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Sports
Super Eagles open CHAN 2016 account with 3:1 thrashing of Niger Republic
Nigeria used a strong second half to ease past fellow West Africans 3-1 in their group C encounter in Kagali.…
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Africa
(Opinion) Snubbing heroes, honouring villains By Bola Bolawole
When the first military coups took place in Nigeria in 1966, I was a child. Newspapers, radio and television stations…
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Abia governor denies ordering Army to shoot at pro-Biafra protesters in Aba
The Abia state government has denied a report that the Governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, ordered troops of…
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Borno inaugurates committee for establishment of State University
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Borno state Governor Hon. Kashim Shettima has inaugurated a 14 man technical committee for the…
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APC out to decimate opposition – PDP; berates ruling party for ‘destroying democratic values’
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried ‘the heinous and draconian agenda of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government…
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CBN scraps daily dollar sales; explains decision on BDCs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has scrapped its daily dollar auction regime. Speaking, weekend, the bank’s director of financial…
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NSE introduces rule to protect investors
The Nigerian stock market has introduced circuit breakers to limit price swings as equities plunged the second-most among global stock…
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Buhari to Customs: Donate seized items to IDPs; as NHRC alleges abandonment of 4,723 persons in Taraba camps
President Muhammudu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to transfer forfeited materials and relief items in various Customs…
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Appeal Court sacks Bayelsa Speaker
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa The Court of Appeal sitting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State has sacked the Speaker of the Bayelsa State…
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Business and Economy
NLNG takes delivery of first of 6 vessels from Korea
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has taken delivery of one of the six new ships it purchased last…
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Nigeria’s economy has not yet collapsed – Amaechi
Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Nigerian economy has not collapsed as being speculated, stressing, however,…
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Sokoto to carry out verification of staff
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said his administration will carry out verification to ascertain the true number of workers on…
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Banker in police net over attempt to defraud wife of Oshiomhole’s aide
AGENE GODWIN, Benin A banker with one of the old generation banks located on Airport Road is currently answering questions…
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Arts & Entertainment
Osinbajo commends Airtel for support to less privileged
The Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has commended Airtel Nigeria for its steadfast support to the underprivileged…
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Africa
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Business and Economy
Court rejects Ecobank’s plea in contempt proceedings
Ecobank on Friday failed in its bid to stop the contempt proceedings instituted against it by Honeywell Group. In his…
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Local
NCAA moves to sanction airlines over indiscriminate fare increase
ANTHONY OMOH The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to mete out sanctions on any airline that increases its…
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Mrs Ambode counsels widows on surmounting challenges
Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has identified closeness to God and a resolve to succeed, as…
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News
(Opinion) Light Up Lagos project and safety of public infrastructure
RASAK MUSBAU Why Cities Prosper, as a book, should be a required reading for public servants, policy makers, politicians and…
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NSCDC sets up task force on fuel price
AGENE GODWIN, Benin The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it has set…
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Wives of VP, security chiefs donate to Borno IDPs, widows of slain soldiers
ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbanjo, alongside wives of the Service Chiefs, including the Police,…
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Buhari officially writes NASS to correct 2016 budget errors
President Muhammadu Buhari may now officially have written to the National Assembly to formally request the withdrawal of the 2016…
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Nigeria’s foreign reserves drop by $396m in two weeks
Nigeria’s foreign reserves has plunged by a whopping $108m within two weeks despite the recent decision of the Central Bank…
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Sports
CHAN 2016: Dalung, Pinnick lead Nigeria delegation to cheer Super Eagles
Sports minister, Solomon Dalung and President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick, are at the head of the…
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Business and Economy
TSA: Sokoto uncovers N1.5b in idle accounts
Two weeks after the formal introduction of the Treasury Single Accounting (TSA) system in Sokoto, the state government said it…
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