Buhari chairs FEC, announces N1m gift for each D’Tigress player
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. That was the first FEC
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“I lacked the powers to give out Assembly vehicles”, Oshiomhole tells ex- Edo Speaker
Former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday urged the former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Elizabeth Ativie
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Kidnap kingpin, Evans, pleads guilty, remanded in prison custody with 5 others
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans has pleaded guilty to the charges read before him when he was arraigned with five others
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6 feared dead as police vehicle crashes
A police vehicle conveying some mobile police officers on Tuesday crashed at the newly commissioned road linking the AYA to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) city
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Demolition of Ekeukwu market: Okorocha under fire as Imo Leaders, NBA, others kick
Community leaders from the three senatorial districts of Imo State, yesterday, told the State House of Assembly to, without delay, commence the impeachment
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Ebonyi: Where people keep dead bodies at home instead of in mortuaries
THE move by the Ebonyi State government to stop the people of the state from keeping their dead relations and friends for months
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Eight die, FRSC official crushed in Delta, Anambra accidents
Eight passengers were killed in an auto crash in Delta State while an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps was crushed to
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7 new permanent secretaries appointed by National Assembly Service Commission
The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Tuesday announced the appointment of seven new permanent secretaries. They include the Clerk of the House
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Oil marketers threaten to sack workers over $2b debts
The unemployment situation in the country may worsen as oil marketers are set to send thousands of workers away – unless the Federal
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Evans begins his trial for kidnapping, murder today
in what looks like the beginning of a tortuous journey to the gallows, the notorious kidnapping kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, will start
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Chimamanda Adichie bags award in UK
Ms Chimamanda Adichie, the young Nigerian accomplished writer and author has been honoured with the ‘Doctor of Letters’ degree at the University of
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Rivers DPO arrested for ritual killer’s escape from custody
The Rivers State Police Command has ordered the arrest and detention of a Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State (name withheld) for his
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Igbo quit notice: Why Arewa youths are yet to be arrested, by Fed Govt
The Federal Government has explained why it has not arrested the architects of the Coalition of Northern Youths’ quit notice issued to the
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Hurricane Harvey: Nigerians relive experiences, 15 Houston police officers killed
Said to be one of the largest disasters America has ever faced, the rainstorm has left Houston and much of the Gulf Coast
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Buhari intervenes in AGF, Magu’s face-off, says FG
President Muhammadu Buhari is already investigating the feud between the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the acting Chairman of
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ASUU/FG talks deadlocked. Six new conditions to end strike
The meeting between the striking Nigerian lecturers under the aedis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the Federal Government ended
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I have not dumped APC – Andy Uba
despite his loss at the party governorship primaries last weekend, Senator Andy Uba has said that he had not left the All Progressives
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Benue: Herdsmen, others endorse November deadline for anti-gazing law
Stakeholders in Benue on Monday agreed to begin the implementation of the 2017 Anti-Open Grazing Law in November. The News Agency of Nigeria
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“Thank you for electing me”. Obaze, Anambra PDP torchbearer, to supporters
Mr Oseloka Obaze, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thanked the members of the party for nominating him as the
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Stakeholders say menstruation is a human right issue
Some stakeholders in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector on Tuesday called on all tiers of government to design policies to promote
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Evans gets another date in court on September 5
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos this Tuesday adjourned till September 5 the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike,
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Senator Kanti-Bello dies at 72
A two-term senator from Katsina State, Mahmud Kanti- Bello, is dead. The senator reportedly died in his Abuja residence at about 4:00 am
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We shall bring back Diezani, EFCC assures protesters
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the Commission will extradite a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United
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D’Tigress Triumph: Basketball fan names baby after Evelyn Akhator
A basketball fan in Ebonyi, Judith Nwolisa, has named her newborn baby girl, Evelyn, after D’Tigress star player, Evelyn Akhator to celebrate the
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Liverpool agree club record deal for Keita
Liverpool FC of England on Monday agreed a club record deal to sign RB Leipzig’s Naby Keita, with the midfielder only moving to
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MTN re-opens Unilag’s digital library
MTN Foundation, under its Universities Connect initiative has reopened the digital library donated by the Foundation at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos (UNILAG). An
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BoI MD extols Content Fund’s upgrade to $200m
The Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BoI), Olukayode Pitan, has commended the upgrade of Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCI Fund) for players in
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Airport certification’ll cut insurance premium, says FAAN MD
Insurance premium charged operators in the Nigerian aviation sector ranks among the highest in the world. However, certification of aerodromes would reduce the
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Stanbic IBTC explains delay of half-year results
The StanbicIBTC has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange that the bank’s delay in the release of its audited 2017 half-year results to the
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Report faults FG’s withdrawal of N359.39bn from ECA for fuel subsidy
The Federal Government withdrew the sum of N359.39bn from the Excess Crude Account in 2015 to fund the payment of petroleum products subsidy
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