DisCos need N100bn to resolve electricity hiccups
he Association of Electricity Distribution Companies (ANED) has appealed to the Federal Government to provide the N100 billion subsidy it promised after private
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Adetayo, Punch reporter back in Aso Villa
Nigeria’s Presidency has recalled the Correspondent of Punch Newspapers, Olalekan Adetayo, attached to the State House, Abuja, barely 10 hours after his expulsion
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Nurse, others arrested for allegedly stealing four-month-old boy
A 43-year-old senior nurse with Federal Medical Centre, Katsina is among four suspects now in Katsina police net in connection with the alleged
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NSA knew about $43.4m, NIA boss Oke tells panel
Members of the Presidential Investigative Committee probing the recovery of $43.4million at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos sat yesterday for more than 11
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Kano Pillars accept Ikhana’s verbal resignation
The board of Kano Pillars Football Club has accepted the resignation of its Technical Adviser, Coach Kadiri Ikhana. The media officer of the
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INEC official arraigned for ‘N112m bribe’ in Delta
Justice Efreti Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State yesterday ordered that Mrs. Fidelia Omoile, an official of the
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Benitez, Newcastle back in English Premier League
The Rafa Benitez boys, Newcastle United have clinched their return to the English Premier League after overcoming ten-man Preston North End 4-1 on
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How SARS operatives allegedly abandoned delivery man after accident
team of Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, policemen have been accused of abandoning a delivery man after their vehicle was involved in an
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Tenant manhandles landlady over rent
A 28-year-old fashion designer, Chizoba Nwakuro, who allegedly slapped his landlady over unsettled house rent, was on Monday hauled up before an Ikeja
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Delta: INEC distributes voting materials ahead of April 26 by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed voting materials ahead of Delta House of Assembly by-election (DTHA) for Warri South 1 slated
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Pastor in court over N40,000 fraud
A 57-year-old cleric, Celestine Wanu, who allegedly obtained N40,000 from one of his church members on the pretext that he would help him
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Former PDP national secretary defects to APC
A former national secretary of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and indigene of Enugu State, Chief Rex Onyeabor, has defected to the All Progressive
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Adeleke’s burial: Mob collapses canopy on Amosun, Akeredolu, others
Angry supporters of Adeleke collapse canopy on Amosun, Akeredolu, Oyinlola to chase out Idiat Babalola, who is a commissioner nominee of Governor Rauf
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Police accuse Obas of aiding attacks in Ikorodu
Disturbed by the worsening cases of violence in Ikorodu area of Lagos, the police have accused traditional rulers and chiefs in the area
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Customs nets N2.4bn in Sokoto
The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said it collected over N 2.4 billion as revenue between January, 2016 and
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Adeleke’s Burial: Angry youths attack Gov. Aregbesola’s aide
Angry youths in Ede, Osun State have attacked Mrs Idiat Babalola, the Senior Special Adviser to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola on Diaspora. Babalola who
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Alleged drunken FRSC operatives recalled
Head, Media Relations and Strategy of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, has said that some FRSC officials who were allegedly
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Nigerian Prince wins $1m grant
Nigerian Prince, a proposed movie on email scammers, has won a $1m AT&T grant at the Tribeca Film Festival. The movie, written and directed
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Pandemonium as cultists clash in Lagos
There was confusion at Idioro, Lagos on Monday morning when suspected cultists clashed in the area. police arrested several people, recovered bags of
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33 ships laden with goods arrive Lagos ports
Thirty three ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos
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Arraign suspended judges now or let them resume work –SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Sebastine Hon, on Monday called on the Federal Government and the National Judicial Council to stop what
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Anambra is the safest place in West Africa—Obiano
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State who has been in office for three years rarely grants interviews to journalists. But recently, he sat
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25 varsities in Makurdi for NUGA
Twenty-five universities of the expected 53 have so far arrived at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM) for the 25th Nigeria University
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$43.4m: Osinbajo panel writes SGF, NIA DG
The Presidential Investigative Committee has formally written to the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General
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Buhari congratulates Peterside
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, on his election
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$1.04bn block: How Diezani ceded OPL 245 to Malabu Oil in 2010
More trouble awaits a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, following fresh revelations yesterday that she has been fingered in the ceding
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NAPTIP rescues 43 people in Kano
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 43 victims of human trafficking in Katsina and Kano States.
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Calabar viewing centre tragedy: Our dramatic escape from Calabar viewing centre tragedy – Survivours
IT was a path football lovers in Nyaghassang Community in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, had trodden for years – watching football matches
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“Eze goes to school’ author, Nzekwu dies at 89
The founding General Manager of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Chief Onuora Nzekwu, has died at the age of 89, the family confirmed
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Taliban fighters kill 70 Afghan soldiers
The Afghan army has ended a Taliban attack on one of its bases that killed at least 70 soldiers, according to military officials.
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