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Supreme Court affirms Rev King’s death sentence
The Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence slammed on the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo,…
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TSA: Kwara bags NIBSS Outstanding Performance Award for cashless transactions
Kwara state Government on Thursday won an award for Outstanding Performance as Cashless Driver in the Government Category at the…
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Fashola urges stakeholders to infuse Africa’s peculiarities In new urban agenda
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has called on African Ministers of Housing and Urban Development and…
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Gov. Dickson meets PDP’s ex-ministers, urges cooperation with new Chairman, Modu Sheriff
The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the Forum of Former Ministers of the Peoples Democratic…
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Electricity generation drops further to 3,697MW; as consumers groan
Despite the controversial 45 per cent electricity tariff hike, generation has now dropped to 3,697 Mega Watts (MW), as against…
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Health
World Bank, FG move to assist states in primary healthcare provision
Federal Government and the World Bank have moved to assist state governments in coping with revenue shortfalls from federal allocations…
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I.5m candidates to write 2016 UTME – JAMB confirms
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Thursday, said about 1.5 million candidates are to sit for the 2016 University…
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Professional associations insist FG has already devalued naira
Umbrella body of professional bodies in the country, the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Thursday, insisted that the…
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Nigeria’s crude oil still awaiting buyers — Report
While Asian traders were mopping up Angola’s crude oil, Nigeria’s crude remains in ample supply, languishing as it waits buyers.…
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NFF bigwigs in Zurich for FIFA congress; To elect new FIFA President
Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, have arrived at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland ahead of Friday’s extraordinary…
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Oliseh quits as Super Eagles coach
Sunday Oliseh has resigned his position as coach of the senior national team, the Super Eagles, eight months after appointment…
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IGP condoles families of Yola bomb blast victims …Calls for calm; Places Commissioners of Police on red alert
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives in…
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Business and Economy
Hajia Buhari unveils LNG ABUJA 11 in South Korea
The wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has unveiled a new vessel of the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas company…
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N2.3bn Scam:EFCC presents three new witnesses against Akpobolokemi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday presented three new witnesses against a former Director- General of the…
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Africa
Support Nigeria’s efforts to resettle IDPs, President Buhari urges OIC; Welcomes IDB’s financing offer
President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Mecca that the Federal Government will welcome support from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation…
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Yeghe, Gokana crisis: PDP is to blame, Senator Abe insists
Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers…
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Arts & Entertainment
FG to hold National Summit on Culture, Tourism
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture will hold a National Summit on Culture and Tourism next month in an…
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Navy vows to tackle sea pirates and kidnappers in Niger Delta waters
CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA The Nigerian Navy has assured Bayelsans and others doing legitimate businesses along the waterways of its readiness…
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4 killed as seized Boko Haram bombs explode inside Yola police station
Several explosives seized from Boko Haram militants blew up at a police station in Yola, Adamawa State,Thursday, killing at least…
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UN raises alarm over 1m ‘stateless’ W/Africans
Despite more than 20,000 people in West Africa gaining identity documents in the past year as part of a drive…
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PDP NWC approves congresses for Edo State chapter
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the conduct of Congresses for the Edo…
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Business and Economy
‘Pure water’ hawkers’ protest shuts down Benin, as traders storm Delta council headquarters over illegal levies
AGENE GODWIN, Benin While hundreds of angry hawkers of sachet water (popularly called ‘pure water’), Thursday, took to the streets…
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Senate orders arrest of ex-EFCC boss, Lamorde over alleged fraud
For refusing to appear before it when invited, the Senate, Thursday, directed its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions…
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Inuwa Bwala, Shettima Shehu approved as Special Assistants to new PDP Chairman
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the appointment of Hon. Inuwa Bwala as the Special…
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Health
NAFDAC bans beans importation into Nigeria
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Thursday, said it has placed a ban on the importation…
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