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Art gallery to celebrate ‘Africaness’ in solo exhibition

Thought Pyramid Art Centre, an independent non-profit art space in Abuja and Lagos, is set to celebrate new works of art that reflect creativity and a possible Afro-renaissance in its upcoming solo...

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Lagos leads as 76,855 candidates jostle for 3,000 spaces in unity schools

The Federal Government on Saturday disclosed that a total of 76,855 candidates enrolled for the 2021 Common Entrance Examinations into unity schools across the country. Only 3,000 admission spaces are...

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Firm to renovate schools in LCDA

Sterling Homes Limited, a real estate firm, has said it will renovate 26 schools within Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area in Lagos State. The Chief Executive Officer, of Sterling Homes...

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Experts forecast better recovery in real estate sector

Real estate experts have said increase in activities in the sector will help to boost the sectors development. They spoke while making comments on the recent Gross Domestic Product report for first...

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‘Bandits, others killed 394, kidnapped 224 in one month’

BANDITS, herdsmen and robbers have killed about 394 and kidnapped 224 Nigerians in one month, a recent report has disclosed. The report published by EONS Intelligence, indicated that in the past one...

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Aide allegedly killed, others missing as troops invade IPOB lawyer’s home

SECURITY operatives comprising the police, army and personnel of the Department of State Services on Sunday reportedly invaded the home of a lawyer for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor,...

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19 northern states plan overhaul of school exchange programme

THE 19 northern states Commissioners for Education brainstormed on Saturday in Kano on how to improve student exchange programmes, alongside other challenges, threatening the development of the sector....

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Buhari, others mourn, beneficiaries lament as TB Joshua dies

Hundreds of members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations on Sunday mourned the passing of the church’s General Overseer, Prophet Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua. TB Joshua died on Saturday after...

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Kano set to redeploy 5,000 workers to classrooms as teachers

The Kano State Government will redeploy 5,000 civil servants identified with the requisite qualification in education to classrooms as part of renewed effort to save the sector from total collapse. The...

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Igangan community fingers Wakil’s family as 17 killed, fuel station, others...

No fewer than 17 persons have been reportedly shot dead by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen at Igangan, in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Residents told our correspondent that the...

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Northern youths woo Saraki on 2023 presidency

SUPPORTERS of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, under the aegis of a group, ‘Saraki is coming’, on Sunday stormed the streets of Kano, to demand that he contests the 2023 presidential race. The...

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‘Don’t only immortalise Abiola, emulate him too’

A supporter of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, Chief Abimbola Aboderin, has urged politicians to not only immortalise the late businessman and politician, but also emulate him. He said this in a...

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We must work on leadership, says Lalong

PLATEAU State Governor, Simon Lalong, has urged Nigerians to ensure that only those who were prepared to serve were given the opportunity to emerge as leaders. Lalong made the call in Jos, during a...

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OGSIEC denies partisanship in Ogun factional PDP

THE Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Babatunde Osibodu, has denied allegations that OGSIEC was favourably disposed to a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to the...

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Igbos in Adamawa mourn Gulak, deny living in fear

IGBOs under the aegis of the Adamawa State chapter of Igbo Cultural Association, have bemoaned the sudden death of a former Presidential Adviser, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, who was assassinated in Owerri, Imo...

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APC dismisses Obaseki’s sedition threat against 14 absentee lawmakers

The Chairman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress, Col David Imuse (retd), has dismissed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s plan to sue 14 House of Assembly members-elect, noting that It is either the...

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Saraki may bounce back in Kwara politics, says Awoyale

Gbenga Awoyale, the President-General of Orisun Igbomina, a socio-cultural association for Igbomina people, has warned supporters of the Kwara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, to...

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Bafarawa seeks meeting of eminent Nigerians on insecurity

A former Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has urged eminent Nigerians to come together to brainstorm on finding solutions to the security problems facing the country. This call came...

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Confusion trails Atiku, Soludo’s campaign posters in Abuja

The sudden appearance of the campaign posters bearing the picture of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and that of an erstwhile governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Soludo, is currently...

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Sanwo-Olu, Emmanuel celebrate Kumuyi on 80th birthday

Some youths momentarily disrupted the Sunday service at the Deeper Christian Life Ministry headquarters at Gbagada, Lagos State, as they played musical instruments in celebration of the 80th birthday...

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