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- Seven people have lost their lives to food poisoning in Zamfara state  - This was revealed by the state's acting governor, Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi  - The incident happened during the Sallah festivities in the state Seven persons have died from eating local food known as `Fate’ (poisoned leaf porridge) at Shiyar Ajiya in Shinkafi town, Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara state.  The state's acting governor, Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi, confirmed the incident to a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, September 3 in Gusau.  He said the seven victims who lost their lives included males and females, while the others affected were receiving medical treatment at the hospital .  Shinkafi said the government had deployed a team of medical experts to the area to investigate the cause of the incident.  His words:  “They (experts) have already taken the sample; we are waiting for them to give us the result to ena...

- A former Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against actions that could undermine the south-south and south-east region  - Rowland Owie said the Buhari-led administration is out to strangulate the two regions  - He also condemned the recent reorganization of the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation by the federal government A former Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Roland Owie, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of plans to strangulate the south-east region, Vanguard reports.  Owie said the Buhari's administration is worst than the various groups issuing quit notices and counter notices to each other.  He also said the recent reorganization of leadership at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation against the south-east people in unacceptable.  Owie said:  “It is regrettable that we blame IPOB, Arewa youths or Niger Delta youths over threats capable of d...

- IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, alleges that a Sudanese man named Jubril is currently parading himself as President Buhari  - The IPOB leader accuses the government of sponsoring lies against him  - Kanu says the worst mistake President Buhari ever made was to arrest him The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that a Muhammadu Buhari look alike is the one currently parading himself as the president. Kanu also ordered IPOB members to burn Nigeria to the ground if he is ever arrested by the Nigerian government. He claimed that the government hired a look-alike Sudanese man named Jubril to come and stand in for Buhari. The IPOB leader made the allegation in a video footage which surfaced online on Sunday, September 03, 2017.  In the footage, Kanu when addressing some IPOB supporters alleged that the man posing to be President Buhari was brought to the country after extensive surge...