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COVID-19: Nigeria records 290 new cases, total now 46,867
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 290 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, as confirmed cases ...
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Survivor gives details of how greed by boat operators made 16 people to drown in Badagry waterways
A survivor of the boat accident on Badagry waterways in Lagos State, has given details of how greed by the ...
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Beirut explosion: Lebanon’s government steps down
Lebanon's government stepped down on Monday night, less than a week after a massive explosion in Beirut killed more than ...
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Lagos govt meets with NUPENG as union calls off strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called off its strike which commenced earlier on Monday ...
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PDP urges Buhari to ensure violent free elections in Edo, Ondo
Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari should allow Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the ...
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Implementation of NGTNC to deepen domestic gas market says Petroleum Minister
Implementation of the Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) will help deepen the domestic gas market, the Minister of State ...
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Survivor gives details of how greed by boat operators made 16 people to drown in Badagry waterways
A survivor of the boat accident on Badagry waterways in Lagos State, has given details of how greed by the ...
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Obaseki appeals for calm, warns of postponement of election
Worried by the spate of violence in the run up to the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Governor ...
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ASUU set to present alternate salary payment platform to FG
After months of opposition to the implementation of the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the Academic Staff Union ...
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Driver bags 14 months imprisonment for stealing tricycle windshield, stereo
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Monday, sentenced a 22-year-old driver, Auwal Ibrahim, to 14 months ...
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Osun Police dismisses inspector for allegedly brutalising tailor, causing death
The Osun Police Command has dismissed Inspector Ago Egharevbe for allegedly brutalising a 20-year-old fashion designer, Ayomide Taiwo, leading to ...
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Businessman arraigned, remanded for adulterating engine oil
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday remanded a businessman, Ibegbu Anayo, in custody ...
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Women who take contraceptive pills less likely to develop serious coronavirus
Women who take the pill are less likely to develop serious coronavirus, a major new study has found, helping to ...
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Stakeholders seek expansion of sexual harassment bill
Stakeholders have spoken of the need to expand the recently passed sexual harassment bill to criminalise sexual harassment across the ...
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Increasing criminality linked to improper breastfeeding of babies
Director, Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Salma Anas-Kolo, says increasing criminality, including insurgency and kidnapping, in Nigeria, ...
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Equities market reverses seventh day gain by -0.1 per cent
Trading in the local bourse opened the week weaker on sell down of BUA Cement and some banking stocks. Consequently, ...
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New CAMA will boost foreign direct investment — Capital market operators
Capital market operators on Monday expressed optimism that the amended Companies and Allied Matters Act, (CAMA) 2020 assented to by ...
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NUPENG commences strike action Monday over extortion, harassment of members
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the weekend, threatened to go on strike action effective ...
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Equities market reverses seventh day gain by -0.1 per cent
Trading in the local bourse opened the week weaker on sell down of BUA Cement and some banking stocks. Consequently, ...
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New CAMA will boost foreign direct investment — Capital market operators
Capital market operators on Monday expressed optimism that the amended Companies and Allied Matters Act, (CAMA) 2020 assented to by ...
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NUPENG commences strike action Monday over extortion, harassment of members
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the weekend, threatened to go on strike action effective ...
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Trump signs coronavirus relief orders ahead of November presidential election
President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Saturday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of Americans ...
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15 people dead as Indian COVID repatriation flight crashes on landing
At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane overshot the runway and ...
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More than 200,000 left homeless by Beirut explosion, governor says
The Beirut city’s Governor, Marwan Abboud, on Wednesday, said more than 200,000 people had been rendered homeless after a massive ...
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Why gospel music should be played in clubs ― Abuja based DJ
An Abuja based gospel music Disk Jockey (Dj), Ernest Esekhile, also known DJ Ernesty, has said club owners should allow ...
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MFM sets new date for church reopening
The leadership of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry has announced that its branches in Lagos and Ogun states would ...
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COVID-19: Don’t castigate Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun on reopening of church —Adelakun
Veteran gospel musician-turned-cleric, Pastor Joseph Adelakun, has urged church leaders and Christians at large not to fault the Lagos State ...
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Malam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha: Tribute to an Islamic icon
I slept with a light heart on the night of Wednesday, 29 July 2020 with the expectation that the next ...
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Emir inaugurates Ilorin central mosque library
THE Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has inaugurated the ultramodern library of the Ilorin Juma’at Central Mosque, Ilorin, Kwara ...
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Rep preaches religious harmony
THE member representing Irepo/Olorunsogo/Oorelope Federal Constituency of Oyo State, Honourable Olumide Ojerinde, has called for peaceful coexistence among adherents of ...
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COVID-19: Don’t take precautionary measures with levity, group warns
A concerned charitable organisation, the District Grand Lodge of Nigeria, has warned Nigerians not to take the precautionary measures of ...
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OID empowers Oyo victims of Lebanon human trafficking
A socio-political group, Omitutun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID), has empowered victims of human trafficking recently rescued from Lebanon and ...
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We are over-due for truly united Yoruba nation —Adagba of Iyanfoworogi
The Adagba of Iyanfoworogi, Osun State, Oba Adetayo Oladele, was crowned in 2018. The US-returnee, in this interview by TUNDE ...
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Rape: Ondo Court sentences tricycle rider to life imprisonment
The High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, has sentenced a middle-aged tricycle rider, Blessing Kingsley, to life imprisonment ...
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25-year-old herdsman to die by hanging for murder in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High court sitting in Ado- Ekiti, the state capital on Thursday sentenced one Mohammodu Haruna, 25 to ...
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Court sentences 53 persons to community service for violating face mask order in Osun
A Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday sentenced 53 persons to two hours community service for violating coronavirus protocol ...
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