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Activists laud police, military operations in Rivers

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt WORRIED by the level of insecurity in Rivers State, the Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition has hailed the police and the military for the ongoing raid of suspected...

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Assign more judges to fraud cases, Magu tells CJ

Ramon Oladimeji The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, paid a visit to the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday, urging her...

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Remand Kanu in prison, not DSS custody – Court

Chukwudi Akasike Ihuoma Chiedozie and Ade Adesomoju A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in...

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Debate: Senators split over implementation of 2016 budget

Sunday Aborisade, Abuja Some members of the Senate who contributed to the debate on the 2016 budget in the red chamber on Wednesday expressed doubt over the ability of the President Muhammadu Buhari...

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High rate of human rights violation worrisome – Activists

Motunrayo Joel Some human rights and social activists have expressed concern over the increasing rate of human rights violation in the country, saying it portends a great threat to Nigeria’s...

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Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade —1914-2016

He took Holy Communion before he died —Rev. Adebiyi Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Hundreds of sympathisers on Wednesday trooped to the Monatan palace of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odugade...

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Tiger attacks keeper on morning walk at zoo

A tiger attacked a keeper at a zoo in Australia on Thursday, leaving him with a “significant puncture wound” to the head at the popular tourist attraction, officials said. The man in his 40s was...

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Police arrest four men for possessing human skulll

The police said in Enugu on Wednesday that they had nabbed four suspects in possession of a human skull on the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway. Briefing newsmen, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr...

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BREAKING: EFCC arraigns  Metuh for destruction of evidence

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will today arraign the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, before the Federal Capital...

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UPDATED: Buhari fulfils 31-year-old promise to Ugbade, Atere, others

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday rewarded members of the nation’s Under-16 Football Team that won the 1985 FIFA Championship when he was military Head of State. He...

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UPDATED: Metuh pleads not guilty to destruction of evidence charges

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, before the Federal Capital Territory...

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UPDATED: Court adjourns Dasuki’s trial till Friday

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja   Justice Baba Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday adjourned the trial of the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo...

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(PICTURES) Suspected masterminds of Nyanya bomb blast arraigned

Photos: Olatunji Obasa The post (PICTURES) Suspected masterminds of Nyanya bomb blast arraigned appeared first on Punch Newspapers.

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VIDEO: Pensioners protest in Lagos

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Attacker bites off chunk of man’s nose after harassing wife

An attacker bit off a chunk of man’s nose when he tried to defend his wife, Edinburgh police reported. According to STV news, the police said the victim’s wife was approached and harassed by a man in...

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Student stabs colleague to death in Kano

A student of First Grade College in Kano, Sadik Ado-maje, has stabbed his colleague, Usman Salisu, to death. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Thursday that the incident happened...

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Court jails fake NDLEA operative four years

Ramon Oladimeji One Okoro Anthony has been sentenced to a jail term of four years for falsely parading   himself as an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Anthony was convicted of...

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Ogun warns against territory encroachment

The Ogun State Government has warned communities sharing boundary with the state to stop encroaching into the forest reserves, as trespassers would be dealt with in accordance with the rule of law. The...

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Gates, Dangote Foundation seal N19.7bn deal to reduce malnutrition

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Dangote Foundation on Thursday sealed a partnership worth $100m (N19.7bn) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation towards ending malnutrition in Nigeria within the next five...

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Prepare your handover notes, Dickson tells appointees

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has directed his commissioners and other political appointees to prepare their handover notes in preparation for his transition to...

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