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Suspicion and fear permeates Lagos parallel market as traders struggle to come to terms with last week’s raid by security operatives, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The situation worsened the scarcity of the greenback as traders’ fear that men of the State Security Service (SSS) were still disguising as potential foreign exchange buyers in the market. A currency trader, who pleaded anonymity, said the situation might further erode the gains made by the CBN in ensuring the sale of the proceeds of Diaspora remittances to BDCs. Meanwhile, currency traders said that it was difficult to put a price on the dollar since it had become scarce. However, the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N560 and N500 at the parallel market. At the BDC window, a dollar traded at N385/N400, CBN controlled rate, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N555 and N500, respectively. The Naira lost 25 kobo at the interbank market to close at N305.25, from N304.

Frank Lampard was the most clinical midfielder across MLS during his second and final season with New York City. The club announced on Monday the former Chelsea star will be leaving when his contract expires at the end of this year, with his final appearance having come in the 5-0 play-offs defeat to Toronto. The 38-year-old concludes his first spell away from the Premier League having demonstrated much of the ruthlessness that made him one of English football's finest for over a decade. 1/117 - In 2016, Lampard has the best minutes- per-goal ratio of any midfielder to have scored five or more in MLS, with an average of a goal every 117 minutes. 12 - Only three players in his position managed to score more than the 12 goals he netted this season, Diego Valeri of Portland Timbers (13), Giovani Dos Santos of LA Galaxy (15), and Montreal Impact's Ignacio Piatti (20). 15 - Lampard struck 15 times in total for New York City, with only David Villa (29) bagging

The 18th Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki, is dead. Mr. Dasuki died in a private hospital in Abuja on Monday night, family sources told PREMIUM TIMES. The deceased is the father to former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, who is currently facing corruption charges. The ex-Sultan died at the age of 93. He was deposed as Sultan by the former military dictator, Sani Abacha, in 1996. Prior to becoming Sultan, he held the traditional title of Baraden Sokoto. Mr. Dasuki was the first Sultan from the Buhari line of the house of Uthman Dan Fodio. Mr. Dasuki was a close associate of Ahmadu Bello, the late Sardauna of Sokoto, and was also a friend to late Islamic scholar, Abubakar Gumi. Mr. Dasuki was also influential in the founding of Jama’atu Nasril Islam,JNI. He is expected to be buried according to Islamic rites on Tuesday.

We always hear these stories but some of us end up convincing our selves that they are not true but perhaps this shocking story might change our thinking . Yesterdy afternoon, Saturday 29th October, Police has captured two men red handed while feeding on human flesh while still even possessing some of the yet to be cooked bodies. According to residents of Kiboga, a village located along Hoima road, these two men have been killing and feeding on fellow village mates as people have always been disappearing without any trace not until these two men were suspected and later on captured with all the needed evidence.

It is no longer news that Oritsefemi claimed he was beaten blue black last weekend at Shina Peller’s owned Quillox nightclub in Lagos for attacking and stabbing a bouncer — the claim has been refuted ever since by the Night club. He claimed he was defending the honour of his older colleague, Sound Sultan. Sound Sultan has denied any involvement in the matter. Oritsefemi also claimed to have lost jewelry worth N8.5 million naira while he was being manhandled by the enraged bouncers. Quillox on their own part released a statement contradicting Oritsefemi’s claims. Now we don’t know who to believe, but while we are still wondering which version of events is the truth, Shina Peller and Oritsefemi have been shading the heck out of each other on Instagram.

A police officer and 10 Shi'ite members have been confirmed dead in a clash between the security agents and the Islamic group members in Kano state earlier today. The Shi'ite members staged a religious march in the state this morning. To stop their procession, the police teargassed the group. The situation became chaotic as the group members retaliated and attacked the police.  Confirming the number of casualties, the state's commissioner of police, Rabiu Yusuf, said; "At about  8am   on Monday , thousands of Shi'ites denied other motorists and other road users free access to Kano-Kaduna expressway between Kwanar Dawaki and Tamburawa village in Dawaki Kudi local government area. The Shi'ites also attacked innocent citizens, damaged police and personal property thereby causing mayhem which led to general disturbance of public peace in the state. We lost a officer while another sustained injury. Eight Shi'ite members were confirmed dead"he sai

The EFCC today, November 14, 2016 secured the conviction of Yagana Ibrahim Bukar A.K.A Aisha Shettima Noor before Honourable Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano. The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on October 23, 2013 on a ten count charge bordering on Forgery and Obtaining under false pretense. Upon arraignment, Yagana pleaded not guilty and trial commenced, but after PW1, a staff of Skye Bank provided evidence against her , the convict absconded and the case suffered eight adjournment. On October 3, 2014, the Federal High Court issued an order forfeiting all the attached properties belonging to Yagana. The assets include various sums of money stashed in three different bank accounts, a Honda Accord car with registration No. BD 496 NSR, a Toyota Matrix Car with registration No. FGE 122 AE and a Shop with goods situated at Badawa Layout, Kano.c On the 9th of June, 2016, the prosecution applied under section 352(4) of the Adm

Imagine sobbing your heart out to your close friend over the phone and as you let lose a storm of emotions after a heartbreak, your dad gets to hear your conversation.  A girl named Daleynee found herself in such a situation after her dad overheard her emotional phone call with a friend and the message he sent her is hilarious. The teen who thought the text was funny posted it on Twitter , and revealed to  Buzzfeed  that it's a characteristic of his playful nature. "We are always playing around," she told the site.  "My mom gets mad at times because she thinks he can never be serious, but that's something I love about him. There's never a dull moment." As for the text itself, Daleynee explained, "I think he meant more of a stop whining because I was on the phone with one of my close friends for quite a while already."

A toddler was savagely attacked by the family dog in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend, leaving him severely injured. The little boy's family posted photos and videos on Facebook, urging parents to be extra vigilant and not leave children with dogs even for a minute. The little boy is slowly recovering. See more photos before and after the attack and a video of him in the hospital, after the cut.

Nkemdili, daughter of NNPC Group Chairman and Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachukwu, posted this photo of herself with her one-year-old daughter,  her mother and her grandmother on Instagram.

Tunde Etim-Esin‎, the father of the injured little girl, wrote this open letter/.petition to the Lagos State Government, seeking for help on the alleged negligence of Remmok School and the violation of the rights of their child. Must Read: A Petition against Remmok School on account of their gross negligence and child right violation. Dear Sir / Ma,The above subject refers My 30 month old daughter, Miss Doxa Etim-Esin is a Kindergaten 2 student of the above named school situated at 57, Sarah Faboyede Street, Bucknor Estate, Transformer Bus Stop, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos . Apart from being in the school within school ours, we also paid for after school care to be provided for her until we pick her up later in the evening. On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, I got to the school premises at about  7.30pm  and upon checking her body before picking her up from there, i noticed her right eye was bleeding. I was alarmed! I beckoned on the small boy she was left with and all he could say was

The Academic Staff Union of University ASUU has issued a statement saying it would embark on a one week warning strike starting from Wednesday November 16th to Tuesday November 22nd. According to the statement signed by ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, the strike action is as a result of the Federal government's failure to implement the 2009 Agreement and 2013 MoU.