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Bayelsa varsity students protest planned school uniform, demand VC’s sacking

Students of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University have staged a peaceful demonstration against plans by the institution’s management to introduce uniforms. It was gathered that the students...

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Rescuer killed as police, hunters, OPC free Osun abducted travellers

Four passengers abducted by gunmen at Imesi-Ile and Esa-odo in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State were on Tuesday rescued by a combined team of security men. A member of the rescue team...

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UK parliament debates Kenya’s role in Nnamdi Kanu’s repatriation today

The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria today (Wednesday). The British government...

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Kaduna Baptist school invaders demand rice, others to feed victims, hold 121...

Bandits, who invaded Maraban Rido in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday and abducted some students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, have reached out to the management...

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Northern coalition attacks southern govs, says Lagos resolutions conspiracy

The Coalition of Northern Groups on Tuesday responded to the issues raised by the Southern Governors Forum during their Monday meeting in Lagos. The coalition accused the southern governors of...

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Man tortured by Lagos police dies in Ogun hospital

• Police collected N400,000 from us, says family The family of a labourer, Livinus Onyekaba, has demanded justice for him after the police in Lagos allegedly tortured him into a coma which led to his...

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Inflation, devaluation eroding N30,000 minimum wage, TUC, others lament

Stakeholders, including the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress, have expressed concerns over the continued refusal of some states to pay the N30,000 minimum wage amid the...

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Restoration of General Buhari

When curators choose to restore (usually) valuable artifact to its old glory, it is said to be restored. So it will be with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who is gradually going...

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VIDEO: I bathed my drunkard husband with hot water because he beat, cursed me...

Mother of five children, Bisola Awodele, narrates the incident that led her into pouring hot water on her drunk husband who came to her shop to beat her up. Read More

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Copa América: Argentina beat Colombia on penalties, face Brazil in final

Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina side are through to the 2021 Copa América final following a dramatic semifinal clash at an empty Estadio Nacional de Brasilia which saw La Albiceleste beat Colombia 3-2 on...

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Calls to discontinue oil, gas investments dangerous -OPEC

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Tuesday kicked against calls for the discontinuation of investments in the oil and gas industry, describing such calls as dangerous....

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Wealthy Nigerians, not the poor, benefitting from fuel subsidy – FG

The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, on Tuesday, reiterated the need to deregulate the downstream petroleum through the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit....

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LASIEC shouldn’t have access to INEC voter register –Resident

The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has threatened to deny the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission access to the Independent National Electoral Commission register for Lagos voters ahead of...

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Lai Mohammed not speaking APC members’ mind – Kwara senators

SENATORS representing the three Senatorial Zones of Kwara State on Wednesday, declared support for Governor Abdurahman Abdulrazaq, whom they described as the authentic leader of the APC in the state....

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Couple, AGF workers, facing human trafficking charges, get N10m bail

Four persons, including two senior members of staff in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, were on Wednesday arraigned by the Federal Government before Justice Charles Agbaza of the...

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Reps jerk up supplementary budget by N86bn, suspend loan request

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved the Federal Government’s 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill, raising the estimates from the proposed N895.84bn to N982.73bn. The House Committee...

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Estate agent arraigned for N15m alleged fraud

A 58-year-old estate agent, Ahmed Abdullahi, who allegedly obtained the sum of N15m under the false pretence of renting out accommodation, has been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court. The...

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DSS hold on to youths arrested over Buhari-Must-Go shirt, bars lawyer

The Department of State Services has barred human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, from seeing the five youths who were arrested at Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, on Sunday for wearing...

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Kanu and Igboho: What Buhari must understand

On Tuesday, the Presidency expressed triumphalist emotions over two recent events spearheaded by the country’s security forces. The first is the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of...

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27 Kogi poly students expelled for hiring exam mercenaries, other misconduct

Barely 24 hours after a student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of a gun and illegal association, the Academic Board of the...

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