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US Banks freeze Nigeria Embassy accounts over suspicious activities
Two American banks have reportedly placed an embargo on accounts belonging to Nigeria missions in New York and Washington D.C. According to sources familiar with on-going investigations initiated by two leading American banks, Bank of America and...
Fashola stops eviction of sacked Lagos doctors
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has directed that none of the sacked Lagos doctors should be evicted from their quarters. The command came on the heels of the ejection notice issued by the state Head of Service to the sacked doctors...
Boko Haram Gets N40million Donation From Algeria-PREMIUM TIMES
A security report before the presidency indicates that the extremist sect recently received a huge financial donation from a group in the North African country The extremist Boko Haram sect, which has since 2009 launched sustained attacks on security...
MTN, Glo, Etisalat, Airtel to pay N1.17bn as penalty for poor quality of service
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday came down very hard on the four major Nigerian telecommunications operators, MTN Nigeria, Etisalat, Airtel and Globacom, over poor quality of service across the networks. NCC slammed the four...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof Babatunde Sofoluwe dies
“]Prof. Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe [April 15, 1950 - May 12, 2012 Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has died early this morning. His sudden death comes as a shock to...
First Yoruba Boko Haram Commander Arrested
Nigerian troops in Kano arrested a suspected leading Boko Haram militant in a raid Friday, a day after the restive city where the Islamist group is based was rocked by blasts and gunfire. “We had an operation this morning… at a Boko Haram hideout....
FG calls on Boko Haram to cease fire
The Federal Government has renewed calls on all aggrieved groups in the country especially the Jama’atu Ahlul Sunnah Lid’dawati wal Jihad known as Boko Haram to cease fire and come forward for dialogue. Speaking at a National Symposium, organised...
Nigeria to use satellites to monitor suspected terrorists
The Federal Government has revealed that it will soon start using satellites to monitor the movement of suspected terrorists and their locations in the country. Nigerian satalites NG- Sat 2 and NG-Sat X are high resolution satellites capable of...
Azazi blames economic hardship for terrorism in Nigeria
General Azazi (rtd) The National Security Adviser (NAS), Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi (rtd), yesterday stated that the failure to address economic hardship and lack of economic opportunity have opened a fertile ground for the recruitment, indoctrination,...
