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Pensioners paralyse activities at Lagos Gov’s Office

By Monsor Olowoopejo LAGOS — Activities at Governor  Babatunde Fashola of Lagos office, were yesterday paralysed by aggrieved pensioners protesting unpaid gratuities and pension arrears. This came...

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Oritsejafor: Respond to El-Rufai’s accusations, Eyieyien urges Christians

By Sam Eyoboka A senatorial aspirant for Edo Central, Mr. Egheomhanre Eyieyien, yesterday, urged Christians to respond to recent outbursts of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,...

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Body of 2-yr-old exhumed in church premises

BY EVELYN USMAN Operatives at the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos, have begun investigation into the discovery of the decomposing body of a...

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Man remanded for alleged rape of 75-year-old woman

Ado-Ekiti –  An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a 45-year-old man, Lawrence Adedapo, in prison for alleged rape of a 75-year-old woman. Chief Magistrate Simeon Ojo,...

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Ruling on security votes’ suit against 36 govs for tomorrow

ABUJA — The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has adjourned till tomorrow to deliver judgment on a suit seeking to declare sums often deducted from statutory allocation by governors of the 36...

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Reps silent on Oduah N255m car scandal report

There is uncertainty over when the House of Representatives will consider the report on the purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The cars were bought at the...

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Multiple explosions, gun battle rock Kano

By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano. Kano-Multiple explosions and sporadic gunshots rocked Gayawa village, Ungogo Local Government area of Kano state, Tuesday morning. An Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that, “The...

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Oke Ndigbo vows to release list of 242 public officers who own armoured cars

By Kenneth Ehigiator A group, Oke Ndigbo, has threatened to release a list of about 242 public officers in Nigeria, who use about 312 armoured cars, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...

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Kwara gov laments impact of NGF crisis

Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has lamented that the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum has stalled the realisation of the Forum’s peer review objectives. The governor said this in his...

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Four Die as Gunmen Attack Police Station in Gombe State

Four persons, including a police corporal, died when gunmen attacked the Bojude Police Station in Kwami Local Government of Gombe State on Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Gombe...

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Nigeria High Commision in the UK refusing to pay £4.3m fine

Foreign diplomats refusing to pay the Congestion Charge have racked up a staggering £74million in unpaid fines, it has been revealed. Over the past ten years, a third of embassies in London have...

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Amaechi is leading opposition govs -Jang

The factional Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Jonah Jang, has described Governor Rotimi Ameachi as the Chairman of the opposition governors’...

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Aero Contractors passengers seek N175 million compensation for overnight...

Thirty four passengers of Aero Contractors Flight AJ132, who were stranded overnight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, from Friday, November 8, are seeking a letter of apology and N5 million...

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6 killed, many injured as Boko Haram insurgents invade Adamawa

BY UMAR YUSUF YOLA -  Hell was let loose in Yola, the Adamawa State Capital Thursday night as suspected Boko Haram insurgents unleashed terror in the state capital. During the attack which lasted...

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INEC to conduct Anambra supplementary poll November 30

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega, Friday, said  that INEC will conduct the supplementary  election that will conclude the Anambra gubernatorial poll on...

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Police, SSS helped Chime lock up wife for four months – Falana

The lawyer condemned security agencies relationship with politicians. A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security...

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National conference: Arewa tackles Nwabueze

KADUNA—The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, yesterday opposed alleged suggestions by a Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze that he should be allowed to draft the people’s constitution during...

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Threats to 2015 elections, by Jega

By CHRIS OCHAYI ABUJA — THE Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, warned that insecurity, funding and the attitude of the political class...

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Boko Haram ‘shoots man in the head for refusing to deny Jesus...

Boko Haram ‘shoots man in the head for refusing to deny Jesus Christ’…However, he miraculously survived. Watch video here>>>  http://bit.ly/18Gvmxi    Habila Adamu of Yobe State, Nigeria...

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My father has no links with Boko Haram, Kogi University lecturer’s daughter says

Muhammad Nazeef was paraded by the SSS as a Boko Haram suspect. The daughter of the Kogi State University lecturer, Muhammad Nazeef, paraded by the Department of State Security Service as a Boko Haram...

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