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Embrace data-driven reporting, UNICEF urges Nigerian media
By Victor Adeoti The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged media professionals in Nigeria to embrace data gathering in…
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Ambode receives Nigerian World record holder in longest reading marathon…To be named Ambassador of Lagos Reads Project
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday received a Nigerian, Bayode Treasures-Olawunmi who set a new Guinness World Record…
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Rohr invites Mikel, Onazi, Moses, 25 others for Poland, Serbia friendlies
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has called up team captain Mikel Obi, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and Victor Moses in…
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Lagos residents express mixed views over wearing of waist chains, anklets
By Olaitan Idris Some residents of Lagos on Wednesday expressed divergent views on the current trend in which some women…
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How Africa can develop like China — Peter Obi
African governments have been advised to look in the direction of China in their search for solutions to the continent’s…
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India’s national carrier to operate all-women flights on women’s day
India’s national carrier Air India will operate a number of all-women crew flights to mark the International Women’s Day which…
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Minister inaugurates agencies’ boards, charges on synergy to facilitate ICT development
By Taiye Agbaje The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, on Tuesday urged agencies under the ministry to collaborate toward…
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Sierra Leone elections: 600 ballot papers missing -NEC
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission (NEC) has said that about 600 ballot papers for Wednesday’s elections…
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FG pleads with SSANU, NASU, NAAT to suspend strike
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal Government has pleaded with the Non-Teaching Staff of the Nigerian Universities to suspend the…
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Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa governor, dies at 75
By Isaac Ukpoju Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa governor, is dead, former Nasarawa information commissioner Mamman Alakayi has…
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Ronaldo inspires Real Madrid to beat PSG for quarter-finals ticket
Holders Real Madrid cruised into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals with Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half goal helping them to a 2-1…
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U.S. announces $533m for Nigeria, others
By Prudence Arobani The U.S. has announced about 533 million dollars in humanitarian assistance for Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somalia, and…
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3.17 million Sierra Leonians vote today, observers appeal for peace
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Voters in Sierra Leone are trooping out today for presidential, parliamentary and local council polls. Sierra…
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Lagos APC kicks against tenure elongation for Oyegun, others
The Lagos State All Progressives Congress, APC, has kicked against the elongation of tenure of the party’s national and state…
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ABU staff unions disagree over SSANU strike
By Mohammed Lawal The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian University (SSANU), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) branch Zaria, Kaduna State,…
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CBN boosts FOREX market with $210 million
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 gave a boost of $210 million to the…
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A warm welcome as Lalong hosts Buhari in Plateau By Hon. Yakubu Dati
In November last year, the government and people of Plateau State could not hide their joy when it was announced…
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President George Weah in Abuja
President George Weah of Liberia was in Abuja, on March 5, 2018 and was received in audience by President Muhammadu…
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Neglect of Andoni-Opobo Road cost you 2015 election in your LGA, Rivers Govt. tells Dakuku Peterside
David Amusa, Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has called on the failed Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate…
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With right leadership, Africa’s drive to entrench democracy on course – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Accra, the capital of Ghana, said with the right leadership and implementation of public policies,…
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Jubilation as Ugwuanyi inaugurates Ogbete Market Main access road *Assists owners of burnt corn mill shops with funds *promises to continue to identify with the common man and lead with the fear of God
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State amid jubilation and commendations from traders in Ogbete Main Market, Enugu on Tuesday inaugurated…
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Beyond Lagos boy’s Reading Marathon record By Tayo Ogunbiyi
“My name is Bayode Treasures Olawunmi. I have just finished reading aloud for 120 hours non-stop! I did it for…
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Omisore toasts to Obasanjo, ‘an unrepentant statesman’ at 81
Senator Iyiola Omisore, a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an unrepentant nationalist…
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