Year: 2020
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Local
Boko Haram: UniMaid female student abducted… Leah Sharibu hypnotised into marriage
A 100-level student of Zoology of the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) Borno State, Miss Lillian Daniel Gyang, who was abducted…
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Basketball great, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, dies at 41 in helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball…
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We foiled 419 vandalism attempts on oil export pipelines in N/Delta in 2019 – Military Commander
The Joint Military Force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta on Saturday said that more than 419…
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FAAN explains bush fire incident around airfield side at Lagos Airport
By Yunus Yusuf Ikeja, Jan. 25, 2020 The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says a bush fire incident has…
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Business and Economy
SERAP asks court to order Buhari, Osinbajo, 36 governors to publish their assets
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order President Muhammadu Buhari,…
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Health
Lassa fever: Enugu govt denies remoured death of nurse …Advises residents not to panic … Elaborates on precautionary measures
The Enugu State Government has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that one of the nurses that treated the…
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Tinubu and the pangs of leadership By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown – A line from the play, King Henry the Fourth…
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Imo Governorship poll: Ikoro Mbaise Global Forum weighs Supreme Court verdict, demands justice
Ikoro Mbaise Global Forum, a world-wide Forum of prominent Mbaise people of Imo State, Nigeria has rejected the Supreme Court…
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Saudi Arabia wealth fund in talks to buy Newcastle United for £340 million
London, Jan. 25, 2020 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks to buy English football club Newcastle United for…
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Northern/Southern leaders hold peace talk in Lagos
By Chioma Ugboma Lagos, Jan. 24, 2020 Some eminent Nigerian leaders from across the nation on Friday held a closed…
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FG lauds UNHCR services in Nigeria
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Abuja, Jan. 24, 2020 Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…
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News
Judiciary: Appeal Court President hails Ugwuanyi’s giant strides
The President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State,…
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Education is in alarming, unacceptable crisis – UNGA President, other stakeholders
By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Jan. 24, 2020 Senior United Nations officials and other stakeholders on Friday in New York…
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Gov. Zulum inaugurates Security Trust Fund, 3 other boards
By Rabiu Sani Maiduguri, Jan. 24, 2020 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has inaugurated boards of the newly established State…
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Business and Economy
Be more patriotic, promote indigenous airlines operating in Nigeria, says Onyema
By Yusuf Yunus Ikeja, Jan. 24, 2020 The Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, on Friday called on Nigerians…
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Local
Large explosion rocks Houston, at least 1 person hospitalised
Houston, Jan. 24, 2020 A large explosion, on Friday, jolted the U.S. city of Houston, with authorities saying at least…
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London police to deploy live facial recognition cameras
London, Jan. 24, 2020 The Metropolitan Police on Friday said officers plan to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) technology to…
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First class final year student bags 13 years for Yahoo Yahoo
Justice Folashade Olubanjo of the Federal High Court 1, Akure on Thursday, January 23, 2020 convicted Fisayo Adetoro, a final…
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Lagos-Ibadan railway: Amaechi mounts pressure on contractors …CCECC promises doubled effort
Four days after the last inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Project, where the Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon.…
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We are not rubber stamp N’Assembly – Senate President
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, for the umpteenth time on Friday, dismissed the insinuation that the ninth National Assembly…
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Health
Enugu govt bans sale, distribution of unauthorized water
The Enugu State Government has banned the sale and distribution of water by water tankers and other vendors from unauthorized…
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Local
Enugu govt to commence dry season rice cultivation soon—Official Rice
Maureen Ojinaka Enugu, Jan. 24, 2020 The Enugu State Government says farmers in the area will soon commence dry season…
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Local
Rerun Election: Tambuwal sues for peace, ready to work with oppositions
By Habibu Harisu Sokoto, Jan. 24, 2020 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged supporters of the People’s Democratic…
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