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    Metro Olubadan’s letter forced new kings to make peace –Ladoja – Punch Newspapers

    The Osi Olubadan of Ibadan land, Rashidi Ladoja, said the high chiefs of Ibadan land, who were elevated to the position of kings by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, decided to seek an end to their rift with the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, after the monarch wrote … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...
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    Metro Baffa Rejects Shabby Projects as UI Receives N6.5billion TETfund Allocation – Thisdaylive

    The University of Ibadan (UI) has received so far the sum of N6.4 billion from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) intervention fund to embark on critical infrastructural development. To this end , he university has also commenced the process of improving its physical infrastructure …...
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    Metro 2 soldiers, Mopol, civilian killed in failed kidnap operation – Vanguard News

    Two soldiers, one Mobile Policeman and a civilian driver are feared dead during a failed kidnap attempt on an expatriate at Sterling Oil Exploration, Ogbemakoku/Iyak community in Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2Pq9MdI Get...
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    Metro FGM more prevalent in South-West Nigeria – UNFPA – Vanguard News

    Acting Head of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in Cross River, Dr. Yakubu Aliu, has said that one of every four Nigerian women between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone Female Genital Mutilation, FGM. Aliu told said in Calabar yesterday that the figures were based … Read...
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    Metro CBN worker begged me to kill him, says murder suspect – Punch Newspapers

    The police in Abuja have arrested two suspected killers of a Central Bank of Nigeria worker, Michael Iorkohol, 47, who was declared missing by his family before his remains were found in Piyako community in Abuja. The suspects, Alfred Leonard and Samson Agbo, were found … Read more via...
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    Politics Buhari demonstrated fitness for second term by trekking 800 metres, says Presidency – Punch Newspapers

    The Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari has demonstrated his fitness to run for a second term by trekking 800 metres from the Eid praying ground in Daura to his private residence. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that after the … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...
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    Politics Resign or we’ll force you out, Miyetti Allah tells Saraki – Punch Newspapers

    The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate, Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so. The national coordinator of the association in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview with … Read...
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    Politics EFCC won’t make me defect, says A’Ibom senator – Punch Newspapers

    The Senator representing the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, Bassey Albert, has said no amount of intimidation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will make him abandon the Peoples Democratic Party. Albert, who is the only PDP senator left in Akwa Ibom, said he … Read...
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    Politics Fayose promises to complete outstanding projects – Punch Newspapers

    The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reassured the people of the state that he will complete and deliver all outstanding projects before leaving office on October 16. The governor cited, in particular, the multi-billion Naira ultra modern Oja-Oba market in Ado Ekiti, nearing … Read...
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    Politics Be patient with Buhari, Bello advises Nigerians – Punch Newspapers

    Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called on Nigerians to be patient with President Mohammadu Buhari as he battles to fix the country’s ailing economy and security challenges. Bello spoke on Tuesday after the Eid-el-Kabir prayer at his Okene country home. The governor said … Read...
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    Business Only 49% of Nigerians have bank accounts, says report – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Banking hall Latest report from the Lagos Business School (LBS), has revealed that 49 per cent of Nigerians have viable bank accounts thus making the country’s financial inclusion efforts move at a slow pace. Besides, the report also identified broad community … Read more via The Guardian...
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    Business 30 cargoes of Nigeria’s oil await buyers – Vanguard News

    There are indications that Nigeria’s oil has been over-supplied as 30 unsold cargoes await buyers in the international market.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2PukEqT Get more: Nigeria Business News
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    Business CBN’s single-digit interest on agric lending remarkable — FG – Vanguard News

    Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has lauded the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Bankers’ Committee on the agreement to offer single-digit interest rate loans to operators in the … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2nWCHJS Get more: Nigeria...
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    Business Banks borrow N662.8bn from pension funds – Punch Newspapers

    Nigerian banks borrowed N662.8bn from the total pension funds under the Contributory Pension Scheme as of the end of May 2018. Figures obtained by our correspondent from the National Pension Commission revealed that this amounted to 8.4 per cent of the total pension assets, which was … Read...
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    Business Diamond Bank disburses N1bn to SMEs – Punch Newspapers

    Diamond Bank Plc says it has disbursed over N1bn to Small and Medium-scale Enterprises under the cash flow-based SME lending scheme. The bank said in a statement that the loans were a reiteration of its support for SMEs. The statement said the SME lending scheme, which … Read more via Punch...
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    Entertainment From underdogs come Museum of Contemporary Art Lagos – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    A Musuem of Contemporary Art, which usually comes with MOCA sobriquet, has become a global brand in visual arts management. The MOCA brand has been domesticated in most big cities around the world. For … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2nXSpUY...
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    Entertainment CORA holds book party for Nigeria Prize for Literature nominees – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Plans have reached conclusive stages for the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited Book Party. The event holds at Terra Kulture Arena on Victoria Island. The party date is August 25, 2018 … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...
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    Metro After years of marriage, his first wife’s ‘ghost’ is still around – Vanguard News

    My husband was a widower when I met him and we got married six years ago. Normally, I expected that, with time, the house would reflect the two of us. I was wrong. My husband was reluctant to change anything. … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2PtuKrZ Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Wanted cult kingpin, security guard killed in Delta – Vanguard News

    Unknown gunmen have shot dead a 41-year-old security guard, Bashiru Ibrahim, at a sand excavation site in Oleh, while suspected cultists stabbed a 19-year-old documented kingpin of Vikings cult, Michael, dead in Ughelli, both in Delta State.... Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Metro EFCC fails test of objectivity – Part 2 – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    EFCC Under the Nigerian laws, letter of invitation by an agency of government is not the same as a warrant of arrest, search warrant, or warrant of house arrest. This is a grave threat to the principle of separation of powers … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...
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