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Controlling spread of HIV/AIDS: Gombe traditional ruler reduces bride price
In an effort to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and offer young men and women the opportunity of settling down…
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FRSC restates commitment to speed control in Nigeria
As part of its continuing efforts to ensure efficient implementation of the policy on the use of speed limiting devices…
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Lagos retrieves hacked website
The Lagos State Government on Friday said that its website, www.lagosstate.gov.ng which was in the early hours of the day…
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(Opinion) Buhari’s first Christmas in office By Bolanle Bolawole
Christmas and New Year are around the corner; and they will be the very first that Muhammadu Buhari will celebrate…
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FG will exploit full potentials of tourism sector to diversify economy – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has underscored the commitment of the present administration towards exploiting the…
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NNPC/SNEPCo showers gifts on Innercity pupils
Pupils of the Innercity Mission School, Lagos were proud hosts of a Christmas party organised by Shell Nigeria Exploration and…
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Akwa Ibom: Appeal Court sacks Governor Udom; orders fresh poll within 90 days
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Friday, nullified the election of Emmanuel Udom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
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Court grants Dasuki, 2 others bail for N200m each
Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf of the Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, Friday, granted the bail application of the former…
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President Buhari receives Mbaka at State House; says FG committed to truth, justice, anti-corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, said one of the best exhortations to the nation he has heard from the pulpit was…
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SSANU threatens indefinite strike over plans by FG to retrench staff of varsity schools
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to declare an indefinite strike over a directive by the…
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Court nullifies impeachment of ex-Enugu Deputy Governor
An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice R. O. Odugu has nullified the impeachment of then former Deputy Governor…
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Boko Haram planning major abductions across Nigeria for ransom – FG warns; Issues security alert
The Federal Government has warned that Boko Haram terrorists are planning another sensational abduction of pupils/students or foreigners in…
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Police ban religious processions in Sokoto
Sokoto State police command has banned indefinitely all forms of processions by all religious groups across the 23 local government…
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Dream Team IV’s captain in despair over health status
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Future of the victorious National Under-23, the Dream Team IV ‘s dropped captain, Erhun Obanor now hangs…
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Kaduna gov’t to set up Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Zaria clash; bans public processions
A judicial commission of inquiry is to be established into the recent security incidents in Zaria. This was disclosed in…
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FG to exploit full potentials of tourism sector to diversify economy – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has underscored the commitment of the present administration towards exploiting the full…
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Buhari has approved NNPC’s unbundling proposal – Kachikwu; now to be split into 4 units
Buhari has approved NNPC’s unbundling proposal – Kachikwu; now to be split into 4 units President Muhammadu Buhari has approved…
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FG recovered only $26.4m, £19m Abacha’s loot — AGF; as Foreign Reserves drop to $29 billion
Federal Government, Thursday, said the total amount of money recovered from the late Head of State, Gen Sani Abachi as…
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NNPC awards crude oil lifting contract to 21 firms
The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) has awarded crude oil lifting contracts to 21 firms which emerged winners of the…
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Oil heads for third straight weekly loss as supply weighs
Oil prices edged higher, Friday as investors closed positions ahead of the end of the year though crude was still…
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EFCC arraigns businessman for alleged N9.5m oil fraud; docks another for alleged N29.9m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 17, 2015 arraigned one Oghenemi Michael Morowei, Managing Director, Standard…
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Bayelsa: INEC fixes Jan. 9 for Southern Ijaw re-run poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has fixed January 9, 2016, as date for the conclusion of the governorship election…
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(Opinion) Weep not for Jose Mourinho by Tayo Ogunbiyi
After, perhaps, the worst start to a season, in which his club, Chelsea FC of England, had only been able…
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Diezani rumoured dead; family refutes report
Following reports that the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Mrs Diezani Alsion-Madueke was died,…
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We need to fast track the integration process — President Buhari tells ECOWAS leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari has praised past and current leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for their…
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