Drogba joins Phoenix as player, co-owner
Former Ivory Coast and Chelsea star Didier Drogba on Wednesday signed for US second tier team Phoenix Rising, vowing to help the club
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Tribunal delivers judgment on Edo governorship tomorrow
The Edo States Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal will on Friday deliver judgement in the petition brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party
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FG declares Friday, Monday holidays
The federal government has declared Friday 14th and Monday 17th as public holidays to mark Easter celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen.
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EFCC raids ex- Justice minister’s Kano residence
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raided the Kano residence of former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of
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Horror! Ritualists kill couple, son at Ibeshe
Suspected ritualists at the wee hours of Tuesday murdered a man, his wife and their only child. The man, identified as Mr. Lucky
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Arik Air owes N375b
The Receiver Manager of Arik Air, Mr Oluseye Opasanya, has said the embattled airline was indebted to its trade and finance creditors to
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NNPC to commerciaise communication network
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will commercialise some of its critical Information Communications & Technology (ICT) infrastructure in line with its bid
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Libyans, aided by Nigerians, sell migrants as slaves
Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have
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Senate committee bemoans state of 23 IDCs
Senate Committee on Industry, on Wednesday, expressed disappointment over the present state of the 23 Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) across the country. According to
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SSANU demands the sack of four Vice Chancellors
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has called for the sack of four Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities over alleged corruption.
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Supreme Court voids sack of Customs chief
The Supreme Court has set aside the compulsory retirement of Comptroller, Abdullahi Gusau from the service of the Nigerian Customs Service (NGS). The
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EFCC discovers $38m, N23m in Lagos home
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has discovered another large sum of money in a house in Ikoyi, Lagos. According to the EFCC,
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MMM ponzi scheme rehabilitates school, donates food items, beds
Ponzi scheme company, Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM), in conjunction with Life Changing Humanitarian Services last Saturday, paid a courtesy visit to Igbehinadun Special School
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Rampaging hoodlums injure many in Lagos
Several people Wednesday sustained injuries and vehicles smashed after hoodlums went on rampage at Mushin, Oshodi and Lawanson areas of Lagos State. The
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Repe/El-Rufai face off: Dogara publishes his salary
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja released detail of his salary. Releasing the payslips of October, 2016
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Borussia Dortmund FC bus bombed, players escape death
Three explosives on Tuesday shattered windows and injured a player on the Borussia Dortmund team bus as the German football squad was en
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Meningitis scourge: You failed your people, Sanusi attacks Zamfara gov again
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has again attacked Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State, insisting that the governor failed his people
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U.S. can handle N/Korea alone, Trump tells China
U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Chinese counterpart that the United States can go it all alone in solving the problem in
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Tambuwal, El-Rufa’i renew commitment to tackle Meningitis
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday pledged total support to end the spread of Cerebrospinal Meningitis
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In line with VP’s directive, Amnesty office screens 236 ex-agitators from Abia
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has begun verification of 236 ex-agitators from Abia benefiting from the programme. The Coordinator of the Programme retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh,
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Flawless Juventus bang three past sloppy Barcelona
Paulo Dybala scored twice as Juventus took charge of their Champions League quarter-final tie with Barcelona, courtesy of a commanding 3-0 home-leg display
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Obiano flags off $2b airport city project
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State has inaugurated an airport city project worth over $2billion at Ifite-Umueri in Anambra East Local Government Area
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Russian fighter jets arrive, military plans fresh bombing of Lagos creeks
The Nigerian Air Force has acquired two new Russian Mi-35M fighter jets, which will, among others, combat militant activities in Ikorodu, Lagos State,
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Again, whistle blower leads EFCC to N4bn
Again, a whistle blower on Tuesday led the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to a staggering sum of N4 billion suspected to
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Chibok girls: Reps urge FG to hasten negotiations
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal government to hasten negotiations for the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls. The decision
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Hazardous: Don’t lobby telecom operators to install mast in your homes, Nigerians told
The Civil Liberty Organisation on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to desist from lobbying telecommunication operators to install masts in their homes due
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Malabu Oil seeks to stop FG from signing $13b deal
Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, on Tuesday asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to stop the Federal Government and six others from signing
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Buhari’s anti-graft battle on course – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday said the anti-corruption battle of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has not lost steam.
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ogi: Police arraign Online Publisher over alleged sedition against govt
The Police on Tuesday arraigned Austin Okai, 35, an Online-Publisher in a Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court on alleged sedition against the Kogi State
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Russia wants UN to investigate Syria’s chemical attacks
Moscow will request the UN to conduct an investigation into the April 4 chemical weapons incident in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said
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