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Gov. Abubakar presents N102bn 2015 reviewed budget proposal to state Assembly
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, has presented N102,860 240 billion as the reviewed budget for 2015…
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Tribunal nullifies election of Bauchi APC lawmaker
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Bauchi State has nullified the election of member representing Sade constituency…
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Boko Haram: Reconstruction of N/East will gulp N233bn — Danjuma Committee; as Gowon faults Buhari on December deadline to end insurgency
ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Presidential Committee on North-east Interventions (PCNI) is to spend N233 billion on the post-insurgency reconstruction and rehabilitation…
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Italian envoy lauds Gov. Ambode for ‘a fantastic city’; as Firm intensifies health advocacy in Lagos
Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Fulvio Rustico has described the task of administering a cosmopolitan City-State like Lagos as the…
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Buhari to new Ooni of Ife: Work with us for greater peace, progress in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially congratulated Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his emergence as the 51st Ooni of Ife and…
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Tribunal, Supreme Court rulings: No cause for alarm — PDP assures Rivers people
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Rivers State, has assured people of the state that there was no cause for…
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Dec. 5 Governorship Election will serve as referendum on stand of the Ijaws as a people — Dickson
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Barely six weeks to the governorship election in Bayelsa state, Governor Seriake Dickson has maintained that the…
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Diligence, prayers to see Enugu through present economic challenges – Gov. Ugwuanyi posits
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has affirmed his faith in the miracle of God and utmost adherence to diligence…
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HID Awolowo, major driver of quest for good governance – Gov. Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the late matriarch of the Obafemi Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu…
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(Opinion) Dealing with widowers’ neglect
BILKIS BAKARE Unlike widows, widowers are often neglected and left alone to painfully bear their cross. Universally, it is a…
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(For the Record) GOCOP, a testament of successful reforms of the telecommunication sector — BPE
Being the Goodwill Message by the Director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki, at the…
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Sokoto to establish 3 micro-finance banks, SMEDA to boost SMEs
The Sokoto State Government has said it will establish three micro-finance banks as well as a Small and Medium Enterprises…
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(Opinion) Addressing gender-based violence
BILKIS BAKARE Despite the national and international outcry against gender-based violence, the crime still continues and is even attaining a…
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Nigeria, Israel must defeat terrorism – Edelstein; as Dogara seeks cooperation between NASS, Knesset
Head of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, Mr. Yuli-Yoel Edelstein has called for the establishment of parliamentary groups between Nigeria…
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(Opinion) Tackling the menace of roadside trading in Lagos
Rasak Musbau In recent time, street trading and begging have become common sight on Lagos streets and highways. They are…
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Starwood appoints Irshad as new GM for Sheraton Abuja Hotel
The Starwood Hotel and Resorts has announced the appointment of Mr. Nouman Irshad as the new General Manager for the…
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River Benue breaks banks, submerges communities in Makurdi
A sudden surge in the water level of River Benue has left over 300 houses and huts submerged, with many…
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Winners emerge in Yojus Painting Star Contest for school children
It was an unlocking of creativity and talent as sixty pupils from several schools in Lagos and Port Harcourt gathered…
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Supreme Court dismisses Wike’s suit against Election Tribunal
The Supreme Court, Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, challenging the jurisdiction of the state…
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Election Tribunal sacks Rivers Speaker, 19 other lawmakers
The Rivers State legislative election petition tribunals, Monday, nullified the election of the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly…
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News
Chad appoint former Cameroon captain, Rigobert Song, as coach ahead of S/Eagles match
Chad, who are Nigeria’s Group G opponents in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, have sacked their French coach…
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FG inaugurates Presidential Committee on Reconstitution of Government Boards of Parastatals
The Presidential Committee on Reconstitution of Government Boards of Parastatals is to be headed by the Secretary to the Government…
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Etisalat holds free eye surgeries for Bauchi residents
About 50 Nigerians in Bauchi State have regained full sight after benefitting from a Free Eye Surgeries programme sponsored by…
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Dogara prays for Nigeria`s stability in Jerusalem with Govs Fayose, Ortom, Lalong, Umahi .. says Security challenges will soon be over
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday led other Nigerian leaders to pray for peace and…
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Arts & Entertainment
3rd Idowu Sobowale International Conference holds at Covenant University
The 3rd Idowu Sobowale International Conference, 2015 holds Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28, 2015. The conference, with the…
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