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MTN begs Presidency, NCC for ‘leniency’ on $5.2 billion fine
Telecommunications company in Nigeria, MTN has written to the Presidency through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) pleading for “leniency” and…
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Starwood partners Century for two new hotels in Abuja
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., and Century Health and Hospitalities Limited have announced an agreement to open two new…
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(Opinion) Why Buhari cannot be tight-lipped over immunity proposal by the 8th National Assembly
Kolawole Olaniyan Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how…
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Hike in electricity tariffs: Commission still reviewing proposals from Discos — NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has dismissed reports of a planned hike in electricity tariffs in the country starting…
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Ikpeazu floors Otti at Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
The Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Umuahia, Tuesday, dismissed the petition of defeated All Progressives Grand Alliance…
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Court orders release of Dasuki’s passport on health grounds
A Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday, ordered release of the International passport of the immediate past National Security Adviser,…
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6 states qualify for Lafarge National Literacy Competition final
The second edition of Lafarge National Literacy Competition has reached its final stage as the grand finale holds in Lagos…
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Police warn striking Kogi workers to steer clear of highways
The Nigeria Police has alerted of plans by workers in Kogi State, presently on an industrial action to block highways…
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Arts
Chimamanda’s Half of a Yellow Sun named Bailey’s ‘Best of the Best’
The widely-acclaimed book, Half of a Yellow Sun, by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named the Bailey’s ‘Best…
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Ighodalo advocates facility maintenance law in Nigeria; as IFMA honours partners
Facility managers in the country have been urged to canvass for a legislation that would compel public and private institutions…
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(Opinion) Taming Lagos traffic chaos
Tayo Ogunbiyi Like every cosmopolitan city across the world, Lagos also experiences gridlock. The gridlock, popularly referred to as ‘go…
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Afenifere scribe calls for calm over Fasoranti’s resignation
Secretary-General, Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Chief Seinde Arogbofa, Monday, called for calm following the resignation of the group’s leader,…
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Tension grips Bayelsa APC as kidnapped aged-mother of Sylva’s running mate dies in captivity; It’s not true – Police, family insist
NEDU MARK, YENAGOA Tension and fear has engulfed the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and family of its…
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Voting Sylva will be suicidal, catastrophic for Bayelsans – Gov. Dickson’s aide
NEDU MARK YENAGOA Barely a month to the governorship election in Bayelsa state, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…
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Comptroller General of Customs seeks greater collaboration with the FRSC
The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) has called for greater collaboration with the…
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Business and Economy
SPDC JV collaborates with PETAN, foreign manufacturers on Nigerian content
The development of indigenous manpower for the oil and gas industry received a boost last Friday as 40 engineering and…
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Business and Economy
Reorganisation of Customs: New DCGs, ACGs appointed
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has approved the appointment of six acting Deputy Comptrollers-General of…
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Ex-Gov. Goje forged Assembly’s Resolution to collect N5bn loan – Witness
A witness in the ongoing trial of a former governor of Gombe State and serving senator, Danjuma Goje, Shehu Mohammed…
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Gov. Ambode inaugurates Heads of Boards, Commissions
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Monday, inaugurated the newly appointed Chairmen, Executive Secretaries and Members of some Boards and…
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How pension scam syndicate defrauded FG of N1.2bn – EFCC witness
The trial of Ibrahim Ahmed Mazangari, Muhammed Sani Sulaiman, Hajia Fatima Mazangari and Saleh Yerima Tsojon, who allegedly ran a…
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EFCC docks three over N20m impersonation scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 2, 2015 arraigned the trio of Yakubu Joseph Dangabar (alias…
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APC wins Borno Central senatorial bye-election; PDP rejects result
Abdullahi Isah, Maiduguri The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winners of Saturday’s Borno Central Senatorial bye election by…
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Buhari not ‘demarketing Nigeria’, always telling Nigerians the truth – Presidency
The Presidency has defended comments credited to President Muhammdu Buhari while in India for the India-Africa Forum, which the Peoples…
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CBN extends BVN enrolment for Diaspora bank customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the timeline for Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora to enrol for…
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Ambode appoints Fashole, 2 others as permanent secretaries; redeploys 7
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Monday, approved the appointment of Mr. Taofik Adeyemi Fashola, Mr. Tunde Tairu Ogunleye and…
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