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Austerity Measure: FG To Sack 60,000 ‘Ghost Workers’

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Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Thursday that the Federal Government would weed out 60,000 “ghost workers” from the…

Cameroun Muslim leaders battle to stop Boko Haram recruitment drive

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As the West fights to keep its youth from the grip of jihadists, Cameroun’s Muslim leaders are struggling to respond…

Lagos Cancels Tomorrow’s Sanitation

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Kazeem Ugbodaga The Statewide Lagos State monthly environmental sanitation exercise for November has been cancelled to allow the Independent National…

Frustrated Musician Turns Robber

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Cyriacus Izuekwe A 24-year old reggae musician has confessed that frustration drove him into armed robbery. The suspect, Onyekachi Oshodi,…

Civilian vigilantes foil bomb attempt in Maiduguri

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11 years ago

Civilian vigilantes working with the Nigerian military against Boko Haram on Friday said they had foiled a roadside bomb attack…

70 Senators, 195 Reps Sign To Impeach President Jonathan

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11 years ago

More members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have thrown their weight behind the call for the impeachment…

Hollande to be first Western leader in Ebola-hit Africa

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French President Francois Hollande will become the first Western leader to travel to a country hit hard by the deadly…

Medical consultants, Health workers clash over ‘consultancy’ status

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11 years ago

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Contrary to claims by health workers under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) that they have…

50 killed in Boko Haram attack on Damasak, says UN

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Up to 50 people were killed in an attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a northeast Nigeria…

DSS refuses to produce detained APC staff despite court order

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Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this morning re-affirmed its earlier order made on the…

Amosun, Tinubu laud Aregbesola, Osun people

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria on Thursday declared that the people of Osun has demonstrated…

Shut up and sit quietly at home – Ogun Ex-Lawmaker tells Daniel

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A former lawmaker in Ogun state, Hon. Kunle Adegboyega has cautioned the former governor of the state, Otunba…

Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce

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The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded £337 million ($530 million, 425 million euros) on Thursday in one…

EFCC arraigns local council chairman, deputy for embezzlement of N68m SURE-P fund

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday arraigned the Chairman of Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna…

Senator Abe supports my choice as guber candidate, says Dakuku

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dakuku Peterside, a member representing Andoni/Opobo federal constituency and the consensus governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress,…

Police deny involvement in prosecution of terror suspect, Ogwuche

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11 years ago

The Nigeria Police High Command has described as misleading recent media reports that it bungled the prosecution of Aminu Ogwuche,…

Court Refuses To Stop Obanikoro From Lagos Polls

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Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court on Thursday dismissed an application seeking to restrain a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship…

100 PDP Members Defect To APC In Rivers

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chairman Committee of Akuku Toru local Government Council said that no fewer than 100 members of the…

Tough talk but no multi-national force yet to fight Boko Haram

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11 years ago

Nigeria and its neighbours vowed to have nearly 3,000 troops on the ground to combat Boko Haram by the start…

How 48 Countries Can Transform Economies – UNCTAD

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United Nations agency, UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2014 says that the international community must learn from the failure of…

Shame on IG for not recognising Tambuwal as Speaker, says APC

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11 years ago

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does…

Gov Race: Aspirant Asks Court To Stop Agbaje

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Eromosele Ebhomele A governorship aspirant for Lagos State, western Nigeria in the 2015 general elections in the country, Nurudeen Balogun,…

Aregbesola Sworn In For 2nd Term

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Jamiu Yisa Osogbo was in a festive mood on Thursday as Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, took oath…

Briton among 6 dead as Kabul blast hits embassy vehicle

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A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a British embassy vehicle in Kabul on Thursday, killing one Briton and…

Food poisoning bug found on 70% of UK chickens

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11 years ago

Some 70 per cent of fresh chickens on sale in Britain are contaminated with a food poisoning bug, the Food…

Trending: Prostitution In Nigerian Varsities

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11 years ago

Harrison Iyoha The growing prostitution in Nigerian tertiary institutions is raising a serious concern among Nigerians. Campus prostitution is now…

I’m Afraid For 2015, Says Ex-Lagos CJ

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11 years ago

Eromosele Ebhomele Former Chief Judge of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Justice Ayotunde Philips, has said she is very worried about…

73 Robbers, 8 Policemen Killed In Lagos

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Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 73 armed robbers and eight policemen were killed in Lagos during exchange of gun fire between…

We Recruit Robbers From Ladipo Market —Suspect

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Cyriacus Izuekwe A 25-year-old armed robbery suspect arrested by the police in Lagos has confessed that most robbery gangs operating…

Saudi beheads 9th Pakistani for smuggling

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11 years ago

Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani for heroin smuggling, bringing to nine the number of people from his country…

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