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    World Ex-Chinese Lawmaker Sentenced To 14 Years For Accepting Bribes

    A former senior legislator in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes. Gai Ruyin, former deputy head of the Standing Committee of Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Congress, was also fined $291,300 and ordered to return all...
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    Business BBNaija: How Organizers Raked In Over N300m In Final Week

    Over 26 million votes were recorded for the final of the just concluded reality TV show, Big Brother Naija 2017 “See Gobee” edition which saw Efe emerge as winner of the N25 million prize money and KIA Sorrento SUV. Ebuka Obi – Uchendu, disclosed this via his twitter handle @Ebuka “Over 26...
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    Politics Nigerian Public Officials In Fresh Trouble Over Offshore Assets

    Nigerian politicians may be in for fresh troubles as British government has said that it will release information about Nigerians, who own property in the country next year. Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, told News Agency of...
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    Politics Osinbajo Visits Sokoto To Perform 4 Tasks Tomorrow

    Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will pay an official visit to Sokoto on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Sokoto by Imam Imam, Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs to Governor Aminu Tambuwal. Here are line up activities for the acting president at the Seat...
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    Politics Why I Did Not Bother To Read Jonathan's Confab Report - Obasanjo

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the 2014 national conference conveyed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as a distraction. In an interview with NAN over the weekend, Obasanjo decried the call for national conferences or assemblies to negotiate the continued unity of Nigeria...
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    Business Governor Bagudu To Establish International Onion Market In Kebbi

    The Kebbi State Government on Monday said it would construct an international onion market at Aliero Local Government area of the state. Alhaji Abubakar Dakingari, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Atiku Bagudu, quoted the governor as making the promise during a visit to Aliero on Monday...
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    Business Lenovo Net Profit Falls 67% In Q3

    Lenovo Group Ltd, the world’s largest personal computer maker, posted a 67 percent slide in third-quarter net profit, according to the company’s filing on Thursday. The company said in Hong Kong that the drop was due to supply constraints and a weak macroeconomic environment. The company...
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    Business Bird Strike Caused Qatar Airways Incident - NCAA

    The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said the air return made by a Qatar Airways aircraft on Feb. 9 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was caused by a bird strike on one of its engines. The NCAA made the clarification in a statement signed by its General Manager...
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    Business EFCC Quizzes Arik Air Chairman, Arumemi-Ikhide

    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, visited Arik Air’s head office and quizzed its Chairman, Sir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide. The airline in a statement signed by its Public Relations and Communications Manager, Adebanji Ola, said Arumemi-Ikhide later visited...
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    Metro Boko Haram: NSCDC Intercepts 2 Female Suicide Bombers In Maiduguri

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Borno Command, on Tuesday intercepted two female suicide bombers, who tried to ram into motorists at the NNPC Mega Station along Damboa Road, Maiduguri. The Commandant of the corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
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    Politics Bayelsa Assembly Approves N30bn Loan To Buy Cars for Political Officer Holders

    Bayelsa House of Assembly has approved a N3bn loan request from the state government to purchase cars for legislators and other political office holders. The Speaker of the House, Mr. Kombowei Benson, who confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday in Yenagoa, said that the decision was taken at a...
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    Metro NNPC Depot In Suleja Razed By Fire

    The Niger State Fire Service has confirmed an early morning fire outbreak at the NNPC depot in Suleja. Mr Mohammad Kwale, the officer in charge of the service in Suleja, on Sunday said that the outbreak affected the loading section in the depot. “The outbreak started around 4 : 30 am when we...
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    Politics Edo By-Election Records Low Turnout

    The by-election for Etsako Federal Constituency in Edo has recorded low turnout of voters across the affected three local governments areas of the constituency. Few voters were seen at the various polling units in Estako West, Estako Central and Estako East local government areas. The voters...
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    Politics Nigeria: North West Lawmakers Endorse Buhari For 2nd Term

    Members of the House of Representatives from the north- west geopolitical zone on Wednesday declared their intention to support President Muhammadu Buhari should he decide to seek re-election in 2019. The caucus also passed a vote of confidence in the administration of President Buhari as well...
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    Politics ENUGU: Ex-Speaker, Eugene Odo, Over 1000 Followers Defect To APC

    Eugene Odo, the former Speaker, Enugu State Assembly, and more than 1,000 of his followers on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress. Odo’s defection to the APC came barely 48 hours after former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, announced his defection to the party. Odo, who formalised...
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    Politics APC Lifts Suspension On Women Leader, Other Officials

    The All Progressives Congress in Yobe on Tuesday readmitted the party’s Women Leader and other members of the state executive council who were suspended last year for insubordination and indiscipline. Alhaji Abubakar Bakabe, the state Secretary of the party, announced this in a statement issued...
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    Metro Governor Tambuwal Earmarks N32m For Sokoto Mass Wedding

    Sokoto State Government on Friday said it had earmarked N32 million for the mass wedding of 100 couples in the state. The State commissioner for Religious Affairs, Mani katami, disclosed this at the inauguration of the committee on Islamic Marriage Mediation in Sokoto. He said ‎beneficiaries...
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    World How To Be A President - Obama Schools Trump

    As US President Obama prepares to turn the White House over to President-elect Donald Trump next Friday, has offered his successor some tips on how to be a president. Excerpts of Obama’s advice to Trump were broadcast on Friday in his recorded interview with CBS News’ Steve Kroft for “60...
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    Business Dollar Scarcity Forces Naira To 495 At Parallel Market

    The Naira on Thursday depreciated further at the parallel market, ebbing close to the projection of speculators, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN reports that at the twilight of 2016, speculators forecasted that the Naira would exchange at N500 to a dollar. The Nigerian currency lost N3...
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    Politics Buhari Appoints 2 Commissioners For Interior Board

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of retired Major-Gen. Emmanuel Bassey and Mr Ado Ja’afar as Commissioners for the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB). This is contained in a statement issued by the acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of...
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