Feb 05, 2020
U.S. announces additional $40m aid to Nigeria
The United States has announced an additional 40-million-dollar (N14 billion) aid to Nigeria to address the humanitarian crisis arising from decades of the Boko...
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Feb 05, 2020
FG uncovers N1.2bn fraud at FUTO, UNIABUJA
The Federal Government’s audit report has revealed irregularities of more than N1.2bn in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 finances of the Federal University of Technolog...
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Feb 05, 2020
No going back on okada, tricycle ban, Sanwo-Olu insists
• Unveils 15 boats for commercial operation, deploys 65 buses • Lagos plans 550 minibuses for inner routes to ease pains of commuters • Hailing okada operator...
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Feb 05, 2020
Protests as Senate ignores AGF, okays N238.15b for customs
• ‘How NCS flouted financial regulations, other laws’ •Lawan threatens sanctions against defaulting agencies It was a session marked by protests in the Senate...
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Feb 05, 2020
Buhari appoints Amokachi as Football Ambassador
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Nigerian professional footballer, former Super Eagles player and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, as the count...
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Feb 04, 2020
Buhari, Akeredolu in closed-door meeting
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu are in a closed-door meeting at the State House in Abuja....
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Feb 04, 2020
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia ambassador to Nigeria is dead
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji, is dead. This was confirmed in a press statement by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. Th...
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Feb 04, 2020
BREAKING: Coronavirus not yet a pandemic —WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet c...
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Feb 04, 2020
Malawians celebrate after court annuls President Peter Mutharika’s reelection
Malawi opposition supporters celebrated overnight after a landmark court ruling which declared that incumbent President Peter Mutharika was “not duly elected” i...
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Feb 04, 2020
BREAKING: Buhari unveils Nigeria’s Visa Policy
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday officially presented Nigeria’s Visa policy at the Statehouse, Abuja. This was announced by t...
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Feb 04, 2020
BREAKING: US, Nigeria sign agreement on Abacha’s loot return
The Governments of Jersey, Nigeria, and the United States of America to return over US$308 million in confiscated funds to the people of Nigeria in landmark agr...
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Feb 04, 2020
Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi dead at 95
Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002, has died aged 95, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tue...
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Feb 04, 2020
Misery grows as lovebirds turn spouse killers
Untimely deaths, resulting from domestic violence, give Nigerians great cause for concern, OLADIMEJI RAMON reports Kolade Arowolo will never forget Friday, J...
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Feb 04, 2020
FG hunts forged certificate holders, illegal workers
The acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, on Monday said the Federal Government had activated a new process aimed at stopping...
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Feb 04, 2020
Okada ban: Several injured as policemen, riders clash in Lagos
No going back, LASG vows Dispatch, power bikes exempted from ban – CP Oyo vows to control okada influx There was pandemonium in Lagos on Monday as motorcycle...
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Feb 04, 2020
Buhari, NASS leadership agree to tackle security challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari and leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) on Monday in Abuja expressed serious concern over security challenges facing the count...
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Feb 04, 2020
[UPDATE] Coronavirus: We have not stopped issuing visas to Nigerians –China Embassy
The Embassy of China has said that it has not suspended visa issuance to Nigerians. The Press Officer, Embassy of China, Sun Saixiong, explained on Tuesday...
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Feb 03, 2020
Fire guts INEC office in Anambra
Fire gutted the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ogidi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The fire incid...
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Feb 03, 2020
[BREAKING] Ban: Okada, tricycle riders, police clash in Ijora
Suspected riders of motorcycles and tricycles, on Monday, protested their ban by the Lagos State Government. During the protest in Ijora area of the state on...
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Feb 03, 2020
Teenager disappears after leaving home for school clearance
Friends and family members of David Iyoha have been thrown into confusion after he left home for his clearance in school in the Yaba area of Lagos State and has...
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