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Fasehun pledges OPC’s support for Ooni designate
Founder and President of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has sent a congratulatory message to the Giesi…
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Business and Economy
Arik Air increases frequency on Lagos, Douala route
Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, has increased frequency on the Lagos to Douala via Cotonou route from…
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Justice ministry debunks report of plans to probe EFCC chairman, Lamorde
The Federal Ministry of Justice has moved to debunk reports that the Federal Government had through the ministry ordered the…
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Airtel, Eaton Towers conclude Tower Sale agreement in Burkina Faso
Bharti Airtel Limited, the third largest mobile services provider globally, with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa and…
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North-west governors strategize on further Boko Haram incursions, cattle rustlers
Governors of states in North-West geo-political zone have met to harmonize strategies on curbing further infiltrations and raids into their…
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Health
RB reaffirms commitment to intensify diarrhoea, malaria prevention efforts in Nigeria
Chief Executive Officer of RB, the consumer health and hygiene company, Mr. Rakesh Kapoor has said that his company’s vision…
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IMF to Nigeria, others: Adopt policies to lessen impact of economic slowdown
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is slowing sharply, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. In its latest African Economic…
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Africa
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara secures second term in landslide poll win
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara won a blowout poll victory and a second five-year term in a weekend vote intended…
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News
Presidency: FIFA shortlists 7 candidates for February election
World’s football governing body, FIFA has announced the names of the seven candidates to replace Sepp Blatter as its president…
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Again, APC chieftain writes Buhari on Sylva’s prosecution …alleges double standard over corruption charges
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has again written to President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Gov. Poll: Bayelsa denies fresh loans
Bayelsa State Government has denied claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it was planning to raise fresh loan…
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Local
(OPINION) The rising profile of T. A Orji by Eddie Onuzuruike
The history books are open for the entry of names of performers who are the shakers and movers of time.…
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FAAN defends Port Harcourt Int’l Airport over CNN’s ‘dirtiest’ rating
Following the recent rating of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagba, in Rivers State, as the dirtiest airport in the world by…
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Lagos appeals judgement on LGs’ Caretaker Committees
The Lagos State Government has formally appealed the judgment of a Lagos High Court which on Friday, October 23, 2015…
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Ajudua: Ex-court Registrar knows fate Dec. 21
Justice Lateef Lawal – Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja has fixed December 21, 2015 for…
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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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Local
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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