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Workers shut down AIT, Raypower over 17 months unpaid salaries

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin Scores of workers of Daar Communications Plc, operator of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM Radio, on…

Court adjourns Buruji Kashamu’s case till June 19

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Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for the umpteenth time adjourned till June 19 the…

Gov Ayade Turns Heat On Civil Servants

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Reuben Bojor/Calabar New Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has turned the heat on the civil servants as…

Staff steals Ex-minister’s N20m luxury watches, accessories

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11 years ago

Paul Agbota, a domestic staff of a former Minister of External Affairs, who allegedly stole watches and luxury accessories valued…

Nigeria To Benefit From Bill Gates’ $776m Hunger Fund

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Melinda Gates announced on Thursday that she and husband Bill’s foundation will spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria and…

Saraki Hopes To Emerge Senate President

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Jamiu Yisa Senator Bukola Saraki has expressed confidence that with the feelers he is getting and the goodwill of his…

Man Sells Son For N300k

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Josephine Odum-John The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly selling his 2-year-old…

Air Bag: Mazda recalls fresh 75,000 cars

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Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) on Thursday filed a fresh recall for 75,000 cars in Japan to replace air bag inflators…

Police rescue abducted Kogi commissioner

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The Police in Kogi on Thursday announced the rescue of the state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Stephen Maiyaki…

Mubarak to stand trial again over 2011 killing of protesters

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will face a second and final retrial over the killing of protesters…

78 killed, many injured in gas blast in Ghana

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Over seventy-five dead bodies have been retrieved at the Goil Filling Station at the Nkrumah Circle in Accra that caught…

Rivers ban consumption of local gin after the death of 22 persons

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has banned the consumption of local gin popularly called Ogogoro following the death of…

VIDEO: Saviour Godwin, Taiwo Awoniyi star as Nigeria bash North Korea 4-0

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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Thursday in New Plymouth got their FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign in New Zealand back on…

Gov. Wada dissolves 5th Kogi House of Assembly

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Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday dissolved the 5th Kogii House of Assembly after completing the statutory four-year tenure…

SON siezes fake baby diaper worth over N200m from 3 Chinese

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The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday intercepted 10 containers of suspected fake baby diapers worth over N200million allegedly…

Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri

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MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in a pile of scrap metal beside a busy road has killed two people…

Nigerian military responsible for death of 8,000 – Amnesty

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11 years ago

ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 8,000 people have died while being held prisoner by Nigeria’s armed forces in the campaign…

Gov. Dickson signs Widows Protection Bill into law

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11 years ago

Bayelsa on Wednesday outlawed harmful traditional practices as Gov. Seriake Dickson signed into law the Widows and Widowers Protection Bill…

Police arrest wanted fraudster, 12 others in Abuja

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The police in the FCT have arrested a suspected fraudster and member of car theft syndicate on its wanted list,…

Nigerian Army warns public on fake recruitment on internet

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11 years ago

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its attention had been drawn to the activities of a syndicate extorting money from…

Buhari to review Amnesty International report on military torture

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President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledges receipt of the Amnesty International report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Stories of horror in their…

Dead terror suspect planned to kill US police officers

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New York (AFP) – A 26-year-old security guard shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston plotted to behead…

I joined politics to serve God and humanity – David Mark

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Senate President, David Mark, in Abuja on Wednesday, said he joined politics in order to serve God and humanity. Mark…

Ekweremadu lauds legislative institute over 161 draft bills

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11 years ago

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has lauded the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS), for drafting 161…

Senate passes Sexual Offences Bill, Rapists get life imprisonment

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The Senate on Wednesday passed the Sexual Offences Bill, 2015 which prescribes life imprisonment for rapists and those who have…

Edo prunes 2015 Budget following economic downturn

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin As most states in the country now face the hash reality of the downturn of the economy, Edo…

N4.6bn Scam: Three CBN staff, others land in prison

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Three employees of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and three staff of Wema Bank, were on Wednesday, remanded in…

Ambode gives ultimatum to miscreants

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Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday presided over the inaugural Security Council Meeting, where he issued a…

Over 22 persons dead in Rivers after drinking local gin

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 22 persons have been confirmed dead in Bonny Island, Bonny, and Woji in Obio Akpor local…

Grandpa arrested for kidnapping in Benin

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 53-year old grandfather, Fred Ikhimu Arobi, suspected to be leader a…

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