Jan 17, 2020
BREAKING: TCN restores supply after double power system collapses
The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Friday said the national grid had been fully restored after the system collapse which occurred at 4.15pm on Thursday....
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Jan 17, 2020
Woman stabs neighbour to death with broken bottle
A 35-year-old woman, Stella Olowofoyekun, was, on Friday, remanded in a correctional centre by a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stabbing h...
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Jan 17, 2020
BREAKING: Court Sacks Ifeanyi Ubah As Senator
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja has sacked Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Senato...
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Jan 17, 2020
UPDATED: Officials Rescue Man Trapped In Lagos Building Collapse
A man said to have been trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building at the Ago Palace Way axis of Lagos State has been rescued. The man was saved by eme...
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Jan 17, 2020
Trump betrayed us, Iran supreme leader says
Iran’s supreme leader said President Donald Trump is a “clown” who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will “push a poisonous dagger” into their bac...
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Jan 17, 2020
Saudi Arabia pays $500m to US for troops
The United States has received $500 million from Saudi Arabia to help cover the cost of American troops stationed in the kingdom, the CNN has reported quoting a...
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Jan 17, 2020
Australia to lose billions as bushfires deter tourists
Australia will lose billions of dollars in tourism revenue as international visitors cancel trips in droves due to bushfires raging across the country, an indus...
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Jan 17, 2020
Nigerian Army to strengthen military cooperation with Egypt – Buratai
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai and the Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt to Nigeria, Amb. Assem Hanafi, have called for...
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Jan 17, 2020
Honcharuk, Ukraine PM submits resignation letter
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has submitted a letter of resignation and President Volodymur Zelenskiy will consider it, the presidential office sai...
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Jan 17, 2020
I’m going to Davos, says Trump as Senate begins impeachment trial
Far from feeling the heat, President Donald Trump will be chilling in Davos, a fancy Swiss ski resort, when the Senate hears opening arguments in his impeachmen...
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Jan 17, 2020
Again petrol tanker burns in Onitsha
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, on Friday said no casualty was recorded in the tanker that burnt at Upper Iweka in Onitsha. The state...
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Jan 17, 2020
FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N716.2bn for month of December
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N716.298 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of December 2019. The Permanen...
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Jan 17, 2020
BREAKING: One trapped as building collapses in Lagos
An uncomlpleted three-storey building, on Friday, collapsed around the Ago Palace way in Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management...
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Jan 17, 2020
Ukraine PM resigns after leaked audio criticising president
Ukraine’s prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him reportedly criticising President Volodomyr Zelensky’s understanding of...
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Jan 17, 2020
Sanwo-Olu drops commissioner, appoints three others
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dropped the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Shuli Adebolu, from his cabinet. He appointed three...
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Jan 17, 2020
Implementation of 7.5% VAT begins February 1 — Minister
The Federal Government will from February 1 begin the implementation of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax espoused by the finance law. The law, according to the g...
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Jan 17, 2020
Power grid collapses twice in two hours
The nation’s power grid collapsed twice in two hours on Thursday, worsening the blackout being experienced by consumers in parts of the country. Accoding to...
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Jan 16, 2020
Monthly foreign exchange inflow rose to $9.84bn –CBN
Aggregate foreign exchange inflow into the economy amounted to $9.84bn in November 2019, showing an increase of 7.5 per cent above the level at the end of the p...
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Jan 16, 2020
US resumes joint military operations in Iraq
The United States on Wednesday resumed joint military operations with Iraq that had been put on pause after the US drone strike that killed a top Iranian genera...
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Jan 16, 2020
I almost lost my life for Oshiomhole, says Shaibu
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday narrated his ordeal and that of members of his family while he was trying to save the National Chairm...
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