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JUST IN: Ikoyi correctional centre sets ablaze, angry youths attempt to free inmates
The Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos State was on Thursday set ablaze by some angry youths who also attempted to ...
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#EndSARS protest: National Peace Committee expresses shock over Lekki killings
Members of the National Peace Committee have expressed concern over the loss of lives and arson arising from the ongoing ...
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BREAKING: Delta imposes 48hrs curfew, to commence 6 pm today
The Delta State government has imposed a 48-hour curfew on the entire state commencing 6:00 p.m today, Thursday. Governor of ...
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#EndSARS: Edo police arrest nine rice looters in Benin
The police in Edo State on Thursday announced the arrest of nine persons in connection with bugling of a rice ...
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#EndSARS: Plateau relaxes curfew, bans
Plateau State government has relaxed the curfew imposed on the two local government areas of the state. The government also ...
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Warri prison up in smoke in attempted jailbreak
Unconfirmed reports from Warri in Delta State say scores of inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Centre popularly called Okere prison ...
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Mining: FG seeks collaboration against illegal trans-border trade
The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah has called for collaboration and cooperation among the West ...
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#EndSARS: Obiano declares 24-hour curfew beginning by 8 pm Thursday
Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano has declared a 24-hour curfew starting by 8 pm, just as the Central Police station ...
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#EndSARS: Buhari’s ministers have failed Nigerians —- Lukman, DG Progressives Governors Forum
Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum, (PGF) Salihu Lukman, has blamed ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari's Federal Executive Council ...
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Hoodlums burn police station, attack Customs building in Oyo
HOODLUMS on Thursday continued their attacks in different parts of Oyo State, with the Agbeni market in Ibadan and a ...
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Security guard in court for allegedly stealing building materials
A security guard, James Vende, 33, on Thursday appeared a Magistrates’ Court, Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly stealing building materials and ...
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How two ladies were arrested for attempting to smuggle ‘Colorado’ to suspected Yahoo Boys in EFCC detention
Two ladies were on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) while attempting to smuggle ...
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Anambra govt starts vaccination against yellow fever, meningitis
The Anambra State government says it is targeting over six million residents in the upcoming vaccination against yellow fever, meningitis, ...
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202 men accessed family planning services at PHC in 6 LGAs — BA-N
Following the need to increase male involvement in family planning in Nigeria, a USAID-funded Social Behaviour Change organisation, Breakthrough Action ...
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Life expectancy may soon drop, worldwide study suggests
Exposure to chronic disease risk factors rose in the past decade, suggesting that if lifestyle changes are not made, life ...
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Diaspora remittances to Nigeria down by 40 per cent ― IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that migrant remittances to Nigeria fell by 40 per cent in the second ...
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Stock market rises marginally by 0.03 per cent
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was slightly positive, on Tuesday, as the local bourse index rose marginally by ...
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#EndSARS: Nigeria’s economy lost N700bn in 12 days ― LCCI
The on-going agitations against police brutality have begun to take its tolls on individuals and businesses, as the nation’s economy ...
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Diaspora remittances to Nigeria down by 40 per cent ― IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that migrant remittances to Nigeria fell by 40 per cent in the second ...
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Stock market rises marginally by 0.03 per cent
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was slightly positive, on Tuesday, as the local bourse index rose marginally by ...
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#EndSARS: Nigeria’s economy lost N700bn in 12 days ― LCCI
The on-going agitations against police brutality have begun to take its tolls on individuals and businesses, as the nation’s economy ...
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Paris rocked by fighter jet breaking sound barrier
The sonic boom of a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier reverberated through the French capital Paris and nearby suburbs ...
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Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah dies aged 91
Kuwait's Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, has died at the age of 91, state media report. His 83-year-old half-brother, Crown ...
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COVID-19 patients who take enough vitamin D less likely to die of infection, study finds
People who get enough vitamin D are at a 52 per cent lower risk of dying of COVID-19 than people ...
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Kwara PFN members protest stigmatization of ex-convicts
Members of the Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN), Kwara State chapter have staged a walk round Ilorin, the state capital, to ...
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Nigeria not yet united in reality —Cleric
The founder and General Overseer of Holy Trinity Apostolic Church, Prophet James Omitade, has said that the unfolding events in ...
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Restructuring won’t improve standard of living —Sam Adeyemi
Contrary to the clamour by some clerics on the need for government of the day to embrace restructuring, founder of ...
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Islamic scholars, imams discuss COVID-19, climate change in Kaduna
NO fewer than 80 ulama and imams have converged on Kaduna, Kaduna State, for a workshop on the Islamic perspective ...
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Ogun govt urged to adjust school timetable for Juma’at service
THE Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Ogun State government to adjust the new school timetable to allow ...
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Saudi Arabia to resume umrah pilgrimage October 4
SAUDI Arabia will allow pilgrims living inside the country to undertake the umrah pilgrimage, beginning from October 4, after a ...
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Why government alone cannot develop rural communities — Oba Aderibigbe
Since you ascended the throne of your forebears, what would you describe as the most challenging aspect of your leadership ...
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Unlatched container fatalities: Lagos residents blame bad roads, security agencies’ inaction
For residents, these are not the best of times in Lagos. More and more people in the state are getting ...
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With proven reserve of tons of bitumen, prospects, challenges heighten as Ondo begins exploitation
The dream of exploitation the expansive deposits of bitumen in Ondo State is becoming a reality as the exploration of ...
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My husband stripped me naked, dealt me punches, stabbed me with a knife, woman tells court
The five-year-old wedlock between a couple, Abiodun Adegbite and Afeez Adegbite, has been dissolved by Oja Oba/Mapo Court C Customary ...
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I ceased to recognise him as my husband one year after our marriage —Wife
A man, Wole Oyetunji, has approached Oja Oba/Mapo Court C Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo, seeking that it dissolve his ...
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She’s jealous, beat a woman to a pulp after accusing her of dating me —Husband
Oja Oba/Mapo Court C Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has dissolved the 16-year-old union between a couple, Jelili Hassan ...
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