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Sokoto govt to enroll 1.2m pupils – Tambuwal

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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the state government plans to enroll no fewer than 1.2 million pupils in…

Stray dog bites anti-robbery policeman in Yola

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A stray dog on Saturday in Yola, went berserk, biting a policeman on duty. The incident occurred at the popular…

Biafra has come to stay, says Nnamdi Kanu from jail

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The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, Nnamdi Kanu has stated that “Biafra has come to stay”…

Budget Defence: House decries uncompleted projects

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The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has decried the high number of uncompleted projects in…

Gov. Ganduje signs Sports Commission Bill into law

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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Friday signed the bill establishing the Kano State Sports Commission into law. The…

Bizman loses N5m tax to fraudster

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Cyriacus Izuekwe A 54-year old man has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo, Lagos State,…

Pastor, 50, rapes member, 18 in Port Harcourt

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The pastor of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, 50, has been arrested and detained at the…

11 FUNAAB students bag scholarships

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has awarded…

Mixed feelings as Nigerians react to Murtala Muhammed’s passing

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On February 13 1976, Nigeria’s then head of state, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was assassinated as military ruler barely a…

Gov. Ayade shuts out Oyegun, APC bigwigs from Calabar stadium

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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has shut out big wigs of the All Progressives Party from the the…

Ponytail gives female suicide bomber away

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A would-be suicide bomber who refused to detonate her explosives in northeast Nigeria was identified as she tried to flee…

Why Wike is rightfully elected governor of Rivers – Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on Friday gave reasons while Nyesom Wike was affirmed as the validly elected governor of Rivers. Justice…

Nigerian Academy of Science to get research grant – Onu

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The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) on Friday said it would give the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS)…

Rivers: INEC presents Certificate of Return to APC assembly member

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Friday issued a Certificate of Return to Hon Victoria Wobo Nyeche…

Police kill suspected kidnapper, rescue 3 victims

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Police in Kogi on Friday shot and killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued three kidnap victims at a border area…

Cash crunch stalls recruitment into police – Arase

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The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, said police had not commenced recruitment due to lack of finance. Arase…

Police kill two suspects on bank robbery operation

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Men of the Osun Police Command on Friday killed two suspected armed robbers in Ikirun area of the state, while…

Sanction governors who fail to conduct LG polls – Ndoma-Egba tells Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to sanction state governors who failed to conduct local government elections at the appropriate…

Mother of 3 excretes 80 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport

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Saidat Hassan, 48, and mother of three children, on Friday, allegedly excreted 80 wraps of white powdery substances that tested…

Buhari lauds ECCAS’ support for war against insurgency

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President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will partner with the eleven-member Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) to rid…

King’s son loses N6.5m to contractor

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Paul Iyoghojie An aluminium installation specialist, Bolakale Yekini, 47, has been arrested by the police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos…

Buhari eulogises Olubadan, as body is interred

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GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday called on Nigerians to emulate the exemplary lifestyle of Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I…

OEAS calls for creation of Biafra self defence units

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The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS) has called for the creation of self defense units for protesting Biafra agitators…

Money Laundering: Lamido’s trial gains momentum as EFCC tenders more documents

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The trial of a former Jigawa governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others…

6 arrested over kidnap, murder of Ubulu-Uku king

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Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The police in Delta State has arrested six persons in connection with the kidnap and gruesome murder of…

Gov Wike hammers Finance Commissioner, Accountant-General

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has suspended the State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Fred Kpakol and…

Amosun swears in 6 new aides

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Barely 24 hours after swearing four Special Advisers, Governor Ibikunle Amosun has approved the appointment of another six…

Dickson to amend Bayelsa criminal code, warns against ransom to kidnappers

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Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a riot act to criminals with a stern warning…

Pastor in adultery mess, flees housewife’s home naked

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Cyriacus Izuekwe Residents of Wahab Close in EJigbo in Lagos State, western Nigeria, were stunned by the drama that played…

Ricky Tarfa’s trial must go on – Court

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A Federal High Court, Lagos has thrown out an application by a prominent lawyer, Ricky Tarfa, SAN, seeking to stop…

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