Senate President Bukola Saraki joins presidential race, considering Ekweremadu as running mate - Report

Senate President Bukola Saraki has joined the 2019 Presidential race and he is considering the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as his running mate, media mogul Dele Momodu has revealed in an exclusive report. Momodu disclosed this in a lengthy statement on his ‘Boss Newspaper’. The statement read in part: “The Boss can exclusively reveal that Senate...

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Trump blasts California governor for pardoning 5 immigrants facing deportation

President Donald Trump blasted California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday for his pardon of five ex-convicts facing deportation, including two who fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia with their families four decades ago. In a tweet , Trump referred to Brown as "Moonbeam," referencing a nickname a newspaper columnist coined for him in the 1970s. Trump then listed...

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Herdsmen killings: We can shut this government down - Pastor Bakare tells Buhari

Tunde Bakare, pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, says Nigerians can shut down the government as a result of herdsmen killings in recent times. Bakare spoke on the sidelines of “the real cost of subsidy”, an event organised by Enough is Enough, a coalition of youth advocacy groups. He said the order by the inspector general of police for vigilante groups and...

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Russia to UK: Explain search of our plane or we may search your passenger planes

Russia's Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that Moscow would demand an official explanation from Britain for why a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane had been subjected to a search at Heathrow airport on Friday. The Russian embassy in Britain complained about the search at the time. On Saturday, the Ministry of Transport said it wanted to know what had happened....

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"I’m not afraid of Buhari or Saraki, APC nearing its grave" – Dino Melaye

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has declared that he is not afraid to tell the truth on anybody, whether on President Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki, or even his father. Melaye  added that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is moving towards failure in 2019 if it fails to resolve ongoing crisis. Speaking on BBC Hausa,...

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Microsoft delivers dozens of computers to Ghana school where teacher taught IT class without computers (PHOTOS)

Computer giant Microsoft has donated dozens of computers to the school in Ghana where an IT teacher won worldwide praise after improvising with chalk-drawn sketches to bring to life his lessons on Microsoft Word. Richard Akoto (Owura Kwadwo Hottish) had no computer to demonstrate Microsoft Word to his students, so he drew it on the chalkboard. In a Facebook...

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Trump declares April 'Sexual Assault Awareness' month

US President Donald Trump -- who has himself been repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct -- on Friday designated April 2018 "National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month" amid a national debate over the issue. "Sexual assault crimes remain tragically common in our society, and offenders too often evade accountability," said a proclamation from Trump released by the White House. "These heinous crimes are committed indiscriminately:...

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PHOTOS: Aisha Buhari’s brother weds in Abuja

Friday 30th March 2018, witnessed the wedding Fatiha of Hamza Halilu Ahmed, younger brother to the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari to Miss Hadiza Jika.  The ceremony was conducted at the National Mosque by the Chief Imam, Professor Shehu Galadanci. The guardian of the groom, Prof. Abdallah Abba requested the hand of the bride on behalf...

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PHOTOS: #March4Buhari rally kicks off in Bauchi as campaign for 2019 election heats up

President Muhammadu Buhari’s supporters in Bauchi State on Saturday took to the streets to express their support for Buhari’s re-election in 2019. ...

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Russia tests ‘Satan 2’, an ‘invincible’ missile that can reach anywhere in the world and impossible to intercept

Russia has successfully tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile, the country's military said Friday. The Defense Ministry said the launch from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia tested the Sarmat missile's performance in the initial stage of its flight. Sarmat is intended to replace the Soviet-designed Voyevoda, the world's heaviest ICBM that is known...

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Four suicide bombers killed in Maiduguri - Police

The police in Borno on Saturday confirmed that four suicide bombers were killed in Muna area of Maiduguri. One civilian was also killed and 13 others wounded in the attack on Friday night. Mr Eder Okon, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said in a statement in Maiduguri that the victims were hit when four female suicide bombers...

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KCNA VIA KNS/AFP / - The two men held discussions about the development of sport in the North and attended a women's football match Kim Jong Un is committed to sending North Korean teams to the next two Olympics, the IOC chief Thomas Bach said Saturday after a rare meeting with the leader of the nuclear-armed regime...

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