Court sitting in Okene on Thursday sentenced two trans-border cattle rustlers – Muhammed Lawal Jauro and Yusuf Sanni – to death by hanging. The duo got the sentence after Justice Josiah Majebi found them guilty of cattle rustling and culpable homicide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused were arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide, contrary to various sections of the Penal Code. The prosecution had told the court that sometimes in January 2016, one Dauda Abdullahi made a report of a gruesome murder and theft of…

Immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan has paid a glowing tribute to his former boss, Umaru Musa Yar’adua. Yar Adua died on May 5, 2010 after a protracted battle with Acute Pericarditis at the age of 58. Jonathan was immediately sworn in as the President following his demise. In a moving eulogy to the former president on Facebook, Jonathan described the late Yar’adua as a peacemaker who would forever be remembered for bring a lasting peace to the Niger Delta region. He wrote, “Seven years ago you left this world leaving behind a legacy of detribalized leadership and a soil that…

The visit of President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic to President Muhammadu Buhari scheduled for Friday has been postponed indefinitely. The rescheduling, according to a statement by Mr. Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, late on Thursday is at the instance of Mr. Issoufou who has another domestic engagement. “All arrangements had been concluded for President Buhari to receive his Nigerien counterpart and his delegation at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa and attend the Jumaat prayers together as well as lunch, before the last-minute postponement?” Mr. Adesina said. The spokesperson said a new date for the visit will be announced in…

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari was excited at the current stability being witnessed in the foreign exchange market. Emefiele told State House correspondents that Buhari was delighted to learn about the stability when he (the CBN governor) briefed the President on the activities of the apex bank in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He told the reporters that the parallel market was currently stabilising at between N380 and N385 to the United States dollar. Emefiele stated, “Basically as it is expected, what we normally do is from time…

Etisalat Nigeria has rolled out its 4G LTE network services that would assist in providing adequate access to all forms of Internet activities. Launching the service and a new device on Tuesday in Abuja, the technical officer, Beuvelet Stephane said the idea was informed by the need to boost strength of the network. He said the 4G was an innovation that would provide avenue for users to enjoy all Internet facilities in their various locations without delay from the subscribers. Stephanie assured consumers that Etisalat was prepared for more quality services in almost all network access. 3 British doctors arrive…

Neymar, his parents, the Barcelona president and his predecessor will all stand trial on allegations of fraud, the Spanish National High Court has confirmed. Former Santos president Odilio Rodrigues and the two clubs in question join the Brazil forward, his mother and father, Josep Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell as defendants in a trial over Neymar’s transfer from Santos to Barcelona in 2013, according to a court statement. The case stems from a complaint made by Brazilian company DIS, which owned 40 per cent of the rights to Neymar when he was at Santos. It argues that it lost out on…

The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Fulvio Rustico, says his country is ready to partner with Nigeria to combat the menace of human trafficking. Mr. Rustico disclosed this when he visited the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, in Abuja on Thursday. He said the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in Italy, Laura Bodrini, will soon visit Nigeria to get first-hand information to address the problem. The envoy said that the speaker would visit Benin City, Edo, reported to have the highest number of human traffickers in the country. Mr. Rustico said that…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that no fewer than 57,737 people were registered in first three days of the on-going nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) which commenced on Thursday April 27. The commission disclosed this in an update statement issued on the exercise on Thursday in Abuja by Prince Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee. It disclosed that 4,913 voters, who were earlier registered, also collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) within the first three days of the exercise. The commission added that the figure was arrived at the its meeting…