Stray bullet (allegedly) by the Nigerian Police... (photos)

"There was traffic around Alhaji Masha road, close to Adegoke and the Police wanted to clear the road. Instead of them to come down from their van to control the traffic like civilized police men or even blow their siren to alert people to give way. They resulted to firing their guns carelessly! They did not even take care to shoot only in the air, they were careless. Then, one of the stray bullets hit a shop around the area and my brother works in that shop! Thankfully the bullet only hit the wall, but it just could have easily been somebody's head! How can the people placed to protect us be our nightmare?
  

I Left The Nigerian Army Better Than I Met It – Minimah

The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Kenneth Minimah yesterday asserted that he left the Nigerian Army better than he met it, stressing that the Army he headed successfully forced leaders of the Boko Haram sect into hiding.

Speaking at his Pulling out Parade organised to signify his formal exit from the military in Abuja, Minimah was optimistic that the days of Boko Haram sect was numbered as they no longer had the strength to intimidate the public with propaganda as it used to do.
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Plateau: PDP’s Pwajok Wins Round One Against APC’s Lalong Tt Tribunal

The Plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, on Wednesday dismissed attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to block the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from tendering vital documents to defend its case.

The petition is that of the PDP governorship candidate, Senator Gyang Pwajok, who is challenging the victory of Mr Simon Bako Lalong of the APC at the polls because he alleged foul plays in the election.
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Abike Dabiri Slams N500m Suit On Diamond Bank

Former House of Representatives member Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who represented Ikorodu Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2015 Thursday slammed a N500 milion libel suit on Diamond Bank Plc for maliciously publishing her name as one of the bank’s debtors.

Joined as co-defendant in the ensuing legal warfare is The Punch Newspapers Limited.
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Nigerian Man Beats Mom To Death IN USA

 A Nigerian man living in the United States has been charged with murder after his mother was found dead at her Regency Park apartment in Texas USA.
Dr Hauwa Esther Kadima, 61, was found dead on July 28 after officers received a call from her son Daniel Basor Kadima, 31, alerting them of a person believed to be dead at her apartment.
Daniel called 911 about 9 a.m. July 28 and told dispatchers he was calling to report a death, according to the warrant, which was released Monday. When asked when he had last seen the deceased, he responded “yesterday,” police said.

Jonathan Prevented Shekau From Disrupting 2015 Elections, Says Dasuki.

Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser (NSA), says Boko Haram sect might have disrupted the 2015 election were it not for efforts of the Goodluck Jonathan administration in equipping the armed forces.

Dasuki said the immediate past government procured adequate arms that assisted in recapturing more than 22 local governments seized by insurgents.
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49 PDP Senators Declare Support For Buhari.

The forty-nine Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the senate have declared their support for President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking at a press conference at the national assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday, Godswill Akpabio, minority whip, joined 48 of his PDP colleagues to express their determination to support the president.
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El-Rufai Orders Banks To Close All Kaduna’s Accounts, Remit Balance To CBN

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of kaduna state, has directed banks with accounts of the state government to close them and remit the deposits to the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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Atiku’s Daughter, Fatima Atiku Nominated As Commissioner In Adamawa

One of the daughters of former Vice President, Fatima Atiku Abubakar has been nominated by Governor Bindow Jibrilla to serve as a Commissioner in Adamawa State.
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PDP, Senators Disagree Over Proposed N14.7 World Bank Loan For Edo

ABUJA- THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged the Senate and the House of Representatives to reject in its entirety, the proposed $75 million credit loan which amounts to N14.7 billion from the World Bank for Edo State, just as it warned that if granted, it would impoverish the state.

Speaking with Journalists yesterday in Abuja, Chairman, PDP, Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih who noted that this was not the time for what he termed endless borrowing against the backdrop that the state forms one of the most indebted states.
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INVESTIGATION: Nigeria Earned $11.8bn From LNG; Not $5.6bn Claimed By PDP, Jonathan Govt.

Nigeria earned at least $11.8 billion as dividends from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, and not $5.6 billion as claimed by former Nigerian governments led by the People’s Democratic Party, PREMIUM TIMES can confirm today.

Forged Senate Rule: ‘It’s not late for Saraki to resign’

Former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mufutau Egberongbe, has said Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, can still make the country proud by resigning honourably following proofs that the Senate rules under which he emerged as Senate President was forged.
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Ex-President OBJ Angry Over Leakage Of Turai’s Secret Visit

The leakage of the secret visit of former first lady, Hajia Turai Yar’adua to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to a section of the media has embarrassed and angered him.

Nigerian Pilot gathered that to avoid public attention, Obasanjo had taken her outside his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
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I’m Not Indebted To FCMB – Senator Uzodimma

Reactions to the publications of list of debtors with non performing loans by Nigerian banks has continued with Senator Hope Uzodimma absolving himself of indebtedness to the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, insisting that he has neither borrowed from the bank nor been notified of any indebtedness by FCMB.

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ISIS Executes 19 Women For Refusing Sex With Militants

ISIS fanatics have brutally executed 19 women who refused to have sex withfighters.

Said Mimousini, a Kurdish official, claimed the women who had been held hostage in Islamic State’s stronghold of Mosul, Iraq, were killed a few days ago.
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EFCC Launches Massive Manhunt For Sacked Nigerian Official Over $2.1 Million Cash Seized At Lagos Airport

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has finalized plans to declare former Executive Director of National Health Insurance Scheme, Olufemi Thomas, over a $2.1 million (about N413million) suspected money laundering case.

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Patience Jonathan Planning To Hijack Bayelsa APC – Group Alleges

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has been accused by the Forum for Political Freedom in Bayelsa, FOPOF, of being greedy, selfish and plotting to take over the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.
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Respite for Ogoniland as President okays $10m trust fund

Respite is coming for the Ogoni people of Rivers State, as President Muhammadu Buhari took steps to fast-track the much-awaited implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on the environmental restoration of Ogoniland.

NCC Gives Telcos Ultimatum to Deactivate Pre-registered SIM Cards

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and other network providers to deactivate all pre-registered Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards or face sanctions.
The telecoms regulatory body gave the ultimatum after a high-level security meeting between the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Department of State Service (DSS), the network operators and the NCC in Abuja.
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Western Economy Needs to Present Russia as 'Enemy' to Survive

Through the ages the West has always felt a paramount (some might say desperate and certainly unhealthy) need for a real or a perceived enemy in order to thrive, Contra Magazin argues. At the moment it has chosen Russia to play this role.
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Lagos releases ₦11bn to pay pensioners

The Lagos State Government has released N11bn to pay off pension liabilities in arrears in the state since 2010 to date.  The Head of Service, Mrs. Folashade Jaji, on Wednesday in Alausa, Ikeja, said the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, had directed that the sum should be used to pay the pension liabilities of the Lagos State Government mainstream retirees and the retirees in local governments areas.

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EFCC Arraigns Three For Defrauding Lulu Briggs Foundation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 31, 2015 arraigned Ikenna Okwukwe, Somina Wokomo and Boma Morgan Ezekiel before Justice S.C. Amadi of the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, on a 14-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of Sixty Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Seven Thousand Naira (N60,427,000,00).

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EFCC Docks Banker for N27m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday 3rd August 2015, arraigned one Bawa Momodu before Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a 16-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering and stealing to the tune of Twenty Seven Million Naira (N27, 000.000.00)

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Extradition: AGF Objects to Ex-MINT Boss, Okoyomon's Request for Bail

Justice Valentine Ashi of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 adjourned to August 12, 2015 for hearing on the preliminary objection raised by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, to the bail application brought by Emmanuel Ehidiamhem Okoyomon, former Managing Director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, NSPMC, whose extradition to United Kingdom, UK, has been ordered by a Federal High Court, Abuja.

More photos from Temi Fani-Kayode & Jaiye Randle's wedding

Here are more photos from the wedding of Temi, the daughter of former Aviation Minister, FFK, to Jaiye Randle which took place in the UK on August 2nd. Continue to see more photos...