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TOP NEWS IN NIGERIA TODAY(MORNING EDITION)


=>Boko Haram: Bloody attack in Goshi, 27 killed, 7 injured-Naij.com

– Cameroon soldiers engaged Boko Haram fighters in a fierce battled
– The troops killed 27 terrorists while 7 soldiers had various degrees injury
Emerging reports suggests that a bloody clash which took place in Goshi town has led to the death of 27 jihadist.
The Associated Press reports that Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 Boko Haram fighters after launching a cross-border operation in the Nigerian locality of Goshi that also resulted in the death of one soldier, a senior military official said.
At least seven other soldiers were injured in the operation early Thursday, said Gen Jacob Kodji.
Kodji said the Nigerian Islamic extremist group launched a series of attacks in Cameroon earlier this week.
“At least 27 Boko Haram fighters were killed in Thursday morning’s operation,” said the commander of Cameroon troops in the area.
The soldiers remain on the battle front there, he added.
Ashigashiya straddles the order of northern Cameroon and Nigeria. Regional forces from both countries have since December 2015 been launching raids on Boko Haram strongholds along their boarders.
It will be recalled that six people were killed in Cameroon on Wednesday, February 10, following a double suicide attack in the village of Nguetchewe, which lies close to the border.
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=>CBN bans use of dollars for overseas fees, medical trips
- ChannelsTV


Reports have it that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has placed a ban on the use of dollar to pay for overseas school fees.
Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor
According to Boason Omofaye, the head of business news at Channels television, who made this assertion this morning, overseas school fees and medical tourism have been placed on CBN’s foreign exchange prohibitive list.
By this directive, Nigerians who may need to go outside the country for education purpose or health care will have to get the foreign currency from the parallel market to carry out their engagements.
This reason for this new development could not be ascertained but it may not be unconnected to the weakening state of the Nigerian currency against the dollar on the parallel market.
Only yesterday, experts from all walks of life assembled at a business colloquium to debate if it is imperative to devaluate the naira.
The colloquium, facilitated by The Cable, an online newspaper, took place at the civic centre, Lagos.
Titled “Naira On Trial: To devaluate or Not?” had business tycoons, professionals, analysts, among others in attendance.
The keynote speakers took turns to share their insights on the topic focusing on the merits and demerits of devaluating Naira.
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 =>Biafra agitation: Kanu makes strong declaration for Biafra-AFP

– Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled pro-Biafra leader believes it will take some bloodshed to actualize the Biafran dream.
– Kanu makes a striking revelation that the death of some Biafrans is inevitable but their sacrifice will be worth it in the end when Biafra eventually becomes a reality.
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has made a very striking revelation regarding the agitation for Biafra.
The embattled Biafran leader has revealed that some troubled times lay ahead of the course, he however notes that the dream must still come to fruition.
The pro-Biafra chief whose arrest sparked a wave of protests across Nigeria’s southeast said he is ” prisoner of conscience” and would do all within his might to see that the dream of an independent state of Biafra comes to pass.
He told AFP from jail that “Biafra has come to stay,”
Communicating his thoughts through his brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the radio Biafra director said: “They will kill us but by the end Biafra will come,” the 48-year-old added: “I am a prisoner of conscience and killing unarmed Biafran protesters is a crime against humanity.”
It will be recalled that ten people were allegedly killed in Aba on Tuesday, February 9, following a protest staged by the IPOB. The supposed peaceful march which ended up bloody, was held in condemnation of the prolonged detention of Kanu.
Twenty other pro-Biafra agitators reportedly got injured in the course of a surprise attack launched by security operatives.
Following the killing, the IPOB said it will switch into a new mode in which it can defend itself against hostilities by Nigerian security agencies.
In the same vein the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has warned that it would drag the security operatives to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The OYC debate that the people of Biafra have their rights which the Nigeria security agencies are infringing upon.
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=>Dasukigate: EFCC swoops on 7 army generals-Bellanaija

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating 12 senior army officers for their role in the $2.1billion arms deals.
Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe, the former ADC to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan is been investigated by EFCC over the disbursement of more than N10 billion oil proceeds to PDP members.
The senior officers who were sent to the EFCC by the military authorities will be tried by a military Court Martial if found culpable.
Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, February 12, acting director of army public relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said the senior officers “comprised of comprised of 3 serving Major Generals, and one retired, 3 Brigadier Generals, 4 Colonels and 1 Lieutenant Colonel”.
Likewise, reports have it that Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan’s aide-de-camp (ADC), is also facing investigation by the EFCC over the disbursement of more than N10 billion oil proceeds to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination convention delegates.
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is on the trail of another key aide to the former President – Waripamowei Dudafa, former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the forthcoming rerun election in Benue south senatorial district, Daniel Onjeh has asked his opponent and former Senate President, David Mark to explain what happened to the N1bn earmarked by the federal government for the dualization of Otukpo township road.
Onjeh said Mark, who represented the zone from 1999 till November 28, 2015, is in a better position to explain who the contract was awarded to since it passed through the senate chamber.
The aspiring senator made this call following the revelation by the Senate committee on Works that a contractor collected N1bn from the Federal Ministry of Works for the dualization of Otukpo township road and disappeared.
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 =>Fayose fears no foes, says he is ready for EFCC probe-Naij.com

Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state, made an unexpected announcement on Friday, February 12.
Speaking during the flag off of the proposed ultramodern Oja Oba market, the governor said that he was ready to be probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt practices and other Related Offences Commission.
Calling on the anti-graft agencies to scrutinize the financial dealings of his government, Fayose said:
“I know that I have so many enemies and that is why I have been following due process in all my dealings. There are enemies for me when I sleep and when I wake up, so I have to be careful. I don’t want my enemies to latch on technicality to get at me.”
Commeting on the rumoured intentions of some bigwigs in the Peoples Democratic Party to dump the PDP, Fayose noted that he was not scared by the defection threats.
“If you want to go, you better leave now. I always rely on the masses rather than politicians, because they don’t betray like politicians.
“Politics is a game and we shall play it for them in 2018. When you make the people your pillar, you will never fail. I am confident that I will defeat them if election is held here 20 times, because I make the masses the pillar of support,” he stressed.
Vanguard reports that Fayose assured people of the state that the new Oja Oba market, which was demolished in November 2015, would be ready in 18 months.
Appealing to all those market men and women, who had suffered as a result of the demolition, the governor said that they would have cause to rejoice with him after the completion of the project.
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 =>Ogun Pastor Prays Recharge Card Into His Church Members Phone-Newseveryhour

Such hilarity! This happened at a church in Ogun state recently. Never seen anything like it before.lol The pastor pictured above said he wanted to show his members how powerful God is. He then asked them to bring out their phones and prayed that God should miraculously credit their phones.

After the prayer, one of the female members testified that she had only N9 balance on her phone before the prayers but after the prayer, she saw N750 credit on her phone. Another one said she had N50 but after the prayers, she checked her balance and it was N100....Eyin oluwa logo! Lol.
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=> Parents weep as court sends 16 ABUAD students to prison-The Nation

Tears flowed freely inside the Ekiti State Judiciary premises on Friday as a Chief Magistrate’s Court remanded 16 students of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado Ekiti in prison custody for their roles in the mayhem that rocked the institution last Sunday.
They are being prosecuted for attempted robbery, arson and burglary allegedly committed during the riot that occurred on the campus of the private university.
They were accused of attempting to rob a branch of Wema Bank located inside the campus, setting houses of ABUAD security staff members ablaze and burglary of a boutique belonging to the wife of the university’s founder, Mrs. Modupe Babalola.
Parents of the remanded students broke down and wept profusely as their children were being marched into a Toyota pick-up van belonging to the state command of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) heading for the Federal Prisons, Ado Ekiti.
The affected students are to remain in prison custody pending an advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The mother of the only female student among the accused persons amid sobs asserted the innocence of her daughter who was said to be in her final year at the university.
A distraught mother of one of the embattled students lamented saying: “I have been fasting and praying, why is my child implicated in this case? I have struggled to give him the best education, I didn’t know this is where it would take him. My child is innocent oh!”
Reprieve, however came the way of six of the accused persons as Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye, dropped charges against them for the same offences consequent upon an application by the police prosecutor, Samson Osobu.
The six were among those earlier granted N300,000 bail on a six-count charge of rioting, possession of firearms and malicious damage.
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=>REVEALED: Possible locations of Chibok girls identified by the Nigerian Air Force-Nigerianeye 


Possible locations of the abducted Chibok school girls may have been identified by the Nigerian Air Force ,according to indications last night.
The Director of Public Relations of the Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, told Channels Television that the force has therefore abstained from attacking the identified areas to avoid hitting the girls.
The latest aerial bombardment of Sambisa forest,Famuyiwa said, had been aimed at the logistics base of the Boko Haram sect and not areas where the Chibok girls could be located.
He said:“We have no fears that the girls are not there because hat particular location has been under surveillance for quite a while and we suspected maybe it’s a kind of ammunition depot or maybe a workshop that they are using as their logistics place.
“Once you take off the logistics base, of course you gradually weaken the resolve of the enemy to be able to prosecute any campaign.”
Group Captain Famuyiwa said the military is deploying the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to maximum use in its battle with Boko Haram because it is cheaper to run and reduces lives.
The UAVs,he said : “have the capability to be airborne for up to eleven hours and they are quite cheap to maintain. So, we have been able to employ the UAV to a great extent to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance basically for intelligence gathering on the activities of the Boko Haram.”
He said that the UAVs have also helped the Air Force to understand the terrorists’ pattern of movement and “how to be able to counter them should they want to strike or spring any surprise”.
The girls were abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School,Chibok,Borno State.
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo said last week that the girls may never be found again.
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ENTERTAINMENT

=>Exclusive: Dancehall star Patoranking collaborating with Fuji icon K1 De Ultimate?

– Fresh reports reaching say Dancehall star Patoranking and Fuji legend K1 De Ultimate are collaborating on a song
– Details of the song are still sketchy but the reps of the Fuji icon have confirmed this to our sources
Fuji legend K1 De Ultimate is currently in the studio recording a song with Dancehall star Patoranking.
Naij.com gathered exclusive details of this from the music icon’s media team and we can say the collaboration will be one to look forward to.
The Fuji star is currently working on his album which is in conclusion stage.
File photo of Patoranking and K1 De Ultimate with other members of their team.
He spoke to Naij.com a short while ago on the major points to look out for in the music album, saying it will be a great one.
He also discussed plans to embark on a tour across the world as soon as the album drops.
This collaboration is not the first of its kind with the ace entertainer and younger artistes.
He once collaborated with singer Blacky in addition to the fact that his materials have been sampled several times by others.
Speaking on this, he told Naij.com that he always gives permission for his music to be sampled as it is a chief means of showing support to the younger generation.
He said: “You see, from time past Lagbaja had sampled my music Show Colour and if anyone else comes to me today, I will give a go ahead for it. It is another way of showing support for them to do well. I have done collaborations in the past with Blacky.
“The one Olamide did, yea he had my go ahead. And very many of them still come around. That is music for you, the music family is one happy family.”
K 1 De Ultimate is a renowned Fuji musician in Nigeria. He is respected around the world over.
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=>  Actress Monalisa Chinda ready to remarry?
Monalisa-Chinda
Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda, whose marriage to the Question Mark label boss, Dejo Richards, crashed about seven years ago, may be warming up to give marriage another chance. If the buzz making the rounds is anything to reckon with, then the 41-year-old mother of one will be walking down the aisle before the end of this month. Monalisa-ChindaMonalisa-Chinda Sources close to the actress revealed that she would be tying the nuptial knots with one Victor Coker, who is said to hail from the Niger Delta region. Recall that her marriage to ex-husband, Segun Dejo-Richard, hit the rocks as a result of purported domestic violence. According to reports, the beautiful actress is currently engaged to the said Victor Coker, who paid her bride price in December 2015, at their introduction ceremony. They have chosen February 20th as their engagement date and an undisclosed date in May 2016, for the white wedding scheduled to hold in Greece. It was further gathered that the traditional wedding would take place at the actress’ father’s compound in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with a few of her celebrity friends in attendance.
Recall that Monalisa once said that she regretted being divorced. According to her, “One thing I regret most is the fact that I am divorced. Where I come from, I’m the first daughter. I’m from a royal family, it has never been on record in my family that the first daughter would walk out of her matrimonial home. But it was a matter of life and death, otherwise, I would have stayed back and make my marriage work.”
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=>Olajumoke Orisaguana Gets Luxury Apartment In Lagos (pics)

According to Chris Ogunlowo,former Agege bread seller turned model Olajumoke has been given a luxury home in Lagos.
Chris wrote...
This is ‪#‎Olajumoke‬. She’s just been offered a furnished luxury apartment in Lagos and an enrollment into the Poise finishing school. This is a clever (and humane) PR by Sujimoto Construction Limited. Very clever. (Only if I were one of dem lifestyle and gossip bloggers, I would have been screaming EXCLUSIVE, earn massive traffic to my site and likely ruin these pictures with watermarks!, lol). Her husband looks kinda dazed as though he’s trying to figure if the Bible says, “he who finds a GOOD wife or he who finds a LUCKY wife… “. But, really, how incredible that someone can be this lucky in a Buhari economy!”
Congrats to her.What a turning point in her life!Everybody fit make am na matter of time
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