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Edo State Government secures admission for stowaway boy in top school
Edo State Government has secured admission in one of the state’s top secondary schools for 13-year-old Daniel Oikhena, who stowed away in the wheel well of an Arik Aircraft from Benin to Lagos on...
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FRSC to extend number plates, driving licence deadline
There are indications that the Federal Road Safety Corps may extend the deadline for the enforcement of new driving licence and number plates. The corps had given September 30 as deadline for motorists...
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10 killed in another military air strike on Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in a clash in the country’s restive northeast, the military said...
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‘Don’t rule out impeachment move against Jonathan’
A member of the House of Representatives and Chairman Committee on Finance, Dr. Abdulmunin Jibrin, said on Thursday that Nigerians should not rule out the possibility of an impeachment move against...
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Ondo police nab 3 teenagers over attempted kidnap
By Dayo Johnson Akure — POLICE in Ondo State, yesterday, arrested three teenagers for attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy, Precious Kehinde, in Ondo. The teenagers, whose ages ranged between 13 and...
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Arsenal Legend, Robert Pires, Storms Lagos for ARS
Arsenal legend and former France international, Robert Emmanuel Pires, will lead a team of Arsenal technical and business staff to the African Championship of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) which kicks...
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SOURCES DISCLOSE REASONS WHY MINISTERS WERE SACKED
Some sources close to the presidency today in The Nations dailies disclosed the reason for the sack of some Ministers by the President. According to the sources, five factors accounted for the...
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UNBELIEVABLE: 92-Yr-Old Man Marries 22-Yr-Old Girl…See pictures
It may sound a little surprising to many across the world, a 92-year-old Iraqi man married a woman, who is 70 years younger to him, in a ceremony which also witnessed the wedding of the groom’s two...
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Governors, others in New PDP are rascals –Tukur
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, has described promoters of the faction of the party known as the New PDP as “rascals.” Presenting the PDP flag to the...
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Boko Haram kills three, issues threat letters
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Following the dislodgment of Boko Haram terrorist’s camps in some parts of Borno state by military troops which had forced many of the terrorists to scavenge for food from...
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Man in court over father’s death
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos, Thursday, remanded a 34-year-old carpenter, Olanrewaju Ewebiyi, at Ikoyi Prisons, Lagos over alleged patricide. Olanrewaju was alleged to have murdered...
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Abraka PDP leaders allege marginalisation by Delta govt
Three chieftains of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Abraka, Delta State, have called on the state government to stop the marginalisation of people of the area. The chieftains, Chiefs Anthony...
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Road repairs: LASG demands N50bn refund from FG
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has urged the Federal Government to refund about N50bn his administration had spent on repairs of the 117 federal roads in the state. The governor spoke at a...
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“I’ll never allow a despot to rule Nigeria again”— ATIKU
BY CHARLES KUMOLU FORMER Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he contested the 2007 presidential elections in the face of defeat, to preserve the sanctity of democracy. He also noted that...
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I’ll block £3,000 visa bond on Nigeria, others — Nick Clegg, UK Dep Prime...
BY UDUMA KALU, WITH AGENCY REPORT More prominent British leaders have continued to speak out against the British government’s plan to impose a refundable £3000 visa bond on Nigerians. The new UK plan...
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Ondo declares 7-day mourning as more tributes pour in for Agagu
GOVERNOR Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has announced a seven-day mourning for his immediate predecessor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, who died last Friday, aged 65, even as more condolence messages...
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2015: Jonathan, Anenih, Clark and the PDP crisis
WIthin the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, events of the last two weeks have indeed brought out the worst among its leading lights. Some of them who have shared ideals and political camps for decades...
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‘Senate’ll screen new envoys on resumption’
Nigerian senators will on resumption from their annual recess on Tuesday (tomorrow) begin deliberations on the list of ambassadorial nominees presented to the senate by President Goodluck Jonathan...
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Why security agencies did not rescue Ozhekome —Investigation
The reluctance of security agencies to launch a rescue operation for kidnapped lawyer, Mike Ozhekome, SAN, was to preserve his life and saved him from harm, investigation by The PUNCH has shown. A...
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JTF arrests 11 Boko Haram members
Commanding Officer of Special Operation Battalion, Mubi, Lt.- Col Beyidi Martins, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected Boko Haram members in Michika, Adamawa State. Beyidi told newsmen in...
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