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Security operatives nabs two child traffickers in Ebonyi
The EBUBEAGU security network in a combined effort with the community vigilante during a security checks along Ebonyi and cross…
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Hotelier’s son supervised evacuation, burial of OAU student, flees – Osun police command…..
Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, on Monday said one of the suspects held in connection with the death…
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Sacking Rohr now is counter-productive – Ikpeba
A member of Nigerian Football Federation Technical Committee, Victor Ikpeba, has advised against the sacking of super eagles handler, Gernot…
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WHO certifies Nigeria, can produce vaccine……
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC on Monday said the country had been certified by…
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February 2022 APC convention date not visible as internal crisis rocks party in 12 states.
Factional members battle for the soul and survival of the party ahead of National convention….. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday,…
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Party primaries : APC govs disagrees over direct primaries.
Bello, Sule exchange words There are reports of palpable tensions and disagreements among governors on the platform of the rulling…
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Gov. Abiodun Appoints New Attorney General
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has nominated Mr. Oluwasina Olanrewaju Ogungbade as the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner…
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Ohanaeze attacks DSS over Nnamdi Kanu’s detention, lawyers allege torture
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the condition the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi…
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Ogun Assembly orders Nollywood actor’s arrest for parading self as monarch
THE Ogun State House of Assembly has ordered security agencies to arrest a Nollywood star, Goriola Hassan, for allegedly parading…
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Fuel marketers predict N170/litre, claim supply drop, NNPC disagrees
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may rise from the current N162-N165/litre to N170/litre, while its…
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Gov Abiodun visits Aremo Olusegun Osoba
Earlier this week, Governor Dapo Abiodun visited our leader and dear father, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, the former Governor of Ogun…
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Anti-Buni protests, Police beef up security around party secretariat…..
DOZENS of armed policemen in four patrol vans on Wednesday took over major entry and exit points into Blantyre Street…
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Expelling me from the party will only aggravate the problem – Marafa tells APC
THE factional leader of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has dismissed threats by…
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Aide distances Amosun from ex-gov’s presidential posters in Abeokuta
Ahead of 2023 general elections, former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun’s presidential campaign posters on Wednesday surfaced in Abeokuta,…
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PDP knocks Akeredolu as gov appoints son DG…
THE Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed dissatisfaction over the recent appointment of Babajide, biological son…
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Reps pass bill creating geo political zone developmental commissions
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed a bill for its third reading to create a South-South Development Commission despite…
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Nigeria 1 C’Verde 1: Lacklustre Eagles survive Blue Sharks onslaught, qualify for play-off
It was a nervy moment at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday as Nigeria survived onslaught from Cape Verde to…
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Meet bandits’ attacks with decisive response, Buhari orders military troops….
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the massacre of 15 persons in Goronyo and Illela local government areas of Sokoto State.…
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Amotekun arrests two for hacking farmer to death in Ogun
Operatives of the Amotekun corps in Ogun State have arrested two suspects for allegedly killing a farmer, Rasaki Aro. It…
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How we recovered looted billions from UK, others, -FG
The Federal Government has given insight into how preventive measures adopted to check corruption and manage recovered stolen assets had…
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COVID-19 – FG to purchase booster dose, embarks on mass vaccination
The Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday said the Federal government had concluded plans to get…
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Controversy trail arrest of First bank boss, Okonkwo
There was controversy on Monday over the purported arrest of the Managing Director of First Bank Holdings, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo.…
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FG orders probe as Nigerian wrongly jailed in Ivory Coast dies in prison
A 23-year-old woman, Itunu Babalola, who was wrongly incarcerated in Cote d’Ivoire, is dead. Babalola died on Sunday after suffering…
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Ikoyi building: preliminary report suspect structural distress, others
The Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers has stated that lack of quality control, quality assurance, and structural inadequacy may have…
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