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Lead Story
NNPC secures $1.2bn Alternative Funding Arrangement for 36 oil wells worth additional $5bn into Federation Account; as Kachikwu projects new deal as template for upstream financing
In a landmark move designed to supplement the Federal Government’s Cash- Call commitment, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has…
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Lagos to improve material recovery system in waste management
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Mr Toyin Onisarotu, Saturday restated the state government’s commitment to ensuring a…
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Itsekiri chiefs officially announce death of Olu of Warri, name Emiko as successor
The Warri Traditional Council of Chiefs has officially announced the demise of Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase 11, about two…
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Goldman’s ‘Next 11’ markets sinking faster than BRICs
By this time last year, it looked like Goldman Sachs Group’s selection of emerging market up-and-comers which includes countries like…
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NMA pledges to eradicate measles by 99 per cent from Nigeria
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said pledged to eradicate measles by 99 per cent from Nigeria as it had successfully…
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Nigeria Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee releases decisions on 21 cases
The Disciplinary Committee of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has, according to Mr Ademola Olajire, NFF spokesman, released decisions made at…
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President Buhari applauds Obasanjo’s role in resolution of Guinea-Bissau crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended President Jose Mario Vaz and the people of Guinea-Bissau for the peaceful resolution of the…
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H.I.D Awolowo: A nation’s mother translates to immortality – Fashola; She has left a big shoe – Senator Mark
Immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, at the weekend mourned the matriarch of the Awolowo Family,…
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Lagos enlists 400 market leaders as Ambassadors against domestic violence
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has enlisted over 400 market leaders popularly called Iya lojas…
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Gov. Dickson mourns passage of H.I.D. Awolowo, wife of father of progressive politics in Nigeria
Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has expressed shock at the news of the death of Chief (Mrs.)…
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Business and Economy
KIA Motors Nigeria appoints Fudons Automobile in Bayelsa
In a bid to deepen its penetration into the Nigerian market and steadfastly, continuously strive to be at the pulse…
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Lead Story
Nigeria’s democracy on quick slide – PDP insists ….They cannot return Nigeria to ‘Egypt’ – APC assures
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress, APC, is leading the…
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Chief (Mrs) H.I.D Awolowo dies at 99, President Buhari, Gov. Ambode mourn ‘Jewel of Inestimable Value’
Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu (HID) Awolowo, wife of the late sage and one-time Premier of the then Western Region,…
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Intelligence – led policing is the ultimate for Nigeria – IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has reaffirmed his belief in intelligence-led policing, saying it is the ultimate…
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(INTERVIEW) Guber polls: Whoever APC fields will be no threat – Gov Henry Seriake Dickson
QUESTION : Before you declared your intention to run for a second term in office where we witnessed a mammoth…
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Super Eagles: Enyeama, Obi in Eagles’ 24-man list for Leopards, Lions
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, has listed goalkeeper and skipper Vincent Enyeama, midfielder John Mikel Obi and forwards Victor…
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JTF nabs 6 crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta
NEDU MARK YENAGOA Operatives of the Joint Military Task force, JTF, codenamed Operation Polu Shield in the Niger Delta Region…
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Arts & Entertainment
Abdulaziz Ude chairs panel on ‘The Key To The Knowledge Economy’ at Lagos Book and Art Festival
Abdulaziz Ude, founder of Nok Publishers and first African editor at Double Day, has accepted to chair a crucial panel…
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Ambode considers collaboration with Kebbi on rice production …As Aregbesola, others seek greater role for Nigerian women …Conference tasks government to empower the girl-child
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said the state government will consider the possibility of collaborating with Kebbi…
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LGA audit exercise: No hiding place for ghost workers in Enugu State
In its determination to stamp out suspected ghost workers-syndrome in the 17 local council areas in the state and also…
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China, Sokoto to collaborate to boost commerce, agro-allied ventures; Tambuwal signs primary healthcare bill
Sokoto state government is to collaborate with the Peoples Republic of China to boost commerce and establish mining and agro-allied…
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Africa
President Buhari condemns coup d’tat in Burkina Faso, calls for immediate restoration of civil transitional authority
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned, unreservedly, the ouster and detention of the political leaders of Burkina Faso, pledging to “give…
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Code Of Conduct Tribunal orders Saraki’s arrest; Court orders halt of trial; ‘Tribunal’s decision is ‘abuse of the rule of law’- Olaniyonu
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki be arrested. This…
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EFCC arraigns two for N500,000 fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September 17, 2015 arraigned a pastor, Emmanuel Anga, and Atin Victor Generous,…
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Anambra partners Thailand on education
The Anambra state government has reiterated that the current administration is poised to partner with foreign investors in areas that…
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