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15Feb

Councillors in Niger reject dissolution of LGCs‎ – The Eagle Online

The Eagle OnlineCouncillors in Niger reject dissolution of LGCs‎The Eagle OnlineThe Niger chapter of the Forum of Councillors on Wednesday rejected the resolution of the House of Assembly directing Governor Abubakar Bello to dissolve the 25 Local Gov...

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15Feb

My invitation by DSS not over corruption – Labaran Maku – TODAY.NG

TODAY.NGMy invitation by DSS not over corruption – Labaran MakuTODAY.NGLabaran Maku, the erstwhile minister of information, now the national secretary of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), on Wednesday, threw more light on his recent invitati...

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15Feb

Lagos PDP disagrees with Adams over Ambode’s policies – Naija247news

Naija247newsLagos PDP disagrees with Adams over Ambode's policiesNaija247newsDemocratic Party (PDP) has urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to reverse all policies that cause hardship to the people, among them the hike in the Lekki-Epe toll charges.It ...

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15Feb

We’ll not tolerate killer-herdsmen in South East—BIM – Vanguard

VanguardWe'll not tolerate killer-herdsmen in South East—BIMVanguardABAKALIKI—THE leadership of the Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, in Ebonyi South zone of the state, yesterday said it would not tolerate or accommodate the activities and oper...

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15Feb

AIB Impounds Delta Aircraft as 5 Injured in Emergency Landing in MMA – THISDAY Newspapers

THISDAY NewspapersAIB Impounds Delta Aircraft as 5 Injured in Emergency Landing in MMATHISDAY NewspapersThe Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has grounded the US-bound Delta Airline aircraft that made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed Inte...

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15Feb

ESI graduates 100 on entrepreneurial devt, skills acquisition – Vanguard

VanguardESI graduates 100 on entrepreneurial devt, skills acquisitionVanguardWife of Nigeria's Transportation Minister and founder of the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI), Dame Judith Amaechi has said that entrepreneurial, vocational and leader...

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15Feb

Gunmen kill first class graduate, 400L student in Lafia – Daily Trust

Daily TrustGunmen kill first class graduate, 400L student in LafiaDaily TrustGunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed two students of the Federal University, Lafia. The public relations officer of the university, Abubakar Ibrahim, said one of t...

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15Feb

NAFDAC Arraigns Importer Of Fake Tramadol – Independent Newspapers Limited

Independent Newspapers LimitedNAFDAC Arraigns Importer Of Fake TramadolIndependent Newspapers LimitedLagos – National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday arraigned one Ezeanwu Ifeanyi, a businessman before a Federa...

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15Feb

Fayose backs Soyinka, Afenifere urges South West govs to tackle killer herdsmen – The Punch

The PunchFayose backs Soyinka, Afenifere urges South West govs to tackle killer herdsmenThe PunchThe Afenifere Renewal Group has called on governors in the South-West to urgently devise plans to check the killer herdsmen on the rampage across the count...

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15Feb

Fed Govt eyes $25b investments from economic laboratories – The Nation Newspaper

VanguardFed Govt eyes $25b investments from economic laboratoriesThe Nation NewspaperThe Federal Government is eyeing $25 billion investments from the proposed economic laboratories in the country, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator ...

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15Feb

Governors to set up team to dialogue with national assembly over creation of state police – TheCable

VanguardGovernors to set up team to dialogue with national assembly over creation of state policeTheCableThe Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) is currently holding a meeting at the state house conference center in Abuja. Top on the agenda of the meeti...

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15Feb

2019: Afenifere reacts to reordering of election sequence – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post Nigeria2019: Afenifere reacts to reordering of election sequenceDaily Post NigeriaPan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has expressed a positive feeling to the election sequence re-ordered by the National Assembly. It said the new elec...

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15Feb

Senate confirms seven RECs, drops two – The Punch

The PunchSenate confirms seven RECs, drops twoThe PunchThe Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of seven nominees as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The RECs would supervise elections at the s...

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15Feb

Buhari should join retiree’s club, PDP replies Tinubu – The Punch

The PunchBuhari should join retiree's club, PDP replies TinubuThe PunchThe Peoples Democratic Party says the counsel by the All Progressives Congress National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and military dictato...

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15Feb

Jang rubbishes report claiming he said Hausa/Fulani will not govern Nigeria again – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaJang rubbishes report claiming he said Hausa/Fulani will not govern Nigeria againDaily Post NigeriaThe Senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, Jonah Jang has debunked comments credited to him that Hausa/Fulani wou...

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15Feb

Changing Nigeria not easy task – Tinubu – Vanguard

VanguardChanging Nigeria not easy task – TinubuVanguardAbuja – A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said evolving “true change'' in the country as promised by the party is not an easy task. ...

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15Feb

Dangote Group targets end 2018 for 250000 tons Sokoto rice mill – BusinessAMLive (press release) (blog)

BusinessAMLive (press release) (blog)Dangote Group targets end 2018 for 250000 tons Sokoto rice millBusinessAMLive (press release) (blog)Mansur Ahmed, the group executive director, stakeholder relations and corporate communications, Dangote Group, has ...

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15Feb

Lagos donates N365m mobile clinic for cancer treatment – Vanguard

VanguardLagos donates N365m mobile clinic for cancer treatmentVanguardThe Lagos State Government on Wednesday handed over a Mobile Cancer Centre for the diagnosis and treatment of residents afflicted with cancer-related diseases as well as increase adv...

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15Feb

National Assembly: 8 things to note about amendment to Electoral Act – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaNational Assembly: 8 things to note about amendment to Electoral ActDaily Post NigeriaToday, the National Assembly approved changes to Nigeria's electoral act. Here are 8 things you need to know about it: 1. INSTANT TRANSMISSION O...

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15Feb

DSS quizzes ex-Information Minister, Labaran Maku – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaDSS quizzes ex-Information Minister, Labaran MakuDaily Post NigeriaThe Department of State Security Service, Nasarawa state command, on Wednesday summoned the National Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr. Labaran Maku...

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14Feb

LG polls: Edo APC to commence campaigns, as Obaseki assures peaceful polls – Vanguard

VanguardLG polls: Edo APC to commence campaigns, as Obaseki assures peaceful pollsVanguardEdo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed plans of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to commence campaigns for the forthcom...

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14Feb

Another JAMB official ‘steals’ N23 million, gives strange defence – Premium Times

Premium TimesAnother JAMB official 'steals' N23 million, gives strange defencePremium TimesA few days after the bizarre report that a snake 'swallowed' about N36 million from the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board's vault in Be...

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14Feb

Australia, From an African's Eyes., General, Top Stories, Travels

A Scheme of Madness – Words do kill!

Words are powerful! They create and they destroy, a great reason why we need to pick them carefully. This week I had the opportunity of visiting Mundaring Weir. Here I got reminded of how important our tongues are. As I leaned on the rails that run across the weir, I couldn’t but think deeply about

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14Feb

VP Osinbajo gives daughter out in marriage – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaVP Osinbajo gives daughter out in marriageDaily Post NigeriaVice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has announced the marriage of his eldest daughter, Damilola Osinbajo to Oluseun Bakare. The news of Damilola Osinbajo's engageme...

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14Feb

Boko Haram suspects finally get their day in court – Vanguard

VanguardBoko Haram suspects finally get their day in courtVanguardThe prosecution only called one witness against Abba Umar. He said the defendant, if released, would likely go back to Boko Haram's hideout in Sambisa Forest in northeast Nigeria. Th...

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14Feb

Senator Saraki meets Muslim women, re-pledges to fight drugs – TODAY.NG

TODAY.NGSenator Saraki meets Muslim women, re-pledges to fight drugsTODAY.NGPresident of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated the resolve of the 8th Senate to tackle the menace of drug abuse in the country. This is even as he pledged ...

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14Feb

Dogara, NANS mourn 21 students of GSS Misau – Premium Times

Premium TimesDogara, NANS mourn 21 students of GSS MisauPremium TimesThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed deep condolences to families and the people of Bauchi State over the death of 21 students in a road accident....

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14Feb

Child voting in Kano poll, mere propaganda – Ganduje – Vanguard

The Nation NewspaperChild voting in Kano poll, mere propaganda – GandujeVanguardABUJA – GOVERNOR Abdulahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State yesterday said that the alleged under age voting in the just concluded local government elections in the state was ...

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14Feb

Niger Assembly passes motion for councils dissolution – Vanguard

VanguardNiger Assembly passes motion for councils dissolutionVanguardThe Niger House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion dissolving the 25 Local Government Councils in the state for alleged poor performance and misappropriation of funds. The assembl...

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14Feb

Governor Abubakar speaks on abuse of state police – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaGovernor Abubakar speaks on abuse of state policeDaily Post NigeriaGovernor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, has allayed the fears that governors may abuse state police. He spoke in an interview with State House reporters, Tuesday,...

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14Feb

Quotes from Akande, Tinubu’s visit to Buhari – Vanguard

VanguardQuotes from Akande, Tinubu's visit to BuhariVanguardNational leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande, have urged former Nigerian leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida to keep off p...

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14Feb

PDP reacts to Okorocha’s move to install son-in-law as Imo governor – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaPDP reacts to Okorocha's move to install son-in-law as Imo governorDaily Post NigeriaThe Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected moves by Governor Rochas Okorocha to install his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu,...

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14Feb

Nigeria: World Bank to Spend US$611M to Tackle Nigeria’s Out-of-School Children – AllAfrica.com

GuardianNigeria: World Bank to Spend US$611M to Tackle Nigeria's Out-of-School ChildrenAllAfrica.comAbuja — The World Bank has approved the sum of $611 million to support Nigeria in addressing the menace of out-of-school children, which recent st...

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14Feb

Help me beg Christian leaders for my comments – Bello tells Osinbajo – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaHelp me beg Christian leaders for my comments – Bello tells OsinbajoDaily Post NigeriaKogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has again apologised to Catholic Bishops and the entire Christendom over his February 9, comments on the visit ...

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14Feb

Fayose warns against reprisal of herdsmen killing, summons security meeting – Vanguard

VanguardFayose warns against reprisal of herdsmen killing, summons security meetingVanguardAdo-Ekiti—Following incessant attacks on Ipao-Ekiti in Ikole Local Government area by herdsmen, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has promised to set up a...

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14Feb

Apapa Customs targets N426 b revenue – Guardian (blog)

Guardian (blog)Apapa Customs targets N426 b revenueGuardian (blog)Executive Chairman of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), Ladipupo Jadesimi (left), explaining a point of interest to Deputy Controller-General of Customs (DCG- Export And Free Zones)...

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14Feb

Jagaban Bola Tinubu to the rescue – Daily Trust

Daily TrustJagaban Bola Tinubu to the rescueDaily TrustIf there is any yeoman's job to be done, go for the man who can do it. That in my view is what President Muhammadu Buhari has done by picking Ahmed Bola Tinubu, senator and two-term governor of...

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14Feb

Workers flee as herdsmen overrun LG offices in Ondo – Vanguard

VanguardWorkers flee as herdsmen overrun LG offices in OndoVanguardAKURE — AKURE South Local Government Secretariat in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was yesterday sacked by over 30 rampaging herdsmen. This came on a day Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole So...

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14Feb

Workers flee as herdsmen overrun LG offices in Ondo – Vanguard

VanguardWorkers flee as herdsmen overrun LG offices in OndoVanguardAKURE — AKURE South Local Government Secretariat in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was yesterday sacked by over 30 rampaging herdsmen. This came on a day Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole So...

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14Feb

Police kill undertaker over dead cow – The Punch

VanguardPolice kill undertaker over dead cowThe PunchThere is tension in Itigidi, in the Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State after a mortician, Mr. Isong Nkanu, was allegedly killed by some anti-riot policemen. PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday ...

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14Feb

Sambisa Forest has become too hot for Boko Haram, says Lai Mohammed – Vanguard

VanguardSambisa Forest has become too hot for Boko Haram, says Lai MohammedVanguardABUJA-THE federal government said Tuesday that it has secured release of 30,000 people from the grip of Book Haram terrorists in less than three years of its assumption ...

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14Feb

JAMB vows to arrest, prosecute money swallowing snake – Vanguard

VanguardJAMB vows to arrest, prosecute money swallowing snakeVanguardSenator Shehu Sani has stormed the office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) with snake charmers, just as the examination body promises to arrest and prosecute the...

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14Feb

2019 presidency: Kwankwaso storms Anambra, begs for support to clinch APC ticket – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post Nigeria2019 presidency: Kwankwaso storms Anambra, begs for support to clinch APC ticketDaily Post NigeriaFormer Governor of Kano State and the Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial district, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso has stormed Anambra to...

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14Feb

I am not afraid of prison, I shall continue to speak, criticise Govt – Melaye – Vanguard

VanguardI am not afraid of prison, I shall continue to speak, criticise Govt – MelayeVanguardThe senator representing Kogi West constituency, Sen Dino Melaye has on Tuesday maintained his ground over the charges filed against him by the federal gover...

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13Feb

The end of Boko Haram has come – Buhari – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaThe end of Boko Haram has come – BuhariDaily Post NigeriaPresident Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Boko Haram insurgents are finding it more difficult to recruit new members into their ranks. The President said this has been made...

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13Feb

Restored law/order in Ekiti: Fayose lauds security operatives – Vanguard

VanguardRestored law/order in Ekiti: Fayose lauds security operativesVanguardGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti has showered praises on security operatives for their prompt action in preventing breakdown of law and order in Ipao Ekiti. In his tweet on Tu...

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13Feb

FG to train 11300 displaced persons in North-East – Daily Trust

Daily TrustFG to train 11300 displaced persons in North-EastDaily TrustThe Federal Government plans to train 11,300 persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, says Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment. Ngige sa...

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13Feb

2018 Hajj: NAHCON allocates 1600 seats to Taraba – Daily Trust

Daily Trust2018 Hajj: NAHCON allocates 1600 seats to TarabaDaily TrustThe National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allocated 1,600 Hajj seats to Taraba for the 2018 Holy Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Alhaji Hamman-Adama Tukur, Chairman, Taraba Mu...

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13Feb

2018 Hajj: NAHCON allocates 1600 seats to Taraba – Daily Trust

Daily Trust2018 Hajj: NAHCON allocates 1600 seats to TarabaDaily TrustThe National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allocated 1,600 Hajj seats to Taraba for the 2018 Holy Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Alhaji Hamman-Adama Tukur, Chairman, Taraba Mu...

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13Feb

Pastor seeks divorce over wife’s alleged resentment to his pastoral call – Vanguard

Pastor seeks divorce over wife's alleged resentment to his pastoral callVanguardA 41-year-old pastor, Oluwasanjo Eniola, has asked a Grade C Customary Court, Inanlende, Ibadan, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Basirat, over her alleged resentm...

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13Feb

FG Evacuates 136 More Nigerians From Libya – CHANNELS TELEVISION

CHANNELS TELEVISIONFG Evacuates 136 More Nigerians From LibyaCHANNELS TELEVISIONAnother batch of 136 Nigerians stranded in Libya on Tuesday arrived the Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft conveying the returnees touched down at the airpor...

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13Feb

Patience Jonathan begs EFCC: Let’s Settle – Vanguard

VanguardPatience Jonathan begs EFCC: Let's SettleVanguardFormer First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan appears to be tired of fighting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in court and has asked for out-of-court settlement. EFCC boss Magu and Pa...

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13Feb

Grazing cattle destroy Unilorin’s multi-million naira research farms – Vanguard

VanguardGrazing cattle destroy Unilorin's multi-million naira research farmsVanguardIlorin—Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has decried the destruction of the university's multi-million naira research and tr...

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13Feb

Nigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday morning – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaNigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday morningDaily Post Nigeria1. The Christian Association of Nigerian, CAN, has called on the Federal Government to compensate the victims of the New Year day killings in Benue ...

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13Feb

Governors back creation of state police – Daily Trust

Daily TrustGovernors back creation of state policeDaily TrustThe Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) yesterday backed the creation of state police to address security challenges facing the country. The governors' position came four days after Vice Presi...

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13Feb

LG polls: Oyo APC members protest imposition of candidates – Vanguard

The PunchLG polls: Oyo APC members protest imposition of candidatesVanguardIbadan— HUNDREDS of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, including loyalists of a former Governor of Oyo State, late Lamidi Adesina yesterday staged a protest in Iba...

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13Feb

Ikpeazu has performed well, says Secondus – Vanguard

VanguardIkpeazu has performed well, says SecondusVanguardUMUAHIA—THE national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has performed well in the delivery of democracy d...

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13Feb

Group wants Shehu Sani recalled from Senate – Daily Trust

Daily TrustGroup wants Shehu Sani recalled from SenateDaily TrustLeaders of a group, Concerned Indigenes of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, yesterday, said they have initiated moves to recall the senator representing the district, Senator Shehu San...

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13Feb

I’ll endorse my son-in-law as next Imo gov — Okorocha – Daily Trust

Daily TrustI'll endorse my son-in-law as next Imo gov — OkorochaDaily TrustGovernor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday publicly said he will endorse the candidature of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu as his successor in 2019 if he decides to conte...

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13Feb

Lagos Okays Extension Of Oshodi – Int’l Airport Road Reconstruction – Leadership Newspapers (press release)

Leadership Newspapers (press release)Lagos Okays Extension Of Oshodi – Int'l Airport Road ReconstructionLeadership Newspapers (press release)Lagos State Government on Monday approved the extension of the ongoing reconstruction of the Internationa...

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13Feb

Saraki, Dogara, APC Mourn John Shagaya – Leadership Newspapers (press release)

Leadership Newspapers (press release)Saraki, Dogara, APC Mourn John ShagayaLeadership Newspapers (press release)President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has expressed sadness over the death of a member of the sixth Senate and former minister...

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13Feb

We don’t call cow bros, Prof. Adewole! – Vanguard

VanguardWe don't call cow bros, Prof. Adewole!VanguardDEAR Hon. Minister, Pardon me for boring you with this little story in a community in some corner of Nigeria a few years ago. Leaders of the said community had decided on a N20m fund-raising for...

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13Feb

200 youths renounce cultism in Ikorodu – Vanguard

Vanguard200 youths renounce cultism in IkoroduVanguardTwo hundred youths in Ikorodu area of Lagos, publicly denounced their membership from different confraternities, Monday, supporting the action by surrendering weapons in their custody to the police....

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13Feb

Herdsmen ambush, open fire on NSCDC officers; kill two in Benue – Vanguard

VanguardHerdsmen ambush, open fire on NSCDC officers; kill two in BenueVanguardMAKURDI – Two operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, names withheld, have been reportedly killed by suspected armed herdsmen at korakga Uvir in Gum...

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13Feb

Nigeria ‘ll not be used to destabilise Cameroon – Buhari – Vanguard

VanguardNigeria 'll not be used to destabilise Cameroon – BuhariVanguardPresident Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Cameroonian Authority that Nigeria territory would not be used as a staging area to destabilise Cameroon. Buhari was quoted as making...

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13Feb

Ambode inaugurates boards of Lagos sports trust fund, commission – Vanguard

VanguardAmbode inaugurates boards of Lagos sports trust fund, commissionVanguardLagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday identified the importance of collaboration of key stakeholders to achieve the desired goal for sports administration and...

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12Feb

Fani-Kayode speaks on snake swallowing N36m in JAMB office – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaFani-Kayode speaks on snake swallowing N36m in JAMB officeDaily Post NigeriaFemi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday reacted to a report that a mysterious snake swallowed a whooping N36m from the office of Joint Admission...

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12Feb

Ex-CBN chief, Moghalu to run for presidency – The Punch

The PunchEx-CBN chief, Moghalu to run for presidencyThe PunchA former Deputy Governor of the CBN, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, announced on Monday that he was consulting widely to run for the presidency in 2019. Moghalu told political correspondents in Lago...

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12Feb

Supporters of Kwara APC stalwarts welcome move to PDP – Vanguard

VanguardSupporters of Kwara APC stalwarts welcome move to PDPVanguardSome members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara have lauded the decision of some stalwarts to quit the party, saying they may join to them move to another party. Mr Sunday Fas...

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12Feb

Polls Show President Buhari Has Lost Popularity In Katsina And Kano-PDP – SaharaReporters.com

SaharaReporters.comPolls Show President Buhari Has Lost Popularity In Katsina And Kano-PDPSaharaReporters.comThe opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the popularity of President Muhammadu Buhari has dipped in his stomping grounds ...

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12Feb

You won’t be Minister without Abe – Saraki taunts Amaechi – Daily Post Nigeria

The Nation NewspaperYou won't be Minister without Abe – Saraki taunts AmaechiDaily Post NigeriaPresident of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki has called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers state to respect Senator ...

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12Feb

Nigerian govt reacts to ‘planned diversion’ of budget to 2019 election – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaNigerian govt reacts to 'planned diversion' of budget to 2019 electionDaily Post NigeriaMinister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, says the 2018 capital budget of N2.4tn will be strictly used for infrastructural projects across t...

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12Feb

It’s wrong to call Fulanis killers — Okorocha – Vanguard

VanguardIt's wrong to call Fulanis killers — OkorochaVanguardABAKALIKI—GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, weekend insisted that no part of the state would be given for establishment of cattle colony. Okorocha This came as Biafra Independent ...

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12Feb

LASG issues 24 hours quit notice to Oshodi -Mile 2 illegal traders – Vanguard

VanguardLASG issues 24 hours quit notice to Oshodi -Mile 2 illegal tradersVanguardlagos—THE Lagos State Government has issued a 24 hour quit notice to all new/fairly used furniture traders on road setbacks and walkways along Oshodi, Mile 2 Expressway...

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12Feb

Lagos seals RCCG, hotel, six other structures – Vanguard

VanguardLagos seals RCCG, hotel, six other structuresVanguardlagos—THE Lagos State Government has sealed the zonal headquarters, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG in Ajegunle, Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government, a hotel in Ikeja and six other str...

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12Feb

Emir Sanusi orders Miyetti Allah to expose criminal herdsmen – Daily Post Nigeria

The Nation NewspaperEmir Sanusi orders Miyetti Allah to expose criminal herdsmenDaily Post NigeriaThe Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has ordered herdsmen, under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, to expose crimi...

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12Feb

Who is afraid of Babangida, Obasanjo, Saraki?, by Taju Tijani – The Eagle Online

The Eagle OnlineWho is afraid of Babangida, Obasanjo, Saraki?, by Taju TijaniThe Eagle OnlineNigeria is a constellation of wonder. A wonder that keeps invoking emotions of anxiety, anger, mass brutalisation, bastardisation, confusion, disorder, sadness...

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12Feb

Fuel crisis: PDP, APC in verbal war over President’s role – Vanguard

CHANNELS TELEVISIONFuel crisis: PDP, APC in verbal war over President's roleVanguardABUJA—The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, were yesterday locked in a war of words over the propriety of President Muhammadu...

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12Feb

Obasanjo to perform refinery’s groundbreaking – The Nation Newspaper

The Nation NewspaperObasanjo to perform refinery's groundbreakingThe Nation NewspaperBayelsa State government has chosen ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to inaugurate Governor Seriake Dickson's projects. Speaking at the weekend in Yenagoa at a n...

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12Feb

Between Obasanjo and Babangida – The Nation Newspaper

Ripples NigeriaBetween Obasanjo and BabangidaThe Nation NewspaperBefore the open letters by Nigeria's former leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, it had become public knowledge that the Nigerian project was malfunctioning. Perhaps, the...

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12Feb

Nigerian UK property owners crash VAIDS phone lines – Vanguard

VanguardNigerian UK property owners crash VAIDS phone linesVanguardABUJA— Nigerians, who own property in the United Kingdom, Friday, crashed Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme, VAIDS, hotlines of the Federal Ministry of Finance with their...

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12Feb

Lecturers’ release: Many people still held by B’Haram, says Red Cross – The Punch

The Nation NewspaperLecturers' release: Many people still held by B'Haram, says Red CrossThe PunchThe International Committee of the Red Cross, the agency that received the three freed University of Maiduguri lecturers and the 10 women from the...

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12Feb

NNPC, Kogi to sign biofuel production MoU Tuesday – The Punch

The PunchNNPC, Kogi to sign biofuel production MoU TuesdayThe PunchThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Kogi State Government will on Tuesday sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the production of ethanol, an organic biofuel that can b...

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12Feb

SERAP Calls On Gov. Ambode To Reverse Lekki Toll Charges, Says They’re Unjust – SaharaReporters.com

SaharaReporters.comSERAP Calls On Gov. Ambode To Reverse Lekki Toll Charges, Says They're UnjustSaharaReporters.comAdvocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos State, to ...

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12Feb

Pastor, accomplice arrested for alleged armed robbery – Premium Times

Premium TimesPastor, accomplice arrested for alleged armed robberyPremium TimesThe General Overseer of God's Favour Ministry, Iba, Lagos State, Daniel Onwugbufor, has been arrested for alleged armed robbery. He was arrested along with an accomplice...

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12Feb

Police commission promotes 9973 officers – Vanguard

VanguardPolice commission promotes 9973 officersVanguardThe Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Mike Okiro said 9, 973 policemen were promoted by the commission in 2017. Police Okiro made the disclosure in an interview in Abuja on Sunday. He s...

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12Feb

Saraki condoles with Buhari over death of 2 family members – Vanguard

VanguardSaraki condoles with Buhari over death of 2 family membersVanguardPresident of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of two members of his extended family – Hajiya Halima Dauda and Hajiy...

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12Feb

NAPTIP seals baby factory in Abuja – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaNAPTIP seals baby factory in AbujaDaily Post NigeriaThe National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said it had sealed an illegal maternity and baby factory in Nyanya, Abuja. This is contained in a statement...

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11Feb

2019: Don’t vote for politicians above 60 years –Catholic bishop – The Punch

The Punch2019: Don't vote for politicians above 60 years –Catholic bishopThe PunchThe Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Anambra State, Most Revd Paulinus Ezeokafor, has asked Nigerians not to vote for politicians above 60 years of age in the 2019 ...

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11Feb

Amaechi expresses believe in Ken Saro-Wiwa’s principles – The Eagle Online

The Eagle OnlineAmaechi expresses believe in Ken Saro-Wiwa's principlesThe Eagle OnlineThe Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Saturday that without meeting Ken Saro-Wiwa, the late environmentalist, he believes in his principles. Am...

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11Feb

Joe Igbokwe blasts IBB, Obasanjo, says corrupt religious leaders want Buhari dead – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaJoe Igbokwe blasts IBB, Obasanjo, says corrupt religious leaders want Buhari deadDaily Post NigeriaA chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida. He said thi...

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11Feb

Northern elders float new group, counter Obasanjo’s coalition for Nigeria – Daily Post Nigeria

Daily Post NigeriaNorthern elders float new group, counter Obasanjo's coalition for NigeriaDaily Post NigeriaThe Northern elders on Saturday floated a new group the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF). The group is aimed at enabling the region ...

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11Feb

Ganduje Grants Tax Waiver To Tricycle Operators, Empowers 2500 – THISDAY Newspapers

THISDAY NewspapersGanduje Grants Tax Waiver To Tricycle Operators, Empowers 2500THISDAY NewspapersKano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has granted N100 daily tax waiver to tricycle operators in the state as part of his relief package to cush...

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11Feb

2019: Buhari, INEC, NASS in three-way face-off – Vanguard

Vanguard2019: Buhari, INEC, NASS in three-way face-offVanguardIn what appears to be getting more interesting by the day, the new sequence introduced by members of the National Assembly, for the 2019 general elections, is set to pitch Aso Rock President...

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11Feb

Gunmen kill Bayelsa LG union boss on tricycle – The Punch

VanguardGunmen kill Bayelsa LG union boss on tricycleThe PunchThe Chairman, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area chapter, the National Union of Local Government Employees, Bayelsa State, Mr. Okaye Igali, has been killed. The 53-year-old Igali was report...

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11Feb

2019 Presidency: Northern elders meet, raise panel on consensus candidate – The Punch

The Punch2019 Presidency: Northern elders meet, raise panel on consensus candidateThe PunchElders and key actors in the politics of northern Nigeria, on Saturday, converged on Abuja to brainstorm on strategies to be adopted to pick a consensus candidat...

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11Feb

Benue killings: Resign now, Civil Society group tells IGP – Vanguard

VanguardBenue killings: Resign now, Civil Society group tells IGPVanguardA civil society group, the Benue Arise Network, BAN, has advised the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris to honorably resign his position for his alleged complicity in...

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11Feb

Nigeria Feds Charges Senator Melaye For False Information Over Claim There Was An Attempt On His Life – SaharaReporters.com

SaharaReporters.comNigeria Feds Charges Senator Melaye For False Information Over Claim There Was An Attempt On His LifeSaharaReporters.comThe federal government has filed a two-count charge against Senator Dino Melaye for allegedly giving false inform...

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11Feb

Ekiti 2018: Church general overseer joins guber race – The Nation Newspaper

The PunchEkiti 2018: Church general overseer joins guber raceThe Nation NewspaperA popular Pentecostal preacher based in Ekiti State, Reverend Tunde Afe, has declared intent to vie for the governorship seat in the July14, 2018 poll. Afe, who is the Fou...

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11Feb

Place Rivers first, Governor Wike tells politicians – Vanguard

VanguardPlace Rivers first, Governor Wike tells politiciansVanguardRivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on Rivers politicians and political office holders to always place the state first in all their dealings. Gov Wike Speaking during t...

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