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Ghana foresees high cocoa purchases in 2015/16

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Ghana projects cocoa purchases of 850,000-900,000 tonnes in the 2015/16 cocoa season that opened on Friday. The chief executive of…

Abuja Trade Fair: Exhibitors applaud organisers for extension of closing date

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Exhibitors at the 10th Abuja International Trade Fair have applauded the organisers for the steps taken to extend the closing…

Player jailed 1 year for breaking opponent’s leg

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A footballer in Britain’s Sunday League has been jailed for a year after he deliberately broke an opponent’s leg on…

Ondo to begin chocolate production April 2016

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The Ondo State Government on Friday said that a modern chocolate factory to process premium quality cocoa beans produced in…

50 French coys to visit Nigeria, meet with Buhari

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A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and…

Ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani arrested in London

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The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London. According to PREMIUM Times the…

Committee on establishment of national carrier submits report

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The Ministerial Committee on Establishment of National Carrier has submitted its report to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation,…

Terrorism: British boy, 15, jailed for life

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(Reuters) – A 15-year-old boy, thought to be the youngest Briton to be convicted of a terrorism offence, was given…

Burkina Faso coup leader handed over to government

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The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after…

Man arraigned in Ibadan for illegal possession of a gun

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A 35-year old man, Waheed Akinsanmi, was on Friday arraigned in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for illegal…

Obama suffers backlash for sending soldiers to Nigeria, other countries

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By Jo Becker Advocacy/ Director Children’s Rights Division This week, President Barack Obama announced that four countries that use child…

No multiple thumb printing, ballot snatching in Rivers guber polls – Witnesses

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Four more witnesses for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Thursday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja…

Kebbi farmers lose crops worth N3bn to flood

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The Secretary, Kebbi chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Muhammad Idris, said on Friday that 45,000…

300 Bakassi IDPs get free medical service

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No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from…

Ladipo Market finally demolished

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Cyriacus Izuekwe Traders at Ladipo Main Market in Mushin, Lagos State, western Nigeria, were in shock and tears as bulldozer…

Robbers force victims to serve them food during attack

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Cyriacus Izuekwe Robbers early Thursday morning invaded streets in Ejigbo community in Lagos State, western Nigeria. During the three-hour attack,…

Series of explosions rock Maiduguri, 14 dead, 39 injured

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AFP – A series of explosions rocked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, with casualties feared, witnesses…

Monsignor to Youths: Shun nepotism, bigotry

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Monsignor Cletus Gotan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, Plateau state capital has urged youths and Nigerians generally to shun…

Go after the masterminds of Boko Haram, TMC urges Buhari

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An Islamic group called The Muslim Congress (TMC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use intelligence to engage captured Boko…

Support Buhari to eradicate corruption, Amosun tells Nigerians

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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the crusade to eradicate corruption in…

Obama voices anger over Oregon shooting, urges gun control

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Washington (AFP) – United States President Barack Obama voiced his anger and sadness after the country’s latest deadly shooting, this…

We shot down US C-130 plane, killed 11, Taliban says

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AFP – The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with…

244 Nigerian pilgrims yet to be accounted for – Tambuwal

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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday said all Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage…

Gunman, 20, dead after killing 10 in Oregon college shooting

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Los Angeles (AFP) – A 20-year-old gunman opened fire at a community college in the US state of Oregon on…

VIDEO: Coping With Boko Harram, Part Two by Kayode Ogundamisi

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Here is Part Two of the Documentary by Nigerian blogger, social activist, Kayode Ogundamisi on the Boko Haram insurgency and…

Documentary: Coping With Boko Haram, Part 1 by Kayode Ogundamisi

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In this documentary Kayode Ogundamisi, a commentator on Nigerian and international affairs takes audacious steps to unravel the scenes of…

80 Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian troops

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Nigerian Army said on Thursday that 80 Book Haram insurgents have surrendered to troops battling the terror group under the…

Kwara Independence Day celebration cancelled for security reasons

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med The Kwara State Government on Thursday cancelled all forms of fanfare as well as Metropolitan Square parade to mark…

Max Air returns 4,000 pilgrims to Nigeria

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Alhaji Ibrahim Dahiru, the Public Relations Manager, Max Air, on Thursday said the airline had returned 4,000 pilgrims who performed…

Appoint selfless leaders, Kukah tells Buhari

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The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Kukah, on Thursday, advised the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari…

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