Nigeria Breaking News Today Sunday, August 6, 2017

This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Sunday August 6, 2017.

Breaking: Gunman Killed eight killed people in a Catholic church in Anambra

No less that eight people were killed and 18 others injured at St Phillip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra state, on Sunday 6 August.

Naija News learnt that the gunman who concealed his identity, broke into the church around 6am when the first mass service was holding.

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Obasanjo, IBB, Abdulsalami allegedly working on candidates to replace President Buhari

Though, ailing President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to decide whether he would contest for  a second time in office in 2019 or not, it is glaring that the country’s power brokers and kingmakers are already in search of his successor.

According to The Sun, President Buhari who has been in London for over 90 days on medical vacation may have lost interest in a second term in office and consequently has forced the power brokers out to scout for a new leader to succeed him.

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I Would Have Been Jailed If Not For 30 lawyers Who Fought My Case For Free – Saraki Critic

A 37-year-old primary school teacher in Kwara State, Biodun Baba, who was arraigned before a magistrates’ court in Ilorin for allegedly insulting Senate President Bukola Saraki on Facebook, recounts his ordeal in this interview

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