Presidential spokesman says Leah Sharibu is still alive and negotiations for her release are ongoing

PRESIDENCY officials have declared that kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu who was abducted by a faction of Boko Haram terrorists in February last year remains alive and negotiations are ongoing to secure her release.

 

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Osimhen described as the hottest striker in the French league since Benzema after his latest brace

SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has been rated as the most ‎clinical striker to have played in the French Ligue One since Karem Benzema after scoring twice for Lille in their 3-0 win over St Etienne on Friday evening.

 

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Imo woman arrested after she sold her baby for N500,000 and lied to her husband that she had a still birth

POLICE in Imo State have arrested a woman identified as Chinaza Ukaonu for selling her new born baby for N500,000 ($1,360) and lying to her husband that the infant was delivered stillborn and had been buried.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu writes to emperor of Japan expressing disquiet over invitation granted to Buhari

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has written to the emperor of Japan Emperor Naruhito expressing disquiet over the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari has been allowed to visit the country.

 

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Gandollar threatens to drag Wike to court over purported mosque demolition in Port Harcourt

GOVERNOR Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has vowed to drag his Rivers State counterpart Governor Nyesom Wike to court for having the temerity to demolish a mosque in the state capital Port Harcourt.

 

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Malaysia has created a template for developing nations like Nigeria to learn from

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today, August 31 calls for sober reflection as on this day in 1957, Malaya gained independence from Britain. Like Nigeria, she was ruthlessly colonised by the British but had to be let go after World War Two. 

(2) This gentleman here Tunku Rahman, was their first prime minister, taking office some five months after Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana. Mr Rahman served as both Malaya's first prime minister (1957-63) and upon its formation Malaysia's (1963-1970).

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Husband asks court to dissolve his marriage because wife calls the name of her ex-lover during sex

ZIMBABWEAN husband Felix Dube has asked the Bulawayo Customary Court to dissolve his marriage because his wife constantly called out the name of her former lover whenever they had sex.

 

Mr Dube dragged his wife, Nombulelelo Moyo, to the divorce court, for habitually shouting her ex-lover’s name during sex with him. In the suit, he claimed he suspects Moyo was still dating her ex, given the frequency, with which she calls out his name during their intimate moments.

 

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Tony Elumelu asks Japan to invest in young African entrepreneurs if it wants to regain market share

BILLIONAIRE businessman Tony Elumelu has asked Japan to invest $2.5bn on young and budding entrepreneurs in Nigeria and other African countries as part of a programme to regain market share it has recently lost to rivals.

 

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Rohr calls up Paok's Esiti as a replacement for Ndidi and also recalls Bryan Idowu

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has called up Paok of Greece midfielder Anderson Esiti as a replacement for the injured Wilfred Ndidi for the September 10 friendly encounter against Ukraine in Dnipro.

 

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Ihedioha orders Imolites to carry our citizen's arrest of Rochas whenever he sets foot in Imo State

GOVERNOR Emeka Ihedioha has asked the people of Imo State to carry out a citizen's arrest of his predecessor Senator Rochas Okorocha whenever they see him and hand him over to the police for assaulting a government official.

 

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