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Nigerian Army arrests deadly Boko Haram commander known as ‘Pepper’

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he Nigerian army troop stationed at Forward Operation Base, Potiskum has arrested a suspected notorious Boko Haram commander in Yobe state. The suspect, a 35-year-old man called Abubaka Adamu, popularly known as ‘Pepper’ was arrested around New Prison area, Potiskum, Potiskum local government area, Yobe state. Adamu was arrested on Sunday, May 14, by the Troops of 233 Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, of the Nigerian army. According to a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Adamu was arrested with the help of…

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Massive Cyberattack Hits 99 Countries

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A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organisations around the world, with cases reported in the UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy, Vietnam and many others. Cybersecurity researchers said they have detected 36,000 instances of the ransomware called WannaCry virus and variants of the name. Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. It installs covertly on a victim’s device, which could be a computer, smartphone or wearable device. It then either…

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How Nigeria ‘lost N2 trillion to poor metering of oil wells’ in two years

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Nigeria may have lost about $64 million ( about N2 trillion) between the second quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2017 to poor metering of  its oil wells. As part of the efforts to curb corruption in the oil and gas industry, former administration of President of Goodluck Jonathan  had approved the 2014 Weight and Measures Act  which marked the commencement of the  computerised metering system of oil wells under the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in 2015. Nigerco Nigeria Limited was subsequently appointed the consultant to…

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North Korea launches what appears to be a ballistic missile

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has called North Korea a “flagrant menace” as world leaders condemned the rogue nation’s latest ballistic missile test. Seoul, South Korea and Japan also spoke out against the missile launch, which came just days after South Korea’s new president Moon Jae In was inaugurated in Seoul. The flight “was not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile”, the US Pacific Command said. A statement from US President Donald Trump’s White House called North Korea a “flagrant menace” and urged “far stronger sanctions” against the reclusive nation. “With…

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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo kills 3 people, WHO says

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An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has left three people dead and several others sickened, the World Health Organization announced on Friday. The Minister of Public Health of Congo informed the WHO on Tuesday of the outbreak in the Likati health district, located north of Congo and boarding Central African Republic. Since April 22, there have been nine suspected cases of Ebola and three reported deaths. Six people remain hospitalized. Five blood specimens were analyzed, with one testing positive for the Ebola virus, the…

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Delta Assembly Speaker, Igbuya impeached

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The Delta State speaker of the State House of Assemly, Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya has been impeached and Hon. Sheriff Oborevwiro as the new speaker. It was gathered that Igbuya’s impeachment was signed by 22 out of the 29 members of the house. The Committee of the Whole House meet yesterday and adjoined till 10 am today only for a opposing group to spring a surprise by reconvening at 7 am today to impeach the Speaker. A leading member of the House, who spoke under anonymity, says the move was…

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Don Jazzy, Wizkid, two other Nigerians among Forbes top 10 richest African musicians

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The artistes came in fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth on the list which was drawn up collating information about their endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, newspaper appearance, investment, social media presence and influence among others. The top ten are: 1. AKON Akon has over 35 million albums sold worldwide. He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Award nominations and has 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt. He tops the list according to Forbes Africa. 2. BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA The multi-award-winning artist’s real…

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Celta Vigo game most important in Manchester United’s history – Mourinho

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Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has said Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo, is the most important match in the club’s history. United have won 20 domestic titles and the European Cup/Champions League three times, but Mourinho said during his Wednesday pre-match conference that: “If we don’t qualify for Champions League, it’s because we’re not good enough to play in it. “I try to look at it in a pragmatic way. Obviously it’s the competition you want to be [in]. But I think in this moment we…

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Ex-NNPC boss, Andrew Yakubu loses bid to reclaim seized $9.8 million

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Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday lost his bid to retrieved the sum of $9.8m and £74,000, forfeited to the Federal Government at a Federal High Court in Kano. Justice Zainab Abubakar dismissed the application filed by Yakubu seeking to quash an interim order of forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ruling on the application filed by Yakubu’s lawyer, Ahmad Raji, the judge held that the court had the jurisdiction to hear the case, contrary to the…

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Turkey leader calls on US to reverse decision to arm Kurds

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BEIRUT (AP) – Turkey slammed the Trump administration’s decision to supply Syrian Kurdish fighters with weapons against the Islamic State group and demanded Wednesday that it be reversed, heightening tensions between the NATO allies days before the Turkish leader heads to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the fight against terrorism “should not be led with another terror organization” – a reference to the Syrian Kurdish militia, known as the YPG, which Turkey considers an extension of the decades-long Kurdish insurgency raging in…

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