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[PHOTOS] Dino Melaye Finally Collects His ‘Original’ Certificate From Ahmadu Bello University Senator Dino Melaye may have finally put his opposers and enemies to shame as he has finally showed off his original certificate from Ahmadu Bello University. Melaye who has been in the news lately over an alleged certificate fraud  visited Ahmadu Bello University yesterday where he finally went to collect his certificate from the institution. He shared photos displaying the certificate with the caption, ‘ Got my certificate today. Ajekun iya nio Je’. See more photos below Source: www.nigerianmonitor.com

Guardiola and Man City getting a helping hand to sit top of Premier League chart   The Etihad Stadium outfit are the lowest scorers in the top five, but their cause has been aided by a division-high number of own goals Manchester City have not been as free-scoring as they would like this season, even with the  assistance of their opponents. Pep Guardiola has been unable to replicate the eye-catching brand of football he oversaw in previous  posts at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. His City side are, however, a work in progress and are expected to be busy again during the summer transfer window. Added firepower is likely to be on their shopping list, with Guardiola’s side the lowest scorers in the Premier League’s top five. While that will be a source of frustration, the Blues have benefited from a division-high number of own goals – with Ahmed Elmohamady the latest to come bearing gifts in a home date with Hull City. Elmohamady’s unfort...

[PHOTO] Two Female Suicide Bombers Killed In Failed Mosque Attack In Maiduguri At least two bodies were recovered outside a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, early Saturday, April 8 after two female suicide bombers attacked worshippers there, officials said. The attackers struck as worshippers observed early morning prayers in an area called Jiddari Polo. Five people were injured in the attack, officials said. Police said the girls could not gain much access into the targeted mosque. One of the suicide bombers later detonated an explosive that killed her fellow attacker too, police spokesperson, Victor Isuku, said. Mr. Isuku, a deputy superintendent of police, said the incident happened “at about 0520hrs, today, when two female suicide bombers with IED strapped to their bodies attempted to enter a mosque at Juddumuri village, after federal high court. One Of The Female Suicide Bombers “They were intercepted and prevented by the Muslim worshippers. In the pro...

‘How Churches In Nigeria Are Aiding And Abetting Corruption’ – Obasanjo According to Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the activities of church leaders are contributing to the rampart cases of corruption across the country. The Ota farmer said this on Saturday, April 8 while speaking at the convention of Victory Life Bible Church International in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Obasanjo said fighting corruption should not be a one-off affair because it would bounce back with vengeance. “There is no doubt that all our institutions have been tarnished by the brush of corruption,” Obasanjo, a retired army general, said in his speech titled ‘The Role of the Church in the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria.” “If the Church, as an institution, does not take bribe or get involved in other corrupt practice, the behaviour of some of our men of God leaves much to be desired. “They not only celebrate but venerate those whose sources of wealth are questionable. They accept gifts (of...

4 children among 9 civilians dead in US Syria strike A US missile strike targeting an airbase in central Syria killed nine civilians, including four children, on Friday, state news agency SANA reported. The news agency said five of the civilians, among them three children, were killed in the village of Shayrat just outside the base of the same name. In this image released by the US Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike on a Syrian air base on Thursday in retaliation for a “barbaric” chemical attack he blamed on President Bashar al-Assad. The missiles were fired from the USS Porter and the USS Ross, which belong to the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and are located in the eastern Mediterranean. / AFP “An American missile also hit the village of Al-Hamrat, which killed four civilians including a child,” it added. “Another seven civilians were...

Boko Haram kills troops after deadly raid on Borno farmers Boko Haram jihadists have killed four soldiers in an ambush in northeast Nigeria, where they torched an army base a day after killing seven civilians, a soldier and witnesses said. This handout image received courtesy of Doctors Without Border (MSF) on January 17, 2017, shows people standing next to destruction after an air force jet accidentally bombarded a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram Islamists, in Rann, northeast Nigeria. At least 52 aid workers and civilians were killed on January 17, 2017, when an air force jet accidentally bombed a camp in northeast Nigeria instead of Boko Haram militants, medical charity MSF said. / AFP PHOTO / Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MSF)” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS “Our men came under attack near Gubdori village yesterday,” the ...

I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking end ‘chemical’ attack – Trump  President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike on a Syrian air base Thursday, in retaliation for a “barbaric” chemical attack he blamed on President Bashar al-Assad. In a brief televised address delivered hours after the UN Security Council failed to agree on a probe into the apparent chemical attack, Trump confirmed the first American targeted strike against Assad’s regime.     US President, Donald Trump  Declaring it in America’s “vital national security interest” to prevent the spread of deadly chemical weapons, Trump accused Assad of a “very barbaric attack” in which “even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered.” “Tonight I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end this slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types,” Trump said. Trump’s visceral reaction to the suspected sarin attack prompted a swi...