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  1. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Why we must document Benin historical facts, culture —Esogban - vanguard news

    The Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, has stressed the need for proper documentation of Benin history and culture so that people he described as mischievous, would not distort vital historical facts of the kingdom. Edebiri, who briefed newsmen, announced the launch of his book...
  2. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Oil marketers using NNPC to defraud Nigerians — DPR - vanguard Ng

    The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, yesterday, raised the alarm that some unscrupulous marketers were using some NNPC retail outlets to defraud unsuspecting motorists through under-dispensing of petrol. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, DPR’s Zonal Operations Controller in charge of...
  3. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics What Okowa should do for 2nd term —Mulade - vanguard news

    A Niger Delta activist and House of Assembly hopeful for Warri South-West constituency, Mr Sheriff Mulade, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to adopt proactive measures for the riverine communities for Deltans to have confidence in his administration, saying that doing so will give the...
  4. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics FG clears air on whereabouts of recovered looted funds - vanguard news

    The Federal Government has made clarification on the confusion trailing the whereabouts of recovered looted funds, insisting that they were being paid into dedicated accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Vanguard reports that discrepancies in the figures released to the media by...
  5. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Five Lagos police cooperative officers arrested for fraud - Punch Ng

    Five policemen attached to the Nigeria Police Cooperative Multi-Purpose Society in Ikeja, Lagos State, have been arrested for alleged fraudulent conduct. The suspects, including senior officers and rank and file, were reportedly picked up by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police...
  6. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Offa robbery: CCTV footage emerges, shows gunmen attacking bank - Punch Ng

    The alleged Closed-Circuit Television footage of the Offa bank robbery has surfaced. The four-minute video, which went viral on the Internet on Wednesday, revealed the moment the robbers attacked one of the five affected banks. Click here to read more
  7. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Court remands Dane for allegedly killing wife, daughter - Punch news

    A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered the remand of Peter Nielsen, the 53-year-old Danish national accused of killing his wife and their three-year-old daughter. Peter was arraigned on two counts of murder before Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye. Click...
  8. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Buhari extends VAIDS to June 30 - Punch Ng

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the extension of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme to June 30, 2018. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the short extension after the original March 31...
  9. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Nigeria’s population now 198 million, says NPC - Punch Ng

    The Chairman, National Population Commission, Mr. Eze Duruiheoma, has said the estimated population of the country is 198 million. Duruiheoma said this in New York while delivering Nigeria’s statement on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration at the 51st session of the...
  10. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Herdsmen attacks: Fresh killings in Benue as Buhari promises solutions - Punch Ng

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the killings in some parts of Nigeria would soon come to an end as his administration was finding solutions to them. The President’s assurance followed a fresh attack by Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday night, during which 10 persons were killed, while...
  11. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro OAU queries professor over sex-for-mark scandal - Punch news

    The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has queried the professor who was allegedly accused of demanding sex to upgrade a female student’s poor result. The university also appealed to the student to come forward to make a formal complaint against the lecturer...
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    Serena Williams shares adorable new photo with her daughter Alexis as she turns...

    Serena Williams shares adorable new photo with her daughter Alexis as she turns seven-months-old On Tuesday, Serena Williams‘s daughter Alexis Ohanian turned 7-months-old, and the proud mother took to Instagram to share an adorable photo with her child. The photo shows the 36-year-old tennis...
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