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Fulani herdsmen kills twelve as fresh crisis hits Southern Kaduna

At least, twelve persons have been reportedly killed while several others got injured in a fresh attack on the residents of Asso Community in Jemaa Local Governments Area of Southern Kaduna. The attack was reportedly carried out by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the community on Saturday and opened fire on residents of the area, killing twelve persons on the spot. Punch reports that the ugly incident occurred at 6.00pm shortly after a peace and reconciliations meeting between the natives and the Fulani. Those injured, according to him, were rushed to the Kafanchan General Hospital, in Jemaa LG for medical treatment. The Kaduna Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman who confirmed the incident said the command could not ascertain the number of those who lost their lives in the latest attack. The incident is coming barely one week after the Nigerian Senate rejected report on the Southern Kaduna crisis The upper legislative ar...
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TBoss reveals that she compromised on speaking her mind in the BBN house, while Debbie-Risel says she couldn't let herself go

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2nd and 3rd Runner up of the concluded Big Brother Naija 2017 show, TBoss and Debbie-Rise came over to Linda Ikeji's TV studious recently and here are some interesting excerpts from their exclusive interview which were released on YouTube Channel - Linda Ikeji TV. On how they are feeling to be back home "It's so good to be back home. It's still unreal. I am overwhelmed by the love and the attention, I am not used to it. It's a lot but it's so good, It feels so good, " TBoss said. "I feel very, very blessed. It's just amazing. All the belief and the love, people went all out. It's overwhelming I must say," Debbie-Rise said. On what they had to compromise in the house. "Letting myself go. I knew I had to be disciplined in the house. When I say disciplined, I don't mean that I was not being myself or being fake, but I knew that I had to because I know where I am going. I know that nothing good comes easy. I had to work...
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Wanted: Cleveland man kills 74 years old mercilessly

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A man from Cleveland mercilessly shots an killed an elderly man on a live video from Facebook and he claimed that he has killed 13 more others on Easter day.The man Steve Stephen 37,whose Facebook name is Stevie Steve went on Facebook to lament how he has failed in life and boasted about killing 13people..He said he won't stop the killings until he is caught.He also said he wanted his Ex girlfriend and Mum to call him or else he would not stop killing people After the call, while driving aimlessly, he saw an old man, walked up to him, still on Facebook Live and shot the man dead. In the chilling video, which has since been pulled from Facebook, Stephens saw the old man and said “Found me somebody I’m going to kill, this guy right here, this old dude.”  He then approaches an elderly black man and asks him to say the girlfriend's name. The old man repeated the name, then Stephens told the man; “She’s the reason, uh, this is about to happen to you.” He then appea...
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Abuja airport to be reopened today

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Saleh Dunoma, managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says the runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, would be ready by April 17, two days ahead of the deadline. He gave the assurance in a statement signed by Ariyo Akinfenwa, media consultant to the minister of state for aviation. “We will be ready April 17 but we are leaving the remaining two days for Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),” the statement read. “We have written to them and they will come by today (Sunday) to do the preliminary inspection. “They have to certify the airport that what we have done is in accordance with their standards. “If there is any observation as a result of the inspection, we will now make sure we carry out corrections.” He maintained that with the work done, the April 19 deadline for the reopening of the airport is no longer in doubt. According to him, the authority also used the opportunity provided by the closure of the airport to add...
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Atheist Farooq murder case goes to CB-CID after accused names Buhari

COIMBATORE: Investigation into rationalist H Farooq murder case was handed over to the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) police on Saturday by the Director General of Police (DGP) TK Rajendran. The decision to hand over the case to the agency came after one of the six accused confessed that he drew inspiration from Bengaluru bomb blast accused Kichan Buhari. A top CB-CID official told Express, “The case has been transferred to us and we have received the files. One of the accused has confessed that he was inspired by Buhari. We plan to interrogate the murder case accused after thoroughly understanding the case.” Days after Farooq was murdered, the city police arrested Akram Jindha, Abdul Munaf and Jaffer Ali, residents of Podanur in the city, while three accused Ansath, Sadam Hussain, Samsudeen, also from Podanur, surrendered at the local court. Sources said that Akram confessed to having murdered Farooq. “Sadam is a close relative of Buhari. The other accuse...
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Nigerian Govt Spent N84m In Transporting Passengers Between Kaduna, Abuja In Six Weeks

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The Nigerian federal government has spent over N84 million for the transportation of air passengers between Kaduna and Abuja since the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The sum was shared among three motor companies that provided 29 vehicles in total to transport the passengers during the Abuja airport closure. Chisco Motors provided eighteen vehicles, Auto Star Executives provided nine, and MFC investment provided two, our correspondent learned. Chisco Motors was used to ferry economy passengers, while Auto Star Executives transported international passengers and MFC buses ferried business class passengers. A document exclusively made available to our correspondent by a source close to the Abuja airport indicated that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) provided the funds for the motor companies. The passengers were conveyed free of charge by FAAN the moment they disembarked from the aircraft in Kaduna or after buying tickets i...
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The Popular Arugungu Fishing Festival would hold in March 2018

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The Argungu fishing festival in its very first edition began in the year 1934, as a mark of the end of the centuries-old hostility between the Sokoto Caliphate and the Kebbi Kingdom. Alhaji Samaila Mera, the Emir of Argungu on Sunday said the popular Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival would hold in March 2018 and feature polo as one of its events. NAN reports that Mera made the remarks during a courtesy call by Francis Ogboro, the President of the Nigerian Polo Federation (NPF) and his officials to the Emir’s palace. The four-day yearly festival held in Kebbi State is one of Nigeria’s internationally recognised tourism attractions. But unfortunately, it has not been held since the last edition in 2009, posing a huge revenue loss to the local economy and the country. The Emir, however said plans were on ground to ensure the festival holds next year. “We are working together with the State government to make sure that the festival is staged next year. “We are in the...
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