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Police denies attack on University of Maiduguri

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Police Officers The Police command in Borno on Friday deniedreport of suspected  Boko Haram insurgents attack on the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) campus. The commissioner of police, Lawal Tanko, made the denial in Maiduguri." The story indicating that the university had been attacked  is not true." What happened was that the insurgents passed through the river channel behind the university to lauch the attack on the barracks,  the commissioner said that the university campus was safe as both students and lecturers had been adequately protected. He, however, confirmed an attempted attack on the Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri, by suspected  members of the sect."it is true that there is an ongoing exchange of fire between security agent and some suspected insurgents, but the incident is limited to the barracks area alone," he said also Ahmed Mohammed, the Chief Information Officer of the university, corroborated the claim of the commissioner."The university

Baba Suwe faces hard times after cocaine scandal

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Baba Suwe Comic actor Baba Suwe is not finding life easy after his career affected by the 2011 cocaine scandal, The actor, Whose real  name is Nurudeen Babatunde  Omidina, Lamented in a recent interview that no one wanted to associate with him or call him for movies. Baba Suwe was arrested on suspicion of trafficking cocaine in 2011 and detained for 25 days by the National Law and Drug Enforcement Agency  (NDLEA). He was released after a court ordered NDLEA to release him after nothing suspicious was found on him. Even a lot of people that could have assisted me financially don’t want to associate with me again. People within and outside the industry have deserted me on account of the allegation. They still doubt me despite my victory in court. I have sung praises of some people in some of my movies, and I always appreciate whatever they give me. This makes a lot of people close to me. For instance, I was close to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu before and he was very nice to

Bukky Wright plans to open beauty spa

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Actress Bukky Wright plans to enter into the beauty and lifestyle industry with the opening of a beauty spa called Bwright Charisma in Lekki, The actress, who is more popular in the Yoruba genre, has set her birthday of march 31 to start the beauty  spa. Bukky Wright came into the limelight after featuring in the television drama series  Super Story. She also recently went into directing and has made movies valued at over N100 Million.

30m Nigerian are without electricity

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Prof. Chinedu Nebo 30 Million Nigerians are currently without electricity supply to their home, This is mostly people within the country rural areas, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, Minister of power, gave the statistics while while declaring open a seminar aimed at attracting private financing to the Nigeria renewable energy sector, He noted that there is still a wide gap in the power supply in Nigeria and that is way government is focusing on renewable energy, particularly off-grid.

US official: 'Indication' missing Malaysia plane went down in Indian Ocean

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                                   Malaysia Airline A source Reports: That the  Security chiefs have now moved the USS Kidd into the area, although it will take the naval destroyer 24 hours to reach its new position. "We have an indication the plane went down in the Indian Ocean," a senior Pentagon official told ABC News. The official said they are working on a theory the plane flew for another four or five hours after disappearing from radar, before plunging into water. Earlier today, an aviation expert claimed the missing plane could be "thousands of miles" from the current area being searched - from the South China Sea to India's territorial waters - after flying for hours on auto pilot. Retired British Airways pilot Alastair Rosenschein believes Flight MH 370 has plunged into the Indian Ocean half way between Madagascar and Australia. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, he claimed the Malaysian jetliner is around 5,000 miles away from where resc