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Politics
Edo Guber: We have overwhelming evidence we won – PDP insists
“We thank everyone for joining this journey to reclaim our stolen mandate, which was subverted by both the police and…
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Politics
PDP governors split over bid to sack party chair Damagum
Wabara further expressed disappointment with the ongoing challenges in the PDP, particularly the NWC’s actions and the leadership crisis in…
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Top News
KWASU-ASUU hails Kwara govt as work begins on collapsed Shao-Malete road culvert, seeks for restoration of varsity subvention
The Kwara State University chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commended the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq led administration for…
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Sports
AFCON 2023: I target fourth title with Nigeria – Peseiro insists
Jose Peseiro has once again reiterated his desire to guide the Super Eagles to glory at the 2023 Africa Cup…
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Economy
Securitize N7.3trn ways and means loan – Tinubu asks Senate
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Nigerian Senate to approve the securitization of the outstanding debit balance of N7.3…
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Economy
Nigerian oil firms mandated to supply 483,000 bpd of crude oil to local refineries
The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Council has issued new regulations requiring oil producers to send around 483,000 barrels per day of crude…
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Economy
Elon Musk closes 2023 with $92bn profit
Elon Musk ends the year with a whopping $92 billion in year-to-date earnings in 2023, indicating a comeback for the…
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Economy
Dangote, two other Nigerian billionaires lost $9.3bn in 2023 – Report
The Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list has revealed that three Nigerian billionaires – Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga’s combined wealth would…
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Economy
Nigeria, others most affected by high food inflation – W’Bank
The World Bank has revealed that domestic food price inflation has had the greatest impact on Nigeria and other African, North…
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Economy
Naira drops 11.4% to N927/$1 on official market
The Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, the official FX window, saw a 11.4 per cent depreciation of the Naira against…
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Politics
INEC seeks collaboration among ECOWAS electoral bodies
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has called for collaboration among West African states on election management.…
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Agency Report
Prepare for possible ‘war’, N’Korea’s Kim orders military amidst US alleged threat
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders…
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Economy
Senate endorses Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8bn, €100m
The Senate has approved President Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8bn and €100 million as part of the 2022-2024 borrowing plan…
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Religion
Don’t stop supporting the poor, Kumuyi urges Christians
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has called on Christians to intensify support for…
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Economy
Our expectations from Tinubu govt in 2024 – Labour, business owners, others list demands
As 2023 comes to an end, Nigerians from different walks of life have urged the Federal Government to improve the…
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Metro News
Child marriage: Bayelsa summons four-year-old girl’s parents, 54-year-old groom
The Bayelsa Government has invited the parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage…
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Top News
Terrorists perceive security agencies as objects of mockery – Kukah
Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, has joined numerous of Nigerians in condemning recent killings in Plateau, asserting…
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Economy
N37bn fraud: Buhari’s minister to face EFCC interrogators January 3
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya…
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Politics
Edo 2024: Ize-Iyamu declares to contest governorship again
A former Secretary to the State Government of Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Wednesday, declared his intention to join…
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Politics
Rivers elders write Fubara, say Abuja resolution ‘death sentence’
Rivers State elders and leaders have written an open letter to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, warning him against implementing the resolution…
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Politics
Aiyedatiwa takes over, Tinubu, govs say Akeredolu’s death big loss
Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, was on Wednesday sworn in as the substantive governor of the state following…
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Economy
Borno, Kaduna, four other states to suffer worse insecurity, economic hardship in 2024 –W’Bank
Persistent insecurity, armed conflict, and deteriorating livelihoods will continue to affect local government areas in Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Yobe,…
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Economy
British-American Tobacco fined $110m as FG drops criminal charges
The Federal Government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, has fined British American Tobacco and its affiliate companies…
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Economy
N’Assembly reconvenes Friday, to pass budget Dec 30
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has revealed that the National Assembly will pass the 2024 Appropriation Bill on December 30…
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Politics
Edo crisis takes a new turn as govt slashes budgetary allocation to deputy governor’s office
The rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, may have taken another dimension as N345 million was…
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Economy
25 killed in Rivers illegal refinery explosion
No fewer than 25 persons have lost their lives following an explosion from an illegal oil tapping point in Omoku,…
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Metro News
Plateau carnage: Death toll hits 150, over 10,000 displaced as Tinubu orders arrest of attackers
•I lost my father, 10 other family members to attack, Jos photographer laments •President orders killers’ arrest, CAN, northern govs,…
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Top News
Singer Portable beats Charles Okocha in celebrity boxing fight
After the fourth round, Nigerian street-pop artist Habeeb Badmus, aka Portable, was declared winner of the celebrity boxing fight against…
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Metro News
Ex-Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba, is dead
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, is dead. Born on September 27, 1958, the 8th Speaker of…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Wednesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. No fewer than 25 persons have lost their lives following an…
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Economy
Christmas: Transcorp, Dangote, UBA top best performing stock
On Christmas day, investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange have navigated an economic landscape rife with challenges and opportunities to…
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Agency Report
100 Airbus employees fall sick after company’s Christmas party
Earlier this month, festivities turned sour for employees of an Airbus subsidiary in France as a holiday celebration resulted in…
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Politics
Tinubu’ll continue to intervene in states battling crises – Presidency
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said President Bola Tinubu will continue to intervene in states battling political crises if such development…
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Politics
S’Court: Kano NNPP holds prayer, Kwankwaso hopes for justice
A former governor of Kano State and chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed optimism that…
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Religion
Shi’ites grace Christmas service, present gifts to church in Kaduna
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shi’ites, on Monday, joined the Christmas Service at St. Joseph…
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Top News
Pastor Adeboye didn’t sit on my seat, Olugbon explains
The Olugbon of Orile-Igbon in Oyo State, Oba Francis Alao, on Monday, explained why the General Overseer of the Redeemed…
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Economy
N37.1bn fraud: I served responsibly, says Buhari’s minister of Humanitarian Affairs
A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has denied knowing a contractor, James Okwete,…
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Metro News
Over 2,700 abducted in six months, military rescued 721 – Report
No fewer than 4,258 incidents of insecurity have been witnessed across 573 local government areas of the country between May…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: PDP kicks as Fubara defends Tinubu over peace pact
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday defended the peace deal initiated by President Bola Tinubu between him and his…
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Economy
Union Bank acquisition: CBN investigator summons Lemo, others over deal
The Special CBN Investigator, Jim Obazee, has summoned the Chairman of Titan Trust Bank, Babatunde Lemo, in connection with the…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, defended the peace deal…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: I didn’t beg Tinubu to intervene – Wike
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said he was not the one that went to President…
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Religion
Yuletide: Moderate your celebration mode, Anglican bishop tells Nigerians
The Anglican Bishop of Ibadan North, Rt Rev Williams Aladekugbe, on Sunday, called on Nigerians to celebrate the season in…
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Economy
Newspaper cover price to increase January 2 – NPAN
The Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria has said there will be an increase in the cover prices of newspaper titles…
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Economy
NDLEA arrests grandma, son for drug trafficking, intercepts 7.5m tramadol
Attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season…
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Economy
N187bn fraud: EFCC arrests humanitarian ministry’s contractor, probes four Buhari ministers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a contractor, James Okwete, in connection with the ongoing probe into the…
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Economy
SERAP sues NNPCL for withholding oil revenue details
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited over what it…
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Economy
Union Bank not acquired by proxies, funded with Afrexim loan, others – TGI
Tropical General Investment Group, the majority owner of Titan Trust and Union Banks has denied any wrongdoing in the acquisition…
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Economy
CBN investigator’s report not true, misleading, says Godwin Emefiele
Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has denied a report by Central Bank of Nigeria’s private investigator,…
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Economy
Christmas message: Tinubu urges patience, says new dawn closer
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, again urged Nigerians to be patient with his administration, pledging that the country would “shortly…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Monday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a contractor,…
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Economy
Allegations of financial misconduct against me as petrol minister true, says Diezani Madueke
The allegations of financial misconduct during my tenure as the petroleum minister are true. The former Minister of Petroleum Resources,…
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Economy
Forex: Nigerian government gains N1.4trn revenue in 6 months
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reform in June increased the country’s revenue through FX differences to N1.36 trillion in six months. The…
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Sports
EPL: VAR under fire as Arsenal play 1-1 draw with Liverpool
VAR official, David Coote has come under criticism following Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against Arsenal on Saturday. Reds boss, Jurgen Klopp,…
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Economy
Close 2023 accounts by 31st December, FG sets deadline for MDAs
As the 2023 financial year winds up, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has issued a…
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Economy
Niger gov unveils State’s plan to hit N1trn in revenue
Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said that his administration will likely hit N1 trillion in revenue. According to…
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Economy
Kwara, Imo govs head economic affairs, oil theft committees
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodimma, have been named as the chairmen of the Economic…
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Top News
Nigerian student jailed 40 months in UK over bomb threat
A 26-year-old Nigerian Master’s student at Dundee University, Scotland, Somtochukwu Okwuoha, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for…
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Economy
EFCC uncovers N37bn fraud in humanitarian ministry, Buhari’s minister, contractor indicted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered a total sum of N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs…
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Top News
Seven final year students rusticated over ‘immoral sign-out celebration’
Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, IMAP, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has rusticated seven graduating female students for their involvement in what has…
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Court/Litigation
Skit maker docked for lying against Gov Otti, Aba-Ngwa people
A man, simply identified as MC Sweet, who made a fake online post claiming that Aba Ngwa indigenes tried to…
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Economy
Procurement fraud: Emefiele meets bail conditions, released from Kuje
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after…
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Economy
Emefiele charged with 17 allegations by CBN investigator
The report of Jim Obaze, the Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to investigate the activities of Godwin Emefiele…
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Economy
Emefiele, ex-minister, 14 others indicted in CBN probe
Investigator’s report shows massive plunder of apex bank N31.78b paid to print new naira notes £543.45m fixed in British bank…
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Economy
Publish FCC job racketeering findings, CSO tells Reps
A civil society organisation has called on the House of Representatives to publish their findings on the alleged job racketeering…
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Economy
Don’t hand over P’Harcourt refinery to cabal, NLC warns FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned against a possible takeover of the Port Harcourt Refinery by cabals of government. The…
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Economy
How Emefiele used proxies to acquire banks – CBN investigator
…says ex-CBN gov sold banks without payment evidence, recommends lenders’ forfeiture to FG Report reveals how former apex bank boss…
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Economy
Price of Kerosene dropped in November, says NBS
A new report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed a litre of Kerosene cost N1287.10 in November…
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Metro News
Gunmen kill Kwara doctor, kidnap teenage daughter
Residents of Kambi community along Ilorin/Jebba Expressway in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State were on Thursday left in…
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Economy
Navy recovers over 803,000 barrels of crude oil worth 105bn
The Nigerian Navy said operatives across the country recovered a total of 803 barrels of crude oil valued at N105bn…
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Economy
FG’ll pull 50 million out of poverty in 42 months – Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said that the Federal Government is working on…
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Economy
Emefiele spent N1.7bn defending naira redesign in court – CBN investigator
An independent report has indicted the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of spending over N1.7 billion…
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Economy
Buhari’s nephew, not former President approved naira redesign – CBN investigator
The Special Investigator on the Central Bank of Nigeria and Related Entities, Jim Obazee, has indicated that the recent naira…
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Economy
Airlines to refund 25% to passengers for cancelled flights – NCAA
The Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Chris Najomo has said that from January 2024, airlines found…
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Metro News
Police arrest three suspects with two human hearts
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, comprising Lagos and Ogun states, have arrested three men with two human hearts.…
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Metro News
Ex-lawmaker, six others in police net over alleged criminal activities in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested seven suspects, including a former councillor, for alleged criminal activities within…
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Economy
Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 4.2 per cent in Q2 2023 – NBS
Nigeria’s unemployment rate increased by 0.1 per cent to 4.2 per cent in the second quarter from 4.1 per cent…
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Economy
Subsidy: Kwara labour movement demands N35,000 wage award
Kwara State Joint Labour Movement has asked the state government to implement N35,000 wage award for all categories of state…
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Court/Litigation
$11bn judgment: P&ID loses bid to appeal Nigeria’s victory
A London court has quashed an $11bn damage bill against Nigeria lodged by Process & Industrial Developments Limited Gas Company.…
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Top News
Police dismiss constables for demanding money from Abuja-bound Dutch tourist
The Oyo State Police Command, on Thursday, dismissed two Special Constabularies identified as Jimoh Lukman and Kareem Fatai, over alleged…
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Economy
Emefiele operated 593 illegal US, UK, China accounts, fixed over £500m – CBN investigator
The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged billions of naira in no fewer than 593 bank…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Friday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged…
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Agency Report
US Supreme Court disqualifies Donald Trump from presidency for his involvement in Jan. 6, 2021 capitol riot
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding the presidency under the Constitution’s…
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Agency Report
Gaza death toll hits 20,000 as UN Security Council delays vote on aid
Palestinian sources claim that since Israel started bombing the territory more than ten weeks ago, at least 20,000 people have…
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Court/Litigation
US inmate declared innocent after spending 48 years in prison
A 71-year-old man has been proclaimed innocent in the US state of Oklahoma after serving almost 50 years in jail…
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Politics
BREAKING: Tinubu reintroduces school feeding programme
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked that the school feeding programme be restored to address the difficulties of out-of-school children.…
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Politics
1999 constitution remains cornerstone of Nigeria’s problem – Robert Clarke
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke, has described the 1999 Constitution as the cornerstone of the nation’s problems. Clarke…
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Politics
I’ll return governance to Edo people, says Shaibu
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday, said the need to bring governance back to the people spurred…
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Politics
Akpabio swears in Lalong, declares Umahi, Giadam seats vacant
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, swore in a former governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, as the senator…
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Politics
Tinubu’s intervention in Rivers crisis constitutional, says ex-Lagos SSG
A former Secretary to the Lagos State Government and lawyer, Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun, on Wednesday, said the intervention of President…
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Religion
Controversy over blessing for same-sex couples, clerics clarify Pope’s position
Amid the controversy over Pope Francis’ statement on the blessing for same-sex couples, Gbenga Oloniniran writes on the explanations given…
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Economy
Military uncovers 636 illegal refineries, intercepts 21m litres crude
The military has in the last five months uncovered and busted 636 illegal refining sites and intercepted 21.7 million litres…
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Politics
I’ve spent N2bn on constituency projects — Osun lawmaker
Lawmaker representing Osun Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Olubiyi Fadeyi, on Tuesday, disclosed that he has spent…
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Top News
Yuletide: Niger govt declares seven days public holiday for civil servants
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has declared seven days public holiday for State Civil Servants. The Governor made the…
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Entertainment
I’m grateful to God, fans for 2023 career success — Singer Davido
Nigerian music star, Davido, has taken to social media to chronicle the events that defined his life and career in…
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Foreign News
Over 120 killed, 700 injured in Northwest China earthquake
At least 126 people have been killed in north-west China in the country’s deadliest earthquake in 13 years. The 6.2…
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Politics
Shun ethnic, religious divisions, Peter Obi urges Nigerians
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to tear down the walls of ethnic and religious divisions,…
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Top News
WAEC denies fake site offering online classes to candidates
The West African Examination Council has denied its affiliation to a website purporting to offer online classes for prospective candidates…
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Top News
2024 UTME: JAMB denies rumoured registration fee increase
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday said there is no increase in the registration fee for its Unified…
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Politics
Nigeria’s worst primaries conducted under your watch, Amosun replies Oshiomhole
Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Wednesday derided ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole…
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Economy
Unpaid salaries: Ondo tertiary institutions workers begin strike January
Workers of the Ondo State-owned universities and other tertiary institutions have vowed to commence industrial action on January 1, 2024,…
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Economy
Nigeria’s debt hits N87.91trn — DMO
Nigeria’s total public debt rose marginally by 0.61 per cent quarter-on-quarter to N87.91trn in the third quarter of 2023. This…
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Metro News
Rivers police kill wanted kidnapper, rescue four victims
The Rivers State Police Command said its men gunned down two notorious kidnappers, including a gang leader nicknamed ‘Occasion’ during…
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Politics
Trump barred from Colorado presidential ballot over capitol attack role
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state’s presidential election next…
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Top News
113 generals retire, defence minister demands loyalty from armed forces
A total of 113 Nigerian Army Generals on Tuesday bowed out of the service. The breakdown includes one General, one…
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Economy
EFCC releases ex-Minister of Power, Agunloye on bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released a former Minister of Power and Steel, and former Minister of State…
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Economy
BREAKING: NGX market capitalisation crosses N40trillion
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange Limited crossed the N40tn mark at the close of trading on Wednesday. This…
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Economy
Policies affecting newspaper industry will be reviewed – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, promised to carefully review policies affecting the newspaper industry, acknowledging concerns about existing regulations hindering…
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Court/Litigation
N800bn illicit drugs seized, 42,105 offenders nabbed – Marwa
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), says the agency has seized N800bn…
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Economy
LASG seals NIPOST office, demolishes illegal structures
The Lagos State Government has sealed the old Nigeria Postal Service complex in the Mushin area and demolished adjoining illegal…
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Top News
Sanwo-Olu unveils Ikeja overpass today
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will unveil the Ikeja overpass today (Tuesday). The Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport…
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Top News
Niger gov bars civil servants from wearing kaftan, babanriga to office
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has banned workers in the state civil service from wearing native wears like Kaftan,…
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Religion
Pope Francis approves blessings for same-sex couples
Pope Francis has granted permission for priests to bestow blessings upon same-sex couples, marking a significant milestone for the LGBTQ+…
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Religion
Fighting Nigerian leaders fruitless, pray for them – Adeboye
The Pastor-in-charge of Region 12 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Richard Adeboye, has called for more prayers…
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Metro News
Bandits abduct village head, Imam in Zamfara, demands N5m ransom
The head of Rakyabu village in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Magaji Sa’idu, and the Chief Imam…
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Education
Lecturers on TETFund foreign scholarship absconding – Exec. Secretary
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, has described as alarming the number of Nigerian university lecturers studying…
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Politics
Rivers: Wike, Fubara settle rift, Tinubu intervenes again
The political crisis in Rivers State may have ceased as parties reached a truce on Monday night. This followed about…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The presidential intervention in the Rivers State political crisis achieved a…
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Economy
Tax laws affecting Lagos revenue growth, says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the tax revenue accruing to the state government is facing slow growth…
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Economy
Oil prices surge due to Red Sea attacks
Oil prices shot up three per cent Monday as more companies suspended shipping through the Red Sea following attacks on…
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Top News
Japa: Over 1,000 Nigerians fell victims of fake UK jobs, says IOM
The United Nations Migration Agency, International Organisation for Migration, said more than 1,000 Nigerians have fallen victim to scams involving…
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Economy
Perform or be sacked, Tinubu tells new NNPCL board members
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, asked members of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to immediately get…
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Top News
US anti-narcotics bureau, Nigeria police sign agreement on Special Intervention Squad
The United States Government’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the…
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Top News
KWASU-ASUU awards scholarships to four indigent students
The Kwara State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has recently awarded four indigent students scholarships…
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Top News
Adeleke vows to end ‘japa’ among Osun youths
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has said his administration is creating an enabling environment to retain health professionals in…
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Metro News
87 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity – Rep
Member representing Chibok, Domboa and Gwoza Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ahmed Jaha, has said no fewer than 87…
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Metro News
‘Operation Gbalumo’ yields result as NDLEA seizes 11kg of illicit drugs in Kwara
A few hours after the launch of Operation Gbalumo to rid Kwara of drug abuse, the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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Economy
NLC, TUC to hold emergency NEC meeting over workers’ minimum wage, wage award
The organised labour in the country will soon come up with a strong position on the suspension of the payment…
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Politics
Ex-APC National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu retires from active politics
Former All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has announced his retirement from partisan politics. Adamu said he’s developing…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: Wike defies threats, lands in Port Harcourt
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday. Wike entered…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: Labour Party drops petition against Fubara, pledges support
The Labour Party, LP, has dropped its petition against the election of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara. Fubara was the…
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Economy
Kogi, Lagos, Rivers most expensive states in Nigeria as inflation rises to 28% – NBS
Kogi, Lagos, and Rivers are the most expensive states in Nigeria, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. NBS’s November…
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Politics
‘We’ll move against anyone fighting Tinubu unjustly’ – Ohanaeze
President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has vowed to fight those fighting President Bola Tinubu. Iwuanyanwu said the entire…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Sunday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has…
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Agency Report
Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel
Iran on Saturday executed a man who was sentenced to death after being convicted of working with Israel’s intelligence services,…
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Interview
I returned to Nigeria homeless after 30 years in UK, US – Ondo man
A 68-year-old man from Ondo State, Joseph Ibironke, who claimed to have spent nine years in the United Kingdom and…
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Politics
Osun: All inherited projects will be completed — Gov Adeleke
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has restated that his administration was committed to completing all inherited projects from previous…
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S’Court decision to try Kanu for terrorism unfortunate – Ohanaeze, Abaribe, IPOB
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra; the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; and a former Senate Minority Leader of…
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Some countries supporting Simon Ekpa to destabilise Nigeria – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said on Friday that the military was gaining nothing from the fight…
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Revealed: How Fubara’s rift with Wike started
Ex-gov imposed commissioners, advisers, others on successor Federal lawmakers protest, ask Tinubu to intervene, why N’Assembly can’t act yet –…
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Revealed: How Fubara’s rift with Wike started
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Nigeria future great despite challenges, says Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that Nigeria has great future…
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Ondo: Acting gov, Aiyedatiwa rejects Akeredolu’s chief protocol officer
The Ondo State acting Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has suspended the Chief of Protocol to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Bola Alabi,…
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APC will end Adeleke’s reign in 2026, says ex-envoy
Former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, Adejare Bello, has said the All Progressives Congress in Osun State will work hard and…
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EFCC calls for legislation against unexplained wealth
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Rivers Crisis: Lawmaker Goodhead, others dare Wike to step foot in state
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Rivers Crisis: ‘Dey your dey’ – Fubara launches own live band
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has launched a live band like his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The band came alive…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Saturday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Three more Commissioners, on Friday resigned from the Rivers State Executive…
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Rivers crisis: Six commissioners resign, Assembly factions hold parallel sittings
The Rivers State political crisis deepened further on Thursday as six commissioners loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike resigned from the…
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Ex-president, 79 suspects detained over failed coup in S’Leone
A total of 80 suspects have been named following a failed attempted coup on November 26 in Freetown, the capital…
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Petrol no longer subsidised in Nigeria, FG replies W’Bank
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Fuel price: Reject W’Bank N750/litre proposal, Labour warns FG
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Ondo: I won’t deviate from Akeredolu’s vision – Acting gov
The Ondo State acting Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, called on the people of the state and all stakeholders…
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Niger coup leaders agree to transition terms, says Togo mediator
Niger’s ruling military has agreed to terms and conditions of a transition back to civilian rule, and will present the…
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Africa loses $90bn annually to illicit financial flows -AfDB
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Four UK health workers jailed for abusing elderly patient
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Retire once you are tired, Lagos CJ tells judges
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CIBN tasks banks on prevention of fraudulent transactions
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Katsina partners NGO, offers secondary schools N4.4bn grants
The Katsina State Government has partnered with the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment to disburse N4.4 bn grants…
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Crisis around Akeredolu’s health halted Ondo’s progress, says Aiyedatiwa
The Ondo State Acting Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has called on the people of the state and all stakeholders to…
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Political crisis: Rivers State Attorney General resigns
The Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacheaus Adangor, has resigned. His resignation was communicated in a letter…
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NNPCL not transparent on subsidy, dollar revenues – W’Bank
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NHRC, FIDA, NSCDC seek monarch’s support in combatting gender-based violence in Akure Community
Victor Alade, SIO Breaking barriers on International Human Rights Day, 2023, the Ondo National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration…
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Ondo monarch pledges support as NHRC, FIDA, NSCDC collaborate to mark 2023 Int’l Human Rights Day
Victor Alade, SIO In a show of solidarity against gender-based violence (SGBV), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Ondo…
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Powerful Nigerians behind illegal mining, insecurity – Minister
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Court bars pro-Wike Speaker as APC demands sanction for judge
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Ondo crisis: Deputy takes over as Akeredolu returns to Germany for treatment
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Wanted bandit leader, Kachalla, feared killed in military strikes
Air strikes conducted by personnel of the Nigerian Air Force have reportedly killed a notorious terrorist leader, Ali Kawaje aka…
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Fubara presents 2024 budget to five Rivers lawmakers
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to five members of the state House of…
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Airlines to compensate for flight delays, cancellations from January – Keyamo
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Petrol price should be N750 per litre – World Bank
The World Bank has stated that the Federal Government may still be paying for fuel subsidy, considering that fuel prices…
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Nigeria gets 40,000MW power from generators, says FG
Nigeria gets about 40,000 megawatts of electricity from generators powered by Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and those run…
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Man allegedly commits suicide after losing N2.5m to betting
A Facebook user identified as Onoh Chukwuma on Tuesday reportedly took his own life by ingesting an insecticide allegedly for…
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Rivers Assembly resumes sitting in govt house
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JAMB introduces verbal reasoning test for Direct Entry applicants
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Education
ASUU berates low education budget, threatens strike
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Sports
Atiku congratulates Osimhen, Oshoala on CAF 2023 awards
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Labour fumes as FG stops N35,000 wage award payment
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Rivers crisis: PDP moves to replace 27 pro-Wike Assembly defectors
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, said it would write the Independent National Election today (Tuesday) to demand fresh elections…
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Generator fumes kill man, lover in Delta
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Peter Obi congratulates Osimhen, Oshoala, others on CAF awards
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has congratulated Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala on their emergence as the 2023…
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Tinubu lauds Osimhen, Oshoala, others on African players award
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of the…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The organized Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision…
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Senate or ministerial position: I’m confused, says Simon Lalong
Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, says he is confused on whether he should move to the senate or…
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Agency Report
Fighting resumes in Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military support
In the midst of fierce fighting in the now-third month-old conflict, which has no end in sight, Israeli tanks encountered…
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I almost stop acting over sexual harassment – Mercy Aigbe
Mercy Aigbe, a popular Nollywood actress, has revealed how she nearly left the Nigerian film industry due to sexual harassment.…
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Products from Dangote Refinery to hit market January, 2024
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is scheduled to begin producing Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation…
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Popular NTA broadcaster, Aisha Bello, is dead
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Niger: ECOWAS panel to resume talks, more sanctions loom
The Authority of Heads of the Economic Community of West African States, on Sunday, resolved to begin talks with Niger’s…
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End japa, Group tells Tinubu
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Australia plans to slash immigrant numbers into country
Australia on Monday unveiled plans to slash the number of migrants arriving in the country. This is said to curb…
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Ahmadiyya to hold mass weddings during 2023 convention in Ogun
The National Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Alatoye, has revealed plans to conduct mass weddings for…
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US F-16 fighter jet crashes in S. Korea during training
A US F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, in South Korea during a training exercise. The pilot was rescued after…
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Hajj: Saudi Arabia increases Nigeria’s tour operators from 10 to 40
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has increased the 2024 Hajj slots of Tour Operators from 10 to…
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Edo 2024 guber poll: I’m not Obaseki’s candidate, says ex-NBA chair, Akpata
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, says his governorship ambition is not being sponsored by Edo…
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Aseyin stool: Case in court, don’t present staff of office, lawyer tells Makinde
A legal practitioner, Abideen Adeniran, on Sunday, warned the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to suspend his planned presentation of…
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Release Kanu as S’East Christmas gift, Ohanaeze tells Tinubu
The apex socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of…
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Govt officials removed N6bn from NECO account, failed to account for it – Ex-chair
A former Chairman of the National Examination Council, Prof Abubakar Mohammed, says government officials are frustrating the exam body. Mohammed…
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Disclose Nigeria’s daily oil production, exportation, SERAP tells NNPCL
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Mele…
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US Ivy League varsity president resigns over anti-Semitism allegation
The president of an Ivy League university stepped down on Saturday in the wake of a firestorm of criticism after…
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Inflation: IMF urges CBN to raise interest rate
The International Monetary Fund has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to hike the interest rates in the next Monetary…
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‘I will die on a Sunday after a good meal of pounded yam’ – Pastor Adeboye
The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A Adeboye has said if rapture fails to…
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Dont judge us based on Kaduna bombing – Defence Chief, Musa begs Nigerians
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, on Saturday, pleaded with Nigerians not to judge the military based…
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Military neutralises terrorist kingpin, others in Niger air strikes
The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has killed a dreaded terrorist and kidnap kingpin, Yellow Jambros, as well as…
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Supreme Court: You’ll be hero in Southeast if you release Nnamdi Kanu – SE group tells Tinubu
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the leader of…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Sunday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, said average Nigerians are angry with…
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Tinubu needs Petroleum Minister — Olu Falae
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Bishop Oyedepo prayed for me to become minister – Betta Edu
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has revealed that Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith…
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$72m forex loss: Multichoice jacks up DStv, GOTV prices by 20%
Broadcasting company Multichoice has jacked up the prices of its offerings in Nigeria days after announcing a $72m loss in…
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Godwin Obaseki canvasses for creation of state police
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called for the decentralisation of the country’s security architecture to check crime…
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2024 Budget: NNPCL rejects move to increase oil production benchmark
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Friday, rejected the move by…
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Two S’East govs, senators working against Nnamdi Kanu’s release – Ohanaeze
The apex Igbo sociopolitical organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has alleged that two Southeast governors, senators, and Igbo leaders are working against…
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2024 budget: Revenue projection meagre – HoReps declares, summons FIRS, NNPCL, others
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations has declared the estimated revenue in the 2024 budget as “inadequate”. The Chairman…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Saturday
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Gov. Abdulrazaq approves 100% CONHESS for Kwara nurses
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has approved the implementation of a 100 per cent Consolidated Health Salary Structure for…
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Court dismisses Niger junta’s suit against Tinubu, ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West Africa Communities sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the suit by the Niger Republic junta…
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CBN raises exchange rate for cargo clearance amid forex crisis
The Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the exchange rate for cargo clearance from N783/$ to N952/$ amid foreign exchange…
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Oil theft: Troops, others intercept vessel in Ondo
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with operatives of the Tantita Security Services Limited and the Nigeria Security and…
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Protest rocks Lafia as gunmen kidnap university students
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Kogi: Court orders Gov Bello to pay N500m to SDP’s Ajaka over rights violation
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to pay the sum of N500…
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NJC rejects Adeleke’s request to remove Osun CJ, Justice Adepele Ojo
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Friday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday, demanded the…
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Agency Report
Three killed in Las Vegas university shooting
Three people were killed and another seriously injured by a gunman who was shot dead by police at a US…
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FG unveils Nigeria’s Values Charter 2024
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has constituted a committee to finalise Nigeria’s Values Charter to…
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Naira falls by 17% to N951/$ on I&E window
The naira fell by 17.91 per cent to N951.22/$ on the official Investor and Exporter forex window on Wednesday. This…
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2024 budget: FG votes N50bn for student loan
The Federal Government had voted N50bn in the 2024 budget for the implementation of its student loan scheme. This was…
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IPPIS: FG releases withheld workers’ salaries
Civil servants, whose salaries were withheld by the Federal Government due to “technical glitches” in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel…
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Demolition: Court freezes 24 Kano Government’s bank accounts
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NJC finally unveils 11 justices for Supreme Court bench
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has finally recommended 11 successful justices for appointment to the bench of the Supreme Court…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Thursday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The National Judicial Council has picked 11 Justices that will fill…
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Tinubu won’t weaponise religion, ethnicity, says SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has said President Bola Tinubu will not weaponise religion and…
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New minimum wage must reflect economic realities – NLC
Ahead of next year’s negotiation of a new minimum wage for workers in the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress has…
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Over 10million people die from consumption of alcohol, sugary beverages yearly – WHO
The World Health Organisation has called for increased taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce deaths from drinking alcohol…
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Cabal running Akeredolu’s govt, stealing funds – PDP
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, on Tuesday, said the state has been grounded economically by an alleged…
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ASUU decries lecturer shortage, infrastructure decay in varsities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that most departments in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed…
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I’m not involved in Kwara failed road projects, Saraki denies allegation
The President of the 8th Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has reacted to a story published by Arewa PUNCH denying any involvement in…
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Nasarawa govt enrols 130 Almajiris in health insurance scheme
The Nasarawa State Government has disclosed that no fewer than 130 Almajiri teenagers have been enrolled into the state’s Health…
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Over 9,000 civil servants fail promotion exam
No fewer than 9, 000 civil servants who sat the 2022 Federal Civil Service Promotion examinations failed. This is according…
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FG returns 4,081 workers to IPPIS, okays payment
The Federal Government has cleared 4,081 civil servants out of a total of 17,000 originally delisted from the Integrated Payroll…
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Kaduna village bombing: Death toll hits 120, villagers allege military bombed twice
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APC inaugurates committee to review Kogi guber poll
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) has inaugurated an 11-man committee to review the outcome of the November 11 governorship election…
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Edo 2024: ‘Let’s shake the table’ – Female LP guber aspirant declares
Dr Loretta Oduware Ogboro-Okor, a female aspirant in the Edo 2024 governorship race, has advocated the involvement of women in…
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Withdraw all intra-party court cases, PDP directs members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja directed all intra-party litigants to withdraw their court cases. The party…
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Invitation: HoReps issues warrant of arrest on CBN Governor, AGF, others
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has issued a warrant of the arrest on the Central Bank Governor,…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Wednesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, on Tuesday, issued…
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Oil revenue rises 83%, hits N8.5tn – NBS report
Nigeria’s foreign trade in the third quarter of 2023 rose by 53.16 per cent year-on-year to N 18.80tn. This is…
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Economy
Closing down firms over corruption probe not good for the economy – EFCC chair
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency is creating a…
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Economy
2,000 workers’ November salaries withheld over IPPIS irregularities
The salaries of over 2,000 civil servants working in Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies have been withheld, sources familiar…
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Metro News
Family members chain, starve man to death in Nasarawa over alleged witchcraft
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested Hassan Ismail and Mohammed Sani for allegedly killing their son over a witchcraft…
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Economy
FG to raise N298.4b from selling off assets
The Tinubu administration is set to sell off some of the country’s assets to generate N298.4 billion in revenue in…
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Politics
No Ondo commissioners forged my signature – Gov Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has refuted claims that some commissioners and state officials are forging his signature. Recall…
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Economy
Infrastructure gap: FG’s N1.33 trillion budgetary allocation raises concerns
Nigeria’s 2024 budget of N27.5 trillion has continued to generate mixed reactions in the public space. There is a blend…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Amid raging criticism over Nigeria’s large delegation to Dubai for the…
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Economy
FG waives penalties for tax defaulters
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has waived accumulated penalties and interests on outstanding tax liabilities. The decision was contained…
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Economy
N15bn allocation for vice-president’s residence wasteful – SERAP
Advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Projects has faulted plans by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nysom Wike,…
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Agency Report
10 INEC directors retire from service across departments
Ten directors in the Independent National Electoral Commission heading different departments have officially retired from service, after attaining the mandatory…
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Politics
Hospitals accounting officers risk jail, dismissal over abuse of COVID-19 funds, say Reps
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee probing alleged misappropriation of COVID-19 intervention funds by ministries, departments and agencies has…
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Politics
We didn’t sponsor 1,411 delegates to COP28 – Presidency
The Presidency, on Sunday, said only a handful of the 1,411 Nigerian delegates who registered to attend the COP28 Climate…
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Politics
I won’t suspend Wike, others over anti-party allegations – PDP Chairman, Damagum
The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has said the National Working Committee under his leadership…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Monday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all 38 chairmanship and…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Sunday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum,…
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Fire razes Ahmadu Bello University’s senate building
The senate building of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, was gutted by fire on Friday evening. A statement issued…
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Entertainment
Portable excited for witnessing snow in UK for the first time
Nigerian singer, Portable shares his excitement as he witnesses snow falling while on a music tour in the U.K. He…
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Economy
FG promotes 32,361 NSCDC, immigration personnel, others – Tunji-Ojo
The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration, and Prisons Services Board on Friday promoted a total of 32,361 personnel across all ranks.…
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Court/Litigation
I’ve never intervened for suspects before EFCC since its creation – Emir of Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, on Friday, said that he has…
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Economy
FG to penalise employers over indecent working conditions – Lalong
The Federal Government says it will sanction employers of labour over indecent working conditions that negate local and international labour…
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FG may raise pensions in 2024 — Wages Commission
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Economy
CBN to freeze accounts without BVN, NIN April 2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed a “Post no Debit” restriction on all bank accounts without a Bank Verification…
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Education
Japa: Produce more doctors to boost health sector manpower, FG tasks varsities
The Federal Government has directed universities to begin to admit more students into Medicine and Surgery as a strategy to…
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Religion
RCCG bans indecent dressing in Redemption City
Tough times are ahead for residents of Redemption City in The Redeemed Christian Church of God campground, Mowe, Obafemi Owode…
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Health
Anambra has over 98,000 HIV/AIDS patients – Commissioner
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency and the state Ministry of Health have disclosed that no fewer than 98,960 persons…
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Economy
Refinery: Ensure December deadline is sacrosanct, Afenifere tasks Tinubu
The pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, tasked the Federal Government to meet its December deadline for the operation of…
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Economy
COP28: Tinubu meets King Charles, Nigeria, others eye $261bn
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met King Charles III of England in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the venue of…
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Religion
Celestial Church leader stops Portable, Pasuma’s performance at praise night
Olatosho Oshoffa, the Shepherd-in-charge of the Celestial Church of Christ International Headquarters in Ketu, has strongly condemned the invitation extended…
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Appeal Court Judgement: NNPP targets violence with protests in Kano – APC alleges
The All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kano, has accused the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP of trying hard to create…
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Edo 2024: ‘I have no preferred candidate’ – Obaseki
Ahead of the Edo governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki has cleared all doubts about where he stands on the choice…
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Ondo deputy gov., Aiyedatiwa, presides over first Ondo Council meeting in 3 months
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, is currently presiding over the State Executive Council meeting. Eighteen commissioners are…
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Nnamdi Kanu’s release will weaken Simon Ekpa, Peter Obi’s popularity – Ohanaeze
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organisation has said the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Friday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Government on Thursday said a new minimum wage regime…
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Economy
Bank recapitalisation: Presidency backs CBN, investors rush for mega-banks stocks
•We must address banks capital adequacy to grow economy – Tinubu’s adviser •Investors inject N110bn in UBA, FBNH, Zenith, Access,…
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Politics
INEC should be unbundled, inter-party defections banned – Jega
The immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has called for the unbundling of the…
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Automation of passport application takes off in one week – Minister
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday said the automation of Nigeria’s passport application is 99 per cent completed. Ojo,…
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Court/Litigation
Court convicts former NDDC special adviser of N2.8bn fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced George Turnah and two others to six years…
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Politics
Kogi will overtake Lagos in terms of development – Yahaya Bello
The outgoing Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has expressed hope that the state will overtake Lagos in the area…
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Economy
Dangote refinery to start with 350,000 Bpd next month – Aliko Dangote
The $20 billion Dangote Refinery will be starting with 350,000 barrels a day in December. The refinery will, however, fully…
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Politics
Fix refineries urgently to strengthen naira, Octogenarian pleads with Tinubu
An octogenarian and retired international businessman, Alhaji Azeez Adebayo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to summon the political will…
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Politics
Hold politicians’ feet to fire, Bishop Kukah tells Nigerians
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese of the Catholic Church is the Convener of the National Peace Committee which has been…
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Politics
Tension doused as APC, NNPP supporters suspend planned protest in Kano
Some supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC and New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP who planned to stage a protest…
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Security
Bandits on the rampage, kill 11 in Taraba, abduct over 100 in Zamfara
Terrorists led by one of their kingpins, Damina, have attacked some villages in Zamfara State, kidnapping over 100 villagers just…
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Politics
Kogi: I won’t interfere in Ododo’s administration – Yahaya Bello
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, promised not to interfere in the administration of the state governor-elect, Usman…
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Education
UNIBEN first-class graduates to get automatic jobs, says Gov Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured first-class graduates of the University of Benin of Edo origin of automatic…
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Politics
Ondo crisis: APC stalwarts welcome Tinubu’s intervention as PDP kicks
There have been several divergent reports on the outcome of the meeting of President Bola Tinubu with members of the…
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Economy
Bank CEOs, others begin merger, acquisition talks over CBN fresh recapitalisation mandate
Indications emerged on Saturday that the chief executive officers and other top executives of Deposit Money Banks had begun moves…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Sunday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, told Nigerians that multicultural diversity of…
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Politics
Rivers PDP chairman resigns after nomination by Tinubu
A former Nigerian ambassador to South Korea, Desmond Akawor, has resigned from his appointment as the Chairman of the Peoples…
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Economy
Over 143,000 Nigerians, including doctors moved to UK in nine months – Report
New Conservatives group on the Tory Right in the United Kingdom has called for ministers to close temporary visa schemes…
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Politics
Tinubu’s intervention pays off as Ondo deputy gov, lawmakers, others embrace peace
Following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis in Ondo State, the state’s deputy governor, lawmakers, and…
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Economy
Audit: Kano uncovers 13-year-old pupil, 3,233 other illegal workers
The Kano State Government said it has uncovered 3,234 workers illegally earning salaries in the state public service. Similarly, the…
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Economy
Projected $1tn economy: DMBs to increase capital base, says CBN Gov
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso, has said that the apex bank will be asking…
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Politics
Be servants to your people, Tinubu tells APC govs
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, advised governors elected on the platform of the governing All Progressives’ Congress to remain servants…
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We won’t condone troublemakers, Police say as Kano APC, NNPP supporters set to protest
Troublemakers, unauthorised gathering organisers will be arrested, prosecuted – CP Military, NSCDC, other security outfits on red alert, personnel deployed…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Saturday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, sacked 11…
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Court/Litigation
BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms Dapo Abiodun as Ogun governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos in a 2 to 1 judgment on Friday affirmed Dapo Abiodun as the…
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Economy
Naira drops to N956/$ at I&E window as dollar supply falls by 46%
The naira fell, on Thursday, to N956/$ on the official Investor and Exporter forex window as dollar supply declined by…
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Economy
Housing deficit: Adopt rent-to-own scheme, Fashola urges FG
A former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has given reasons why the rent-to-own scheme must be further improved…
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Politics
Ondo lawmakers meet, may declare Aiyedatiwa acting gov
The Ondo State House of Assembly is set to hold a plenary session today to discuss the state’s political situation.…
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Court/Litigation
BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms Ebonyi gov’s election, dismisses PDP appeal
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday, affirmed the election of Francis Nwifuru as the duly elected governor of…
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Court/Litigation
Only S’Court can correct judgment errors, Olanipekun replies A’Court
Counsel for the Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has said the Court of…
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Politics
Ondo crisis: Tinubu intervenes, meets deputy gov, Ayedatiwa, gov’s aides today
President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday afternoon, meet aides of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and the Deputy Governor,…
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Economy
FG subsidises agric inputs amid food inflation
The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent reduction in the cost of agricultural inputs for farmers, aligning with…
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Court/Litigation
BREAKING: A’Court affirms Kaduna gov’s election, stops supplementary poll
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has set aside the order by the tribunal which declared the governorship election in…
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Court/Litigation
BREAKING: Appeal Court sets aside Tribunal judgement, affirms Sule as Nasarawa Gov
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s October 2 decision to sack…
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Court/Litigation
Appeal Court delivers verdict on Nasarawa governorship dispute today
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will issue its decision in the Nasarawa State governorship election case on Thursday. This…
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Economy
Senate passes MTEF, sets to probe tax waivers under Buhari
The Senate has resolved to probe all tax waivers by the Federal Government from 2015 to date, just as it…
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Economy
Investigate diverted oil revenue under Buhari, ex-agitators tell Tinubu
Ex-agitators in the Niger Delta have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to investigate allegations that crude oil was sold…
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Top News
Use Nigeria-Finland diplomatic ties to arrest Ekpa, Ohanaeze tells FG
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on the Federal Government to take advantage of Nigeria’s diplomatic…
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Economy
Labour kicks as FG slashes budgetary provision for wage award by N100bn
Labour unions, on Wednesday, lambasted the Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil…
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Borno satisfied with security situation, closes IDP camp as 100,000 returned home
Amidst reported threats by terrorists to attack Monguno in northern Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum, has announced the closure of…
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Court/Litigation
Kano guber: Court of Appeal upheld Abba Yusuf’s Election, says Falana
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has contradicted the widely held belief that Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf,…
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Court/Litigation
Kano election judgement: ‘Appeal Court to explain error in CTC’ – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it is not in a position to provide an explanation for the…
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Court/Litigation
Appeal Court clears air on Kano guber judgement controversy, cites clerical error
The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Mohammed Bangari, has cleared the air on the controversies surrounding the…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Thursday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Youths believed to be supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party,…
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Military coup: ECOWAS parliament seeks review of sanctions against Niger Republic
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has urged the region’s heads of state and government to ease…
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Economy
FAAC shares N907.5bn to FG, States, LGs in October
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N906.955 billion October 2023 Federation Account Revenue to…
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Economy
HoReps approves shutdown of NIPOST subsidiaries, probes tax waivers
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, approved the shutting down and deregistration of the subsidiaries of the Nigerian Postal Service.…
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Agency Report
Israel, Hamas in talk over ceasefire, hostage release as death toll hits 15,000
Hopes mounted on Tuesday that Hamas could release dozens of hostages from war-torn Gaza after the militant group’s leader and…
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Court/Litigation
FG opposes Petro Union, directors’ no-case submission over £2.6bn fraud
The Federal Government has urged Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss the no-case application…
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Nigerian-made military equipment ready soon – Minister
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mattawalle, has announced that the Federal Government would soon provide the military with…
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Court/Litigation
Judges power to annul polls enormous, needs review, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said there is a need to review the power of judges to annul elections, thereby…
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Policemen due for retirement to quit, PSC backs IG
The Police Service Commission has backed the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, asking policemen aged 60 and…
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Economy
Nigeria secures $500m gas supply, renewable energy deals with investors in Germany
The Nigerian government has secured a $500 million gas export and renewable energy projects agreement with investors in Germany, boosting…
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Politics
APC’s ‘snatch, grab, and run’ agenda, threat to democracy – Atiku
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the ruling All…
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Politics
Former Niger deputy gov, two others dump PDP for APC
Former Niger state Deputy Governor and former Nigerian ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, and two other top stalwarts…
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Economy
Kwara Assembly to check proliferation of roadside ‘motor parks’
The Kwara State House of Assembly has moved to check the indiscriminate relocation of motor parks to roadsides in Ilorin,…
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Economy
‘Vandalisation of over 5000km oil pipeline national calamity’ – NNPCL
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described the vandalisation of over 5,000 kilometres of oil pipelines in the…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Wednesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Barely 40 days to the end of the year, the Federal…
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Politics
Stop blackmailing judiciary, Presidency cautions Atiku, PDP
The Presidency has responded to the statement credited to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, faulting the judges and justices over…
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Politics
Democracy has failed in Africa, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that Western Liberal Democracy has failed in Africa because it was ‘forced’ on the continent.…
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Politics
Cabal must have hijacked my govt – Buhari
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that a cabal must have hijacked his eight-year administration. Buhari made this revelation in…
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Politics
Plot to remove me targeted at Kwankwaso — Kano gov
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has said that the ongoing legal battles surrounding his tenure are not merely…
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Politics
Presidency fumes, tackles Obasanjo over democracy comment
The Presidency, on Monday, blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the current state of Nigeria’s democracy. The Special Adviser to…
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Politics
Police take over Rivers assembly as lawmakers hold separate sitting
The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly is far from over as the police again took over the…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The House of Representatives has summoned 83 ministries, departments, and agencies…
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Court/Litigation
58 SANs to be sworn in November 27 – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in 58 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday, November…
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I don’t miss Presidency much – Buhari
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has said he does not miss being President much. “Miss? I don’t think I miss much,”…
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Economy
34 states yet to pay N35,000 wage award – Report
About seven weeks after the Federal Government reached an agreement with the organised Labour on payment of the wage award…
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Politics
Osun: Gov. Adeleke has not appointed new Chief Judge – Commissioner
Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Barrister Kolapo Alimi, said Adeleke had not appointed anyone as acting Chief…
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Economy
Navy destroys 15,775 litres of stolen crude oil in Ondo
Men of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Igbokoda, Ondo State, over the weekend, intercepted and destroyed 15,775…
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Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attack Gov Buni’s convoy, kill policeman, injure others
One policeman has been confirmed dead following an attack on Governor Mai Mala Buni’s convoy by suspected Boko Haram insurgents…
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Politics
Akeredolu: Calls intensified to declare Ondo governor incapacitated
For the past couple of weeks, the call for the resignation of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been growing louder as…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Monday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said Emirates…
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Metro News
62-yr-old grandma hacked to death in Ondo
A 62-year-old grandmother, Iyanuoluwa Adamolekun, has been gruesomely murdered by assailants at her Similoluwa area, Agbaluku Arigidi Akoko, Ondo state. Consequently,…
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Metro News
Man, 76, rapes, impregnates 16-year-old girl in Ogun
A 76-year-old man, David Ogunsanwo has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for…
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Politics
Tinubu congratulates Boakai, Liberian president-elect
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian Presidential Election. The…
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Court/Litigation
Kano A’Court verdict: We’re challenging ‘robbery’ at Supreme Court — Gov Yusuf
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has described the Appeal Court judgment, sacking him from office as robbery, saying he would…
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Economy
Naira gains as official market gets to 791 to dollar
The naira gained massively against the dollar on Friday as it closed at N791/dollar at the official market. This has…
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Economy
Fuel price may fall as petrol vessels berth at port – NNPC, Oil dealers
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may be reduced in filling stations operated by independent marketers this…
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Politics
Osun CJ’s removal illegal, says NJC as acting CJ fails to attend swearing in
The National Judicial Council has berated the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and the state House of Assembly for removing the…
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Metro News
Police commence probe into killing of Fedpoffa student
A female student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa in Kwara State, Miss Toyin Bamidele, has been allegedly hacked to death…
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Agency Report
US transition to electric vehicles suffers setback
The US transition to electric cars has hit a speed bump, with concerns about vehicle range and limited charging capacity…
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FG summons NSIB, NCAA, NAMA, others over spate of aviation mishaps
To arrest the recent spate of aviation accidents in the country, the Federal Government has summoned to a meeting the heads…
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Politics
Stakeholders express concerns over increasing off-circle elections in Nigeria
On November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, conducted off-season elections in three states. DAILY POST reports that…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Sunday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Oil dealers said on Saturday that the pump price of Premium…
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Metro News
30-year-old man defiles baby in Adamawa
A 30-year-old man in Adamawa State has confessed to defiling a two-year-old baby girl. The man, Buguwa Kwaji, now being…
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Metro News
Police arrest two burglars for stealing N5.8m from POS operator in Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa State have arrested 20-year-old Usman Yusuf and Ibrahim Aliyu over the alleged burglary of a POS…
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Economy
40% IGR policy: ‘It’s gratifying FG reversed itself’ – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has commended the…
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Politics
A’Court verdict on Kano guber: ‘Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 now certain’ – Reno Omokri
Socio-political activist Reno Omokri has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 is now certain, following the removal…
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Top News
Nigerian army gets first professor
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna on Friday announced the promotion of Lt. Col. Abubakar-Surajo Imam to Professor of Mechatronics…
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Abuse of office: Abia govt sets up Panel to investigate traditional ruler
Abia State government has inaugurated a Board of Inquiry to investigate allegations of improper conducts brought against some traditional rulers…
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Court/Litigation
Abuja court remands 13 NUPENG ex-leaders in Kuje prison over murder allegation
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered the remand of 13 members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Saturday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A Federal Capital Territory High Court has remanded the former Central…
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Court/Litigation
BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms Bauchi Gov’s election, upholds Tribunal’s judgement
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal challenging the election of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi…
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Court/Litigation
BREAKING: Appeal Court sacks Kano Gov, upholds Tribunal’s verdict
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The panel upheld the…
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I’ve lost many corps members to night journeys- NYSC D-G
The Director-General (D-G) of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has lamented that the scheme has lost many corps members to night…
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Economy
Visas of passengers airlifted from Nigeria verified by Saudi Arabi – Air Peace
Air Peace on Wednesday faulted the Saudi Arabian authorities over the cancellation of visas of 264 passengers airlifted by the company from…
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Religion
‘I didn’t know burning Qur’an is offense’, ‘Isese’ practitioner begs Muslims
A popular traditionalist, Abdulazeez Adegbola, a.k.a Tani Olohun, has pleaded with the entire Muslim community to forgive him for allegedly…
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Politics
Merging PDP with LP supporters is like Ferrari engine in Peugeot – Shehu Sani
A former Kaduna Central Senator and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has suggested that merging the People’s Democratic Party, PDP…
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Economy
Visa ban: UK varsities experience low revenue as Nigerians turn to Canada
Most of the universities in the United Kingdom have been experiencing reduced admissions from international students, including Nigerians, following the…
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Court/Litigation
Looted Funds: We’ve seized N45bn, identified terrorist financiers – FG
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said it has seized over N45 billion that was illegally looted from the national treasury.…
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Politics
‘Resume or transfer power to your deputy’ – Coalition tells Ondo Gov Akeredolu
A group, Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Democracy, has called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to resume…
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Court/Litigation
‘We’re not aware of shortlisting of 22 justices for Supreme Court’ – NJC
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has said that it is not aware of the shortlist of 22 justices made by…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking this Friday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has asked Nigerians to…
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Court/Litigation
Appeal Court to deliver judgment on Kano guber election tomorrow
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has fixed Friday, November 17, 2023, for judgment in the Kano State governorship election…
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Politics
Adeleke directs Osun officials to wear Adire every Wednesday
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed all state public officials to start wearing the Adire Osun attire every Wednesday.…
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Politics
Kinsmen endorse Shaibu for 2024 Edo gubernatorial election
Kinsmen of Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, have endorsed him to run for the 2024 governorship election. The endorsement…
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Politics
Nigeria needs total restructuring – Oyo gov Makinde
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that a complete restructuring of Nigeria is needed if the country must…
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Politics
Obi, Okorocha betrayed Ojukwu by dumping APGA – MASSOB
The leadership of the Biafra Independence Movement and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has…
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Politics
Anambra belongs to APGA – Soludo replies APC on plot to take over state
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has responded to claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC), that it will take…
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Court/Litigation
FG to dock Emefiele today over alleged economic sabotage criminal charges
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, will today be put on trial by the Federal…
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Economy
N30,000 minimum wage no longer acceptable, realistic – Abdulsalami begs Tinubu
Former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the N30,000 minimum wage, stating that it is…
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Top News
Navy arrests four stowaways aboard Dubai vessel
The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT on Monday arrested an 18-year-old boy and three other stowaways onboard a container vessel, TEME…
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Politics
Misinformation threat to Nigeria, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has decried the high level of false narrative and misinformation in the country, saying that the trend…
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Economy
Jubilation in BUK as Organised Labour suspends industrial strike
Some students of Bayero University, Kano on Wednesday night took to the streets within the university to celebrate the decision…
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Politics
We welcome Atiku’s call for merger of opposition – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Bola Tinubu remains unperturbed in delivering his electoral promises of the Renewed…
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Religion
Why we deported 177 Nigerians on arrival – Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has released a statement explaining the deportation of Nigerians from the Saudi Kingdom. DAILY POST reports that 264…
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Economy
Strike: We’ve shocked FG – Organised labour
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) have said that their decision to embark on a nationwide…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Thursday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The national executive councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the…
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Politics
You’re seeking free govt largesse, Niger deputy gov alleges pensioners
The Niger State Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba over the weekend gave the state pensioners the shock of their lives when…
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Top News
40% IGR deduction will ruin varsity operations, says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the Federal Government’s plan to automatically deduct 40 per cent from universities’…
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Politics
2023 elections: INEC to mobilise lawyers for 197 offenders’ trial
The Independent National Electoral Commission will this week issue letters to Nigerian Bar Association lawyers to commence the prosecution of…
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Economy
NDIC clarifies reports of 20 liquidated banks by CBN
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has clarified the reported liquidation of 20 banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria.…
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Economy
NLC strike misplaced – Oshiomhole
Former Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has criticised the strike action being implemented by the Nigeria Labour…
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Court/Litigation
EFCC operatives forced me to agree to refund N1bn – Ex-BPE DG Dikki
Former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Dikki, told an FCT High Court on Tuesday that EFCC…
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Economy
Old N200, N500, N1000 notes to remain legal tender indefinitely, says CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that the old naira banknotes will remain a legal tender. NEWS FLASH…
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Politics
‘We need to merge to save Nigeria’ – Atiku tells opposition political parties
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the opposition political parties to…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Wednesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Government on Tuesday berated the organised labour over the…
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Economy
FG meets labour leaders as nationwide strike begins today
The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Simon Lalong, has convened a meeting with labour leaders as the nationwide strike…
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Court/Litigation
Proposed Strike: Respect court order, FG tells labour unions
The Federal Government has called on the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress to respect court…
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Economy
Account for N3bn in 2022 audit report, HoReps tells ITF
The House of Representatives has given the Industrial Training Fund till Tuesday to appear before its Committee on Finance to…
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Economy
African countries must stop going by IMF, W’Bank’s advice – Falana
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has cautioned African nations against dancing to neo-colonial dictates of…
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Politics
Off-season gov polls: Tinubu praises INEC as PDP faults Kogi, Imo results
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, congratulated Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, and Governor-elect…
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Economy
Organised labour in Rivers directs affiliate unions to comply with Nov 14 nationwide strike
The organised labour in Rivers State has said it will “strictly abide” by the decisions reached at the joint National…
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Top News
Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The organised labour on Monday directed its members to commence a…
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Agency Report
Israel-Hamas: Arab nations condemn Gaza killings, call for ICC probe
The Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has demanded a ceasefire in the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war. This…
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Economy
Consider pension plan, PenCom advises informal sector workers
The Director-General, National Pension Commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, has urged informal sector workers to embrace the Micro Pension Plan. Dahir-Umar, who…
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Economy
N26bn Kwara poly land under grabbing threat – Rector
The Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Abdul-Jimoh Muhammed, has appealed to the state governor to assist the institution…
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Politics
Don’t intervene in Liberia poll, Jega cautions ECOWAS observers
A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission and Head of the Economic Community of West African States Observers…
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Economy
FG targets 1.9m bpd as war against oil theft intensified – Minister
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says the Federal Government has achieved a lot in the fight against…
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Court/Litigation
2023 polls: APC gains as Court sends lawmakers packing from NASS
Many members of the National Assembly have received the big stick from the Court of Appeal after losing out in…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Monday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party on Sunday cried…
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Politics
EFCC arrests 14 suspected vote buyers, intercepts N11m in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday night, disclosed that its operatives on off-season election have arrested 14…
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Politics
Guber polls: Investigate alleged irregularities, Clark tells INEC
Elder statesman Edwin Clark has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate reported cases of irregularities in Saturday’s…
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Kogi guber: TAF-Africa praises INEC for peaceful conduct, participation of PWDs
TAF Africa, an International INGO, on Saturday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security operatives for conducting a…
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Politics
Bayelsa guber: Labour Party’s candidate loses polling unit to Gov Diri
Udengs Eradiri, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has been defeated at his own Polling Unit by incumbent Governor…
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Politics
Labour Party alleges irregularities, calls for cancellation of Imo guber election results
Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Saturday’s Imo governorship election, Sen. Athan Achonu, has called for a cancellation of…
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Politics
Guber polls: Tight race in Kogi as Uzodimma, Diri take early lead in Imo, Bayelsa
After Saturday’s governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states, indications emerged that governors Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and…
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Politics
Guber poll: APC candidate, Hope Uzodimma, wins 17 of Imo’s 27 LGAs
Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 17 of the 27 local government results announced so…
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Court/Litigation
A’Court affirms Kaduna-South senator’s election, orders LP to pay =N=600,000 fines
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja has affirmed the victory of Senator Sunday Katung as the valid winner of the…
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Education
Increase budgetary allocations to varsities, VC begs Tinubu
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to increase the…
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Economy
Saudi Roundtable: Your funds won’t be trapped, Tinubu assures foreign investors
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, assured potential investors of the free flow of their funds in…
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Economy
N’Assembly to give 2024 budget speedy treatment
Despite the delay by President Bola Tinubu to present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, federal lawmakers have promised…
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Politics
Obaseki remains my friend notwithstanding our differences, says Adams Oshiomhole
The senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has described the Governor Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, as his friend…
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HoReps vow to stop medical tourism
he House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions on Tuesday vowed to reduce the outflow of Nigerians seeking medical care…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Wednesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Organized Labour has declared a total and indefinite nationwide strike, starting…
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Tinubu to launch birth, death, marriage registration portal
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Wednesday launch a birth, death, and marriage registration portal. The registration system includes all…
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Politics
‘Tinubu, Shettima should resign so Akpabio can conduct fresh presidential election’- Datti Baba-Ahmed
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the presidential running mate of the Labour Party (LP), has called for the resignation of President Bola…
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Nigerian Dailies: 10 talking points this Tuesday
SEARCH Daily Post Nigeria NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday morning Published on November 7,…
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