Year: 2017
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Arts & Entertainment
An Afternoon of Tributes for Buchi Emecheta holds March 25
The Committee For Relevant Art (CORA) has scheduled an afternoon of tributes, readings and discussions around the works of Buchi…
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Bayelsa State University wins inter-university Political Science debate
CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA The Niger Delta University (NDU), Wilberforce Island owned by the Bayelsa State Government has won the first…
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Electricity: Serious blackout hits Yenagoa; Prices of goods and services rise sharply
CHINEDU WOSU, YENAGOA Aggrieved electricity consumers in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, have raised alarm over the continuous blackout in…
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Education
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Local
Obaseki tasks Edo Surveyors on professional practices
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has tasked the Edo chapter of the Nigerian Institute of…
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Local
Edo declares Friday public holiday in honour of Late Ogbemudia
AGENE GODWIN , Benin Edo State Government has declared Friday, 17th of March public holiday in honour of the late…
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Local
NIMASA, UK School target sea time for 400 Nigerians – Cadets thank President Buhari, pray for him – Peterside applauds Nigerian’s performance in South Shields Marine School
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has again struck a new partnership with the South Shield Marine…
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Local
Enugu Government moves to decongest prisons
The Enugu State Executive Council has initiated steps aimed at decongesting prisons located within the state. The state’s Commissioner for…
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Business and Economy
NLNG positioned to grow into global shipping leader-Capt Okesanjo.
Nigeria LNG Limited’s (NLNG)shipping operation is relying on the strategic deployment of skills and technology to power its transformation into…
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Africa
Saraki congratulates new CAF President, Ahmad
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday congratulated the newly-elected President of the Confederation of African…
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Chinese firm, Jiangxi, to establish Nigerian hqts in Calabar
The efforts of the Professor Ben Ayade-led administration in Cross River State to industrialise the state got a major boost…
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Business and Economy
FOREX: CBN offers, receives bids for $100m
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has offered and received bids for $100 million from authorized dealers…
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Local
Gunmen kill ex-local govt. chairman, abduct 15 in Edo
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Thursday swooped on travelers along the…
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Business and Economy
NDDC sets up Committee on Corruption Charges … To hold investigative hearing
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will hold an investigative hearing to unravel cases of allegations of corruption and racketeering…
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Local
EFCC secures another Oil Subsidy conviction …As Rowaye Jubril & Brila Energy bag 10 years for N963m oil fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 16, 2017, secured the conviction of Rowaye Jubril, Managing Director, …
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Local
Recession: Ambode tasks APC Govs on meeting expectations of Nigerians …As Lagos hosts inaugural meeting of APC Secretaries to State Governments
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday charged his counterparts in the All Progressives Congress (APC) fold to devise…
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Local
Deeper Life Church auditorium building collapses in Bayelsa
CHINEDU WOSU, YENAGOA Panic on Wednesday hit some residents of Okwutukwutu Community in Bayelsa State following the collapse of a…
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Business and Economy
Money Laundering: EFCC arraigns ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu for $9.8m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 16, 2017 arraigned Andrew Yakubu, a former Group Managing Director,…
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Lead Story
President Buhari meets with Governors; Directs CBN, Finance Ministry on refund to state governments
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank of…
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Local
Apostle Suleiman and the Logic of ‘Fallen Angels’ By Jideofor Adibe
While the term ‘fallen angels’ does not appear anywhere in the Bible, it is generally used by Christians to describe…
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Africa
Ahmad, Madagascar FA chief, elected as new CAF president
Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad has been elected Confederation of African Football, CAF, president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. Ahmad…
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Ugwuanyi lauds Army on Urban Water Project
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has commended the Nigerian Army for embarking on a water project with a capacity…
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Lead Story
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Lead Story
Senate rejects Magu again as EFCC Chairman; Threatens to arrest Customs’ boss
The Senate Wednesday at plenary rejected the nomination and confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes…
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FG has will and capacity to implement Economic Plan
The Federal Government has reassured Nigerians that it has both the political will and execution capacity to drive the implementation…
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