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  1. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Kwara Govt speaks on Offa bank raid - Dailypost Ng

    Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has reacted to the arm robbery incident in Offa area of his state that left four persons dead. It was reported that four persons were killed and several others injured after suspected robbers attacked a popular commercial bank in Offa, Kwara State...
  2. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro How Nigerian Government repaired £2.8m ship with £18m – Mbu - Dailypost Ng

    A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mathew Mbu, has told a story of how the Nigerian Government repaired a ship worth only £2.8 million with a whopping £18 million. This was made public through an autobiography he left behind to be published by his family. Click here to read more
  3. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics Stop playing politics with lives of Nigerians – Presidency defends $1bn security fund - Dailypost Ng

    Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina says those criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. It recalls that President Buhari had approved the fund during a meeting with the Minister of...
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    Metro Dismissed policeman arrested over extortion in Aba - vanguard Ng

    A dismissed policeman extorting motorists in Aba, Abia State, has been arrested by men of the Police Area Command in the city. The ex policeman simply identified as Emenike, nabbed at the Ama Ogbonna area of the city was allegedly dressed in police uniform which he used to intimidate motorists...
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    Metro Unions laud Orji over bill for FG’s takeover of Abia Polytechnic - vanguard Ng

    Some groups, including Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP; Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP; and ABSU Alumini Association, Abia Polytechnic Aba Chapter, have commended Senator Theodore Orji for sponsoring a bill for the Federal Government to take over the Abia...
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    Metro Herdsmen attack: Concern brews over food shortage, dwindling economy - vanguard Ng

    Participants at this year’s third national breakfast meeting convened by authorities of Onitsha Business School (OBS) have decried dwindling national economy and predicted an acute shortage of food in the near future. They said their prediction on the acute food shortage was predicated on the...
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    Politics Proposed APC NEC meeting sparks allegation of forgery - vanguard Ng

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, was, yesterday, fending off allegations of forgery over plans to navigate a constitutional leeway that would allow it keep track with President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence on the dissolution of the current National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. At...
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    Politics Jonathan clarifies position on Cambridge Analytica - vanguard Ng

    Spokesman to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, has refuted media reports linking the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to the controversial Cambridge Analytica saga. He clarified in a statement, yesterday, that he responded to a reporter’s inquiry that Dr. Jonathan was not...
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    Sports 2018 FIFA WC: Don’t put Eagles under pressure, Okocha warns - vanguard Ng

    Former Super Eagles captain and midfield maestro, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has warned Nigeria Football officials and fans not to set unrealistic targets that will put the team under pressure at the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. Okocha who was at three World Cup tournaments with the...
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    Politics Missing N10bn: FG has turned NHIS into ATM, says PDP - Punch Ng

    The Peoples Democratic Party alleged in Abuja on Thursday, that the All Progressives Congress and cabal in the presidency had turned “the National Health Insurance Scheme into their Automated Teller Machine where funds are taken at their conveniences.” The party said the nation had yet to...
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    Politics Melaye appeals to S’Court, asks INEC to stop recall process - Punch Ng

    The Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has urged the Supreme Court to declare the petitions submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking his recall as illegal. The senator in an appeal he filed against the March 16, 2018 judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal...
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    Metro Igbo communities clash over supremacy claims - Punch Ng

    The Oba of Nri (the Igbo ancestral home), Chief Emelie Okika, has warned the Aguleri and Igboukwu communities in the Anambra East and Aguata local government areas of Anambra State to stop laying claim to the headship of the Igbo. Insisting that Nri is the ancestral home of the Igbo, Okika...
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    Metro Only 28 candidates registered for common entrance exam in Zamfara - Punch Ng

    The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday said the Federal Government was worried about the low number of candidates seeking admission into its 104 colleges across the country, who registered for the 2018 National Common Entrance Examination. The minister, in a statement released in...
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    Politics Omisore’s supporters burn PDP flags at party secretariat - Punch Ng

    Supporters of Senator Iyiola Omisore on Thursday invaded the Peoples Democratic Party Secretariat at the Ogo Oluwa area along the Osogbo/Gbongan Expressway, Osogbo, lowered the party flags and set them ablaze. The signpost of the PDP erected in front of the building was also vandalised and the...
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    Metro Italian arrested in Lagos for killing Nigerian wife, daughter - Punch Ng

    A Nigerian artiste, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, popularly known as Alizee, and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, have been reportedly murdered by her Italian husband, Peter Nielsen. They were allegedly murdered in the family’s residence at Ocean Parade, Banana Island in the early hours of Thursday...
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    Metro 24 killed in fresh herdsmen attacks on Benue communities –Reps caucus - Punch Ng

    Members of the House of Representatives from Benue State on Thursday raised the alarm over fresh killings by herdsmen in the state. The lawmakers, who spoke at the National Assembly in Abuja, demanded full military presence in Benue communities constantly under attacks by herdsmen as against ad...
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    Metro Six policemen, six others killed in Offa bank robbery - Punch Ng

    No fewer than six policemen and six others, including residents and bank customers, have been reported killed after some robbers stormed about five banks in Offa, in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday. Sources said the men, who numbered close to 30, blew up entrances into...
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    Politics PDP, APC trade words over $1bn equipment for military • Fund meant for APC campaign – Punch Ng

    The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Nigerians to resist the attempt by the presidency to take $1bn from the national coffers under the guise of financing the military. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, had told State House correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday that Buhari had...
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    Politics Nigerian youths deserve prosperous country, says Buhari - Punch Ng

    President Muhammadu Buhari on thursday said Nigerian youths deserved a stable and prosperous country they could be proud of. He also said his government would prevent waste and the depletion of the nation’s resources by corrupt Nigerians. Click here to read more
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