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• FMDQ approves registration of Wema Bank’s N50bn CP

  17-09-2017 23:59
  By Nkiruka Nnorom
  THE FMDQ OTC   Securities Exchange has approved the registration and listing of Wema Bank’s N50 billion Commercial Paper (CP) programme on its platform.
  The CP Programme registration, according to the Exchange, strategically positions Wema Bank Plc to easily and quickly raise short-term finance from the debt market at a time in the future it determines suitable, through CP issues, within the CP Programme limit.
  FMDQ said in a statement that it has continued to m
  
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• Pregnant woman tied up, blindfolded, suffocated to dead

  17-09-2017 23:54
  A man was arrested in France on Sunday over the gruesome murder of a heavily pregnant woman who was suffocated in her bed, a source close to the investigation said.
  The 23-year-old woman, who was eight months pregnant, was found naked, tied up and blindfolded on Wednesday in her apartment in Ustaritz, in the southern Basque region near the Spanish border.
  The suspect, who had no fixed address, was detained in nearby Boucau after a high-speed car chase with police.
  The dead woman’s partner
  
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• How former Everton star Lukaku ruined Rooney’s United return

  17-09-2017 23:43
  Romelu Lukaku showed little room for sentiment on Sunday scoring one and creating another as Manchester United ran out ultimately comfortable 4-0 winners over his former club Everton to ruin Wayne Rooney’s Old Trafford return.
  Manchester United’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku takes his penalty which was saved by Leicester City’s Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Ma
  
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• Police stop violent killings in Lagos

  17-09-2017 23:41
  - Two people have lost their lives in Lagos after son of Sarki Hausawa of Okokomaiko allegedly killed a suya man- This led to a
  
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• Mourinho hails United’s best performance of the season

  17-09-2017 23:39
  Jose Mourinho declared Manchester United’s 4-0 drubbing of Everton their best performance of the Premier League campaign so far on Sunday which proved a miserable return to the club for record goalscorer Wayne Rooney.Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho reacts after the UEFA Europa League final football match Ajax Amsterdam v Manchester United on May 24, 2017 at the Friends Arena in Solna outside Stockholm. / AFP PHOTO
  Rooney — who had a golden opportunity to sc
  
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• Trump steps onto world stage with maiden UN speech

  17-09-2017 23:36
  Donald Trump makes his maiden address to the United Nations on Tuesday, a spectacle closely watched at home and around the world, with the potential to move armies, markets and polls.US President, Donald Trump
  His appearance — which aides say will last around a half-hour — is the centerpiece of a week-long marathon of remarks by world leaders, each vying to make their mark on the global stage.
  But the US president will need no Nikita Khrushchev shoe-banging on the table, nor the guns
  
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• Big egos! Cavani, Neymar clash over penalty in PSG win over Lyon (video)

  17-09-2017 23:36
  - PSG defeat Lyon 2 - 0 at home but match marred by on-field fights by players- Edison Cavani refused to relinquish set-piece duties to
  
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• CAF Champions League quarter-finals results

  17-09-2017 23:32
  CAF Champions League quarter-final, first leg results this weekend:
  At Alexandrie, Egypt
  Al Ahly Tripoli (LBA) 0 Etoile Sahel (TUN) 0
  Note: match moved from Libya for security reasons
  At Pretoria
  Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA, holders) 1 (Zakri 71) Wydad Casablanca (MAR) 0
  At Alexandria
  Al Ahly (EGY) 2 (Samir 11-pen, Azarou 67) Esperance (TUN) 2 (Khenissi 21, Chaalali 48)
  At Beira, Mozambique
  Ferroviario Beira (MOZ) 1 (Kanda 89) USM Alger (ALG) 1 (Darfalou 63)
  Second legs: Sept 23-24
  The post CAF Champ
  
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• Italian Serie A table – collated

  17-09-2017 23:29
  Italian Serie A standings after Sunday’s late match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
  Napoli4 4 0 0 152 12
  Juventus4 4 0 0 133 12
  Inter Milan 4 4 0 0 101 12
  Lazio 4 3 1 094 10
  AC Milan4 3 0 1869
  Torino4 2 2 0738
  Sampdoria 3 2 1 0647
  Fiorentina4 2 0 2866
  Roma3 2 0 1536
  Cagliari4 2 0 2456
  Atalanta4 1 1 2464
  Chievo4 1 1 2474
  Bologna 4 1 1 2364
  SPAL4 1 1 2364
  Udinese 4 1 0 3573
  Genoa 4 0 1 3481
  Sassuolo4 0 1 3281
  Crotone 4 0 1 3061
  Verona4 0 1 31 111
  Benevento 4 0 0
  
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• Falcao tops French league with 9 goals

  17-09-2017 23:28
  French league top scorers on Sunday:Monaco’s Colombian forward Radamel Falcao celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Dijon FCO and AS Monaco, on August 13, 2017 at Gaston Gerard stadium in Dijon, northern France. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
  9: Falcao (Monaco)
  7: Cavani (Paris SG)
  5: Njie (Marseille)
  4: Fekir (Lyon), Mariano (Lyon), Neymar (Paris SG)
  3: Balotelli (Nice), Bamba (Saint-Etienne), Durmaz (Toulouse), Malcom (Bordeaux), Mubele (Rennes), Pl
  
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• French Ligue 1 table update

  17-09-2017 23:26
  Table fbl | FRA | Ligue1
  Paris, France | AFP | Sunday 9/17/2017 – 23:00 UTC+2 | 179 words
  French Ligue 1 table after Sunday’s late match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
  Paris SG 6 6 0 0 213 18
  Monaco 6 5 0 1 178 15
  Saint-Etienne6 4 1 174 13
  Bordeaux 6 3 3 0 106 12
  Lyon 6 3 2 1 117 11
  Marseille6 3 1 29 10 10
  Nantes 6 3 1 234 10
  Nice 6 3 0 3869
  Caen 6 3 0 3549
  Guingamp 6 3 0 3789
  Angers 6 1 4 1767
  Montpellier6 2 1 3457
  Toulouse 6 2 1 38 127
  Amiens 6 2 0 44
  
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• Dybala, Mertens hat-tricks as Juventus, Napoli stay perfect

  17-09-2017 23:24
  Juventus and Napoli bounced back from Champions League disappointment to keep their Serie A perfect records and join Inter Milan at the top of the table on Sunday.Messi and Dybala
  A Paulo Dybala hat-trick lifted Juventus to a 3-1 victory at Sassuolo making it four wins out of four for the champions, while Dries Mertens also scored three goals as Napoli demolished Benevento 6-0.
  Inter Milan beat Crotone 2-0 on Saturday for a maximum 12 points in the campaign.
  Benevento were no match for Napoli, l
  
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• Bale strikes in vital Madrid win at Sociedad

  17-09-2017 23:21
  Gareth Bale responded in style to his critics with a fine finish as Real Madrid got back to winning ways with a 3-1 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday.Bale
  Borja Mayoral rewarded a bright start by Real with his first Madrid goal before Sociedad’s Kevin Rodrigues scored at both ends to give the visitors a 2-1 half-time lead.
  And Bale secured the three points as he sped past Rodrigues and dinked the ball over Geronimo Rulli for just his second goal of the season on the hour mark.
  Victory moves t
  
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• Trump’s eldest son will testify publicly on Russia: senator

  17-09-2017 23:20
  Donald Trump Jr. will testify publicly before a congressional committee probing Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign and possible collusion by his father’s campaign, a Democratic senator said Sunday.CLEVELAND, OH – JULY 19: Donald Trump Jr. (2nd-L) along with Ivanka Trump (C) and Eric Trump (R), announce take part in the roll call in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016
  
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• End of recession: Nigerian traders cries out, reveal reasons for low patronage

  17-09-2017 23:17
  - Due to the cash crunch occasioned by the fall in the price of fuel and dollar rate, many families are not able to feed
  
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• Operation Python Dance: Army Withdraws From Abia

  17-09-2017 23:05
  Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed gratitude to God for averting bloodbath in the state, following the withdrawal of troops deployed to Abia for
  
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• Video: Election must hold in Anambra state, Says MASSOB leader Uwazurike

  17-09-2017 23:04
  Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike has said that elections must hold in Anambra state. Uwazurike gave the statement during the anniversary of MASSOB in Anambra.
  Watch video below:The post Video: Election must hold in Anambra state, Says MASSOB leader Uwazurike appeared first on Vanguard News.
  
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• Buhari, Jonathan, Tinubu, Others Make Most Influential Nigerians List – MIN

  17-09-2017 23:01
  Nigeria’s number one tracker on the self-made, Most Influential Nigerians, MIN, has released the list of influential Nigerians, with President Muhammadu Buhari, Ex-President Goodluck Ebele
  
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• Biafra: Convene Sovereign National Confab Now – BIM

  17-09-2017 22:59
  Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, has called on the federal government to urgently convene a sovereign national confab to give opportunity to component units in the
  
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• When Yar ‘Adua Fought Me, He Ended Up In The Grave, GEJ Fought Me And Ended Up In Otueke – Gov. El-Rufai

  17-09-2017 22:57
  Taking a swipe at former President, Goodluck Jonathan and his former late boss, Yar ‘Adua, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai during a peace meeting, said
  
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• Again, Speed Darlington Shows How Much He Loves Tonto Dikeh on Instagram

  17-09-2017 22:53
  We all know ‘Bangdadadang’ crooner , Speed Darlington is crushing on Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh and he’s showing it again on a photo she shared
  
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• EFCC returns N36m loot by bank official, others to Rivers School

  17-09-2017 22:52
  By Soni Daniel, AbujaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has returned the sum of N36, 186,12.00 diverted by some fraudsters in connivance with a bank official to the victim, the proprietor of Jepthah International School, East West Road, Port Harcourt, Mrs. Ifeoma Chukwuogo.Jepthah International School, East West Road, Port Harcourt, Mrs. Ifeoma Chukwuogo.
  The money was diverted by the suspects for their private use.
  The suspects, Cyril Ameh Idakwoji, a bank staff, who was the Ac
  
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• See Photo From Kevin Hart’s Cheating Scandal, Lady He Cheated With Says He Disrespected His Marriage And It Was Easy To Film Their Escapade

  17-09-2017 22:51
  Coming after popular American comedian Kevin Hart, sent tongues wagging with a video of his apology to his pregnant wife , Eniko, and children for the
  
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• US National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Maria heading for Caribbean - Forecasters

  17-09-2017 22:45 via pulse.ng
  Maria became a hurricane Sunday as it headed toward the storm-staggered eastern Caribbean with 75 mile (120 kilometer) per hour winds. Maria became a hurricane Sunday as it headed toward the storm-staggered eastern Caribbean with 75 mile (120 kilometer) per hour winds, the US National Hurricane Center said.Storm warnings and watches went up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from the destructive passage of Hurricane Irma earlier this month.As of 2100 GMT, Maria was a Category One hur
  
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• “Only A Woman Can Come Where There is Peace and Destroy It…” – Paul Okoye of Psquare is Issuing Warning to Someone, says ‘nyash go open’

  17-09-2017 22:45
  Just after going on shading spree that came after his brother, Peter Okoye, who has been promoting his Mr. P brand downplayed fans’ suspicion of
  
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• Army to commence Operation Crocodile Smile in South-South, South-West after Python II

  17-09-2017 22:42
  The Nigerian army, Saturday, said it would commence the second phase of its exercise in the South-south, code-named, Operation Crocodile Smile II, just like it has launched the Operation Egwu Eke II or Operation Python Dance II currently taking place in the South-East region.
  In an interview with Signature TV on Saturday, The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman said the Operation Crocodile Smile II would cover the South-South region and some parts of the South-West.
  According
  
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• WOJA petition the British govt to intervene against on violence against women in Zim ahead of the 2018 Elections

  17-09-2017 22:41
  London -15 September 2017- Tawananyasha Widows and Orphans Christian Organisation (TWOCO) U.K under the umbrella of, Women Of Justice Arise (WOJA) marched from the Zimbabwe
  
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• Barely 24 Hours After Peter Denied Fans’ Suspicion of Beef Between Them, Paul Psquare Throws Shade

  17-09-2017 22:41
  Peter Okoye of Psquare, who has been sharing photos and promoting his Mr P brand on Instagram, got fans suspecting there might be a rift
  
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• 'Something stinks, Mugabe felt so close to death'

  17-09-2017 22:34
  No sooner had Vice-President Mnangagwa returned from emergency surgery in South Africa for poisoning than Grace Mugabe announced that the President himself had been afflicted.
  
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• Nigeria to generate N48bn from PBR Cowpea annually-IAR

  17-09-2017 22:34
  …as OFAB intensifies sensitisation on biotechnology
  By Gabriel Ewepu
  KADUNA– AS Buhari-led administration moves to diversify the economy, the Institute for Agricultural Research, IAR, Ahmadu Bello University,
  
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• Hunter ‘Mistakenly’ Kills Younger Brother In Farm, Claims He Saw A Monkey

  17-09-2017 22:33
  Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Kogi State Police Command, are hard-pressed trying to unravel how a monkey allegedly shot dead by a 65-year-old
  
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• World’s oldest woman dies in Jamaica

  17-09-2017 22:26
  The world’s oldest person Violet Brown has died in Jamaica at the age of 117 years and 189 days old.
  Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed his condolences in a Facebook post, calling her “an inspiring woman.”
  The woman known as “Aunt V” died Friday at a local hospital, where she had been treated for heart arrhythmia and dehydration.
  With her death, the Gerontology Research Group lists Nabi Tajima of Japan as the oldest surviving person.
  She wa
  
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• I Beg My Husband To Wear Condoms While Cheating – Distraught Woman

  17-09-2017 22:24
  This woman dealing with a cheating husband who has infected her with S*xually Transmitted Diseases, STDs has discussed her travails with a relationship blogger and
  
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• Lai Mohammed: Treasury looters sponsoring Nnamdi Kanu's IPOB

  17-09-2017 22:17 via pulse.ng
  Mohammed said the IPOB's agenda is to sabotage the Buhari administration, by pretending to be fighting for the rights of the Igbo people. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has condemned double standard lifestyle of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).He said Kanu supported Nigeria's unity under former president Goodluck Jonathan's administration but "suddenly turned into a monster" after President Muhammadu Buhari took power.A statement issu
  
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• Libya, Italy net 5,000 migrants in a week

  17-09-2017 22:14
  Libya’s coastguard has rescued over 3,000 migrants aiming to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the past week, while Italy picked up another 2,000 in recent days, official and reports said Sunday.
  Though the numbers attempting the dangerous journey have dropped off significantly in recent months, these new rescues indicate the route is still very much open.
  The tally was the highest reported out of Libya for a one-week period since mid-July saw a dramatic fall in the number of migrants
  
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• Group backs proscription of IPOB’s activities, declaration as terrorist organisation

  17-09-2017 22:09
  The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has backed the proscription of the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its
  
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• United Nations: UN refugee chief tells US its funding 'vital'

  17-09-2017 22:01 via pulse.ng
  The pair met at Tillerson's hotel in New York ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, where officials are to debate US demands for reform to the world body's budget. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday and warned that American funding is "vital" to his mission to help victims of the world's wars.The pair met at Tillerson's hotel in New York ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, where officials are to d
  
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• Tsvangirai urges povo 'to vote wisely next year' - They did better than that in 2008, you twat!

  17-09-2017 21:58
  Tsvangirai is just an example of a failed leader who cannot think and, like a car locked in one gear with a broken stirring shaft
  
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• Ikpeazu: 12 million Igbos living in the north

  17-09-2017 21:56
  - Abia state governor has appreciated God for averting bloodbath in the state- The governor also disclosed that about 12 million Igbos are living in
  
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• Breaking: Alleged World’s oldest woman dies in Jamaica

  17-09-2017 21:46
  The world’s oldest person Violet Brown has died in Jamaica at the age of 117 years and 189 days old.
  Violet Brown: Says goodbye tomorrowJamaica’s Prime
  
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• IPOB is being sponsored by treasury Looters - Lai Mohammed

  17-09-2017 21:45
  - Lai Mohammed said agitation for Biafra is being sponsored by treasury looters and those who are politically disgruntled- The minister said that Nnamdi Kanu
  
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• Bomb scare forces BA flight evacuation in Paris

  17-09-2017 21:42
  A London-bound British Airways flight was evacuated at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport on Sunday after a bomb scare, but was later cleared for take-off.
  A woman in her 50s was taken into custody on suspicion of claiming that the Heathrow-bound plane, with 130 passengers onboard, was going to explode, a source close to the inquiry said.
  She was refused access to the plane because she did not have a valid ticket.
  Authorities released the woman later Sunday after a psychiatrist determined
  
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• 'We will continue agitation for Biafra’s freedom' - IPOB dares Nigerian Army

  17-09-2017 21:38
  The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its leadership worldwide under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has described as illegal and unconstitutional the alleged
  
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• Agitations: Islamic cleric sues for peace, unity

  17-09-2017 21:31
  An Islamic cleric in Nasarawa State, Malam Ishaq Adudu, on Sunday, sued for peace and tolerance in the country, irrespective of ethnic, religious and political
  
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• IPOB mobilizing to humiliate Buhari in U.S, group raises the alarm

  17-09-2017 21:28
  As President Muhammadu Buhari arrives the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly, Northern leaders have raised the alarm that the embattled leader
  
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• Picasso’s ‘Femme accroupie (Jacqueline)’ goes for auction first time ever

  17-09-2017 21:27
  *estimated at $30m
  Pablo Picasso’s stunning work, ‘Femme accroupie (Jacqueline), a portrait the artist made of his lover Jacqueline Roque, on October 8, 1954, in his studio in the south of France is billed to be auctioned during the New York sales few months from now.
  *Pablo Picasso -Femme accroupie (Jacqueline) October 8, 1954,Femme accroupie (Jacqueline), a work that has never made any appearance in the public or sold at auction is making an inaugural bow and is estimated to attra
  
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• Plateau relaxes curfew in Jos

  17-09-2017 21:22
  The Plateau state government, Sunday, relaxed the dusk-to-dawn curfew earlier imposed in the state’s capital of Jos following a reported clash in the area.
  Governor Simon
  
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• Artists live on the border between chaos and order – Jimmy Nwanne

  17-09-2017 21:22
  Born in Kaduna, Jimmy Nwanne studied fine arts at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, with a major in painting. He currently lives and works in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Nwanne’s works have been exhibited in Denmark, Germany and Nigeria.
  *Jimmy Nwanne juxtaposed with one of his stunning works at the exhibition in Lagos.By Prisca Sam-Duru
  How did your career as an artist begin? 
  Looking back now, I can see that I was fascinated by h
  
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• Treasury looters sponsoring IPOB - FG

  17-09-2017 21:14
  The Federal Government has said the Indigenous People of Biafra is being sponsored by certain disgruntled elements to sabotage the Buhari administration, under the guise
  
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• In Brazil: Six dead in Rio drug gang violence

  17-09-2017 21:14 via pulse.ng
  Shoot-outs between drug gangs left at least six people dead over the weekend in two Rio de Janeiro favelas, the latest in a flare-up of violence in recent months. Shoot-outs between drug gangs left at least six people dead over the weekend in two Rio de Janeiro favelas, the latest in a flare-up of violence in recent months.Through much of Sunday morning, heavy exchanges of gunfire terrorized residents of Rocinha, Rio's biggest favela with 75,000 inhabitants.Nearly a quarter the city's 6.45 milli
  
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