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Troops restore normalcy along Kaduna-Jebba Road
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has warned all those obstructing the movement of agricultural goods between the northern and southern parts of…
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Economic recovery: Osinbajo gives kudos to Economic Managers for foresight …. Calls for regulation of blockchain technology
LAGOS The Vice President, professor Yemi Osinbajo has given the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, thumbs up for its doggedness…
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Irabor urges telecom providers to support military to combat insecurity
By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Feb. 26, 2021 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has urged telecommunications service…
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Zamfara school girls’ abduction: We’ll not succumb to blackmail – Buhari warns bandits; UN Scribe ‘strongly’ condemns action; Govt. shuts all boarding schools
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara…
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Peter Obi, Ahmed Lawan, other dignitaries to grace Senator Abaribe’s book presentation, March 1
Dignitaries, will, Monday, March 1, 2021, grace the public presentation of the autobiography of Nigeria’s Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya…
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Police commence coordinated search and rescue operations for abducted Zamfara school girls
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation, involving the deployment of both ground…
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Business and Economy
Emefiele tasks bank CEOs, others to reset economy
By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Feb. 26, 2021 The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has…
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Africa
Nestle’s Marie Chantal Messier goes to Switzerland; Patricia Ekaba picks up the baton
Marie Chantal Messier, Head of Corporate Communication & Public Affairs/ Nutrition, Health & Wellness / Consumer Engagement, Nestlé Central and…
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Zamfara: Police confirm 317 female students missing; UNICEF condemns abduction
By Abubakar Ahmed (Jangebe)/Zubairu Idris (Katsina), Feb. 26, 2021 The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Abutu Yaro, has confirmed the…
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Pain to tiled art: Argentines honour football star Maradona with mosaics
Buenos Aires, Feb. 26, 2021 Gonzalo López Lauch is helping bring football star Diego Maradona back to life, one mosaic…
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Zamfara Govt. confirms abduction of female students
By Abubakar Ahmed Gusau, Feb. 26, 2020 The Zamfara Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls…
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Asaba Airport concession to fetch N80bn, says official
By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, Feb. 25, 2021 Delta Government says the Asaba Airport Concession will fetch more than N80 billion…
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Northern governors resolve to work with FG in fight against insecurity
By Hussaina Yakubu Kaduna, Feb. 26, 2021 The 19 Northern Governors have resolved to work with the Federal Government to…
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Oruku crisis: Enugu Govt imposes 12 hour curfew
By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Feb. 25, 2021 Enugu State Government has imposed a 12-hour curfew on Oruku Community in Nkanu…
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N170m FIRS contract fraud : Court vindicates Zinox, TD Africa officials
An Abuja High Court has vindicated the long-held position of Zinox Technologies Ltd., and TD Africa, two of Nigeria’s leading…
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Environmentalists, residents lament indiscriminate gas burning, leaks from Agip’s facility in Bayelsa
Environmentalists and residents on Wednesday raised concerns over the dangers faced by residents near the Ogboinbiri Oilfield operated by Nigeria…
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Girl child marriage: How victims escape trap in Gombe community
William Attah, Gombe Women and female children in Malam Sidi town of Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State now…
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PIB will change economic fortune of Nigeria – Senate President
***Says Ninth Assembly will keep to target on Electoral amendment Bill President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday assured…
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Arts & Entertainment
My $1.9 Billion in Minnesota Bank By FEMI ADESINA
Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can…
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Zulum visits Dikwa, shares N115m, food to 34,000
… Orders special medicals for nine attacked CJTFs Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum spent Thursday in Dikwa, supervising distribution…
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Nigeria’s solar power initiative groundbreaking project – Osinbajo
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Feb. 25, 2020 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that the five million homes solar installation plan…
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Africa
First doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have arrived Ghana through COVAX
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 24, 2021/ The first doses of the AstraZeneca (www.AstraZeneca.com) vaccine have been delivered to Ghana Wednesday,…
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Business and Economy
Court adjourns OML 29 suit against Aiteo pending Appeal Court decision
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Thursday, adjourned ‘sine die’ (indefinitely) , a suit against Aiteo Exploration and Production…
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New EFCC Chairman, Bawa, visits Buhari; Be bold, incorruptible, lawyers urge him
By Sandra Umeh President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, February 25, 2021 received in audience the newly appointed Chairman of the…
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EFCC arraigns Bestworth’s director for alleged misappropriation of N10.2bn
By Glory Abuh-Adejoh Abuja, Feb.25, 2021 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned a director of the…
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