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CBN moves against speculators
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Ambode K1, Percy, Agbaje tear apart
lRestricts banks’ dollar holdings which has lost more than 12 per cent of its value this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred
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Patoranking
lWipes out 33, kidnaps 185 in Borno State
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lNigerian, Cameroonian troops slay 316 insurgents
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Aso Villa Chapel children choir at the 2014 presidential Christmas carol in Abuja…yesterday.
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Terrorism: DSS' statement exonerates me, says Sheriff Etaghene Edirin
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ormer Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff,
has stated that recent revelations from investigations conducted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on allega-
tions that he is a sponsor of Boko Haram have exonerated him from any complicity in terrorism. Even though he re-
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Alarming cases of sickle cell disease }19
FG alleges sect's plot to attack at Xmas }5