Senate, NLC slam police action as anti-Buhari protest continues
THE Senate and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday condemned the attack by the Police on a group of protesters in Abuja campaigning against
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Confusion over Neymar PSG debut as La Liga delays transfer certificate
Neymar is poised to make his much-anticipated debut for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday when they travel to Guingamp in their second game of
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Pro-Buhari rally counters `Charly Boy’
Many youths on Thursday hit the streets of Abuja and marched to Unity Fountain to denounce Charlie Boy’s group which has been calling
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Anambra Guber: Oyegun meets party’s aspirants, inaugurates screening committee
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress party, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has met with party aspirants in the up-coming Anambra state governorship
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Corruption in a military, a global challenge – TI
Transparency International on Thursday reiterated its position on the problem of corruption in military establishments across the globe, maintaining that corruption in military
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Anti-Igbo song embarrassing, unfortunate – Balarabe Musa
The production and circulation of an anti-Igbo song in parts of Northern Nigeria is “embarrassing and unfortunate”, a former governor of old Kaduna
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Anambra monarchs seek inquisition into Ozubulu church killings
The Anambra State Council of traditional rulers has appealed to the Anambra State Government to immediately set up high powered Commission of Enquiry
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Yobe Pilgrims Board officials allegedly steal hajj fares paid by 41 persons
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare Board and Potiskum Local Government Council officials over alleged missing
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ASUP, NASU, SSANIP strike ground activities at three Delta Polytechnics
Academic and other activities in all three Delta state government-owned polytechnics were paralyzed on Thursday as academic and non-academic staff unions of the institutions embark
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INEC closes Voter Registration Aug.15 – Anambra REC.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, on Thursday said the ongoing continuous voter registration would end on Aug. 15
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CORRUPTION: CEOs owned up on missing N30trn – Senate
The Senate appears to be breaking the corruption hard nut in Nigeria’s import and export sectors as it disclosed that some chief executive
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Obiano attacks Oyegun, says APC chair is a virus to the party
The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has said that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, lacks
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Court orders flogging of man for stealing waste bin
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that 20-year-old Nasiru Mohammed, be given six strokes of the cane for stealing
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Kidnappers’ den: ‘Mad’ woman arrested with phones, ATM card
Three new suspects have been arrested at a suspected den of kidnappers and ritual killers in the Obadeyi-Ijaiye end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
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ABC of Lassa fever
The ‘multimammate rat’ called Mastomys natalensis which has many breasts and lives in the bush and around residential areas is the reservoir host
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Liverpool rejects Barcelona’s £90m bid for Coutinho
English Premier League side Liverpool FC have rejected a bid of 100 million euros (about £90m or N45bn) from Spanish side FC Barcelona
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Afreximbank opens shareholding to investing public
Supranational trade finance bank, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), says it is opening its shareholding to the investing public with a 300 million dollars
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Shocking! Smuggler drowns 50 African teen migrants
Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were “deliberately drowned’’ on Wednesday by a smuggler. The smuggler forced 120 passengers into the sea
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‘Hidden’ N249b: Court strikes out Fed Govt’s case against seven banks
A Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a suit by the Federal Government seeking to recover $793,200,000.00 (about N249,659,700,000.00) from seven
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Osinbajo appoints 21 new Federal Permanent Secretaries
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the appointment of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita,
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Lassa fever: Lagos urges calm as three test positive
Officials confirmed yesterday three more cases of Lassa fever in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and business honeypot. But the state government urged residents not
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Israeli forces bulldoze Palestinian homes in West Bank
Israeli forces on Thursday demolished the homes of three alleged Palestinian attackers in the village of Deir Abu Meshal in the West Bank,
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Nigeria loses N11trn to corruption in power sector
Nigeria has lost N11 trillion to corruption in the power sector since 1999, a university lecturer, Dr Yemi Oke, said on Wednesday in
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South Africa’s opposition seeks dissolution of parliament
The opposition Democratic Alliance on Wednesday called for the dissolution of the South African parliament and a national election to be held, one
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Rouhani appoints two women vice presidents
Re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday appointed two women as vice-presidents and one woman as a presidential assistant in the newly formed
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Saraki refunds pension money to Kwara
The Secretary to Kwara State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, on Wednesday said Senate President, Bukola Saraki has returned all monies paid to
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Kenyan elections: Police, protesters clash over fraud claim
Kenyan police fired teargas on Wednesday at a group of 100 chanting supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, shortly after their political leader
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EFCC traces N47b, $487m to ex-Oil Minister Diezani
A massive investigation has revealed former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke’s love for property. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has
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Anti-Igbo song: Kanu tells Igbo to leave the north
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged Igbo people living in the North to relocate to their homeland.
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