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    Metro Okada/Keke Ban: Former Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola backs Sanwo-Olu’s move against tricycles, motocycles – Daily Post Nigeria

    Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has thrown his weight behind Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s decision to ban motorcycles and tricycles in Lagos state. Fashola, who is a two-time Governor of the state, insisted that okada was not part of the plan for the state. While speaking...
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    Metro PHOTOS: Northern group unveils regional security outfit — just like Amotekun - The Cable

    The Coalition of Northern Group (CNG) has announced the establishment of a regional security outfit known as “Shege-Ka-Fasa”. This comes one month after Amotekun, a similar outfit was established by governors of south-west states. At a news conference on Wednesday, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman...
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    Entertainment Spartacus actor Kirk Douglas dies aged 103 - LIB

    Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103. The renowned actor and father of Michael Douglas died on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. His son Michael told People, "It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103. To the world, he was a...
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    Sports Rashford the best player in Europe right now' - Ighalo hails new team-mate as he reveals what he can offer Man Utd - Goal.com

    The Red Devils' newest signing is confident he can add a new dimension to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's lineup over the next six months Odion Ighalo says Marcus Rashford might be "the best player in Europe right now", but he is confident of adding much-needed physicality to Manchester read more
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    Entertainment Iyabo Ojo slams former friend on her birthday, calls her a witch - LIB

    Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has taken to Instagram to slam a former friend and colleague. Though Iyabo didn't mention a particular name, she however dropped enough hints to make it clear who she was referring to. In the post, Iyabo stated, "After all I did for you 2 years ago to celebrate your...
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    Metro Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing wife - Daily Trust

    In FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old man, Eric Chigbor, to death by hanging for killing his wife. The police charged Chigbor with culpable homicide. Read more:
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    Politics Chibok/Dapchi girls: Presidency replies CAN, don’t divide Nigeria- PM News

    The presidency on Wednesday fired back at the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, .over its comment on the Chibok and Dapchi school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram some years ago. Media reports quoted CAN’s Director of Legal and Public Affairs, Kwamkur Samuel to have said: “Nigerians need to...
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    Sports Messi Criticizes Eric Abidal For Saying Barca Players Don't Work Hard - Nairaland

    Lionel Messi has criticised Barcelona sporting director Eric Abidal for saying players were not working hard under former coach Ernesto Valverde. Valverde was sacked in January and replaced by Quique Setien. Abidal, a former team-mate of Messi, made the comments in an interview with Spanish...
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    Metro IT’S OFFICIAL: Trump imposes immigrant visa ban on Nigeria - The Cable

    US President Donald Trump has imposed an immigrant visa ban on Nigeria and six other countries, earlier confirming media reports on the policy. Immigrant visas are issued to those who want to relocate to the US. It also leads to the issuance of permanent residency. The Wall Street Journal is...
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    Politics Buhari appoints Prof. Saad Ahmed as CMD of FMC Jabi - Daily Trust

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof Saad Ahmed by Eunice Akro, Assistant Director, Press and Publicity in the Ministry of Health, (FMOH), in Abuja, the appointment of Ahmed takes effect from Feb. 16, 2020. Read more:
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    Metro ’90 percent of Boko Haram victims are Muslims’ - Buhari writes in Christian magazine - The Cable

    President Muhammadu Buhari says 90 percent of Boko Haram victims are Muslims and that the insurgents are seeking to use religion to divide Nigerians. He said there is no room for those who seek to divide Nigerians on the basis of religion. The president said this in an article on Christianity...
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    Metro Customs ‘intercepts’ $8m stashed in car at Lagos airport - The Cable

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it seized $8,065,615 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Hameed Ali, NCS comptroller-general, made this known at a press conference on Tuesday. Ali said the cash, stashed inside a car, was intercepted when it was about to be loaded into an...
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    Metro Customs ‘intercepts’ $8m stashed in car at Lagos airport

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it seized $8,065,615 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Hameed Ali, NCS comptroller-general, made this known at a press conference on Tuesday. Ali said the cash, stashed inside a car, was intercepted when it was about to be loaded into an...
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    Metro Rowdiness, as Reps shoot down motion to evacuate Nigerians from Wuhan - PM News

    There was rowdiness at the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers shot down a motion for the evacuation of Nigerians from Wuhan, China, a city ravaged by the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. A lawmaker, Ben Kalu had sought the permission of the House to move a motion of urgent public...
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    Metro Social media bill was to sanitize not to stifle – Lai Mohammed - PM News

    Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has recanted his statement, saying that the attempt by this administration to sanitize social media is not to stifle the media, days after denying knowledge of the existence of the Social Media Bill. The minister had denied the existence of the...
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    Metro Visa ban: We informed Nigeria of impending action since March 2019, says US - The Cable

    The United States of America government says it notified all foreign governments of a change in its performance metrics for identity-management and information sharing criteria on March 11, 2019. In a proclamation published on the White House website, the US said Nigeria and the five other...
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    Metro #Okadaban: Policemen and Keke Napep riders clash in Ijora, BRT buses attacked

    There are several reports of a clash between policemen and Keke Napep riders protesting against the recent ban on plying some major roads in Lagos State. Eyewitnesses claimed the policemen and the protesting Keke Napep riders clashed in Ijora area of Lagos State. It was also alleged that the...
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    Metro #Okadaban: Policemen and Keke Napep riders clash in Ijora, BRT buses attacked - LIB

    There are several reports of a clash between policemen and Keke Napep riders protesting against the recent ban on plying some major roads in Lagos State. Eyewitnesses claimed the policemen and the protesting Keke Napep riders clashed in Ijora area of Lagos State. It was also alleged that the...
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    Metro Insecurity: At least 245 killed in violent attacks in Nigeria in January- Vanguard Newspaper

    At least 245 persons were killed in violent attacks across Nigeria in January 2020, according to various newspaper reports and available records. According to the Expat Insider Survey of 2019 by InterNations, Nigeria is the third most dangerous country in the world due to widespread corruption...
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    Metro ‘We are trapped here’ — Nigerians in Chinese town hit by coronavirus beg FG for evacuation - The Cable

    Some Nigerians who are currently in Wuhan, the Chinese city where coronavirus broke out two weeks ago, are appealing to the federal government to evacuate them. As of Monday morning, the virus had killed 362 people in China. Many countries have been evacuating their citizens as a result of the...
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