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Sad signs of the times By Eze Emeghara
I did not sleep at all last night, my daughter was ill, so my wife and I stayed up nursing…
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N1.4bn fraud: Ex-Kogi lawmaker bags 154yrs imprisonment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Monday, secured the conviction of a former member of the Kogi State House…
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FG approves 5-yr expiry date for new driver’s licence
Federal Government has approved the production of a new batch of the driver’s licence which will now have a five-year…
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Q1 2016: Indigenous airlines delay 8, 478 flights, cancel 281 others on domestic routes
ANTHONY OMOH Available statistical data shows that Nigeria-owned airlines may have dropped the ball on their domestic operations with a…
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Electricity: Nigeria lacks gas to support 7,000MW target — VP Osinbajo
Vice President of Nigeria, Mr. Yemi Osinbajo, Monday, admitted that the country does not have sufficient gas to sustain the…
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George Uboh, EFCC accuser bags 3 years jail term for fraud
George Uboh, who sensationally accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of diverting proceeds of recovered assets was Monday…
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Ikpeazu’s new urban cities By Godwin Adindu
In Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s Abia State, there are cities, like a retarded child, that have refused to grow. They are…
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FRSC calls on motorists to pay attention to their tyres
With the increasingly hot weather conditions and owing to the fact that tyre bursts of recent, accounted for most Road…
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I have no plans to kill Oshiomhole – Odubu
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Apparently worried by a media publication based on an allegation that native doctors were hired to kill…
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Access Bank grows 2016 Q1 profit by 42% to N19.4bn
Access Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the period ended 31 March 2016, showing 42% increase in Profit…
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FG needs $700m to upgrade refineries – Kachikwu
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has disclosed that the Federal Government needed $700 million to upgrade…
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NEMA confirms 1.9m IDPs in North East
A total of 1, 934, 765 displaced persons are currently living in formal camps, host communities and satellite camps in…
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Tinubu bags Silverbird 2015 Man of the Year Award
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has won the 2015 Silverbird Man of the Year. He was nominated alongside…
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Nigeria must rise above crude realities – Ambode …Says fall in Oil price offers opportunity for real growth
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, at the weekend in far away United Kingdom, said the massive fall in oil…
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Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage
World music star Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stagePapa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king…
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Algerian Mahrez named English Premier League’s PFA Player of the Year
Riyad Mahrez has been named PFA Player of the Year for his majestic contribution to Leicester City’s mind-boggling Premier League…
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Kelechi Iheanacho relishing Manchester City challenges
Kelechi Iheanacho is presently riding on the crest of a wave at Manchester City. The 19-year-old was the star performer…
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States’ debt deferral won’t harm creditors – FG assures
Federal Government, Sunday, insisted that its decision to defer the debts owed by states from the bailout they received last…
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NAICOM unveils list of 300 certified insurance brokers
National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has released the list of 300 insurance brokers approved to undertake brokerage business in the industry.…
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Nigeria will become highest exporter of cement by 2018 – Dangote
President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria will be the highest exporter of cement by the year…
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PDP wins all LG seats in Ondo elections
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship seats in the local government elections in Ondo State. This…
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PH, Warri refineries back in operation – Kachikwu
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has announced…
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Ambode mourns passage of former Lagos Deputy Gov. Jafojo…Says he was a giant in the progressive fold
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed sadness over the passage of the former Deputy Governor of the…
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Labour unions threaten showdown with Edo govt over bailout, schedule warning strike Friday
AGENE GODWIN, Benin The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees [NULGE] in Edo State…
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