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Troops eliminate bandit warlords, Baldo, Baban Yara in ‘deadly operation’
Two wanted armed bandits’ leaders, Baldo and Baban Yara, together with scores of their foot soldiers, have been eliminated by…
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Ijaw group counsels Tinubu on food crisis, unemployment
By Deborah Coker Abuja, Feb. 25, 2024 The Ijaw National Congress (INC), has advised President Bola Tinubu to lift the…
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Time to question Buhari By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 26 February, 2024 Preparatory to his exit from power last year, President Muhammadu Buhari warned all of us to…
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Ignore Apapa’s letter to INEC on alternate guber candidacy, LP tells Nigerians
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has clarified that “the letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by…
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NLC to go ahead with planned protest over ‘mounting hunger and insecurity” in Nigeria
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated its intention to proceed with its planned protests against what it describes as…
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SERAP sues governors, Wike ‘over failure to account for missing N40 trillion LGA allocations’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital…
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The Akpabio-provoked N30b Intifada By Festus Adedayo
February 25, 2024 So at plenary in the senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out of the…
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Edo 2024: Patience Key emerges PRP governorship candidate
By Nefishetu Yakubu Benin, Feb. 24, 2024 Patience Key on Saturday emerged the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate to fly…
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Obasanjo urges devolution of power, resources to states, amid economic crisis
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for the devolution of power and resources from the federal government to…
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Foden strike keeps Manchester City on Liverpool’s heels
Bournemouth (UK), Feb. 24, 2024 Manchester City secured a hard-earned 1-0 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday as Phil Foden’s first-half…
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Reinventing, restructuring, renovating, panel-beating Nigeria or what? 1 By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Prof. Banji Akintoye)
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Politics apart, the aggregate of opinion is that Nigeria is in a very bad shape; opinion…
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Arts & Entertainment
We’ve failed, let’s go back to drawing board – Ango Abdullahi
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Feb. 24, 2023 The Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Abdullahi Ango, says Nigerians must…
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U.S. based philanthropist lauds Adeleke’s wife, pledges support for foundation
By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, Feb. 24, 2024 A United States – based Philanthropist and business tycoon, Dr Magdalene Agada, has…
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Boko Haram destroys 330KVA power towers in Yobe
By Nabilu Balarabe Damaturu, Feb. 24, 2024 The police command in Yobe, say suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two…
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Tinubu calls for suspension of sanctions on Guinea, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso
President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by…
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Education
Vasity lecturers in Nigeria on same salary since 2009 – Prof Sabo
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Zonal Coordinator, Sokoto Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Abubakar Sabo…
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ECOWAS lifts some sanctions on Niger, Mali, Guinea
In response to calls for it to soften its hard stance on Niger, Mali, and Guinea for the unconstitutional changes of…
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Sokoto locals pass vote of confidence on Joint North West Operation Hadarin Daji
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Locals in some of the worst insecurity infested areas of Sokoto East Senatorial District have passed…
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EFCC arraigns former Kwara Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for N10bn fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara…
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Edo guber: Abure congratulates Akpata, urges other aspirants to collapse structures, work for candidate
The national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure has congratulated the winner of Friday’s primaries of the…
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President, UN General Assembly convenes meeting over veto cast on Middle East situation
The President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, will convene a plenary meeting of the General Assembly…
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British High Commission welcomes 178 Nigerian Chevening, Commonwealth Scholars, Fellows
Lagos, 23 February 2024 The British High Commission in Nigeria has welcomed 178 exceptional scholars and fellows who recently completed their…
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African Medical Centre of Excellence wraps up successful Health Forum 2024 in Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria The African Medical Centre of Excellence, Abuja (AMCE Abuja), a quaternary-level multi-speciality medical institution developed by the African…
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Herbert Wigwe: NSIB receives U.S. preliminary report on crash
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Feb. 24, 2024 The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says it has received the preliminary report…
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BDC: CBN mandates sellers above $10,000 to declare sources
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Feb. 24, 2024 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated foreign exchange sellers to Bureau…
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