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Education
Sokoto govt, UNICEF train 830 ‘role model’ female teachers
Sokoto government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) is training 830 female teachers in a pioneer scheme…
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News
Brussels terror attacks: Death toll hits 31
At least 31 people have been killed and many seriously injured in terrorist attacks at Brussels international airport and a…
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Local
NNPC withheld $25bn over five years – RMFAC
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) failed to pay the government $25bn over five years, according to the Revenue Mobilization Allocation…
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News
Iwobi rushed to hospital for food poisoning at Super Eagles camp
Arsenal ace Alex Iwobi has been hospitalised after suffering from food poisoning while on international duty. The 19-year-old linked up…
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Local
Dysfunctional power sector, bane of Nigeria’s economic growth — Minister
Minister for State, Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri has said that the long wasteful and uninspiring journey of…
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Unemployment rate rises to 10.4% in Q4, 2015 — NBS
The unemployment rate in the country has climbed to 10.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year (Q4…
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Local
Dangote’s new tomato processing firm in Kano to process 120tns of produce per day
Managing Director of the newly established Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita, has said the…
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Local
INEC runs out of time for Imo re-run elections as court-ordered 90-day timeframe expires
Some constituencies in Imo State may remain without representatives in the State and National Assemblies, since the Independent National Electoral…
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Local
Zenith Bank, others drive turnover as NSE market capitalisation grows by N72bn
Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week, Monday, on an upward trend with the market capitalisation…
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Education
UNESCO picks Nigerian school for SDG Campaign
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has chosen Hope-Jon International School, Karu, Nasarawa State, as the first institution…
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Education
7 years to study medicine, not 11 – NUC
Medical students are required to do seven years in the universities and not 11, according to the National Universities Commission…
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Local
Senate, Reps to commence debate on PIB next week – Saraki assures
Senate and the House of Representatives will commence debate of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by laying it in their…
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Local
Nigeria to save N127bn from implementation of 20% inclusion of cassava in bread production – Bakers’ group
ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Nigeria could save N127 billion annually from importation of wheat if 20 percent inclusion of cassava flour…
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Lead Story
Epileptic power supply no longer funny — President Buhari at NEC Summit; Promises 10,000 megawatts by 2019
President Mohammadu Buhari, Monday, decried the epileptic power supply in the country, as he warned that if the situation persists,…
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Local
Rivers re-run: APC has FG, Army, INEC, DSS but the people are with PDP — Wike
Governor of River State, Nyesom Wike, Monday, said it would be difficult to rig the rerun election in the state…
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Local
Court grants bail to Ese’s alleged abductor for N3m
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has granted bail to Yunusa Dahiru (alias Yellow), the alleged abductor…
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Arts
Fiston Mwanza Mujila wins 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature
Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila was on Saturday, announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature…
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Senator Abe condemns alleged assassination attempt on Dakuku,, others; urges investigation by Buhari
Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, All Progressives Congress APC Candidate in the Rivers South East Senatorial District re-run election has condemned…
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Local
Edo Assembly impasse: Court orders out-of-court settlement
AGENE GODWIN, Benin The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin the Edo State Capital, has urged the counsels in the…
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Rivers re-run poll: PDP berates INEC, security, APC for election mayhem
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Monday, said the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security operatives in…
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Local
AGF calls for strict compliance to financial regulations
The Accountant –General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris has urged Accountants and Finance Officers in Government establishments, including…
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Local
Security, a collective responsibility – Gov. Ganduje
Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that communal security is a collective security which must not be…
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Local
DPR denies withdrawing licences for private refineries
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied withdrawing licences for private refineries. The DPR, in a statement, weekend, said:…
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Local
Borno lost N1.9trn to Boko Haram — World Bank report
Borno State lost 20,000 citizens and suffered property damage worth $5.9bn [N1.9 trillion at the current parallel market exchange rate…
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Faith
Lagos to organise inter-religious conference in July
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, weekend, disclosed plans by the state to organize an inter-religious conference to foster unity, in…
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