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Man bags 6 months in jail for N2.1m stock trading fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Thursday, October 22, 2015, secured the conviction of one Bashir Olumuyiwa, Managing Director,…
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Local
Gov. Obiano’s wife presents 80 wheelchairs to the physically-challenged
No fewer than 80 physically-challenged persons were rewarded with free wheelchairs by the wife of the governor of Anambra State,…
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(Feature) Nigeria’s notorious baby factories
The government of Africa’s most populous country is trying to crack down on this hideous trade, which may include the…
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Ajaokuta steel company needs $1.1bn for rehabilitation — Group
The African Iron and Steel Association, has said that about 1.1 billion dollars would be required to revive the Ajaokuta…
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Airlines operating in Nigeria earned N10.5bn from ticket sales in 7 months –NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Thursday, said that foreign and domestic airlines operating in the country sold N10.5 billion…
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News
INEC: Decisions taken by Zakari remain invalid – Fayose; insists Nigeria headed for ‘legal quagmire’
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has claimed that decisions taken by the former acting National Chairman of the Independent…
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6 confirmed dead in Maiduguri mosque suicide bomb attack, as culprits’ accomplices flee
Two accomplices of the lone suicide bomber who Friday morning successfully attacked a mosque in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State,…
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Africa
Amnesty Int’l accuse Guinea govt of shooting unarmed citizens, fatal beatings
Security forces have killed at least three people in election-related violence in Guinea’s capital city Conakry, including two who were…
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Electricity tariff set for 40% rise by November — NERC
Nigeria plans to increase electricity rates by as much as 40 percent for some customers next month as a fall…
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(OPINION) Six lessons we have learnt by Reuben Abati
The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various…
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IMF presses Nigeria to devalue naira currency
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pressing Nigeria to further devalue its naira currency amid uncertainty over the political and…
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Business and Economy
DMO boss congratulates GOCOP on its launch
The Director General of the Debt Management Office, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, has said the online news platform is a critical…
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News
Online publishing comes with its own responsibilities – Ogunshola; as Adesina, Leo Stan Eke, harp on need for responsible online journalism
A former Chairman of the Punch newspapers, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola, has said the practice of online journalism comes with its…
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Local
Sokoto APC caucus meets with ministerial nominee
As a follow-up to the meeting held by President Muhammadu Buhari with Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and Senator…
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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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