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Drama as Amaechi appears for Senate screening
After stalling the screening of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, three times, the Senate on Thursday screened the former governor for ministerial position. As expected, Mr. Amaechi’s...
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Bribery scandal rocks Civil Defence promotion exercise
…Officers pay N300, 000 for elevation …Board withdraws promotion letters By Adewale Sanyaolu A major crisis is brewing in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over alleged bribery...
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No bank can collapse in Nigeria -CBN
From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday allayed fears of Nigerians over possible collapse of some commercial banks in the country, declaring that none of the...
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Lagos probes killing of LFTZ boss, Disu
By Oluwole Farotimi Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday inaugurated a five-man tribunal of inquiry to investigate the civil unrest in Ibeju-Lekki area on October 12, which led to the...
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Ministerial screening: Amaechi knows fate Tuesday
•Fireworks as Senate grills ex-Rivers gov From Fred Itua, Abuja After weeks of strong op- position, a former governor of Rivers State, Chief Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, was yesterday screened by the...
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Abuja bombings Drama as accused pleads guilty, recants
•Don’t pick phones, laptops anywhere, police warn public From Molly Kilete and Godwin Tsa, Abuja THE Federal Government yesterday arraigned five suspected bombers of Nyanya and Kuje, both satellite...
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Rivers: Wike, Peterside’s fate hangs as tribunal reserves judgment
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja AFTER marathon court sessions, the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
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Depression: 800,000 commit suicide in Nigeria yearly
A staggering 800, 000 people commit suicide in Nigeria yearly, a professor of psychiatry, Joseph Adeyemi disclosed yesterday. Adeyemi, who chaired a Lagos presentation of the book: Shadows in the...
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FG enlists services of South African mercenaries to combat Boko Haram
By Emma Emeozor with agency report DETERMINED to meet the December deadline to eradicate Boko Haram insurgency, the Federal Government may have decided to boost current military efforts to defeat the...
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BREAKING NEWS: 6 killed as suicide bomber strikes Borno
A suicide bomber killed six persons in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The agency said at least 17 other people were injured and taken to hospital...
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Bomb blasts kill 61 in Maiduguri, Yola mosques
FROM TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MAIDUGURI FROM DAVID MOLOMO , YOLA Blood dripped yesterday in the ancient towns of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and Yola, Adamawa State capital, as bombers suspected...
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Homeless, now hopeless
■ Lagos LG evicts 68-year-old grandma, 6 kids from their danfo apartment BY LAWRENCE ENYOGHASU AND CHIZOBA IKENWA Fate appears to be too much in a hurry to deal more deadly blows on Mrs Kehinde...
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Court dissolves Lagos LG caretaker committees
■ Orders election within 30 days BY LUKMAN OLABIYI Justice Abdulfatal Lawal of the Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday, declared the appointment of caretaker committees over the...
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We’ll support Buhari to recover looted funds, Germany assures
Mr. Ingo Herbert, the new German Consul has just assumed duties to oversee consular activities at the German consulate in Lagos, Nigeria. One of the promises he brought from his home government is...
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Despite not owing salaries, Northeast states still go for bailout
BAILOUT FUND: From Noah Ebije, Tunde Omolehin, Paul Orude, Timothy Olanrewanju, Abdullah Tsoho, Desmond Mgboh From Kaduna, there are reports that the State government has received the federal...
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S/East states’ workers groan as bailout fund fails to offset salary arrears
BAILOUT FUND: FROM GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, EMMANUEL UZOR, PETRUS OBI, OKEY SAMPSON, AKIN ALOFETEKUN, EMMANUEL ADEYEMI, ROSE EJEMBI, LAYI OLANREWAJU, AND MARIAM AGBOOLA With the dole out of bailout funds to...
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South-South States need more bailout funds
BAILOUT FUND: FROM PAUL OBASUYI, JUDEX OKORO, FEMI FOLARANMI, TONY OSAUZO, TONY JOHN Like Oliver Twist, some Niger Delta states require more bailout funds to meet their financial obligations after...
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Troubles in states over unpaid salaries, huge debts
BAILOUT FUND: STATES IN TROUBLE ■ Governors abandon projects as workers poise for showdown Bugged down by huge debts, months of unpaid salaries and the exhaustion of federal government bailout funds,...
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Rivers Gov Election Petition Tribunal ruling, deadly blow to impunity – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Saturday’s judgement of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that overturned the election of Gov. Nyesom Wike of the PDP as a...
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Tribunal judgment: Wike is still governor – PDP
Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reassured the Rivers people and its supporters across the State that notwithstanding the compromised ruling of the election petitions...
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