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Presidential asset recovery panel sacks special investigator

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, led by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has sacked Mr. Victor Uwajeh earlier appointed to serve as its special...

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Paris Club refund: Court orders permanent forfeiture of consultants’ N1.4bn

Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the permanent forfeiture of a total of N1, 442,384,857.84 found in the bank accounts of three firms, which allegedly impersonated the...

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Buhari leaves Abuja today for meeting with Trump

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday (today) leave Abuja on an official working visit to the United States of America, on the invitation of President Donald Trump. According to a statement on...

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Gunmen attack Osun PDP gov aspirant on Ife-Ibadan Expressway

Femi Makinde, Osogbo One of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Olawale Rasheed, was on Friday morning attacked by four gunmen who were suspected to be assassins....

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Nigeria must motivate scientists – Don

Jesusegun Alagbe A professor of mechanical engineering at the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Cleophas Loto, says despite the fact that the country has many great scientists, it has not harnessed...

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2019: Lagos mobilises residents to collect PVCs

Jesusegun Alagbe The Lagos State Government on Friday said adequate arrangements had been made to massively mobilise residents for the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards to enable them to fully...

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FG spends N198bn on fighting malaria

Eniola Akinkuotu and Etim Ekpimah The Federal Ministry of Health says Nigeria hopes to completely end all malaria-related deaths by 2020. This is just as the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole,...

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I’m recovering from ill-health, I will bounce back – Salawa Abeni

Veteran singer and Queen of waka music, Salawa Abeni, speaks with KEMI LANRE-AREMU and TOFARATI IGE on her career, recent illness, children and other issues What can you recall of your childhood? I...

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Fibroids not disturbing a woman should be left alone –Expert

A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr. Olanrewaju Ekujumi, discusses fibroids with DOLAPO AKITOYE What are fibroids? Fibroids are non-cancerous growths of the normal smooth muscle and stomach...

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Don’t crucify Opadokun for son’s involvement in Offa robbery — Shittu

A lawyer, Mr. Wahab Shittu, shares his views with SUCCESS NWOGU on the circumstances surrounding the recent raid on some banks in Offa, Kwara State, and the arrest of Chief Ayo Opadokun’s son, Kayode,...

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HID, Adesanya advised me to join Abacha govt — Babatope

A former Director of Organisation of the Unity Party of Nigeria, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, tells FEMI MAKINDE why he agreed to take up a political appointment in the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s government...

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Senate laid foundation for anarchy by suspending Omo-Agege –Ex-Lagos Assembly...

A lawyer and former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Babatunde Ogala, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE on the recent invasion of the Senate and the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege What is your...

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Gaining weight quickly and safely

Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie The sheer number of people who throng this page with questions relating to their relatively small weight is often baffling. Many of the people who so enquire are from our...

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Impostors, not Agbekoya, threatening Ekiti, Osun polls – Spokesperson

The National Publicity Secretary of Agbekoya Farmers Association, Chief Olatunji Bandele, dissociates the Yoruba group from a recent threat by some people to disrupt Osun and Ekiti governorship...

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Public varsities’ fee hike threatens dreams of indigent students

GBENGA ADENIJI writes about the fee hike in some Nigerian public universities which is posing a threat to the academic sojourn of most students It was like a nightmare when Bowale Aderemi (not real...

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Designing your dining room

Joy Marcus A beautiful dining design is the centre of every home. However, before adding your own unique touches, there are a few key design decisions that will help get you on the right track. Here...

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Nigerians unofficially exporting $40bn goods annually, says NEPC

Anna Okon  The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has said Nigerians are exporting goods worth over $40bn informally every year. The Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the NEPC, Mr....

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Police produced a year old petition after arresting me — Ondo ex-commissioner

A former commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Special Duties in Ondo State, Femi Adekanmbi, speaks with SUNDAY ABORISADE on the face-off between him and the state government, among other issues You...

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Varsities must expose, shame lecturers sexually harassing students — ASUU...

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, speaks on the challenges in the Nigerian university system, the proposed Sexual Harassment Bill and other issues in...

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Power generation hits 5,090MW, highest in 2018

Okechukwu Nnodim Latest documents obtained from Nigeria’s power System Operator indicated that peak electricity generation crossed the 5,000-megawatt mark last week. According to the SO, a peak power...

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