Italy sanctions WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
U.S.-based mobile messaging service, WhatsApp, was fined 3 million Euros (3.3 million dollars) on Friday in Italy for insufficient transparency on data sharing
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Guber poll: Nwobodo, Kalu insist on taking Anambra for APC
The committee recently set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East zone, to prosecute the November 18, 2017 Anambra State governorship election,
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Abdullahi pays N500k, 10 cows for Halimat Babangida
Alhaji Auwal Abdullahi, the businessman who married Halimat Babangida today in Minna, Niger State, paid a symbolic bride price of N500,000 and 10
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More Chibok girls to return in swap deal, says minister
More Chibok schoolgirls are to be released soon in another swap deal with Boko Haram terrorists, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development
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Some released Chibok girls need surgery, says FG
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said some of the schoolgirls released by Boko Haram militants over the weekend would need surgery for various
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Witness slumps, dies before giving evidence in Lagos court
An Ikeja High Court was on Thursday thrown into confusion after an unnamed witness slumped and died in the court just before testifying
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FG plans to convert Industrial Arbitration Panel to commission – Ngige
The Federal Government says it is planning to convert the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) into a commission to give it more power in
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North not scared of restructuring, says NEF
The Northern Elders Forum has stated that the North is not afraid of the clamour to restructure the country. The group said that
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National Assembly passes N7.441 trillion 2017 Budget
The 2017 budget was yesterday passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly—147 days after it was laid before them. President Muhammadu
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Police arraign Islamic cleric for insulting Emir Sanusi
A renowned cleric, Shiek Nasiru Bazallah, has been arraigned by the Nigeria Police before a Kano Magistrate Court for allegedly insulting the Emir
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419 pupils attend Pompomari IDPs camp school
The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Thursday said 419 pupils and students were currently attending primary and secondary schools at Pompomari
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Tambuwal urges APC controlled states to support FG policies, programmes
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto yesterday tasked states under the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to key in and deepen
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Security heralds Osinbajo to Katsina, Emir’s palace
Security is tight in and around Katsina metropolis following the arrival of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for a one-day working visit
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N1.5b contract scam: A/Court frees ex-NIMASA DG Omatseye
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday set free after reversing the sentence of 5 years jail term earlier slammed on Raymond
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JAMB candidates get examination centres
Candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have confirmed receiving their examination centres as promised by JAMB. Some candidates, who spoke with
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Enugu Govt. to recruit revenue drivers. Suspends ESWAMA boss
Enugu State Government is to recruit 17 revenue drivers and 33 audit firms to address the shortfall in its internally generated revenue, the
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Biafra agitation is about my people. Biafra will be home for all – Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said urged critics of the Biafra agitation to have a rethink,
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FG raises N110b bonds
At an auction on Wednesday, the federal government raised N110 billion worth of bonds to mature in 2021, 2027 and 2037. The bond
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Protest in Nasarawa over non-payment of Buhari’s N-Power stipends
Some beneficiaries of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government N-power programme in Nasarawa have protested the non-payment of their five months stipend. The
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Delta Assembly Speaker impeached, suspended. Sources suspect a former governor’s connection.
Members of the Delta State House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the Speaker of the House, Chief Monday Igbuya, over alleged financial misappropriation
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Discard the multiple exchange rate regime, says Soludo
Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Charles Soludo yesteday advised the Federal Government to sustain the ban imposed on 41 items from
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28 states owe teachers, says NUT
THE Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) said yesterday 28 states were owing teachers backlog of salaries. Its National President, Michael Alogba-Olukoya, spoke yesterday
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Don’t politicise Buhari’s health –Yoruba groups
The National Committee of Yoruba Youth and the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations Against Terrorism, on Wednesday, condemned what they described as the
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Aisha Buhari visits the released Chibok girls. Forget the past, acquire skills, she advises them
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday pledged her support in the resettlement of the recently rescued Chibok school girls. She
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Court remands former FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed in prison
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gudu, Abuja, on Wednesday remanded a former Minister of the FCT, Bala Mohammed, in
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Falomo school: Police to arraign five randy pupils today
Barring a last minute change in plan, five pupils of Ireti Grammar School, Falomo, Lagos State, involved in the attempted rape of two
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NAPTIP to deploy technology to track trafficking
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP), has resolved to deploy modern technology to tackle the menace of human
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Ex-NNPC GMD loses bid to stop forfeiture of $9.8m
Federal High Court in Kano yesterday dismissed an application brought by a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew
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Nnamdi Kanu meets Ekwueme, seeks former VP’s blessings
A former Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, on Wednesday, received the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, at his Enugu residence.
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Moses praises Conte for reviving career
Chelsea’s Victor Moses has credited manager Antonio Conte for reviving his career at Stamford Bridge by converting him into a wing back during
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