Ohanaeze calls for food security in Igboland
OHANAEZE Ndigbo has advised its people against depending on other parts of the country for its source of food consumption. President Buhari says
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Mixed martial arts champion, McGregor, signs deal for Mayweather fight
Fight promoter Dana White says he has an agreement with mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor for a proposed megafight, but boxing superstar
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I denied my husband sex because I could not withstand …, wife tells court
A 44-year-old wife, Modupe Alegbeleye, on Thursday told an Ikole-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti that she denied her husband, Ebenezer Alegbeleye, sex because
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FG approves 12 intervention vessels, 3 helicopters for NIMASA
Federal government has approved the procurement of 12 intervention vessels and 3 helicopters for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to
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FG budgets N10 b for Abuja Airport second runway
In a bid to prevent further costly shutdown of operations, the Federal Government has begun moves to construct a second runway at the
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Adeleke wasn’t poisoned, died of drug overdose says pathologist
The pathologist, who conducted an autopsy on the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, Dr. Olufemi Solaja, yesterday appeared at the coroner’s inquest set up
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Buratai’s alert: UK, Ohanaeze, ACF, PDP warn soldiers against coup
Regional bodies, the Peoples Democratic Party, civil rights groups and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria among others, on Wednesday, urged military officers and
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Nigeria can’t progress under current political system. “Only true federalism is the answer” – Tinubu, Bozimo
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and a former Minister of Police Affairs, Chief Broderick Bozimo, have said
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My wife drinks heavily, insults my father, man tells court
An Iletuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Lateef Saburi and his wife, Kafilat, over the latter’s drunkenness,
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Police officer feared dead as armed men attack check point in Anambra
Two armed men operating on a motorcycle on Wednesday reportedly killed a police officer and made away with his AK47 riffle in Onitsha,
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Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite
Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the
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Why DSS can’t produce Dasuki in court — EFCC lawyer
For the second time in two consecutive days, the Department of State Services, on Wednesday, failed to produce the immediate-past National Security Adviser,
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EU fines Facebook 110m euros over misleading WhatsApp data
European Union antitrust regulators on Thursday said they would fine Facebook 110 million euros (122.4 million dollars) for providing misleading information over its
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Breaking: Nollywood Actress, Moji Olaiya, dies
Nollywood star actress Moji Olaiya has been reported dead. She was 42 years old. Multiple sources said she died of heart attack in
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Police arrest killers of Enugu deputy gov’s orderly
The police have apprehended suspected gunmen who killed a police orderly attached to Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mrs Cecelia Ezeilo. The orderly, Sergeant
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Nigeria can earn big from palm oil
The Management of Okomu palm oil company has said that in spite of infrastructure deficit, processed palm oil could become Nigeria’s main foreigner
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CBN releases list of items valid for forex
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday released a list of items that can source foreign exchange (forex) from the market. The list,
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Confusion as FUNAAB workers hold rallies to support, oppose suspended VC
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, organised
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Ex-minister, 82, passes exam in jail
A former Indian minister, who is serving a 10-year jail term for corruption, has passed a school final examination at the age of
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JAMB releases UTME results
The first set of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has been released. This is just as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
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Ambode bans VIOs permanently. FRSC to concentrate on highways
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday, put the uncertainty surrounding the absence of Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs, on Lagos roads to rest, once and for
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Bamaiyi: EFCC re-arraigns Lagos socialite, Ajudua, over $10.3m fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday re-arraigned a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court for
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Horror! Hoodlums Kill Alfa Abu, wife and children in Ijebu-Ode
A 35 year-old Muslim cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Amzat-Salam, also known as Alfa Abu, his wife and four children were killed by hoodlums in
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Odizor donates N10m tennis equipment to Ondo State
Nduka Odizor, Nigeria’s leading tennis icon, will donate tennis equipment worth N10million to a new initiative driven by the First Lady of Ondo
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Prices of rice, other items, crash
Nigeria’s precious meal, rice, is becoming more affordable as the price of the product dropped in April by an appreciable margin. The report
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Gates Foundation sinks 1 million dollars into research projects in Kebbi varsity
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has expended one million dollars on three research projects at the Kebbi State University of Science and
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$5.9bn rail: S’East alleges exclusion, Senate summons Amaechi
Leader of the South-East caucus in the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has protested against the alleged exclusion of the eastern rail line from
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PDP condoles Anenih over demise of wife, son
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony
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Britain’s state-rescued Lloyds bank back in private hands
British bank Lloyds, bailed-out by the UK government at the height of the financial crisis, said Wednesday that it had returned to full
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PDP crisis: Makarfi yields PDP to Sherif. Advises aspirants to defect
The division in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got to a head yesterday, with the Ahmed Makarfi group telling its supporters to seek
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