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Gov Emmanuel closes case at tribunal amidst allegations of impersonation, false report

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Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel on Monday closed his defence before the tribunal amidst allegation of impersonation and false…

PDP will win Bayelsa guber election – Jonathan

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Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, failed to secure a second term in office but he is optimistic that Governor Seriake…

Bayelsa Poll: Jonathan, Anenih, Alamieyeseigha, others endorse Dickson

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Ahead of the December 5 governorship elections in Bayelsa State, political heavyweights in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including ex-President…

NIS asks ex-governors, lawmakers, others to return diplomatic passport

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Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has directed former public office holders like governors, lawmakers at the national and state level, ministers,…

Naval Chief unveils new strategy to tackle maritime crime

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The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, in one of his first major policy and administrative decision,…

Nigerian gets life sentence in UK for murder

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A Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Ekun, was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK for murdering 18-yearold Marcus…

Obasanjo laments growing rate of African immigrants

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed sadness over the growing rate of Africans illegally travelling to…

Oranyan festival commences in Oyo with free medical treatment

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GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN As part of effort to commemorate this year’s Oranyan festival organized by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi…

Fernandez never joked with Yoruba tradition, says group

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Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, on Monday described the late Ambassador Deinde Fernandez as a man who never…

I will name my cabinet this month, Buhari assures

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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Aburi, Ghana reassured Nigerians and the international community that he will name his cabinet before…

Nigeria sends Togo asylum seekers back home – UNHCR

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AP — Nigerian authorities have deported at least 100 Togolese asylum seekers, many of them the children who have been…

Lagos midwives protest 20 months salary arrears

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Kazeem Ugbodaga Scores of midwives in Lagos State on Monday stormed the Lagos State Governor’s office and the Lagos State…

Italian navy recovers 60 bodies from migrant boat wreck

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The Italian navy on Monday recovered another 60 bodies from a boat that sank on the way from Libya to…

Pakistan to support Nigeria’s military

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The Pakistani Government has pledged to support Nigeria in strengthening its military apparatus to enable it to join in promoting…

Prostitution: Lagos court jails 30 women for 6 weeks

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An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced 30 women to six weeks imprisonment for prostitution. Those sentenced are…

France to prepare air strikes against IS in Syria – Hollande

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AFP – France will launch surveillance flights over Syria from Tuesday with a view to conducting airstrikes on Islamic State…

Probe role of World Bank in Abacha loot, SERAP tells Buhari

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Kazeem Ugbodaga A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has recommended to the government of President…

China’s Sinoma signs $600m Nigerian cement expansion with BUA

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Reuters – Nigerian conglomerate BUA Group has signed $600 million worth of contracts with China’s Sinoma International Engineering Co. to…

Senegal medical plane collides with Boeing 737

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The Senegalese National Civil Aviation Agency confirmed on Monday in Dakar that a small medical evacuation plane carrying seven people,…

Herdsmen need to embrace education – Association

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The Chairman of Hausa/Fulani socio-cultural group, Alhaji Muhammad Koli, on Sunday in Abuja called on Fulani herdsmen to embrace education…

JAMB inspects facilities to be used as UTME centres

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inspected over 600 facilities nationwide for accreditation as centres for the conduct…

Army chief re-assures troops on welfare

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The Nigerian Army on Monday re-stated that it would continue to ensure adequate welfare of its personnel to boost their…

Pakistan to support Nigeria’s military

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The Pakistani Government has pledged to support Nigeria in strengthening its military apparatus to enable it join in promoting global…

PICTURES: Alaafin of Oyo visits Aregbesola on Ooni’s transition

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Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on Monday paid a visit to Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola to condole with…

10,000 migrants to arrive in Germany on Monday, official says

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A regional German official said at Munich’s main railway station on Monday that more than 10,000 migrants are expected to…

Boy,16, burnt to death in Lekki

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Kazeem Ugbodaga Early morning fire has burnt to death a 16-year-old boy along with a duplex at Lekki area of…

Woman stops late husband’s burial for 2 years after death

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Cyriacus Izuekwe The traditional ruler of Umuchu town in Aguata in Anambra State Eastern Nigeria, Igwe Gody Ezechukwu, has lamented…

World loses forests size of South Africa in 25 years, says FAO

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The world lost forests the size of South Africa over the past 25 years, a decline of more than three…

Polio: LG to immunise 81,000 children in Jigawa

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The Jahu Local Government Council of Jigawa has said that it is targeting at least 81,000 children for vaccination against…

Al Shabaab militants retake Somali town from African Union

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Reuters – The Islamist militant group Al Shabaab took control of a sizeable town in central Somalia on Sunday after…

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