IG apologises and detains four policemen who conducted raid on Edwin Clarke's Abuja home

INSPECTOR-general of police Ibrahim Idris has apologised to Niger delta elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark for the recent raid on his Abuja home saying that the action was not authorised and an investigation has been launched to find out how it happened.

 

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NFF bans Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf from all football-related activities for a year for collecting bribe

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) chiefs have banned Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf from all football-related activities for one year and ordered him to pay a fine of $5,000 within three months after finding him guilty of receiving bribes.

 

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Acting DSS director-general Matthew Seiyefa pressured by presidential cabal to recall redeployed officers

ACTING Department of State Services (DSS) director-general Matthew Seiyefa has bowed to pressure from the presidency and recalled several officers he transferred out of the agency's headquarters when he resumed office on August 1.

 

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Former senate president David Mark picks up PDP presidential nomination form in Abuja

FORMER senate president Senator David Bonaventure Mark is set to pick up the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential nomination form today making him another official candidate in what is becoming a crowded field.

 

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Online trading platform Binomo signs Chelsea winger Victor Moses as it brand ambassador

CHELSEA winger Victor Moses has entered into a business partnership with an online trading platform Binomo that will involve him acting as the company's brand ambassador across the African market.

 

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Ngige lashes out at Ndigbo for crying marginalisation where there is none adding that Buhari is fitter than 80% of Nigerians

LABOUR minister Dr Chris Ngige has hit back at President Muhammadu Buhari's critics saying that his boss is physically fitter than 80% of Nigerians and has dismissed as mischief the suggestion that this government is marginalising Igbos.

 

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Iwobi, Aina and Ekong pull out of this weekend's Nations Cup qualifier against Seychelles with injuries

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles squad due to face Seychelles in an African Nations Cup qualifier this weekend has been further depleted with the withdrawal of key players William Ekong, Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina who have pulled out with injuries.

 

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PDP says APC defectors will face the same screening panel as other presidential candidates later this month

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) officials have revealed that those who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and want to stand in its presidential primaries later this year will face the same screening panel as other members later this month.

 

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Army arrests one captain and 70 soldiers who mutinied in Maiduguri over redeployment to face Boko Haram

MILITARY leaders have arrested a Nigerian Army captain and about 70 men under his command and look set to charge them with the offence of mutiny following their recent seizure of the Maiduguri airport to protest being redeployed to a dangerous combat zone.

 

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Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders’ Forum urge Buhari to resist plans to bring Daura back

NIGERIA'S Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to resist an ongoing plot by some members of his kitchen cabinet to reinstate the sacked director-general of the Department of State Security Lawal Daura.

 

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