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Please Release My Husband- Dasuki’s Wife Begs FG

Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki health is bad, his wife has said, pleading for his freedom. Mrs Dasuki created a scene at the headquarters of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) on Tuesday night when she begged top officials of the agency not to allow her husband die in custody. She and other relations had waited patiently for Dasuki to meet the last peg of his bail conditions, a surety with about N250 Million property. But immediately Dasuki was released at the prison, he was rearrested by the DSS. After several hours of tryin

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Nigeria To Assist Belarus In Its Belintersat-1 Satellite Program

Nigerian aerospace industry has reached another milestone by making Nigeria the first country in the Sub-Saharan Africa to join a foreign satellite program. What happened Nigerian Communication Satellite (NigComSat) Limited, a company under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, won a bid to  provide in-orbit test (IOT) and carrier spectrum monitoring (CSM) services for Belintersat-1 satellite. This was announced in Abuja on December 30, 2015. (more…)

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A Governor Will Die In 2016 – Apostle Johnson Suleiman

If prophesies coming from the spiritual leader of the Omega Fire Ministries are anything to go by, then the Nigerian political class and the world are in for many tragedies in 2016. According to the President of  Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, who spoke in a statement signed by his media adviser, Mr Phrank Shaibu and sent to Naij.com, said the nation will witness many heart rending political developments this year.   Funny enough he didn't mention anything about climate change? The cleric said a sitting governor of one of the 36 states of the federat

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I Use 5, Not 6 Vehicles In My Convoy – Information Minister Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed yesterday said there are five vehicles in his convoy, not six as reported by Daily Trust on Monday. A statement by his press secretary, Joseph Mutah, said the minister he moves around in a convoy of five vehicles if moving with his aides and four without his aides. He said though the report highlighted the cut in the cost of governance under Buhari administration, but there a misrepresentation of fact on his motorcade. (more…)

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Dubai skyscraper ablaze near New Year’s Eve fireworks

A huge fire has engulfed part of a luxury Dubai hotel, near where revellers had gathered to watch a New Year’s Eve fireworks display. The inferno lit up the side of the Address Downtown hotel near the centre of the city, scattering bystanders and shoppers in a nearby mall. The Dubai government said one person had a heart attack as a result of the smoke and the rush to get out of the building. One person was described as moderately injured and 14 people were said to have suffered minor injuries. The massive fireworks display later went ahead at the world’s tallest