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20 perish in Ebonyi road crash
FROM EMMANUEL UZOR, ABAKALIKI No fewer than 20 persons lost their lives and many others wounded when two commercial buses traveling in opposite directions collided in Ezillo community on Enugu-...
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Gunmen kill APC chieftain in Edo
FROM TONY OSAUZO, BENIN A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akoko- Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, Captain Samson Amineshi (retd), has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. The...
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Fayose appoints 72-year old carpenter as council chair
FROM WOLE BALOGUN, ADO EKITI Just as Nigerians are still dazed with President Mohammadu Buhari’s shocking appointment of his kitchen cabinet yesterday, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State...
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Ooni stool: Ife kingmakers’ll regret it if they allow politicians influence...
■ Says I foresee litigations if the right thing is not done Prince Adetowo Aderemi is one of the sons of the late Ooni of Ife and former Governor of the defunct Western region, the late Oba Adesoji...
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Obasanjo pays condolence visit to late Ooni’s wives
FROM CLEMENT ADEYI, OSOGBO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the wives of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, who died in a London hospital recently...
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Appointments ’ll go round soon – Presidency
FROM JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA Following the anger that has trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest appointments into key federal positions, which many believed are skewed towards the north,...
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Federal appointments: South East leaders kick
FROM CHIDI NNADI, ENUGU, VINCENT KALU, CHUKS ONUOHA, UMUAHIA AND LAWRENCE ENYOGHASU, LAGOS Following the appointments of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), which the Igbo had hoped...
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Afenifere, OPC condemn alleged lopsided appointments
■ Give Buhari more time- Ishola Williams BY TUNDE THOMAS As reactions continue to trail Thursday’s appointment of members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet, founder, Oodua Peoples...
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Chad executes 10 Boko Haram suspects by firing squad
Chad executed 10 alleged members of Nigeria-based Islamist group, Boko Haram, by firing squad Saturday, a day after they were found guilty of a double suicide killing that left 38 people dead in the...
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How we landed in Delta ‘baby factory’ –Suspects
FROM PAUL OSUYI, ASABA These are definitely bad days for 20-year-old Precious Ihemine, a JSS 2 student from Abia State, who claims that her boyfriend impregnated and abandoned her. Ihemine is in police...
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I never experienced fatherly love –Ella Mensah
By IHEJIRIKA SANDRA Ghanaian actress, Ella Mensah dabbled into acting by accident and today, the graduate of Journalism & Media Studies has her feet firmly planted in both Nollywood and Ghallywood...
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Seven feared dead as Air Force chopper crashes in Kaduna
FROM TONY JOHN, PORTHARCOURT, NOAH EBIJE, KADUNA Seven persons were feared dead in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 air crash yesterday. The air craft crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment,...
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DSS arrests Boko Haram spy in Abuja
Department of State Services (DSS) has said it arrested a Boko Haram spy at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued by an operative of the service,...
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Governors in big mess
BY OMONIYI SALAUDEEN, OLUSEYE OJO, IBADAN, AKINWALE IJANUSI, JALINGO, PAUL OSUYI, ASABA, ABDULLAH TSOHO,DUTSE, JUDEX OKORO, CALABAR, TONY JOHN, PORT HARCOURT, MARIAM ALESHINLOYE AGBOOLA, JOS, FEMI...
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BUHARI UNDER FIRE:Afenifere, PDP, SEPA, others knock him over lop-sided...
FROM: BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, AKURE, EMMANUEL UZOR, ABAKILIKI, GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, OWERRI, OKEY SAMSON, ABA Like a deluge, criticisms of President M u h a m m a d u Buhari’s appointments poured from all...
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Economy in shambles under Buhari, PDP claims
FROM TAIWO AMODU, ABUJA The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a damning verdict on the All Progressives Congress led federal government. Appraising the first 90 days of the President...
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Jonathan, Diezani in $6.9m scandal
■ Ex-president’s CSO also involved FROM JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA Former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Petroleum Minister, in his government Diezani Allison-Madueke and his former Chief...
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Why we’re admitting only 3,500 out of over 30,000 UTME applicants – Olukoya,...
From Yinka Fabowale, Ibadan Mr. Olujimi Olukoya is the Registrar of University of Ibadan. Soft-spoken and highly cerebral university administrator, Olukoya, is apparently the youngest registrar the...
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How Parradang ran Immigration –Abba Moro
From Fred Itua, Abuja Immediate-past Interior minister, Abba Moro, has opened up on how former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. David Parradang ran the service. Moro...
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Amaechi must return missing billions –Wike
By Damiete Braide Governor Nyesom Wike, yesterday urged his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, to return several billions of naira allegedly siphoned from the state coffers during his eight-year...
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