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Abducted lecturer escapes
From Rose Ejembi, Makurdi There was jubilation at the weekend after Dr. Joseph Orsar of the University of Agriculture (UAM), Makurdi miraculously escaped from his abductors, who had taken him to an...
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Masari probes Shema
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has inaugurated four committees to investigate activities of some departments and agencies in the state during the former administration of Alhaji Ibrahim Shema....
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Buhari accepts Custom boss’ resignation
• Monthly revenue rise to N100bn –Inde From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji...
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Onitsha Port: Anambra shippers task FG
From JeffAmechi Agbodo, Onitsha The Anambra State Shippers Association has called on the Federal Government to gazette Onitsha River-Port as final destination for container goods coming into the...
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Customs Zone C seizes bulletproof vehicle, 100 others
The Federal Operatives Unit (FOU) Zone C of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Owerri, Imo State has recorded yet another feat in its war against smuggling of illegally imported goods. The unit seized a...
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FG to recruit 10,000 policemen for terrorism war –Buhari
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his administration will recruit 10,000 police officers to fight the terrorism war. President Buhari made the disclosure...
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Abuja stands still for The Sun summit
Kalu rates it as security turning point From Ikenna Emewu, Abuja It was a summit like no other yesterday, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja as The Sun newspapers’ National Security summit...
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Nigeria to recruit extra 10,000 police officers
Nigeria is to recruit an extra 10,000 police officers to boost security and help tackle youth employment, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced. More CCTV cameras would also be installed in cities...
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Stakeholders laud Egbin power plant over 1,100mw generation
By Adewale Sanyaolu Stakeholders in the power sector have lauded the efforts of Egbin power plant in attaining over 1,100 mega watts of electricity. They, however, tasked the firm to re-double its...
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Foremost comedian, Baba Sala, critically ill, rushed to hospital
… His condition has stabilised – UCH From Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan Three months after he celebrated his 80th birthday, father of Nigerian comedy, Pa Moses Adejumo Olaiya, popularly known as ‘Baba Sala’ was...
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Bayelsa guber: I’m not threatened – Gov Dickson
By Razaq Bamidele As the gubernatorial election holds in Bayelsa State in December, Governor Seriake Dickson has said his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still holds the ace, boasting that, “there is no...
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Nigerians hail Police/The Sun Security Summit
Top Nigerians yesterday expressed satisfaction at the success recorded at the National Security Summit which held in Abuja on Monday. The summit jointly organized by Police/The Sun Publishing Limited,...
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Flood: 100 houses submerged, 400 displaced in Calabar
From Judex Okoro, Calabar An unprecedented flood has wreaked havoc in Calabar metropolis in Cross River State, submerging no fewer than 100 houses and displacing about 400 persons. Areas worse hit...
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President’ll fix electoral hiccups – Onu
From IHEANACHO NWOSU, Abuja Former governor of Abia State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari will ensure...
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Buhari dissolves AMCON board, appoints Kuru new MD
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday dissolved the executive management team of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi...
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Buhari probes NITEL /MTEL’s sale
• Orders memorandum from ministry From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari may be revisiting the liquidation process of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its...
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Military kills ‘many’ Boko Haram in battle
(MAIDUGURI) The Nigerian Army has said its counterinsurgency troops have killed many Boko Haram militants in fierce battle in a Borno town. Army spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said the troops...
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Erosion ravages Anambra community
… 51 sites discovered, 1m people to be displaced From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha PEOPLE of Oraifite community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State have appealed to the Federal and...
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JTF arrests dreaded kidnapper, 21 others
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa THE Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Pulo Shield has arrested an alleged notorious kidnapper terrorising the Niger Delta region. Twenty-one other suspects were also picked...
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DSS’ mission to arrest suspect ends in tragedy
Father shot dead FROM TONY OSAUZO, BENIN A midnight mission by the Department of Security Service(DSS) operatives to arrest one Omozokpia, over an alleged fraud, has ended up in tragedy in Ekpoma,...
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