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Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qa’eda leader, has married the daughter of the lead 9/11 hijacker, according to media reports. In an interview with The Guardian, Osama bin Laden’s half brothers said their half-nephew has married into the family of Mohammed Atta, who flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Hamza holds a senior position within al-Qa’eda and has sworn revenge for his father’s death in a US raid in 2011, they added. “We have heard he has married the daughter of Mohammed Atta,” said Ahmad al-Attas, son of Osama…

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has resolved to closely monitor the operations of 14 indigenous oil and gas companies involved in managing Nigeria’s marginal fields in line with set standards and guidelines. The companies are Oriental, Midwestern, Walter Smith, Niger Delta Petroleum, Green Energy/Lekoil, Network E&P, Platform, Pillar Oil, Prime Energy, Excel E&P, Frontier Oil, Suntrust, Oando and Energia Limited. Consequently, the government will achieve set objectives, especially increased indigenous participation, local content and capacity building in the industry, previously dominated by International Oil Companies, IOCs. The marginal fields were previously owned by the IOCs but left undeveloped before…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has accused the opposition of using fake news as a campaign tool against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, ahead of the 2019 general elections. Mohammed made the remarks in Abuja Monday when he visited the corporate headquarters of Authority Newspapers to kick-start the media tour in furtherance of the campaign against fake news, which was recently launched by the Federal Government. He said because Buhari’s administration was performing well, political opposition believed that the best way to de-market the administration was to latch on to fake news to create religious and ethnic…

Tanzania unveiled former Nigeria international Emmanuel Amunike as their new head coach on Monday. The Tanzania Football Federation confirmed the appointment on their official Twitter handle, with Amunike being unveiled by TFF President Wallace Karia in Dar es Salaam. Rais wa Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Tanzania (TFF) Wallace Karia amemtangaza kocha Emmanuel Amunike kutoka Nigeria kuwa kocha Mkuu wa Timu ya Taifa ya Tanzania “Taifa Stars” inayodhaminiwa na bia ya Serengeti kwa mkataba wa miaka 2. pic.twitter.com/At1pcBjSw8 – TFF TANZANIA (@Tanfootball) August 6, 2018 The 47-year-old, who has been without a job since leaving Sudan’s Al Khartoum SC in…

A Nigerian writer, who emerged the winner of 2018 McKitterick Prize, is invited to speak at the Marlborough Literature Festival in the United Kingdom, in September this year. The McKitterick Prize is awarded for a first novel by a writer over 40, the Society of Authors said. Anietie Isong, the author of a debut novel- Radio Sunrise, is the first Nigerian to win the award since its institution in 1990. “I wrote Radio Sunrise to help draw attention to a myriad of issues in Nigeria, and I am thrilled that this resonated with the judges,” Isong said. Speaking at the…

Senator Godswill Akpabio’s planned departure from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to All Progressives Congress, APC, has rattled political permutations, generated serious ripples and divided Nigerians across the different strata of the society. Akpabio who is Senate Minority leader visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London on Sunday probably to seal plan to defect to the party this week and some Nigerians mostly cynics and critics have woken with sharpened writing knives to exact pounds of flesh from the APC’s new bride. In a published article, Femi Fani-Kayode, a one-time Minister of Aviation reacted with rhetorical questions ‘’Does Akpabio honestly see any…

Reports making rounds in some media organisations in the country on the purported resignation of Moses Ekpo as Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor are seen by his chief press secretary as ‘’a poorly concocted piece of a malicious hatchet job and a pack of lies, and should be appropriately ignored.’’ Nairaland, Daily Post, News Agency and Naija.com, Monday, published that the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pa Moses Ekpo has reportedly resigned his position as the state’s number two citizen to join Senator Godswill Akpabio, immediate past governor of the state, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, this week.…

After weeks of speculations, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the overall best candidate in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Before now, it was rumoured that Ape Moses, a candidate from Benue State has the highest score in the 2018 examination. JAMB said Galadima Zakari who sat for the examination in Ogun State scored 364. On Tuesday, June 29, 2018, The Sun Newspaper reported that Ape Moses, a student of New Covenant Christian College International, Makurdi, Benue State, was the best candidate in the just-concluded UTME with a total score of 354. Clearing air on this, JAMB…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, saluted editor-in-chief of the defunct Newswatch magazine, Mr. Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 on August 6, and works 45 years as a journalist and as an administrator. In a statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the President joined the media world, family and friends of the renowned columnist and activist in celebrating what he called his ‘many years of exceptional contribution to national development’ through his writings, speaking engagements and leadership roles.’’ Buhari praised Ekpu’s consistency and forthrightness in speaking and writing the truth to authorities, especially the many times…

Like unscripted play, 22 members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in Taraba State went for a picnic party in Mayo-Selbe River in Gashaka local government area. The corps members never had premonition of the impending disaster otherwise they would have cancelled the trip that turned ghastly. As they were swimming, the river suddenly increased the volume of water and 13 corps members escaped the angst of the raging river. Like a film trick, nine who were also swimming drowned in the river. The Taraba Police Command’s spokesman, ASP David Missal, who confirmed the incident which occurred on Saturday…