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A Weekend With Kongi by Wale Okediran

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“Trespassing Vehicles will be shot and eaten” was the grim sign that welcomed us to Wole Soyinka’s residence in Abeokuta.…

5 arrested over illegal dredging

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested five person for…

5 arrested for hitching a ride on train

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Cyriacus Izuekwe Five men have been arrested and charged before Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court for hitching an illegal ride on…

Corruption is Nigeria’s main headache – CACOL

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Eromosele Ebhomele The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, on Wednesday has affirmed that corruption was Nigeria’s primary problem adding that…

Security guard, man docked over theft of MTN’s 24 backup batteries

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Two men, Opeyemi Oni and Adewale Salami, were on Wednesday charged before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for…

Akinyemi recommends two-party system for African countries

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Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a former Minister of External Affairs and the Deputy Chairman of the 2014 National Conference, on Wednesday…

Arms proliferation increasing crime rate in Niger Delta – Zone 5 AIG

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 5, Benin, Musa Daura, has decried the increasing rate…

Sanusi sacks Bayero’s son for refusing to pay homage to him

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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has sacked Chiroma of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Bayero after he refused to…

FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N389.9bn in September

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The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs Anastasia Nwaobia, on Wednesday said that N389.9 billion was shared among the federal,…

Ambode leads new cabinet on retreat

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Kazeem Ugbodaga Barely two weeks after its composition, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is leading the Lagos State Executive Council on a…

NLC slams Sanusi, says he’s fronting for IMF

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Eromosele Ebhomele The Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday warned Emir Muhammadu Sanusi of Kano state to avoid turning traditional institution…

40 families of deceased officers get N53m from Police

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The Nigeria Police on Thursday presented cheques worth N53 million under the Police Life Insurance Scheme to families of 40…

Oyakhire condoles with Gen. Abdulsalami over death of brother

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin The former Military Administrator of Oyo and Taraba States, AIG Amen Oyakhire (rtd), has commiserated with former Head…

I’ll deal with corrupt persons, recover stolen funds – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New Delhi reaffirmed his administration’s resolute commitment to curbing corruption, plugging all loopholes in…

Lamorde sues Punch newspaper for N1billion

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Kazeem Ugbodaga The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde has sued The Punch Newspaper to the tune…

Alariya Oodua publisher, Lanre Dodo Balogun dies

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KAYODE APONMADE Lanre Dodo Balogun, the publisher and Editor-in–Chief of Alariya Oodua, a Yoruba language weekly entertainment magazine, is dead.…

Lagos lawmakers demand stakeholders’ meeting over insecurity

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Eromosele Ebhomele Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have advised the state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to…

Senate concludes screening of ministerial nominees

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Nigerian Senate has concluded the screening of ministerial nominees following Wednesday’s screening of Dr Okechukwu Enyinna Enelamah(Abia), Anwuka Anthony (Imo),…

Omatseye slams N1b suit on The Sun newspapers

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Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman of The Nation Newspapers Editorial Board, Sam Omatseye, has slammed a N1 billion suit on The Sun…

Nigerian troops rescue 338 people held by Boko Haram

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Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group’s Sambisa forest…

4 land in prison over alleged attempt to defraud Dangote Group

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Paul Iyoghojie The police at Ikoyi division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arraigned four suspected fraudsters before a Lagos magistrates’…

5 suspected cult leaders remanded

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Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arrested five persons suspected to be leaders…

S’Court Verdict: PDP wants members to be calm, law abiding

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The Rivers chapter of the People`s Democratic Party on Tuesday urged its members to be calm and law abiding, despite…

N1trn: Reps to probe Lamorde, EFCC

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Nigeria’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives on Tuesday asked its committee on Financial Crimes to probe the alleged non-remittance…

Dakuku condemns Wike, PDP’s attack on judiciary

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State in the April election has…

NAF destroys Boko Haram dumps in Sambisa forest

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In a renewed drive to further degrade the Boko Haram’s ssets, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jets have successfully…

Rise against PDP, Akpabio’s impunity, Attah urges Akwa Ibomites

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Former Akwa Ibom State governor and elder statesman, Obong Victor Attah,has described the verdict of the Akwa Ibom State Governorship…

Woman stabs native doctor to death

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin-based native doctor simply identified as Owe, has been reportedly stabbed to death by a woman during…

Lagos appeals judgment on LG Caretaker Committees

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Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it has appealed the judgment of a Lagos High Court which had declared…

Work with me for greater peace, progress of Nigeria, Buhari urges Ooni of Ife

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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the new Ooni of Ife, Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, to work with his government for…

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