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    Metro NYSC boss bans night parties, social events for corps members – Vanguard Newspaper

    THE Director General of the National Youth Corps, NYSC, Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, yesterday, outlawed night parties and social events by corp members during their service year across.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2M2HLeb Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics Siege on NASS a coup – Northern group – TODAY.NG

    A non-governmental organisation known as Northern Emancipation Network has described Tuesday siege of National Assembly by men of Department of.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2AU0tQ4 Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics Iran’s foreign minister says ‘no one trusts America’ anymore – Punch Newspapers

    Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Wednesday it was hard to imagine new talks with the US after it lost the trust of the world with its erratic... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2vpyEd0 Get More World News
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    Politics Akwa Ibom Govt sacks Akpabio’s brother, other commissioner – Punch Newspapers – Punch Newspapers

    The Akwa Ibom State Government has sacked the Commissioner for Labour, Productivity and Manpower Development, Mr. Ibanga Akpabio; and his counterpart in the ... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2OlNk4h Get More Nigeria Political News
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    World Death toll in Lombok quake hits 131, more than 156,000 displaced – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The death toll from a shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 130, officials said Wednesday, with some 156,000 forced from their homes. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake triggered panic.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...
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    World Authorities shut down internet in eastern Ethiopia amid regional violence – Premium Times Nigeria

    Authorities have shut down the Internet in eastern Ethiopia amid an outbreak of violence in the region, a local resident said on Wednesday. The resident, speaking from the city of Harar, some 100 km from Jijiga, the capital of the region of Somali, said the … Read more via Premium Times...
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    World Saudi Arabia suspends medical treatment of Saudis in Canada – Premium Times Nigeria

    Saudi Arabia has halted all medical treatment programmes in Canada and is coordinating for the transfer of Saudi patients to medical facilities outside the country, Saudi press agency reported on Wednesday. The agency cited Fahd Al-Tamimi, Saudi Health Attache in the U.S. and Canada. The …...
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    Business Forex: CBN Intervenes with Fresh $210m – Thisdaylive Newspaper

    In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday injected the sum of $210 million into the interbank foreign exchange market to ensure the... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2Om3Elo Get more: Nigeria Business News
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    Sports Pogba Keen To Leave United For Barcelona – Reports – Channels Television

    France World Cup star Paul Pogba is determined to end his fractious relationship with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and move to Barcelona, according to British media reports on Wednesday. The 25-year-old — who scored in the 4-2 World Cup final win... Read more via Channels...
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    Metro Man commits suicide over girlfriend’s refusal to elope with him – Punch Newspapers

    A Zimbabwean man, Shupikai Chikuvira, 29, committed suicide after his girlfriend refused to run away with him. Chikuvira’s body was discovered hanging near a footpath in Mutawatawa, Zimbabwe.... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2M4HHdK Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics BREAKING: Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting – Punch Newspapers

    The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, and other members of the Federal Executive Council are currently meeting inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently on vacation in the United Kingdom... Read...
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    Politics Again, APC Asks Saraki To Resign As Senate President – Channels Television

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again called on Dr Bukola Saraki to resign his position as the President of the Senate. In a statement on Wednesday by the party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, the APC claimed that the Senate … Read more via Channels Television...
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    Politics SDP only party with ideology, says Edo chairman – Vanguard News

    THE leadership of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, said it would take over the governance of Nigeria at the federal level and several states of the federation come February 2019 general elections. To achieve this, … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2OiytHC Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics How Saraki sponsored Tuesday’s invasion of NASS – APC – Vanguard News

    The All Progressives Congress APC said it has investigated the circumstances surrounding Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by security operatives, and accused the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of sponsoring the plot to foment violence as part of his last-minute bid to halt … Read...
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    Entertainment Seven and a Half Dates movie becomes No 1 in Nigeria – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Seven and a Half Dates, the movie released on Friday, August 3 in all cinemas nationwide and has since become the current number one Nollywood movie, only second to Hollywood’s Mission Impossible. It has experienced multiple sold … via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2MqSOtD Get more...
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    Entertainment You won’t believe what 50 Cent did at a strip club when a stripper disrespected him (Video) – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Recently, American rapper 50 cent went to a strip club to make it rain. In the course of the night, one of the strippers who was on the pole dancing got disrespectful and said something wrong to ... via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2APMfQ5 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Sports Brain injury expert calls for ban on heading in football – BBC Sport News

    Dr Bennet Omalu, one of the world’s leading experts on brain injuries, believes heading … read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2vPC73Y Get More Nigeria Sports News
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    Politics Another cabal member ousted – Punch Newspapers – Punch Newspapers

    Lawal Daura was, up until about noon on Tuesday, the Director-General of the Department of State Services. His kinsman, President Muhammadu Buhari, appointed him into that position on July 2, 2015. .... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2M86Wv6 Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Entertainment Nigeria LGBT community excited as Charly Boy declares support – Laila’s Blog

    There has been excitement among the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Nigeria following the declaration by popular... via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2nigPIG Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Politics Dele Momodu Reacts To Lawal Daura’s Sack, Says He Feels Very Sad – Nairaland

    Today, I feel so sad, that a brilliant man, LAWAL MUSA DAURA, erstwhile DIRECTOR GENERAL of Nigeria’s DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY, 65, was fired after the invasion of the National Assembly by fully hooded and gun toting members of the secret service, a totally avoidable act… Read more via...
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