JUST IN: Imo Catholic priest regains freedom
The kidnapped Imo State Catholic priest, Rev. Prof. Izu Marcel Onyeocha has regained freedom. The priest’s release was contained in a short statement
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BREAKING: Hours after launching Ebube Agu, Fulani herdsmen attack Ngbo Community in Ebonyi
REPORT reaching Vanguard revealed that Fulani herdsmen in the early hours on Monday attacked a village in Ngbo community of Ohaukwu Local Government
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Dambazau suffering from dementia, says OPC
The O’odua Peoples Congress (OPC) said former Chief of Army staff and Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau, is suffering from acute
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Insecurity: At last, Southeast governors set up Ebube Agu security outfit.
The governors of the five Southeast States have resolved to set up a security outfit to check the spate of insecurity in the
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BREAKING: PDP wins Isoko North Constituency by-election
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Jude Ogbimi winner of Saturday’s Isoko
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Forbes: How they became billionaires from Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t hurt the market of the superrich. Indeed, a new record was reached in April 2021, with 493 new billionaires
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Foundation presents150 pregnant women free delivery kits in Minna
As part of its contribution to mark the World Health Day, a non-governmental organisation, the Zainab Muhammed Bima Initiative, has distributed delivery kits
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Our twins wouldn’t have died in-utero if General Hospital Mushin hadn’t postponed my wife’s appointment —Welder
Lagos-based father of seven, Abubakri Adedokun, says the postponement of his pregnant wife’s hospital appointment led to the loss of their unborn twins.
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Buhari’s lack of capacity to govern fueling ethnic, religious tensions ― PDP governors
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday condemned the worry state of security in the country and blamed
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Insecurity: Ganduje proposes community policing, use of technology in Northwest
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has said focusing attention on community policing, deployment of the use of technology and enhanced provision
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NIN glitches: JAMB restarts registration of candidates for 2021 admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday announced the commencement of registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and
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Restructuring: PANDEF, S’South stakeholders suspicious of North’s agenda
Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of coastal states of Niger-Delta, says it does not completely trust
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Resident doctors suspend strike, give FG four-week ultimatum
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced the suspension of its strike which started on the 1st of April, 2021. Speaking
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Prince Philip’s funeral to be held on April 17 — Buckingham Palace
The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will be held at Windsor on April 17, with no public access nor public procession beforehand,
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Veteran Nollywood actor, Bruno Iwuoha, dies at 68
Veteran Nollywood actor, Bruno Iwuoha, died yesterday at the age of 68, after a prolonged battle with diabetes. This was disclosed in a
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Customs officers may soon begin raiding kitchens to seize foreign rice –Babaloja of Oyo State
The Babaloja of Oyo State, Alhaji Aderemi Jimoh, in this interview with OLUFEMI OLANIYI, laments the recent invasion of Bodija Market, Ibadan, Oyo
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Councillors suspend Lagos LGA boss for alleged N60m fraud, others
The Chairman, Surulere Local Government, Lagos State, Tajudeen Ajide, has been suspended for alleged financial impropriety and spending N60m without budgetary approval. In
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How I masterminded abduction of three bank managers, got N15m share of ransoms – Driver
Five suspected members of a notorious kidnapping gang allegedly responsible for the recent abduction of three managers of Zenith Bank PLC in Delta
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Prince Philip dead: The Duke of Edinburgh dies aged 99
The Duke of Edinburgh has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. Prince Phillip, husband and consort to Queen Elizabeth II, recently spent four
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Ondo varsity lecturer found dead in his car
A lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state, Dr Olatunde Adegbuyi has reportedly been found
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Why Imo CP, DCP, ACP were booted out of office. They failed to request MOPOL, military reinforcement – Source
THE Imo State Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Mohammed, and his top officers have been booted out following Monday’s attack on the state Police
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JOHESU appeals to health workers to take COVID-19 vaccine
The President, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Josiah Biobelemoye, has appealed to frontline health workers in the fight against COVID-19 to take the
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NNPC to resume oil exploration in Sokoto Basin
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced plans to resume active oil exploration in Sokoto Basin. A statement issued in Abuja on
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US mission hails Ndukwe, first Nigerian-American Naval Captain
The United States Mission has congratulated a Nigerian-American, Kelechi Ndukwe, on his new role as commander of a US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer.Ndukwe,
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Army loses one officer, 10 soldiers in Benue attack
One Army officer and ten soldiers were found dead after they went missing in Benue state. Their bodies were found at Konshisha Local
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Abia govt investigates explosives found in primary school. Look like civil war relics says Commissioner
Abia Government says it has begun investigation “to unravel the source and nature” of the suspected explosive devices found in Union Primary School,
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Dangote, Flour Mills, BUA in bitter sugar war
Three Nigerian conglomerates – Dangote Group, Flour Mills and BUA Group are currently locked in a bitter war over production and export of
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Fed Govt gets 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from India
The Federal Government on Tuesday formally received the 100,000 doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine promised by the Government of India. The Covishield
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FG presents provisional licenses to 20 private varsities.
THE federal government yesterday presented provisional licenses to the 20 new private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC. Recall that
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Bandits must be wiped out, El-Rufai insists at a Town Hall meeting
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday said bandits have lost the right to life under the Constitution and must be wiped out. He
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