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Rainstorm renders hundreds of residents of Ubiaja, in Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State homeless

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Rainstorm renders hundreds homeless in Edo community

Among buildings destroyed by the rainstorm were private residences and some religious centres, while valuables within were also badly damaged.
L-R) Engr. Ahmad Kawu, Secretary of Programme, OSSAP-SDGs, Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of Field Office, Lagos and Akure, UNICEF, Matthias Schmale, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator a.i., Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Bolaji Balogun, Co-Chair, Private Sector Advisory Group on SDGs, Morris Atoki, PSAG at the 2022 Management Retreat by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals

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SDGs: UN Chief lauds Nigeria’s implementation strategy

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mattias Schmale has lauded the Office of the Senior Special Assistant…
L-R: Former governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia; Governor of Oyo State, Oluseyi Makinde; Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike; former Gombe State governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo and former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, during Governor Wike's consultation meeting with PDP delegates in Ado-Ekiti on Monday.

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Makinde: S/West will vote as a bloc at PDP presidential primary

Makinde stressed that the region will play a central role during the presidential primary and will also get a central…
Adeleke and Babayemi

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Osun 2022: Court fixes date for judgment on tussle for PDP’s ticket

The PDP had on March 8, held parallel primaries which produced Ademola Adeleeke and Prince Dotun Babayemi as candidates for…
Oluyemi-Esan

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Fayemi’s aide Oluyemi Esan resigns, picks Reps form

Esan has obtained his nomination and expression of interest form for Ado/Irepodun/Ifelodun Central 1 federal constituency seat.
Chrisland School

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Uche Igwe docked for sharing Chrisland students’ sex video on Twitter

A video clip involving five students of Chrisland Schools, Lagos, engaging in sexual activities at a World Schools Games in…
PDP Governors asks APC to throw in the towel if it cannot solve Nigeria's problems

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Gov. Mohammed: I will abide by PDP’s decision on zoning

The Bauchi Governor said zoning is a formula brought to bring devolution of power between the federating entities and the…
Emefiele: Ex-CBN director confirms receiving $2.5m as gift from $6.2m election money

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Emefiele’s bid to get court backing for presidential ambition fails

An affidavit of urgency in support of the exparte application stated that the Plaintiff/Applicant is the current Governor of the…
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, expresses concern over high number of first-class graduates being churned out by private universities

Education

Why we extended strike by 12 weeks – ASUU President

The extension of the ASUU strike by another 12 weeks will make it 20 weeks that students in public owned…
ASUU

Education

Just in: ASUU extends strike by 3 months

ASUU said the decision to extend the strike by three months was to give the government enough time to resolve…
Atiku with leaders of PDP in Ondo

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Atiku: How I will tackle insecurity if elected president

Atiku also said he would support devolving more powers to states and local government so that they could deal with…
AEDC says power supply to some communities in the FCT will be interrupted for two weeks starting from Monday, 6 January, 2024

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AEDC reacts to viral message on ‘high voltage’

Etim added that AEDC would continue to provide safe and stable electricity supply to customers in their homes and offices.
Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, senior aide to Ogun West Senator, Solomon Adeola has been killed in yet to be ascertained circumstances in Lagos

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Sen. Adeola to be installed Aremo Oba of Yewaland

The installation will also include the conferment of title of Yeye Aremo on the Senator's wife, Temitope.
Shadrach Blessing, Edibo Peter and Osuwgu Oyebuchi: arrested for armed robbery at Ruthfort Service Limited, a company at Ogijo area of Ogun State

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3 deadly robbers smashed after operation in Ogun

The robbers who gained access to Ruthfort Service Limited at about 2:45 am through the fence pointed gun to the…
R-L: Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike; Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Harry-Banigo; former Rivers State governor, Sir Celestine Omehia and the Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi Owaji-Ibani during a special thanksgiving service over victory on the oil well dispute between Rivers and Imo States, held at Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Port Harcourt on Sunday.

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Rivers 2023: APC’s Tonye Cole has $50m query to answer, says Wike

Wike described as a waste of time the 48 hours ultimatum issued by the Ijaw National Congress (INC) over the…
Richard Akinaka, Niger Delta Youth Leader: slams Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria for eyeing presidency

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2023 presidency: Akinaka slams CBN Governor Emefiele

A coalition of rice farmers and other crop growers had moved to drag Emefiele into the 2023 presidential race by…
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Airline operators suspend plan to ground flight services

Airline Operators said the earlier announced shutdown of operations on May 9, 2022 is suspended in good fate pending the…
Ekiti Deputy Speaker, Hakeem Jamiu

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APC members oppose Ekiti Deputy Speaker’s second term bid

Reacting to the allegation, the APC State Publicity Secretary, Mr Segun Dipe, said the party was not considering such plan,…
PDP Governors asks APC to throw in the towel if it cannot solve Nigeria's problems

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Amotekun: Gov. Mohammed commends Southwest governors

“We need local police in tackling insecurity in the country and to equally reduce the power at the centre,” the…
Buratai

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Buratai calls for establishment of more military bases

Buratai was also conferred with the honourary chieftaincy title of Jagumolu of Sakiland by the Ojere of Sakiland.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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Magnus Abe: Tinubu has ‘killer punch’ to keep APC in power

Magnus Abe also promised to serve all the people of Rivers State people if he is voted in as as…
ICPC Boss, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye

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ICPC to track 550 FG funded projects in 18 States

ICPC said the focal sectors of the Phase 4 exercise remain Education, Health, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development as…
Ex- Kano lawmaker Yusuf Sulaiman says emergence of Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of APC has sent jitters to the camp of the PDP.

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Supreme Court gives control of Kano APC back to Ganduje

A faction of the APC loyal to former Kano State governor Shekarau had been in a leadership battle with the…
First from right: Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, at the ongoing 12th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa at the Kigali Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda.

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Anti-graft war: ICPC boss backs non-conviction based asset recovery

The ICPC Chairman also added that dispossessing criminals from their ill-gotten wealth was sufficient punishment to dissuade others and is…
University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi,

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FG to take over Ebonyi University of Medical Sciences

President Buhari told the people of Ebonyi that the process for the change of ownership of the university is on…
Governor Babagana Zulum says 95 per cent of the participants in the violent #EndBadGovernance in Maiduguri were under 14 years

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2023: Gov. Zulum dissolves cabinet

By Hamza Suleiman Ahead of the primaries for various positions in the 2023 governorship election, Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Lagos thrilled participants at UN Tourism Confab to the rendition and dancing of Nigerian ace singer, Kizz Daniel’s hit song, “Buga’’.

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Osinbajo: Why I’m the most prepared presidential aspirant

Osinbajo said he will be ready on first day in office as president because he has had seven years training…
Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor commends Governor Soludo for awarding contracts for completing over 200 km roads in Anambra in two years in office.

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Anambra traders protest against Soludo caretaker committees

Governor Soludo had in a statement by the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr Obinna Ngonadi, that the government…
Senator Ibikunle Amosun declaring his intention to contest the 2023 presidency under the platform of APC in Abuja on Thursday

Politics

Amosun: How I will tackle Nigeria’s security challenges if elected

Amosun further said the 2023 elections would provide opportunity to renew “our faith as a people, capable of transforming our…
SERAP

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2023: INEC warns political parties on primaries

While urging the parties to ensure rancour-free and transparent exercise, INEC reiterated that the deadline for primaries for 2023 general…
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