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Eight-day-old baby, WAEC results burnt in Lagos fire
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Dozens of students’ West African Examination Council (WAEC) result and property worth millions of naira were destroyed as 32 flats were razed in a fire incident that occurred at Satellite Town area of Lagos at the weekend. Read More…
UPDATED: Presidency Releases Full List Of Freed Chibok Girls
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The Presidency has released the full list of the Chibok schoolgirls who regained freedom from Boko Haram captive, over three years after they were abducted. Read More…
Mass Rape: Four Students Arrested For Assaulting Lagos Schoolgirls In Broad Daylight
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ter an eyewitness shared on social media how final year secondary school students sexually assaulted their female counterparts on their last day in school at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, in what has been described as a “tradition”, the Lagos State Government is said to be hunting for the students responsible. Read More…
Buhari Approves Additional N35bn For Amnesty Programme
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President Muhammadu Buhari has released an additional N35bn for the Amnesty Programme In the Niger Delta, according to the Presidency. Read More…
‘1.7 million candidates’ register for UTME — highest in JAMB history
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 1.7 million candidates registered for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Read More…
Amnesty, BBOG, Dogara, others react to release of 82 Chibok girls
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The Amnesty International has described as “big relief”, the news of the release of 82 Chibok girls who were held captive by Boko Haram. Read More…
Family Rejects Coroner’s Inquest Into Adeleke’s Death
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The family of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke has rejected the coroner’s inquest set up by the Osun State government to look into the cause of death of the lawmaker. Read More…
82 Chibok girls freed, arrive Aso rock
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Gunmen Kill Police Inspector Attached To Chinese Expatriate In Owerri
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A police inspector attached to a Chinese expatriate was on Friday shot and killed by gunmen in the Owerri metropolis, Imo State. Read More…
US, UK say Boko Haram plans to kidnap foreign aid workers
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Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria, which is in the grip of a food crisis caused by the conflict. Read More…
Father of Quintuplet receives key to three-bedroom bungalow
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The Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Friday in Abuja, formally presented the key to the three-bedroom bungalow promised the father of Quintuplet. Read More…
7 killed in another suicide bomb attack
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The Borno Police Command on Friday confirmed the killing of seven persons after two suspected female suicide bombers attacked Mandarari ward in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. Read More…
BREAKING: Buhari Attends Jumat Service
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President Muhammadu Buhari, joined by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, and other officials, is currently attending Friday’s Jumat service at the Presidential Villa. Read More…
Reps propose N100,000 fine for abuse of national flag
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The House of Representatives yesterday approved the second reading of a bill seeking to impose N100,000 fine on anyone who abuses the country’s national flag. Read More…
Reps under fire for rejecting oil firms’ relocation to Niger Delta
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For rejecting a proposal seeking the relocation of the operational and administrative offices of oil companies to the Niger Delta region, the leadership of the House of Representatives has been flayed by rights
groups from the area. Read More…
Nigerien President’s visit to Buhari postponed indefinitely
No Comments 243 Views | by Liz Ajala
The visit of President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic to President Muhammadu Buhari scheduled for Friday has been postponed indefinitely. Read More…
House Urges FG to Urgently Address Passport Scarcity
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The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a motion calling on the federal government to urgently address the current challenges being faced by the supplier of the passport booklets and devise sustainable means to ensure worldwide availability. Read More…
Pastor Adeboye’s Assistant General Overseer, Olu Obanure is dead
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The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has lost its assistant General Overseer, Pastor Olu Obanure. Read More…
Nigeria retains 40th spot in FIFA ranking
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles have remained on the 40th spot with 726 points in the May FIFA World Rankings released on Thursday. Read More…
Three suicide bombers killed at military outpost
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Three suicide bombers who attempted to attack a military outpost in Maiduguri, Borno State, were killed on Wednesday night, an official has said. Read More…
BREAKING: Benue bans open grazing of cattle, stipulates 5-year-jail term, N1m fine for offenders
No Comments 331 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday successfully passed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law. Read More…
Nnamdi Kanu arrives Enugu, storms Biafra cenotaph (PHOTOS)
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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has arrived Enugu State. Read More…
Buhari ‘still resting’, fails to attend FEC meeting again
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With no official correspondence, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday again stayed away from the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Read More…
CCT Trial: Saraki To File No-Case Submission
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has informed the Code of Conduct Tribunal that he intends to file a no-case submission in his ongoing trial for false asset declaration. Read More…