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FIFA plots life ban for Platini
Suspended FIFA vice-president and UEFA president, Michel Platini could be facing a life ban from football, according to his lawyer.…
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NCC prepares more fines for MTN, three others
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has lined out further fines for telecommunications firm, MTN in addition to the outstanding $5.2…
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What we need is dialogue – Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, Monday, expressed worry over the increasing agitation for a Biafra republic by…
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Bayelsa guber poll: 2,000 supporters of ex- Dep Gov defect to PDP
Former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Werinipre Seibarugu, weekend, lost over…
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Nigeria saved $300m from BVN-for-forex policy — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the implementation of the Bank Verification Number (BVN) in the transactions of foreign…
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Buhari to GECF members: Sustain pricing mechanism of gas in int’l market
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, in Tehran, Iran called on the leadership of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to sustain…
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Fidelity Bank tops Bankers’ Games 2015
Fidelity Bank Plc team has bagged the top position at the 2015 edition of the Nigeria Bankers’ Games, as the…
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ESUT sacks 153 lecturers
Enugu State University of Technology, ESUT, Enugu, has sacked 153 lecturers from its employment, even as no official reason was…
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CBN cuts dollar supply; as naira hits N242
The naira dropped to N242 against the U.S dollar at the parallel market, Monday, after the Central Bank of Nigeria…
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Abubakar Audu buried; Governors Tambuwal, Obiano, Ahmed mourn
The remains of the late All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kogi State was Monday laid to rest at…
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The Future Awards Africa 2015, Comic Republic unveils Olamide, Yemi Alade, Trevor Noah, others as heroes
Following, Sunday’s announcement of nominees for The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) 2015 in a continent-wide broadcast on EbonyLife TV and…
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Kwara signs MOU with Dutch partners on Health Insurance Fund
Kwara State Government has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch Health Insurance Fund to establish Health Insurance…
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(Wedding) Johnson Imaka weds Titilayo Ogunyombo
It will be joy unlimited for Sister Titilayo Dorcas Ogunyombo and Brother Johnson Bamidele Imaka when they step out on…
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(Passage) Mrs Grace Aina Olukotun goes home
Mrs Grace Aina Olukotun has passed on at the age of 84 and would be buried on Friday, November 27,…
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Excitement in Osun as Aregbesola commissions N750 million High School named after Soyinka *Nobel Laureate says project represents rejection of what Boko Haram stands for
There was excitement in Osun on Monday as Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka joined Governor Rauf Aregbesola to unveil a…
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(Passage) Mrs Grace Aina Olukotun goes home
Mrs Grace Aina Olukotun has passed on at the age of 84 and would be buried on Friday, November 27,…
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Funmi Iyanda makes history as first African woman to receive honorary fellowship from UK varsity
Nigerian media entrepreneur, Funmi Iyanda, will on Wednesday, November 25 receive an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria in…
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Oshiomhole declares total war against Igbinedion: I cannot fear him; He is a thief – Gov. insists
GODWIN AGENE, Benin Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, Monday, declared war on the Igbinedion family for ‘daring him’ in the…
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Bayelsa Dec. 5 poll: MEND endorses Gov Dickson for second term
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Rivers State Chapter, weekend, endorsed the incumbent Governor…
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We will not stifle free speech, but social media influencers must self-regulate — FG
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the Buhari Administration will not stifle free speech by…
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Okorocha denies accusing Tinubu, others of killing Audu; mourns late ex-Kogi governor
The Imo State Government has denied reports in a social media platform credited to the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha,…
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IGP Arase mourns late Audu Abubakar; commends Kogi residents for ‘peaceful poll’
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has commiserated with the people of Kogi State, family, friends and relations…
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NCAA, unions end rift as agency prepares for March 2016 Audit
ANTHONY OMOH The unrest at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) may have come to an end as unions have…
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Kogi Poll: PDP will react with verifiable evidence – Metuh
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said it would react to Saturday’s Kogi gubernatorial election, declared inconclusive by INEC, after…
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