Harmattan: Lagos records 40 fire incidents in one weekend
About 40 fire incidents were recorded in different parts of Lagos State over the weekend, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations,
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Man sets family of seven ablaze in Oyo
A suspected lunatic at Budo Alaka village in Kisi, Oriire council area of Oyo State was alleged to have set a house on
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Osinbajo rejects the new VP official residence, “to be put to other use”.
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday said the Federal Government would at the appropriate time convert the new official residence being built
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Expansion of Lagos-Ibadan bridge begins
The expansion work on the Lagos-Ibadan bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has commenced with the installation of expansion joints by the contractor, Julius
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Two children die in Borno IDP camp fire
Two children have died in a fire that razed a part of the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Jere local government of Borno
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FG to spend Diezani, Yakubu loot to feed the poor
The Federal Government is set to invest some of the recently recovered funds on its social intervention programmes. A top government official told
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FG disbands arms probe panel as NSA, Monguno, was under searchlight
The presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 has been disbanded, Sunday PUNCH learnt
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50,000 youths in pro- Buhari march in Daura
No fewer than 50,000 youths in Daura, Daura Local Government Area in Katsina state on Saturday, held a rally in solidarity with the
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Nigerian drug pusher battles 11 Indian police
It took 11 Indian policemen to subdue and arrest a Nigerian drug pusher near a garden at MiniSeashore in Mumbai, in the Indian state
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Xenophobia: Nigerians suffer fresh attacks in S/Africa
The Nigerian Community in South Africa have confirmed attacks and looting of Nigerian-owned businesses in Pretoria West on Saturday. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President,
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Fraudsters hack NSCDC’s website
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says its website has been hacked by online fraudsters and debunked any ongoing recruitment by the
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Nigeria in unfortunate reality of ‘change’ – Murray Bruce
Nigerian business magnate, founder of the Silverbird Group and Senator representing the Bayelsa East constituency, in Bayelsa State has decried the unfortunate economic
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Akwa Ibom: Kerosene explosions kill 4, injure 14
Four persons died while 14 others were severely burnt in multiple kerosene explosions in the last 15 weeks in Akwa Ibom state, Dr Aniekeme Uwa,
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Police shut down Peace Corps camp
The Commissioner of Police in Kwara state, Olushola Amore, has shut down a training camp of Peace Corps of Nigeria in Offa local
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Daura Emirate Council holds prayer for Buhari
The Daura Emirate Council in Katsina State this Friday conducted a marathon prayer session invoking Allah’s protection and good health for President Muhammadu
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9 Suicide bombers invade Maiduguri, destroy 13 vehicles
Nine bombers died in Maiduguri between Thursday night and early Friday, in what would qualify as the boldest plan by Boko Haram to
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FUTMinna students burn clinic, destroy libraries over student’s death
The students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, have gone on the rampage, setting ablaze the school’s clinic on Bosso
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N522bn Paris Club refund: “Probe us if you can”, govs tell EFCC
State governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, in the early hours of Thursday, rose from their meeting, saying they were
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National Population Commission conducts mock census in Gombe State
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Gombe State has commenced it’s mock census, the third phase of Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in preparation
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UK Visit: “The Buhari I saw is healthy”, says Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki, who led a team of National Assembly leaders to visit President Muhammadu Buhari in London, said at the end
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Noose tightens on Akpabio as EFCC seizes wife’s school.
A school allegedly belonging to Unoma Akpabio, the wife of the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been seized
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Police arrest 3 FUT Minna students for protest
Niger Police command this Thursday announced the arrest of three persons in connection with the protest by students of the Federal University of
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Petrol tanker fire raze buildings, banks, filling station in Onitsha
A petrol tanker fire Wednesday night, razed down more than 10 buildings including shopping malls, banks, residences and a Mobil filling station near
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Zamfara Govt House, hospital in darkness over unpaid electricity bills
Zamfara State Government House in Gusau has remained in darkness following the disconnection of electricity supply to the premises by the Kaduna Power
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Okorocha confesses: Buhari marginalising Igbo •Says nothing to show that South East is part of Nigeria
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday dispensed with partisan considerations to broach issues of core interest to the Igbo nation when Acting
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CAC workers protest poor welfare, shut offices
Business activities were this Wednesday grounded at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission in Maitama, Abuja following protests by the workers over
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Police get FG’s approval to recruit 10,000 officers annually
The Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen every year to address the shortfall in the numerical capacity of the Force. The
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Pro Buhari protests in Kano
Thousands of people, including women and youths, on Wednesday in Kano held a rally, organized by group, ‘’I STAND WITH BUHARI’’, in support
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BREAKING: Saraki, Dogara visit Buhari in UK
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and some principal officers of the National Assembly are
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Soldiers sack 6 Agatu villages, kill pregnant woman, five others
Soldiers have sacked six villages in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, killing six persons, including a pregnant woman. This followed
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