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Lead Story
Join me on the battlefront, Buhari tells in-coming lawmakers
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has identified the problems confronting the country and his presidency and called on the in-coming…
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EDRRA inspects roads in Benin, environs
AKHERE Godwin, Benin As the rainy season is fast approaching, the Edo State Rapid Response Agency has intensified efforts…
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Buhari names Joda head of 19-member Transition Committee
President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday in Abuja, inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart…
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Oil spill: Shell commences clean-up of Kolo Creek Manifold
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa The Management of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has commenced recovery of spilled crude that leaked…
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Activists mourn Oronto Douglas
NEDU MARK Yenagoa Leadership of various human, civil rights organizations as well as other advocacy groups in Nigeria,…
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N25 billion fraud: Igbinedion to be sentenced, Thursday
AKHERE Godwin,Benin Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court has reserved sentence for Thursday on the money laundering…
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Ekiti labour leaders bribed with N30m to frustrate Fayose’s impeachment — APC
All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ekiti State, has accused the leadership of organised labour in the state of collecting…
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EFCC docks man for stealing N4.6m
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday, arraigned one Oladepo Bamidele Osibeluwo before Justice Augustine Odukwo of the Akwa Ibom…
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UNICEF launches U-Report, targets one million u-reporters in 2015
UNICEF and partners, Wednesday, launched the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and…
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Xenophobic attacks: Jonathan suspends permanent secretary for recalling envoy to SA
The purported recall of Nigeria’s envoys to South Africa has led to the suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of…
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Lead Story
Indonesia executes 4 Nigerians, 4 others, for drug trafficking
Following the rejection of pleas for leniency from the inmates, families and diplomats by President Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Wednesday…
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Opinion: Time to heal election wounds in Abia
Eddie Onuzuruike . There is no doubt that the 2015 elections have come and gone but it left a sour…
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Business and Economy
Dangote woos Blackstone to boost Nigerian gas
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans to quadruple the supply of gas to Nigeria by building pipelines that may…
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Politics
PDP faults Woka’s claims on readiness of parties to participate in Rivers LG polls
Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described comments credited to Mr. Sam Woka, claiming that…
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Traders decry extortion by Edo local council
AKHERE Godwin, Benin Traders at the Uromi market in Esan North East have appealed to the state governor, Mr Adams…
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Change will consume many of its proponents— Prophet
A cleric, Prophet James Omitade has said that the mantra ‘change’ that brought Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari into power would…
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EFCC arraigns travel agent for N3.5m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned a travel agent, Safiyanu Umar, at the Kano State High Court…
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Imo indigenes in America congratulate Okorocha, deputy
Umbrella body of Imo State indigenes in the United States, the Imo State Congress of America (ISCA) has written…
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Court defers ruling on Timipre Sylva
The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and…
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Opinion – Awaiting the coming of Nigeria’s Mohammed Morsi
Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije As relatively peaceful as the vast majority of Nigerians will adjudge their experiences of the long awaited…
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Abatemi-Usman condemns bombing of Tao FM in Kogi
Senator, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has decried the bombing of a popular community radio station, Tao FM…
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Entertainment
Joke Silva, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett star in Hear Word at Muson, Friday
Veteran actress Joke Silva will again take the centrestage alongside another veteran performer, Ms Taiwo Ajai-Lycett as the play; Hear…
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Amaechi will be vindicated in Rivers poll sham — APC
Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has predicted that the State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, will…
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Hotel industry house profit reaches all-time high in 2014
Hotel industry revenue levels topped an estimated US$176 billion in 2014, which is nearly US$14 billion more than 2013, according…
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Local
APC refutes Buhari ban on AIT
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted widespread reports credited to General Muhammadu Buhari specifically barring the African Independent…
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