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Shagari, Former President Laid To Rest In Sokoto The remains of the former President Shehu Shagari, were on Saturday committed to mother earth in his hometown, Shagari, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto state. The former president had passed on Friday at the age of 93. He was interred at exactly 3.30pm following a funeral prayers led by Professor Shehu Galadanchi, former Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. Earlier in the day, his corpse was received at Sultan Abubakar Airport, Sokoto by a delegation of Sokoto State government led by Governor Aminu Tambuwal. Notable personalities who attended the burial included a delegation of the Federal government led by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to Government of the Federation. Also at the burial were governors of   Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Tambuwal,Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar. Others were former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa,   former Independent National Electoral Comm...

Clash of titans: Arsenal meets Liverpool at Anfield 29 December 2018 Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang takes his shirt off to give to a fan at the end of the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on December 26, 2018. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / Liverpool currently find themselves six points clear of Tottenham and seven ahead of Manchester City and they currently have it all in their own hands. Yet with lots of football still to be played, there is no doubt that there will be some more bumps along the way. As for the Gunners, they are two points off the top four with a chasing and rejuvenated Manchester United six points behind them. After a blip away at Brighton on Boxing Day, Emery will be looking for his side to recover against the league leaders at Anfield. The earlier meeting between these two sides had disallowed goals and some incorrect...

Police Rescue Kidnapped Catholic Priests In Anambra AWKA –  A joint patrol team comprising police special teams of Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS), Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Special Anti Cults units in conjunction with other sister security agencies and the Vigilante group have successfully rescued the two Catholic priests kidnapped on Christmas eve. A statement issued by Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Haruna said, the feat was achieved on Thursday following a joint operations with the sister agencies. It said that since the kidnap, the agencies mounted an intensive search and rescue operations for the priests with the aid of modern technology and aerial surveillance. According to him, due to difficult terrain, the abductors were forced to abandon their victims at about 6:45pm on Thursday, December 27. The victims are Rev Fr Peter Nwachukwu, parish priest of St Theresa’s Parish Umueze-Anam and Rev Fr Cajetan Apeh, th...

BREAKING: Pandemonium In Delta As Alleged Yahoo Boy-Charmed Girl ‘Vomits N500 Note’ A lady, simply identified as Taiye, has vomited clean notes of N500 denomination in Warri, Delta State. The bizarre incident occurred at the wee hours of Sunday at one-storey building beside JJC Junction along Effurun – Sapele road, Uvwie Local Government Area. A huge crowd gathered at the scene of the incident when TribuneOnline got there at about 7:40 a.m. a they watched in awe the alleged Yahoo boy-charmed lady in strange public displayed.

Tsunami kills at least 168 in Indonesia By  AFP 23 December 2018   |   6:07 am Bodies of victims recovered along Carita beach are placed in body bags on December 23, 2018, after the area was hit by a tsunami on December 22 following an eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano. -(Photo by Semi / AFP) A tsunami following a volcanic eruption killed at least 168 people when it slammed without warning into popular beaches around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait on Saturday night, cutting a swathe of destruction and triggering mass panic as it swept inland. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9:30 pm (1430 GMT) following the eruption of a volcano known as the “child” of the legendary Krakatoa, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. Search and rescue teams were scouring rubble for survivors, with 168 confirmed dead, 745 people injured and 30 reported missi...

2019: CDHR Denies Endorsing Sanwo-Olu Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights(CDHR) on Friday denied endorsing Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the 2019 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. Mr Olumuyiwa Kushimo, CDHR Spokesman, in Lagos on Friday dissociated the group from the purported endorsement of Sanwo-Olu by a group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state. “Our attention has been drawn to an online publication of a media outfit www.newsmakerng.com dated 20th December, 2018. “In the publication, the CDHR name was listed amongst 70 Civil Society Organisations that  supports the candidature of  Sanwo-Olu, the governorship candidate of APC in the forthcoming governorship election in Lagos State. “We wish to appeal to the sensibility of  the members of  CDHR across the country and members of the public to disregard such news and claims. “It is nothing but a fraudulent voyage to use the name o...

Kogi Assembly Commends Dogara To Revive Ajaokuta Steel Company The Kogi State House of Assembly has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, for his efforts toward reviving the comatose Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. The Lawmakers said they recognised Dodara’s leadership and advocacy in revitalising the steel company ”which has the potential of generating over three million jobs when fully functional.” The Speaker of the state assembly, Mr Prince Kolawole, gave the commendation in a letter released to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Abuja, by Turaki Hassan, Special Adviser on Media to Dogara. According to the letter, the lawmakers said they deliberated exhaustively on Dogara’s working visit to the state for an on-the-spot assessment, and his personal determination to revitalise the moribund steel company.

Alex Badeh’s Driver Not Dead, Receiving Treatment, Says NAF By Ezekiel Kagbala Alex Sabundu Badeh The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the driver of Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), is alive and receiving treatment at an Air Force hospital, according to Wire.ng reports. Badeh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday night on his way back from his farm along Abuja-Kebbi road. Pictures of the scene of the attack emerged online and attracted mixed reactions from Nigerians on the social media. It was earlier reported that his driver was shot dead alongside him, but Nigerian Air Force has described such information as false. According to a statement by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, the driver is alive and recuperating well at one of the Air Force’s hospitals. The statement also disputed claims that Badeh wasn’t provided security, noting that the former CDS “has always been provided with th...