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Local
Bayelsa polls: APC stockpiling weapons, recruiting cultists – Ijaw Youths
A socio-political organisation, Ijaw Youths Democratic Association (IYDI), has raised the alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa…
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PDP’s NEC ratifies zoning of 2019 presidential candidate to North
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted the recommendations of the Senator Ike Ekweremmadu-led…
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Gov. Dickson constitutes Burial Committee for late Alamieyeseigha
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has constituted a burial planning committee for the late first civilian governor of the state,…
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Bauchi Speaker commends President Buhari over ministerial nominees
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon. Kawuwa Damina, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for…
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IGP orders arraignment of Falae abductors
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered the immediate arraignment in court of the suspected abductors of…
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Report police corruption, indiscipline cases — DSP Mohammed urges Bauchi public
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi The Bauchi State Police Command has advised members of the public to report cases of corruption by…
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Kwara govt advocates FG take-over of primary education
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advocated the taking over of primary education from the Local Government Councils by…
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Enugu govt honours Corps members in a grand style
Enugu State Government has honoured ten 2014 Batch ‘C’ Corps members who served in the state for their exceptional performances…
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EFCC arraigns agency’s impostor over N10m scam
A suspected fraudster and member of a syndicate, Edward Abiodun, was, Wednesday, October 14, 2015, arraigned by the Economic and…
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Lead Story
NASS to re-transmit constitution amendment bill for presidential assent – Dogara; as Reps approve independent candidates for future elections
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed that the fourth constitution amendment bill would be re-transmitted…
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Nigeria spends N100bn on imported fish annually – Fish farmers
AGENE GODWIN Benin Although the production figure for catfish in Nigeria has grown from 83,000 metric tons in 2006 to…
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Nigeria not yet polio-free —- Primary Health Care Development Agency boss
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Reports that Nigeria has been removed from countries in need of poliomyelitis immunization and also from the…
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Gov. Ugwuanyi dissolves Post Primary School Management Board
Enugu State Governor, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has approved the dissolution of the Post Primary School Management Board (PPSMB), Enugu. This…
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Rivers PDP condoles with Jonathan, Governor Dickson over Alamieyeseigha
Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bro Felix Obuah, has condoled with former President Goodluck Jonathan, the…
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NSCDC allots 155 plots of land to members
AGENE GODWIN, Benin The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Thursday, allotted 155 plots of land to members of…
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(Opinion) Fashola, ministers and the burden of expectations
Tayo Ogunbiyi His brilliant performance at the senate’s ministerial screening only goes to authenticate to a global audience what some…
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(For The Records) Dogara to Public Complaints Commission: Make your activities public
Being address by Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives on the 40th Anniversary of the Public…
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U.S clarifies role of deployed troops in fight against Boko Haram
The White House has explained that the 300 United States troops being deployed to the West African Multi-national force stationed in…
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Parole Board approves Pistorius release; to be placed on house arrest until 2019
The South African parole board has decided that paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison next Tuesday, October…
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FRSC explains handicap in curbing roads accidents in Edo
AGENE GODWIN, Benin THE Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has attributed the delay in…
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Abia Assembly receives Ikpeazu’s list of commissioner nominees
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has submitted his list of commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly. A statement…
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Sports
NFF plots North African friendly for Super Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have set in motion plans to arrange an international friendly match for the Super…
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Africa
Benin Republic mourns Kerekou ‘father of democracy’
Benin Republic’s former leader Mathieu Kerekou, who led the country over 30 years after first seizing power in 1972, has…
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NSE All-share index drops to 29,000 mark on sell pressure; as naira firms at N225 to dollar
The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Wednesday dropped to 29,000 mark due to the free fall of…
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Tribunal confirms Dankwambo as Gombe Governor; as Appeal Court uphold Ajimobi’s election
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Gombe, Wednesday, upheld the return of Ahaji Ibrahim Dankwambo of the Peoples Democratic Party…
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