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Dasuki intends to call Goodluck Jonathan as witness for $2.1b Arms deal

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Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, who is currently on trial for alleged mismanagement of $2.1 billion arms funds, says he intends to invite former President Goodluck Jonathan as his witness. Jonathan has in the past condemned the charges against Dasuki, claiming that there is no way the ex-NSA could have stolen about $2.2billion funds for arms. Dr. Jonathan said: “We bought warships, we bought aircraft, we bought lots of weapons for the army,” he said in a recent interview at the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom. Speaking with The Nation correspondent, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), the ex-NSA’s counsel, said Dasuki wanted Jonathan to testify in court on his behalf. Raji said: “It will be desirable for Jonathan to testify for the ex-NSA. It will throw greater light into grey areas. And it will serve the interest of Justice. It will be fantastic for him to go to court to testify. Dasuki is an agent of a disclosed and known principal.” Another member of...

Boko Haram kills 5 soldiers, 4 vigilantes in Borno ...photo

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Troops carrying out clearance operations on suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts in Talala and Ajigin, southern part of Borno State, were ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Ugundiri village, Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State, while returning to base after clearance operations yesterday. Unfortunately, 5 soldiers, 3 vigilantes and 1 Civilian JTF lost their lives during the ambush, while 19 soldiers and 1 Civilian JTF sustained various degrees of injuries. The bodies of the late soldiers and civilians have been evacuated to Maiduguri while the injured are receiving commensurate medical care and are in stable condition. The troops destroyed the terrorists Gun truck and recovered 2 Anti-Aircraft guns, 2 spare Gun barrels, 1 General Purpose Machine Gun, 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade, 1 AK-47 Rifle and 320 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Troops have been mobilized into blocking positions to further neutralize fleeing Boko Haram terrorists. Please recall that anot...

Photo of man caught carrying a human head in Ghana

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An unidentified man was apprehended on Sunday by the police after he was caught with a severed head of a lady at the Greater Accra campaign launch of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to several reports, the man who was almost killed by an angry mob before the intervention of the police, was caught carrying the severed head in a polythene bag to the campaign ground.  The man is presently at the community 1 Police Station for investigation... Posted by  Admin   at  08:55  

Obasanjo tells African's richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija - I made you a billionaire

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday told Mrs Folorunsho Alakija who is Africa’s richest woman, that his administration made her among the many billionaire Nigeria presently has.  The former President who was a guest speaker at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum, said this while reacting to claims by Alakija that the Obasanjo administration frustrated her moves to explore the oil sector after getting her oil license from the lae military dictator, Sani Abacha. According to Alakija who was also a panelist, the Obasanjo administration illegally took an oil block allocated to her company after her family had invested all its savings to strike oil in commercial quantity. Vanguard quotes her as saying “This oil block is in 5000 feet depth of water and was extremely difficult to explore. It took 15 years from the time that we were awarded the licence in 1993 till 2008 when we struck the first oil When this event happened, 60 per cent out of our 60...

Photo of six teenage thieves caught in Oshodi, Lagos ...photo

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The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested six teenage mobile phone thieves in Oshodi.  The suspects were all apprehended in Oshodi Oke  on Friday  morning, October 28th, while brazenly dispossessing commuters of their belongings.  They are: Ganiyu Rahman Sadiq Adebayo (15); Timilehin Oluwaseun (14); Ogundare Moyinoluwa (18); Toheeb Tijani (19) and Adeleke Sodiq (17). When interrogated by the RRS, one of the suspects, Ganiyu Rahman, said:  "we are over 50 boys. We are always in Oshodi-Oke, from morning till late night.... Some of us genuinely help people to carry their loads while a lot of us are there to snatch handbags, phones and other valuables from people. At times, we pretend to be helping them but our focus is their valuables. Most times, we work in groups. While the other is helping out, another person is stealing the victim’s valuables either from bag or pocket.... There are s...

Check out Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe ...photo

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The beautiful actress and mother of two wore this to church...we like! Posted by  Admin   at  17:58  

Donald Trump orders security to throw black man out of his rally...

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A black Trump supporter was thrown out of a campaign rally after he was accused of being a protester.  C. J. Cary , a long time supporter of the Donald, attended the rally in Kinston, North Carolina on Wednesday.  Trump was mid-speech when the crowd began booing, waving their Trump Pence signs and pointing at Cary. 'That's all right, leave him alone,' the Republican presidential candidate told the crowd, according to the News Observer.  But he swiftly changed his mind.  'We have a protester,' Trump declared.  'By the way, were you paid $1,500 to be a thug?' he asked, scanning the crowd. 'Where's the protester? Where is he? Was he paid?' 'You can get him out, Trump said, addressing his security. 'Get him out.' Cary was then escorted from the event by security as the audience cheered.  Trump has previously accused Clinton's campaign of paying protesters to disrupt his rallies. But Cary was not a protester. He is a yuge Tru...