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COVID-19: Eiffel Tower to reopen after nine-month closure

The Eiffel Tower is to reopen to visitors on Friday for the first time in nine months following its longest closure since World War II. The lifts of the “Iron Lady” are set to whir back into life,...

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Dollar video: Ganduje files fresh suit against publisher Jaafar

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has filed a fresh civil suit against the publisher of Daily Nigerian (an online news medium), Mr. Jaafar Jaafar. Ganduje in the Writ of Summons had filed a...

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Court stops Lekki Gardens’ building project at Osborne Foreshore

The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an interim injunction restraining Lekki Gardens Estate Limited and Foreshore Waters Limited from constructing, developing, building or carrying out any...

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Obaseki launches campaign against open defecation in Edo

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, launched the ‘Clean Nigeria – Use the Toilet’ campaign in Edo, in a bid to end open defecation across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas by 2025. Obaseki,...

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Kanu: IPOB declares war on South-East leaders

The Indigenous People of Biafra has vowed to declare war on all politicians and traditional rulers of South-East extraction, stating that they would never know peace until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu,...

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Naira rain as Obi Cubana buries mum in Anambra

There was a lavish display of wealth in Oba, Anambra State, on Friday when a nightclub owner, Obi Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, buried his mother in grand style. Several celebrities, businesspeople and...

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Only Dangote, BUA, Golden can import sugar, says CBN

The Central Bank on Nigeria has restricted the importation of sugar into the country to three companies: BUA Sugar Refinery Ltd, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, and Golden Sugar Company. The CBN stated the...

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PIB: Niger Delta groups threaten showdown over Reps’ approval of 3% for host...

The Ijaw National Congress has said it will not be able to guarantee peace in the Niger Delta over the decision of the National Assembly to retain the three per cent proposed for host communities in...

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Lagos barman, domestic worker, labourer die at workplaces

Three workers, identified as Femi, Israel Umogani and one Austine, have been found dead in their respective places of work in Lagos State within a week. Femi was a barman at a hotel on Pipeline Road,...

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Patrol team rescues 12-year-old abducted boy hid in coffin

The joint border patrol team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Police in Kwara State has rescued a 12-year-old boy suspected to be a kidnap...

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Developing countries need $4.3trn to achieve SDGs –UN

The President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Munir Akram, has said that developing countries need 4.3 trillion dollars to realise the 17 objectives of the Sustainable Development...

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Nigerian-born NFL defender Onyemata gets six-game ban after testing positive...

New Orleans Saints defensive tackle David Onyemata said Friday he has been told he has been banned by the NFL after testing positive for a banned substance. Reports on the NFL Network and the league...

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Nigerian-American raises $85,000 to sue white woman for chasing her in mall

A Nigerian-American woman, Ijeoma Ukenta, who was seemingly chased by a white woman at Victoria’s Secret, a clothing mall in Millburn, New Jersey, on Saturday, has raised over $85,000 on GoFundMe to...

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VIDEO: I need N5m for hip transplants, medical assistance for my son’s...

A single mother of two, Nnenna Ogbonna, cries for help as she narrates how she had an accident on her way to the market which affected her hip joint. Read More

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Tokyo Olympics Village records first COVID-19 case

Tokyo Olympics organisers revealed the first COVID-19 case in the Games Village on Saturday as they sought to reassure competitors that the pandemic-delayed event would be safe. Six days before the...

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Suspected cholera cases rise to 604, FCT records 54 deaths

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Friday said suspected cholera cases in the nation’s capital had increased from 514 to 604. The FCTA had on July 9 put the number of suspected cases at...

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Police arrest man accused of killing pregnant wife

Robert Mede of Bodere Village in Ribadu District, Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been arrested by the police for allegedly beating his pregnant wife, Ladi Mede, to death during a...

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Sallah: Edo police command deploys 3,301 officers

The Edo State Police Command has deployed 3,30I men to secure lives and properties in the state during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, especially along the Benin-Auchi Road, which has become a hot-spot...

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Clash: Allow court to decide, Oyetola tells Muslims, traditionalists

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has appealed to Muslims and traditional worshipers in the state to allow the court decide on the issues bordering on a recent attack on a mosque allegedly...

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Azikiwe varsity slashes school fees after students’ protest

After five days of protestations by students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, the management of the institution on Friday reduced fees payable by students. The students had during the...

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