276 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram five years ago
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5 years after, where are the 112 Chibok girls left in Boko Haram shackles?

And this is saying a lot considering that, just a few weeks prior, it had also invaded the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi, Yobe State, and brutally slaughtered fifty-nine students, all boys. Since 2014, the Chibok abduction saga has gone through more twists and turns than can be fitted into a feature-length movie, a […]

Lai Mohammed says Atiku Abubakar is planning to declare himself President [Twitter @bolanle cole]
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Atiku planning to declare himself President, FG alleges

Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The Minister accused Atiku of plotting to replicate the “Venezuelan model in Nigeria“. Venezuelan model Two weeks after President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in to a second six-year term, leader of the legislature, Juan Guaido, declared himself […]

Bukola Saraki condemns killings in Zamfara (Punch)
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Zamfara Killings: Senate to make N10b available as intervention fund for affected communities

This decision was taken following a motion sponsored by Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) representing Zamfara central. At the start of plenary, Marafa was reported to have presented a motion on “the need to create an intervention fund to cater for Internally Displaced Persons and other persons affected by the activities of armed bandits in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on his farm in Daura, Katsina State [Presidency]
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Buhari wants grazing routes restored for herdsmen to end crisis

The struggle for access and control of lands over which roaming herdsmen graze their cattle has led to conflict with local farmers all over the country, resulting in the death of hundreds with herders blamed for a majority of the attacks. Armed conflicts between both sides have also been coloured by ethnic and religious sentiments […]

Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is currently the Federal Minister of Power, Works and Housing (360dopes)
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Fashola orders suspension of work on National Housing Project, Gwagwalada

Fashola gave the order during the inspection of the ongoing Abuja Mass Housing project in Gwagwalada, on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) had written “Stop Work Inscriptions’’ on buildings at the construction site. He said the suspension became necessary in order to settle any development […]

Buhari says killings in Zamfara makes him sad (Daily post)
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‘Senseless killings in Nigeria makes me unhappy’ Buhari reacts to Zamfara crisis

There has been an increase in the rate of crises in states like Zamafara and Kaduna and the crises have led to the destruction of properties and lost of lives in those states. Reacting tothe killings in Zamfara and his alleged indifference to insecurity issues in the country, Buhari in a statement by Garba Shehu, […]

The police is deploying personnel to Zamfara to keep bandits in check (AFP)
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Pulse Explainer: Here’s all you need to know about Zamfara killings

The bandits raze markets and homes and kill villagers indiscriminately. This piece explains how Zamfara, with a population of over three million inhabitants, has become a killing field of some sort. Blood Gold Nigeria has untapped deposits of mineral resources spread across its 36 states. Some of these untapped minerals are zinc, tin and gold.  […]

Simi goes tough on yahoo boys (Guardian)
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Simi goes hard against Yahoo boys, tells them to stop buying her music

In a live Instagram video, the soft-spoken singer criticized internet fraudsters after a fan told her to leave Yahoo boys alone because most of them are the ones buying her songs and watching her videos on Youtube. Simi then went on to tell yahoo boys that if that’s what anyone is going to use to […]

Femi Kuti believes the Police Force is important to curbing crime
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“Police must defend us, not kill us,” Femi Kuti blows hot on reform

He said this while addressing the media at the New Afrika Shrine, Lagos where a protest against Police brutality took place on Friday, April 5, 2019. The protest was in reaction to the fatal shooting of Kolade Johnson, a 36-year-old who was killed on Sunday, March 31, 2019 when the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) of […]

Sanwo-Olu visits Kolade Johnson's family (Mr JAGs Twiiter)
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Sanwo-Olu visits Parents of slain Kolade Johnson, condemns extra judicial killings

Sanwo-Olu who condemned extra judicial killings of any type in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole on Saturday afternoon when he visited the parents of the late Johnson, who was allegedly killed by men of the Anti-cultism unit of the State Police Command said he will work with the security agencies to ensure avoidable death […]