February 18, 2020

Man Who Plotted To Kill President Found Dead

February 18, 2020 4:38 am

Rwandan gospel singer, Kizito Mihigo, found guilty in 2015 of plotting to kill President Paul Kagame, has been found dead.

A police statement said Mihigo, 38, committed suicide in a cell.

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for formation of a criminal gang, conspiracy to murder, and conspiracy against the established government and the president.

Mihigo was granted a presidential pardon by Kagame in 2018 but was was rearrested last week when crossing the border into Burundi.

Authorities explained that this was a breach of the conditions of his pardon.

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23 Dead As Borno Gov. Zulum Distributes Food To Refugees

February 18, 2020 4:37 am

Twenty-three people have been feared dead in a stampede during a food distribution by the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum at a refugee camp housing Nigerians in Niger Republic.

Over 120,000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram terrorists have taken refuge in Niger Republic.

Officials of the Borno State Government were engaged in the distribution of the food items to Nigerian refugees living in Niger Republic, but Zulum was said to have travelled to Diffa, a border community in Niger Republic, where he met over 120,000 Nigerians who fled their homes some years ago.

The 120,000 are among the millions of …

COVID: Russia Drags Woman Back Into Quarantine Facility

February 18, 2020 4:36 am

A Russian lady, Alla Illyina was ordered by the court on Monday to be returned to a quarantine facility as a precaution against coronavirus after she staged an elaborate escape and said she was being kept against her will.

She was quarantined at St. Petersburg’s Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases after she reported having a sore throat following a trip last month to China, where a coronavirus epidemic has killed more than 1,700 people.

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Ilyina described on Instagram how she had short-circuited an electronic lock on her door …

Bayelsa: BMO Demands PDP Apology To CJN

February 18, 2020 4:36 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its leaders should apologise to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Mohammed over the invectives they poured on him, the Supreme Court and the judiciary whenever court decisions went against them.

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) made this call in reaction to PDP’s muted response to the Supreme Court decision that awarded the Bayelsa governorship election to the party after invalidating the electoral victory of David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Why South-East Governors Dumped Regional Security Idea

February 18, 2020 4:24 am

Indications have emerged that the need to avoid confrontation with the Federal Government may have necessitated the dumping of the idea of establishing a joint security outfit by governors of the South-East zone.At the height of insecurity in the zone last year, the governors who met in Enugu on July 28 had resolved to set up a regional security outfit to be co-ordinated by its joint security committee headed by Maj.-Gen. Obi Umahi (rtd).

At another meeting held in Enugu on February 9, this year, the governors had reassured on the planned joint security outfit, when they declared after

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Fake News Alert: Buhari Not Going On 20-Day UK Visit

February 18, 2020 4:24 am

Nigeria’s presidency has issued a red alert about purveyors of fake and concocted news who it said are on overdrive, spreading all manners of fake news about the President Buhari and his family.

Presidential adviser, Femi Adesina urged Nigerians to be careful about what they consume as news, and also share with others, particularly from the social media.

One of the news stories making the rounds, he said was Buhari’s planned 20-day visit to the UK.

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“An unfounded information has been making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to

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