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Nigeria resumes hajj flights after Saudi row

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National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Sunday resumed flight operations to Saudi Arabia in five centres for this year’s…

2 die as bomb explosion, gun fire rock Zaria

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An explosion and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic school in Zaria, Kaduna state Sunday, leaving two suspected attackers…

Seriake Dickson’s Bayelsa state clocks 16

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—OKAFOR OFIEBOR/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State which shares the same date of birth with Nigeria, clocks 16 The Ijaw of the…

Emeka Ngige: Nigeria has failed as a state

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Chief Emeka Ngige, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, tells FOLA ADEMOSU his assessment of the Nigerian state on its 52nd…

Yakassai: Nigeria will not break up

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Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakassai, a former presidential aide, tells MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH that corruption is biggest of the factors that…

Nigeria not yet a nation

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The happy estimation of Nigeria as a nation has proved unjustifiable BAMIDELE JOHNSON In the last one year, even the…

Nigeria stunted at 52

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Ademola Adegbamigbe At 52, Nigeria is suffering from arrested development. Almost at the same time, Nigeria and some Third World…

US Supreme court decides on Shell torture case

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The US Supreme Court is back in session tomorrow to tackle major social issues such as same-sex marriage and affirmative…

Katsina state leads in polio cases

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Katsina state, in Nigeria’s Northwest has the nation’s highest number of polio cases, Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation…

Governor Ajimobi, others bag honorary doctorate

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GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has attributed the current multi-faceted crises bedeviling the country to the…

More woes for Nigerians displaced by flood

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Unabating flood is threatening to sack flood-displaced people at their camp in the LGEA Primary School camp in Lokoja, capital…

Encomiums as Adegbite buried in Abeokuta

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Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The body of the late Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Abdul Lateef…

NEMA can’t cope with Kogi flood disaster, says senator

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EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman representing Kogi Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly has described the flood that has…

2 drug suspects arrested

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Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have blamed their friend…

Fashola, clerics laud Adegbite

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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has opened the floodgates of tributes to the departed Islamic scholar and lawyer,…

Taraba deputy governor challenges impeachment panel

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The Taraba Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar, on Saturday challenged the competence of the panel investigating allegations of gross misconduct…

Senator Bagudu aids indigent students

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More than 600 indigent students have benefited from the scholarship programme initiated by Senator Atiku Bagudu, Malam Zaki Sarki, Chairman,…

Shebab, Boko Haram allies chased out of Somalia

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MOGADISHU (AFP) – Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda linked Shebab rebels said on Saturday they have abandoned the southern Somali port…

Debate: Should Nigerian military officers retire at 70?

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The Nigerian Army says it has begun the process of reviewing upward to 70 years, the retirement age for its…

PDP North East opens office

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Nigeria’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its North – East Zonal office in Bauchi. Governor Isa Yuguda, who sent…

Security men working for Boko Haram arrested

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Nigeria’s military special task force said last night it had arrested a number of security personnel over links to Islamist…

Lateef Adegbite, Islam’s spokesman dies

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Dr Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, lawyer, former attorney general for Western Nigeria, Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and its spokesman…

Lokoja-Abuja road now open for motorists

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The Lokoja-Abuja road was re-opened to traffic at about 3.15 p.m. on Friday, six days after it was closed. Mr…

Thieves burgle Federal Secretariat

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A gang of suspected thieves on Friday ransacked the Federal Secretariat, Katsina, in an early morning operation. A witness said…

Kwara House Of Assembly Passes Health Bill Into Law

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Stephen Oni/ Ilorin A bill to give legal backing to the Community Health Insurance Scheme of the Kwara State Government…

2 die in Port Harcourt gun duel

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt One Policeman and a suspected armed robber were shot dead in the early hours of today in…

Saudis defend deportation of Nigerian female pilgrims

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RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia on Friday defended its decision to turn back hundreds of Nigerian women who flew into…

Land Grabbers Give Ofada, Mowe Landlords Quit Notice

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Residents and landlords of Ofada and Mowe in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area, Ogun state, southwest Nigeria, are now living in…

Death By Hanging: Policemen Shocked Over Colleague’s Fate

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The verdict of death by hanging on a policeman who shot dead a three-year old girl by a Lagos High…

Rwanda, Kenya Move Towards Digital Migration

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Authorities in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda have banned the sale and importation of DVB-T boxes, as they take steps towards…

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