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Senate president Bukola Saraki says Nigerians deserve to know the owner of the over $50m seized at Ikoyi property

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Senate President Bukola Saraki, says Nigerians deserve to know the owner of the $50 million found in an apartment in Ikoyi by EFCC operatives on April 12th. In an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday, Saraki faulted the antigraft agency for not revealing the identity of the owner of the money after 7 days of discovery. He described the current situation as a circus which must stop.                                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury attack each-other on Twitter

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As Anthony Joshua's fight with Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF and WBA 'super' heavyweight world title draws closer, Joshua's arch rival Tyson Fury came for him on twitter Tuesday and Joshua responded. Tyson Fury who is still suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control called Joshua ;a poor mans Frank Bruno boxer'. See the twitter exchange between the two boxers below.                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Photos: 53 year old Nigerian United Nations worker arrested for alleged strings of bank robberies in New York

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A 53-year-old Nigerian man who works at the United Nations was arrested in connection with a string of bank robberies in Manhattan, over the past month and a half, law enforcement sources tell News 4 New York. The NYPD’s Major Case Squad arrested Abdullahi Shuaibu, of Queens, on Monday, April 17th, at his office at the Foreign Press Centers across from the United Nations building.                                                                                                                                                           Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Ikoyi Billions: EFCC's Searche of Peter Obi’s Apartment reveals nothing

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The Media Aide to the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has confirmed the searching, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), of the flat occupied by the former Governor in the building in Ikoyi Lagos where the Agency last week discovered large sums of money in various currencies amounting to N13 – N15 billion.                                                                                                                                     Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Boko Haram members attack military base in Sabon Gari, kill 3 soldiers, steal weapons

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Suspected Boko Haram members have attacked a military base in Sabon Gari community in Damboa local gobvernment area in Borno state, killing three soldiers and thereafter setting the military base on fire. The sect members stormed the military base at about 5.30pm on Sunday and began shooting sporadically.                                                                                                Read more » Follow @cool_jist