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    Metro Teacher Arrested For Having Sex Multiple Times With Boy After Class (Photo) – Naijaloaded

    An Oklahoma high school teacher has been arrested on allegations of having sex with a student, starting when he was 17 years old. Haylie Smart, 29, was arrested on a charge of second-degree rape, the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office said. She’s … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most...
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    Metro 1,331 Nigerians died in road crashes in three months – NBS – Newtelegraph

    Not less than 1,331 Nigerians died in the road crashes in the second quarter of 2018. The figure was contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) “Road Transport Data (Q2 2018)” report released yesterday in Abuja. The report said 1,257 of the 1,331 Nigerians that died, representing 94...
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    Metro That shooting scare at Maiduguri Airport – Newtelegraph

    The recent protest at the Maiduguri Airport by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole prosecuting the fight against insurgency in Borno State and the North-East is one reaction that should hardly be wished away by the Federal Government, nay the nation’s military high command. The aggrieved...
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    Metro Flooding: FG approves N1.3bn works on collapsed Abuja Bridge – Newtelegraph

    The Federal Government through the Ecological Funds Office said it has approved N1.3 billion to save over 50 communities in Abaji and Kwali Area Councils that were cut off from the rest of the city, following a bridge that collapsed at Ashara after it was swept away by erosion. … Read more...
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    Metro Troops kill several bandits in Zamfara –NAF – Newtelegraph

    Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said scores of suspected bandits had been killed in its ongoing operation in Zamfara State. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said in a statement that the killing followed an encounter the NAF’s surface troops...
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    Politics Okogie: 2019, payback time for pretentious politicians – Newtelegraph

    Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in 2019, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, has advised Nigerian voters to reject those he described as pretentious politicians, at the polls. In a statement he titled “Beware The Ides of...
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    Politics Kabiru Tanimu Turaki warns,” No nation can survive on injustice” – Laila’s Blog

    Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, frontline PDP presidential hopeful, has restated his commitment to the implementation of the principle of restructuring to ensure peace, justice and fairness needed for the acceleration of development in the country..... Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog –...
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    Politics Ganduje: Why I parted ways with Kwankwaso – Newtelegraph

    Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday, gave an insight into the circumstances that made him part ways with his political mentor and predecessor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
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    Politics Saraki’s Removal Through Illegal Means Will Not Be Allowed – Federal High Court – OluFamous.Com

    The Federal High Court, in Abuja, on Tuesday gave a warning saying it will not allow any unlawful move to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki from office. The court warned that the status quo must stand, pending the determination of a suit filed by some senators in that regards. … Read more...
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    Business Nigeria Must Look Beyond Oil – Leadership Newspaper

    Unarguably, the African continent is home to five of the top 30 oil producing countries in the world. Nigeria, with a maximum crude oil production capacity of 2.5 million barrels per day, ranks as Africa’s largest producer of oil and the sixth in the world. Regrettably, the country’s … Read...
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    Business Tax burden scares MSMEs from registering businesses – Vanguard News

    Most Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria are scared of registering their businesses due to fear of tax burden, Prince Degun Agboade, President of Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) has said.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2BUiePR...
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    Sports UNIJOS, UNN, others prepare for rematch as HiFL resumes today – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Action resumes today at the ongoing Higher Institution Football League (HIFL) after the Salah festivities. In the first game of the day, OAU Giants will host UI Pioneers in the return leg of their tie at the Obafemi Awolowo University Sports … read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...
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    Sports Rohr declares desire to win African Nations Cup – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr has declared that his big ambition is to win next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroun, reports footballlive.ng. Although his team still has the qualifiers to prosecute, starting … read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...
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    Metro Borno, WHO Partner Over Outbreak Of Diarrhea In IDPs Camps – Leadership Newspaper

    The Borno State government with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken proactive steps to forestall the outbreak of diseases such as acute diarrhea in some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state. According to the WHO communication officer for Northeast, Dr...
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    Metro Lagos ‘madwoman’ caught with human parts, corpses: I pose as prostitute to get victims – Vanguard News

    The ‘madwoman’ who was arrested on Monday with decomposing corpses and other human parts under Cele Nicer Bridge in Ijanikin, Ojo area of Lagos State, has said she, at times, posed as a sex worker to get victims for her human parts … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2okq5N2 Get...
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    Metro SARS operatives in Lagos adhere to IGP’s directives on uniform – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Sequel to the directive of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, officers attached to the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) of the Lagos State police command are now dressed in their official police uniform. The police special operatives, led by … Read more via The Guardian...
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    Metro Lagos Police Arrest 54 Years Old for Defiling Age 11 – Thisdaylive

    The Policemen at the Onipanu Station of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Felix Irobuta Idehen, 54, for allegedly defiling 11 years old girl (names withheld) from 2016 to August 24 in Shomolu area of the state. Idehen, who resides at 8, Imagbon street Fadeyi, … Read more via...
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    Metro Tension In Nasarawa Over Killing Of 23-year-old Trader – Leadership Newspaper

    There was tension in Kadarko community in Keana local government area of Nasarawa State, yesterday following the killing of a 23-year-old trader by operatives believed to be of the military task force in the area. Our correspondent gathered that the victim, Terhemen Ior Tyovenda was shot at...
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    Politics I Never Said I Can’t Step Down For Mark – Onoja – Leadership Newspaper

    Former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, Chief Mike Okibe Onoja who is aspiring to contest for Benue state Zone C senatorial district election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) next year has denied ever, saying he won’t step down for Senator David Mark if the need arises...
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    Politics Buhari scared of Kwankwaso’s popularity — CUPP – Vanguard News

    Less than 24 hours to his presidential declaration on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, erstwhile Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, confirmed yesterday that the Federal Government has barred him from using the Eagle Square, despite paying for same... Read more via...
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