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US, UK and France strike Syria

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Trump: "Mission accomplished!" US President Donald Trump has hailed the strikes on Syria overnight as a

Buhari: Short-cut to Igbo president of Nigeria? Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/buhari-short-cut-igbo-president-nigeria/

It was not too long ago just a whispering campaign by some Igbo Buharists that the quickest way to achieve the dream of enthroning a Nigerian president from the Southeast was to ensure President Muhammadu Buhari returns for a second term. It was a campaign the likes of Osita Okechukwu, the director-general of the Voice of Nigeria; VON sought to mobilise fellow Igbo to support a man that the gross majority of his people had over time rejected in successive elections. But now what was once said in a whisper seems to have become a near-official singsong of the emerging 2019 campaign for the president. An indication of the adoption of that strategy was given last Tuesday when the Ebonyi chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC visited Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF in his office in Abuja. “Preach it to the other south-east states that the shortest way to Igbo presidency is to support Buhari in 2019,” Mustapha told the visiting delegat

Two deaths recorded as 1,138 Corps members pass out in Gombe

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A total of 1,138 corps members passed out at a colourful ceremony marking the completion of the mandatory one year national service for the 2017 Batch

Money Laundering: Court dismisses SAN’s, ex-minister’s no-case submissions

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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday dismissed a no-case submission made by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mr Dele Belgore in a money laundering charge brought against him and a former National Planning Minister Prof Abubakar Suleiman.

Ronaldo sends Madrid into CL semi-finals

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a 98th-minute penalty as Real Madrid sensationally booked their spot in the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 4-3 aggregate win over Juventus

Buhari links Gadaffi’s hit men with killer-herdsmen

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Who are the killer-herdsmen? They are gunmen trained by the late Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi, President Muhammadu Buhari said