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FG issues security alert, says Boko Haram plans abduction for ransom

Press statement from the office of the Minister of Information and Culture The Federal Government warned on Friday that Boko Haram terrorists, who have been beaten and put on the run by the military, are planning another sensational abduction of pupils/students or foreigners in a desperate effort to raise funds, through ransom, for food, medical and arms supply. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the planned abduction is in line with the terrorists' new modus operandi of focusing on soft targets, having bei

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Court of Appeal nullifies Akwa Ibom governor’s election

The court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of the state Governor Emmanuel Udom. The five-man jury this afternoon upheld the petition of the APC candidate in the April 11th election Umana Umana who argued that the election of Governor Udom of the People’s Democratic Party did not conform to the electoral act. The court ordered a fresh election to be conducted within 90 days.

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MOSOB aka biafra Trouble at Niger bridge yesterday…

I just got an update of the MOSOB aka Biafra issue that happened yesterday from my sister. See what she said below... "Was on my way to Onitsha with serious holdup in the bridge, before we know it, we saw people running towards our direction, panting  and saying that there's war in front.  Which obviously was ipo or masob with the army or police, engaging in some battle and cars starting revising and eventually caused a no movement on the bridge. (more…)

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Mother Theresa to be named Roman Catholic Saint, says Vatican

Nobel laureate, late Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016 after the Catholic Pope recognized her for her intercessory role in the cure of a man with multiple brain tumours. Mother Teresa, who died in 1997 at the age of 87 and was known as the "saint of the gutters", is expected to be canonised in early September 2016. It's not clear if the ceremony would take place in Rome or India. Teresa, who was born to Albanian parents in Skopje in Macedonia, and known across th