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Buhari appoints new DG for law school

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the nomination of Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. According to a statement by...

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Man abandons home to live in woods for 10 years over wife’s nagging

A 62-year-old gardener, Malcolm Applegate, decided to live in the woods for ten years after he got fed up with his wife’s nagging and wanted to live away from home. According to Mailonline, Applegate...

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NERC fines IBEDC N50m

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has slammed  a fine of N50 million to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. The fine was on account of the failure of the company to secure a...

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VP Boakai, Weah lead in Liberia provisional result

The Liberian electoral body has just released provisional results of Tuesday’s presidential and House of Representatives elections. The result was from some polling centres across the country. Though...

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Okiro disowns letter demoting Lagos acting CP

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja  The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro has dismissed a letter from the commission purportedly demoting the Lagos State acting Commissioner of Police, Imohimi...

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Police recover decomposing body of cop in Bauchi

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The corpse of a serving police Inspector was on Thursday recovered under a tree close to the Yelwa Makaranta bridge in the Bauchi metropolis. When our correspondent arrived on...

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Sharia court convicts man of assaulting policewoman

Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto The City Lower Sharia Court, Sokoto, has sentenced one Mansur Ahmed of the Rijiyar Dorowa area in Sokoto State to two months’ imprisonment, for verbally assaulting a...

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Katsina doctors battle to save boy with burnt manhood

Olaide Oyelude, Katsina A four-year-old boy, Anas Abdulhadi, is currently battling to regain the use of his manhood after he suffered burns from hot water while playing at his father’s residence at...

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Oba of Benin inaugurates conflict resolution committee

Alexander Okere, Benin The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has inaugurated the Benin Customary Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Addressing a gathering chiefs, traditional,...

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I approved N450m for stationery in two months – Nyame

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, on Thursday, closed his defence in his ongoing trial on 41 counts of criminal misappropriation of the state’s N1.64bn preferred...

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We recovered IPOB’s plan, weapons in Kanu’s home – Abia CP

Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Mr. Anthony Ogbizi, has said the police in a joint operation with the army on Sunday recovered a secret book belonging to the...

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Bayelsa spends N55bn on education

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The new Commissioner for Education in Bayelsa State, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, has said that the state government has spent about N55bn in the education sector since 2012. Obuebite,...

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El-Rufai presents N216bn budget

Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday presented the 2018 budget estimate of N216.55bn to the state House of Assembly. Christened ‘Budget of consolidation,’ el-Rufai...

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Falae: FG trains armed rangers to protect farms

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Federal Government has said it is training 3,000 farm rangers who will be armed to protect major farmlands across Nigeria from invasion by herdsmen. It said the move became...

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Itsekiri call for fiscal federalism, state autonomy

Ovie Okpare, Warri The Itsekiri in Delta State on Thursday expressed their support for the restructuring of the country. Their position was made known during a press conference organised by the apex...

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Hoodlums take over Niger community, residents live in fear

Enyioha Opara, Minna Residents of Angwan Biri in the Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State say they are living in fear as a result of activities of some hoodlums in the community. It was learnt...

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I’ll give Cs-of-O to all qualified applicants – Amosun

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has assured all qualified applicants under its Home Owner Charter programme that they will receive their land title documents before the end of his...

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Ambode, Ashafa urge executive, legislative cooperation

Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, and the Senator representing Lagos East in the Senate, Gbenga Ashafa, on Thursday urged the state lawmakers to work with the executive for the...

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Kidnappers of Lebanese nabbed in Oyo

Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan A gang of kidnappers that abducted a Lebanese businessman, Elias Bashour, in the Podo area of Ibadan has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command. The kidnappers – Joseph...

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Bayelsa workers suspend strike

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Health workers and employees in Bayelsa State local government areas suspended their three-month old strike on Thursday. The workers embarked on the strike in protest against the...

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