Ramadan: Senate president urges prayer for peace, security in Nigeria
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, urged Muslims to pray for the peace and security of the country. He said this while felicitating
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Train attack: Over 21 passengers still missing, says NRC
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has confirmed the safety of about 170 passengers that were on board the attacked AK9 Abuja to Kaduna train
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Arewa Group to Nigerians : North Has Failed, Let’s return power to South
Worried by the brewing political tension due to clamour for power shift to the South, Arewa People’s Democratic Coalition (APDC) has vowed to
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UK court jails Yoruba activist Adeyinka Grandson for attacks on Igbos, others
A Nigerian based in west London has been jailed for four and a half years for posting inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria.
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Road to 2023: Supporters group agog as governor Yahaya Bello formally declares for presidential race
Governor Yahaya Bello’s supporters group under the umbrella of, “Got Your Back Nigeria”, are excited as the governor formally declares intention to run
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Northwest states may hire mercenaries to fight terrorists -El-Rufai
Northwest States of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto and the neighbouring Niger may resort to hiring mercenaries if the federal government fails to
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Arrest anyone enforcing Monday sit-at-home in Anambra, IPOB tells Soludo. Only Kanu court dates are recognized for sit-at- home.
The spokesman for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, has said the separatist group is not responsible for the violence and criminal
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Qatar 2021: Nigeria lose to Ghana on 1-2 goal aggregate
The Super Eagles of Nigeria this Monday evening lost to the Black Stars of Ghana in the Qatar 2021 World Cup qualification match
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Kaduna govt confirms attack on Abuja-Kaduna train
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train by terrorists. The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs,
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2023 Governorship: Ihe Abia rejects Abia PDP’s joint zoning formula. Says it will breed rancour.
Ihe Abia, a nascent political pressure group in Abia State and Southeast has called out the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on his
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PDP must respect zoning if it wants victory – Anyim
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim has said that the party must respect
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2023: Yes, I will run for President, Osinbajo declares. Dares Tinubu.
After months of prevarication and uncertainty on the political future of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, he has thrown his hat into
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Breaking! Abuja-Kaduna bound train bombed by terrorists, injure and kidnap passengers.
An Abuja-Kaduma bound train was this Monday evening reportedly bombed and demobilized by suspected terrorists. The train with over 970 passengers on board
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Association decries status of donkey business
Donkey Dealers Association has decried the status of donkey business in Nigeria. The association said the industry had directly employed over 25,000 and
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Controversies surround $10m, N1.360bn deposit recovered for NEXIM
THERE are strong indications that the sum of $10,180,583.10 and N1,360,736,865 recovered by investigators for the Nigerian Export-Import Bank may have been misappropriated.
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Airport attack may lead Nigeria the Afghanistan way – Afenifere
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has feared that Nigeria may be heading the Afghanistan way following the Kaduna airport attack by terrorists. Decrying
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Court remands man, 65, for defiling five minors, Chinese for stealing N72.7m from employer
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the remand of a 65-year-old man, Umar Yakubu, for allegedly defiling five minors.
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Federal High Court begins Easter vacation, April 8
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho, says the 2022 Easter vacation of the court will begin
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Two suspects excrete 165 wraps of cocaine
Two suspects in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have excreted 165 wraps of cocaine. Spokesman of the agency
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South-East presidential aspirants not assertive, need to work harder – Ohanaeze
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on presidential aspirants from the South-East to be more assertive and work harder in
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2023: I’m not running for president, says Amaechi
TRANSPORTATION Minister Rotimi Amaechi has debunked claims that he is nursing presidential ambition ahead of next year’s election. The former Rivers State governor
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APC CONVENTION TITBITS
The convention was scheduled to commence at 3.30 pm with the national anthem but was yet to take off at 7.30 pm, heightening
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Old Eastern Youths float football tourney to promote unity
Youths from the 10 states that make up the old Eastern Region have concluded plans for a football tournament aimed at unifying people
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I cried every day for three months, had therapy to survive NYSC certificate saga – Adeosun, ex-minister
A former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has come out to reveal how she was able to forge ahead after the National Youth
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APC convention: Buhari’s candidate, Adamu, Omisore, others emerge by consensus
After days of negotiations and disagreements, the preferred candidate of the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the position of the national chairman
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Nigeria not favourites to qualify for Qatar – Addo
Despite playing a goalless draw at the dreaded Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Friday, Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, says he
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God gave me better car after ghastly accident — Dare Melody
Gospel singer, Damilare Odunuga, aka Dare Melody, had a ghastly accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in November, 2020, and his car was badly
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Ibeto gets boxing promotion licence
Hotelier and boxing promoter Ikechukwu Ibeto has acquired a Professional Boxing Promotion Licence from the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control NBB of C.
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BREAKING: One killed as bandits attack Kaduna Airport, ground Lagos-bound aircraft
Armed bandits have invaded the Kaduna International Airport on Saturday, shooting dead a security officer of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). The
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Universities to shutdown completely as SSANU, NASU begin two-week warning strike Monday
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions
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