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• Reported withdrawal of police special forces from Benue is fake news - Presidency

  24-02-2018 23:31
  - Presidency dismisses report about withdrawal of police special forces from Benue- Osinbajo-led committee moves to find solution to security problems in Zamfara state The
  
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• Re-organise EFCC, Onuesoke advises FG

  24-02-2018 23:09
  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke wants the Federal Government to re-organise the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give southerners a sense of belonging.
  Onuesoke
  He said that since the inception of the ant-graft agency by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, with Governor el-Rufai, overseeing the agency, followed by Farida Waziri, Ibrahim Larmorde and   Ibrahim Magu, all the Chairmen had come from northern Nigeria.
  Onuesoke spoke in
  
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• Hausa community in Ibadan pledges support for a united Nigeria

  24-02-2018 23:05
  - Nigerians have been urged to avoid acts detrimental to the nation’s unity, peace and progress by the Hausa comminity- The community also pledged its
  
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• Over 3,000 bandits surrender in Zamfara

  24-02-2018 23:00
  - 3,000 repentant bandits have surrendered their arms in Zamfara following peace and dialogue by the state government - From 2011 till date, 1,321 people
  
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• White Zanu-PF aspiring MP intensifies campaign

  24-02-2018 22:55
  Chimanimani East aspiring National Assembly member, Joshua Sacco, the first white Zimbabwean to hold a position in the Zanu-PF Youth league, has rolled out a
  
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• Zanu PF youths shocked Mugabe was ousted

  24-02-2018 22:45
  SOME Zanu PF youths in Mahenye in Chipinge District were recently shocked to hear that Robert Mugabe was no longer the president of Zimbabwe, ruling
  
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• Mnangagwa is a mafia obsessed with power

  24-02-2018 22:42
  FORMER Zanu-PF Central Committee member and Masvingo Urban MP, Daniel Shumba, has come out guns blazing, accusing the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led administration of being a mafia
  
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• Mugabe demands his pension from Mnangagwa

  24-02-2018 22:36
  Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe has reportedly demanded his pension and retirement benefits just less than two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted the list of
  
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• 'My hubby is a gold digger'

  24-02-2018 22:35
  A married Victoria Falls woman accused of having an extra marital affair by her husband, has defended her lover claiming that her husband is a
  
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• Khupe in the cold

  24-02-2018 22:35
  THE MDC-T national council yesterday re-affirmed Advocate Nelson Chamisa as the party's acting president as chaos continues to rock the party.The organ met at the
  
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• Igbo politicians behind ‘fake’ IPOB leader – Pro Biafra group

  24-02-2018 22:35
  By Vincent Ujumadu, AwkaTHE Indigenous People of  Biafra, IPOB, alleged, Saturrday, that some desperate Igbo politicians were behind the impression being created that a factional leader for the pro-Biafra group had emerged.
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  There were reports that one Ezenagwu Okwudili was named the factional leader of IPOB, a development the IPOB media and publicity secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, said, was a faceless, computer–generated name.
  Describing the name Okwudili as laughable, Powerfu
  
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• Perrance Shiri taken to court

  24-02-2018 22:34
  THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Retired Chief Air Marshal Perrance Shiri has been taken to court by a company operating Halfway House Hotel
  
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• Bulawayo tops social media usage

  24-02-2018 22:34
  BULAWAYO has the highest number of users of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, a survey has revealed.According to the Zimbabwe All Media
  
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• Woman kills hubby

  24-02-2018 22:33
  A Cranborne woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband after he received a phone call from a suspected girlfriend.Marlene Layton, 45, was not
  
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• Two die in road accident

  24-02-2018 22:33
  TWO people died on the spot while two others were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned near Cross Dete along the Bulawayo-Victoria
  
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• DPR orders sale of hoarded fuel, seals nine stations in plateau

  24-02-2018 22:19
  By Marie-Therese NanlongJos – The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Jos Field Office which discovered over 27, 000 litres of petrol hoarded by independent Marketers at a fuel station in Mangu local government area of Plateau State and ordered its sale at regulated price to the public has also sealed nine fuel stations in Jos South, Mangu and Qua’an Pan local government areas of the State for operating illegally.fuel
  The Department while on a monitoring exercise led by its Head,
  
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• Dreams of green (1) Nigeria, the making of a great nation

  24-02-2018 22:11
  •Understanding the many components that can make us great againBy OLU ‘GBOYEOne could write volumes about the problems and failings that abound in the Nigerian State. From television interviews to roadside conversations, political roundtables to beer parlour discussions, there is no lack of commentary on the myriad of issues bedeviling the sleeping giant of Africa.They are often debated amidst a spectrum of emotions spanning quiet calm to steaming vituperation. In every case, everyone
  
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• Dapchi girls possibly starving, ill in the forest – Ekweremadu

  24-02-2018 22:00
  Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls is one of the signs that Nigeria is facing difficult times under the Buhari administration, saying they were possibly ill and starving in the forest.
  Dapchi schoolgirls during the headcount on Tuesday.
  “They admitted that we are passing through difficult times but they did not go to the extent of telling us that, on account of what they called troubled times, we have over a hundred students in
  
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• Armed man detained ahead of Israel rally for Africa migrants

  24-02-2018 22:00
  Israeli police said they detained two men, one armed, after they allegedly made online threats to disrupt a rally Saturday in solidarity with African migrants facing expulsion.
  African migrants from the Nigeria wait at Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport prior to being repatriated to their homeland under a voluntary repatriation program coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on March 23, 2017. / AFP PHOTO
  A police spokesman told AFP that “well over&rdquo
  
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• List of winners at 68th Berlin film festival

  24-02-2018 21:55
  Here are the winners of the main prizes awarded Saturday at the 68th Berlin film festival:
  – Golden Bear for best film: “Touch Me Not”, Adina Pintilie, Romania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France
  – Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear: “Twarz” (Mug), Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland– Silver Bear for best director: “Isle of Dogs”, Wes Anderson, Britain/Germany– Silver Bear for best actress: Ana Brun in “Las Herederas” (The Heiresses),
  
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• Fayose: Governor hits at Buhari 2 days after meeting president

  24-02-2018 21:55 via pulse.ng
  The governor blamed the president for what he termed his inability to curb the insecurity and economic problems in the country. Governo Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari again barely two days after meeting him in Abuja.The governor blamed the president for what he termed his inability to curb the insecurity and economic problems in the country.In a statement issued by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, the governor said the abduction of 105 pupils of Government Girls Te
  
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• Niger LGs collect N6.4b from Paris Club disbursement in 2017

  24-02-2018 21:54
  By Wole Mosadomi
  Minna – The 25 Local government areas of Niger State collected the sum of N6.4b as their share of the Paris Club disbursement from the state government last year.
  The state Commissioner for Local government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Zakari Jikantoro, who made this known while addressing journalists in Minna, said the money was expended on clearing backlog of several months’ salaries owed their staff.
  He explained that as at today, the state government is not in
  
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• DPR uncovers hoarded fuel, seals three stations in Plateau

  24-02-2018 21:52
  By Marie-Therese Nanlong
  Jos – The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Jos Field Office, which discovered over 40, 000 litres of petrol hoarded by independent Marketers in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, has ordered its sale at regulated price to members of the public.  It also sealed three fuel stations in Jos South and Mangu LGA, for operating illegally.
  File photo: DPR official sealing a fuel station
  The Department, while on a monitoring exercise led by its Head,
  
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• Customs impounds 4120 bags of rice, nine containers of Tramadol, others

  24-02-2018 21:50
  By Davies Iheamnachor
  Operatives of Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Rivers State Command have impounded 4120 bags of rice and nine containers loaded with pharmaceuticals for alleged false declaration.
  The command further disclosed that in  the first quarter of 2018, it made N11.4 million  out of the 117.8 billion  target set for it by the Federal Government, noting that the focus of the command was to exceed the  target.
  The Customs Area Controller Port Harcourt Area II, 
  
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• Modern cattle ranching begins in Ondo

  24-02-2018 21:49
  • Investors unfold plan to raise new generation of farmers
  By Dayo Johnson, Akure
  A group of foreign investors, in partnership with the Ondo State government, has unfolded plans to raise a new generation of farmers through cattle ranching and livestock farming.The investors, Peace Aid Project, want to revive the moribund Cattle Ranch at Auga-Akoko.
  Project Chief Executive Officer, Benson Emakpor, said a minimum of 500 youths and women would be trained and empowered in cattle fattening
  
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• ‘Why Edo did not pass autonomy bill for state Houses of Assembly’

  24-02-2018 21:48
  By SIMON EBEGBULEM
  EDO State residents have continued to rain abuses on  the state House of Assembly members following the decision by the lawmakers to reject autonomy for Houses of Assembly in the ongoing process to amend the constitution.
  EDO ASSEMBLY
  The lawmakers had, after a meeting with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, decided to vote against autonomy for themselves after the party leadership pointed out that it would create instability in the House
  
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• FG economic policies bearing positive fruits, says KADCCIMA President

  24-02-2018 21:44
  Kaduna– Muheeba Dankaka, President,Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA), has commended the Federal Government for banning the importation of goods and service the country has comparative advantage.Dankaka said at the opening of the 39th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Saturday in Kaduna, that other measures taken by the government to improve the economy had helped to enhance local productive capacity.
  The KADCCIMA president added that the policies would
  
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• Buhari assures Nigerians on poverty reduction, unemployment

  24-02-2018 21:43
  …as Pastor Kumuyi bags ‘doctor of science’ from Unibuja
  By Gabriel Ewepu
  ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday, assured Nigerians of tackling poverty in the land and to reduce high rate of unemployment as various economic policies were being implemented.
  L-R: Pro Chancellor, University of Abuja, Alhaji Kabiru Maikudi, Awardee, General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi and his wife, Sister Esther Kumuyi, during the conferment
  
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• We are equipping couples with business ideas – Joe-Ezeigbo

  24-02-2018 21:42
  BY MORENIKE TAIREDouble Impact Platform (DIP) is a training programme targeted at business owners and entrepreneurs who are married and are jointly in business as “Coprenuers”.
  Osinbajo in Garki, Abuja market, interacting with traders
  The January edition, tagged, “Effective Planning for Couples in Business”, was designed, according to the founders, to enable Copreneurs step into a new year armed with insights that would aid the development of sound corporate and business
  
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• Insurgency: Nigerian Army tasks media on objectivity, collaboration

  24-02-2018 21:35 via pulse.ng
  Major Gen.David Ahmadu ,Chief of  Training and operations Army headquarters disclosed this while addressing news men shortly after inaugurating some infrastructures at the Nigeria Army Corps Artillery Kontagora. The Nigerian Army on Saturday  reiterated its commitment to closer collaboration with the media and community based approaches  in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the northeast.Major Gen. David Ahmadu, Chief of  Training and operations Army headquarters d
  
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• Iwobi fit to play against City

  24-02-2018 21:34
  Contrary to speculations that  Arsenal striker, Alex Iwobi will be out of today’s League Cup final, Iwobi will be ready and dressed up to play against the Premier League table toppers Manchester City.
  Iwobi
  The fast rising Super Eagles attacker was seen training with the rest of the squad yesterday even as manager Arsene Wenger confirmed that he was fit to play.
  Iwobi was replaced in the dying minutes during their shock 2-1 loss to Swedish minnows Ostersunds in the Europa Cup. Arsenal
  
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• 35 states can’t pay salaries, Labour laments

  24-02-2018 21:34
  By Victor Ahiuma – Young
  Organised labour, yesterday, lamented  what it described as the parlous state of workers across the country, saying 35 states were unable to pay salaries or other entitlements.“We want to say without fear of contradiction that the only healthy state in this country that has no arrears of salaries and other wages or unpaid benefits is Lagos State. All the other (35) states have one issue or the other in term of salaries, wages or benefits of their workers
  
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• UEFA Champions League: Mikel tips Chelsea to beat Barcelona

  24-02-2018 21:32
  Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel is backing Chelsea to progress to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League despite Barcelona holding the Premier League champions to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.Chelsea have found themselves in a similar situation before, during the 2011-2012 season when Mikel put in a full shift as the London club overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate on April 24, 2012.
  Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquets who
  
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• In Ibadan: Hausa Community pledges support for unity of Nigeria

  24-02-2018 21:30 via pulse.ng
  Alhaji Ahmed Zungeru, the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadan land, made the pledge at a ceremony held at the Ibadan Recreation Club open field. The Hausa Community in Ibadan on Saturday pledged its unflinching support for a united Nigeria, cautioning all citizens to eschew acts detrimental to the nation’s unity, peace and progress.Alhaji Ahmed Zungeru, the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadan land, made the pledge at a ceremony held at the Ibadan Recreation Club open field.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repor
  
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• Hausa, Arewa communities pledge support for unity of Nigeria

  24-02-2018 21:28
  Ibadan – The Hausa Community in Ibadan on Saturday pledged its unflinching support for a united Nigeria, cautioning all citizens to eschew acts detrimental to the nation’s unity, peace and progress.
  Alhaji Ahmed Zungeru, the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadan land, made the pledge at a ceremony held at the Ibadan Recreation Club open field.
  The event also coincided with Zungeru’s 25th anniversary as the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadan land.
  Zungeru said his community was desirous of living in a
  
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• Basketball: D’Tigers overrun Rwanda

  24-02-2018 21:28
  Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers Saturday added the Rwanda team to their list of preys at the on-going FIBA 2019 World Cup qualifier in Mali with a blow-out score of 108-53.
  D’Tigers praying before a match
  They had beaten hard fighting Uganda who won the first quarter surprisingly 102-86 on the opening day on Saturday.
  They play the final game of the first round against host Mali today.
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• Yusuf Buratai: COAS inaugurates Army facilities, lauds troops over fight against insurgency

  24-02-2018 21:25 via pulse.ng
  The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that, Maj.-Gen. David Ahmadu, Chief of  Training and Operations, Army headquarters who represented Buratai, said the Nigerian Army would continue to accord priority attention in providing atmosphere conductive for its officers to operate optimally. The Chief of Army Staff, Let.-Gen. Yusuf Buratai, on Saturday inaugurated Nigeria Army Corps of Artillery office complex in Kontagora, Niger.The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that, Maj.-
  
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• 3,000 bandits surrender in Zamfara

  24-02-2018 21:25
  At least 3,000 bandits have surrendered their arms following the peace and dialogue initiated by Zamfara state government.
  A committee was initiated by Zamfara State Government which brokered the peace, the Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, said in Guasu.
  Wakkala, who is the Chairman of the state’s Dialogue, Reconciliation and Disarmament Committee, said revealed at an interactive session with the National Economic Council (NEC) Committee on Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes.
  Wakkala said tha
  
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• Yusuf Adebay: NAHCON sensitises intending pilgrims on early preparation for 2018 Hajj

  24-02-2018 21:20 via pulse.ng
  Mr Yusuf Adebayo, the NAHCON’s Commissioner in charge of Policy, Personnel Management and Finance, made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting on the 2018 Hajj in Lagos. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Saturday called on intending pilgrims for the 2018 Hajj to make early preparation to avoid unnecessary challenges.Mr Yusuf Adebayo, the NAHCON’s Commissioner in charge of Policy, Personnel Management and Finance, made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting on
  
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• I will make Nigeria among safest investment destinations in the world - Buhari vows

  24-02-2018 21:19
  - President Buhari says his government would sign the Continental Africa Free Trade Area Agreement in March, 2018- He states that the purpose of the
  
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• In Ajegunle: NGO tasks residents on proper waste disposal

  24-02-2018 21:13 via pulse.ng
  The ACI made the donation during its Beyond Waste Programme in the community. Africa Cleanup Initiative (ACI), an NGO, on Saturday distributed food items, clothes and mosquito nets to residents of Mosquito Village in Ajegunle, Lagos, to encourage them to be environmentally responsible.The ACI made the donation during its Beyond Waste Programme in the community.The ACI Chief Environmental Officer, Mr Alex Akhigbe, said that a clean environment had numerous health benefits.“We want to raise
  
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• BLACK PANTHER’ SENSATION: I got a bigger role than I anticipated!

  24-02-2018 21:03
  •Nigerian-born Sope Aluko opens up on how she starred in Hollywood’s 200million –dollar-movie•Dreams of working with Nollywood’s Genevieve, others
  Weeks ago, Nigerians were elated to hear that a Nollywood actress had made her Hollywood debut in Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War”. The excitement was short-lived after it was discovered to be a fluke.
  However, Nigeria finally got a stake in a Marvel Studios film with the release of one of 2018’s mo
  
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• 900 Nigerian Pilgrims Absconded After 2017 Hajj – NAHCON

  24-02-2018 20:56
  The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Saturday revealed that 900 Nigerians absconded after the 2017 hajj.Mr Yusuf Adebayo, the NAHCON’s Commissioner in charge
  
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• Russia joins UN Security Council to demand Syria ceasefire

  24-02-2018 20:53
  With Russia’s backing, the UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously demanded a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations.
  The resolution demanding the ceasefire “without delay” was adopted as Syrian government forces pounded the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, where hundreds have died during a week-long assault.
  “We are late to respond to this crisis, very late,” US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the council af
  
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• Procter and Gambl announces partnership with MercyCorp

  24-02-2018 20:53
  Procter and Gamble, leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Company has announced its partnership with MercyCorpas it celebrated 25 years of satisfying consumers with quality branded products and contributing economically and socially to the Country.The anniversary which was commemorated at an event in Junior Secondary School, Karu, Abuja on Tuesday, had in attendance, Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, Mr. Dolapo Osinbajo. Also in attendance were: Dr. Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, First Lady of
  
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• Nigerian priest reportedly set to marry months after resigning from Catholic Church

  24-02-2018 20:49
  - Patrick Edet reportedly fixes March 17 as his wedding date- The clergy broke the news in the Grace Family church which he has been
  
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• See full names of missing Dapchi girls recently kidnapped by Boko Haram

  24-02-2018 20:48
  The full names of missing Dapchi girls recently kidnapped by Boko Haram1. Fatima Bashir2. Aisha Kachalla3. Zainab Abubakar4. Falmata Wakil5. Fatima Isa6. Fatima Musa7. Aisha
  
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• Don’t Panic; Life could leave you sexually frustrated at 40!

  24-02-2018 20:40
  LIFE may begin at 40 but it’s also that time of life when you start taking stock of your existence. When I turned 40 years ago, it was one of the most memorable events of my life. It was also when the imaginary clock started ticking sub-Iiminally. Was the best really to be? I was in very stable relationship after my divorce, but could a better man be hovering in the horizon? Would my wildest dreams come true? Well, time has given answers, some of which I never even envisaged. So when Clara
  
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• There was fraud in Kano poll because only one party contested - Kwankwaso

  24-02-2018 20:39
  - Incidences of underage voting in Kano state has been attributed to the numbers of political party that contested the election- Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso claimed
  
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• Boko Haram top commander killed

  24-02-2018 20:38
  Nigerian troopsin Borno have killed five Boko Haram insurgents and captured a top commander of the group in the ongoing operation in Sambisa
  
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