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         A man narrowly escaped death after he was attacked by armed robbers early yesterday morning in Awka, Anambra state. According to Cosmos Chinedu, the victim was robbed and stabbed about 4 times when going to work this morning at Unizik junction in Temp site, the state capital. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he is currently responding to treatment.

       A high level United Nations and European Union delegation comprising the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to Central Africa, Francois Fall, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to West Africa and Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas and the Special Representative of the European Union to the Sahel, Angel Losada have visited the Headquarters of   the Multinational Joint Task Force in N'Djamena, Chad. Speaking during the visit Special Representative Francois Fall thanked the Force Commander, Major General Chikezie Ude for the successes recorded in the ongoing Operation YANCIN TAFKI, noting that the progress made so far is encouraging. He observed that the Boko Haram problem requires more than a military solution, stressing that there is a need to also examine and address the socioeconomic underpinnings of the crisis. Also speaking, Mr Angel Losada conveyed the support and solidarity of the European Union to the MNJTF, no

      Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged its members and supporters to put behind them the last governorship election loss and start working immediately towards wresting power from the opposition party in 2023. However, the party said it would challenge the outcome of the general election in places where it felt there were glaring irregularities. These were the highlights of the communiqué issued at the end of the expanded meeting of APC leaders drawn from the 33 local government areas of the state, which was presided over by the Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the Government House, Ibadan, on Monday. At the meeting were the Deputy Governor, Chief Moses Adeyemo; Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olagunju Ojo; state Chairman of the party, Chief Akin Oke, as well as its governorship candidate in the March 9 election, Chief Adebayo Adelabu. Also among the 289 attendees were members of the state executive council of the party, zonal leaders

      Hollywood Leonardo DiCarprio made the announcement of his new movie he acted with Brat Pitt yesterday when he shared this photo above with the caption ' ' leonardodicaprio Hollywood. 1969.  #OnceUponATimeInHollywood  ''. From his caption the movie story will take us back to 1969,in which we should be expecting a lot of throwback fashion and cars.The movie is set to premiered in July,am sooo looking forward to watch this movie.According to another source '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood   (stylized as   Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood ) is an upcoming American   comedy-drama   film written and directed by   Quentin Tarantino   and starring   Leonardo DiCaprio ,   Brad Pitt   and   Margot Robbie . Set in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth as they try to get involved in the film industry. It also is the last film to feature   Luke Perry , who died in March 2019. First announced in July

       Today, President Muhammadu Buhari received the re-elected Governor of Katsina State, Rt Hon Aminu Masari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.This visit is coming a day after Lagos state Governor elect   Babajide Sanwoolu and Deputy Governor Elect of Lagos State Femi Hamzat yesterday at the state house,Abuja.More photos below.

       Justice A.A. Nwobodo of the Enugu State High Court, Enugu, on Monday, March 18, 2019, sentenced one Myke Arisa Onyeike, to 28 days in prison in a case of fake and forged documents which he intended to use to secure the bail of one Ndidi Kalu, who is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraud charges. Onyeike was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on cheating and obtaining by tricks. The charge reads: “That you, Myke Arisa Onyike, (alias Alexander Ebia Okoro) between the 11th - 13th of February 2019, in Enugu, Enugu State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained by tricks the sum of N40,000 (Forty Thousand Naira), from Ndidi Kalu, when you represented to her that you are Alexander Ebia Okoro a staff of Abia State Government, Ministry of Agriculture and capable of standing as a surety to secure her bail at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s office in Enugu which pretence you knew

           Boko Haram terrorists met their Waterloo and suffered heavy casualties yesterday evening the 18th of March 2019 when they attempted to infiltrate Michika in Adamawa State. At about 7.20 pm, gallant troops of 115 Task Force Battalion deployed at Lassa in Borno State received a distress call from vigilantes at Maikadiri village on movement of suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Road Maikadiri – Shuwari enroute Michika. The troops immediately organized blocking positions and swooped on the terrorists which led to an exchange of fire. The terrorists attempted to escape, but were intercepted and suppressed with heavy volume of fire. Consequently, the troops with reinforcement from 143 Battalion Gulak engaged the terrorists on Two Front Coordinated Attacks. The BHTs were completely routed by the troops, neutralizing many of them, while others fled in disarray due to superior firepower. As a result, they hastily evacuated most of their corpses under the cover of darknes

        The Lagos State Government has advised owners of structures marked for demolition to rebuild them forthwith or risk forfeiture of their houses. The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye while commiserating with families of victims of the collapsed building at Ita Faji Street on Lagos Island, called for the cooperation of members of the public in reporting  locations of distressed structures to the State authorities. Ogunleye pointed out that the Ministry had identified 149 distressed and defective buildings in different parts of the State, demolishing 40 in the first phase while 38 others were slated for the second phase prior to last week’s unfortunate incident. According to him, “In some instances where the owners and occupiers have been duly served with statutory notices and evacuated, people secretly return to re-occupy the buildings despite the sealing of the structures by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LAS

        Nigerian Student, Emelife Stella Chinelo, has broken a record after winning an historic 20 Gold medals in MSc Chemistry at the University Of Mysore in India. She was the Overall Best Graduating Student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto with a CGPA of 4.86 in 2012/13. Stella Chinelo Emelife was also the Overall Best Graduating Student at the University of Mysore in India with a final grade point of 9.263% and 20 Gold medals. The institution has 53,000 students.Congratulation to her and more photos below.