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Business and Economy
91 companies tender bid for NNPC Coastal, Bunkering Vessels Service contract; as Kachikwu reaffirms commitment to transparency
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Thursday, embarked on the public harvesting of technical bids submitted by a total of…
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Bauchi police nab woman, 30, for abandoning own 6 day-old baby
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 30 year-old woman, Zainab Tukur, for allegedly abandoning her…
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Nigeria will work towards implemention of ECOWAS Protocol on axel load control – FRSC boss assures
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi who is also the Chairman of the National…
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EFCC arraigns businessman over failure to declare $2.9m, another for $2.4m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Thursday, arraigned one Ojukwu Nnamdi Rowland before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal…
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Over 560 women die annually during child delivery — Group
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi The State Coordinator, Evidence for Action (E4A), Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed has lamented the increase in national mortality…
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Group debunks claims of lopsidedness in FG’s appointment of Borno indigenes
ABDULLAHI MARI, Maiduguri A group, the Concerned Citizens of Southern Borno Senatorial District (CCSBSD), comprising members of all political parties,…
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I was not posted to Bayelsa on ‘political factor’ – New police commissioner explains
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Ahead of the 2016 governorship elections in the state, the Bayelsa Police Command, Thursday, pledged to combat…
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Lead Story
Finally, Amaechi gets senate’s nod; as Saraki moves ministerial nominees’ screening to Tuesday
After three postponements, the former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, eventually took his turn to be screened at the…
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Lagos seals off 6 companies for tax evasion; moves to prosecute defaulters
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Thursday sealed up six companies for non remittance of taxes due to the…
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Gov. Ugwuanyi govt extends housing scheme for workers to local governments
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has affirmed his readiness to engage the Federal Mortgage Bank in a strategic partnership…
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Ex-Gov. Lamido: EFCC presents 4 witnesses
The trial of Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Jigawa State governor, who is being prosecuted on a 27-count charge alongside his…
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Enugu Economic Planning Commission moves to rehabilitate roads and enhance tax administration
Enugu State Economic Planning Commission has resolved to harmonize the issue of taxation in the state to ensure that…
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IGP bans companies from issuing SPY police with official NPF uniforms; Approves new kit
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase has directed companies using Supernumerary Police (SPY) nationwide to stop the use…
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Gov. Ambode inaugurates Tribunal of Enquiry into death of Lekki FTZ boss
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Thursday, inaugurated a five-man Tribunal of Enquiry to investigate the civil unrest in Ibeju-Lekki…
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Arts & Entertainment
121 Media Icons honoured at The Red Summit Gala Night
Nigerian media icons who have blazed the trail in the Nigerian media space were honoured for their work over the…
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Nyanya, Kuje bombings: Suspect pleads guilty to possession of IED materials
One of the five suspected bombers of Nyanya and Kuje, both satellite towns in Abuja, on October 2, 2015, Abdulwaheed…
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(Opinion) Critics of President Buhari’s cabinet nominees
By Idang Alibi I think the image of President Muhammadu Buhari as a saintly man who wants a new way…
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Kidnapping: Shekarau calls for social justice, community policing
Former minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has canvassed more community policing and social justice in tackling herdsmen/farmers clashes in…
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Election Tribunal upholds Umana’s appeal, orders fresh poll in 18 LGs in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, ordered a re-run of the gubernatorial election in…
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Dismissed EFCC staff Ibekaku, to know fate, Dec. 16
Justice Babatunde A. Adejumo of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Abuja on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 reserved ruling on alleged…
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Boko Haram/IDPs: Lagos govt donates N150m to Borno, Adamawa, Yobe states
The Lagos State Government, Wednesday, made donation of N50million each to Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, worst hit by the…
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President Buhari applauds Akintola Williams for ‘ceaseless’ contributions to national development
On the occasion of this year’s Akintola Williams Distinguished Lecture Series, President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded doyen of the accounting…
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Sokoto govt earmarks N2bn to clear 4yrs gratuity arrears of workers
Sokoto State government has earmarked over N2 billion for payment of backlog of arrears of gratuity to its workers from…
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Sports
FIFA to investigate Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer, Nigeria’s Amos Adamu, others
World’s football governing body, FIFA, announced, Wednesday, that top personalities in the sport including German football great Franz Beckenbauer and…
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Airtel backs DRASA on healthcare interventions
Telecoms services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has thrown its weight behind the Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust to commemorate…
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