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The first lady, Aisha Buhari, has urged political parties to always consider women as running mates to candidates contesting elections into various positions across the country. Buhari was speaking on Saturday night when she hosted…
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Tyson Fury enjoyed a happy homecoming as he retained his WBC heavyweight title with a sensational sixth-round stoppage of British rival Dillian Whyte at a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday. In his first fight on British soil since…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to hold its 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) on Wednesday, May 4. The party disclosed this in a notice issued by its National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, in Abuja on Saturday. He urged…
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President Muhammadu Buhari said his ambition is to bequeath a better Nigeria for the present and future generations in the country. But I doubt if posterity would permit the realization of that ambition, at least with regards national…
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Scores of people were on Saturday burnt beyond recognition following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Rivers, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mr Idris Musa, Director-General, National Oil Spills Detection and Response…
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 1kg of cocaine and 511.3kg of Marijuana in Kaduna State on Wednesday and Thursday, its Sector Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, told a news conference on Saturday. Adoro said NDLEA operatives…
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A former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido has said the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) has not pointed at any of its aspirants as a consensus candidate for the presidency come 2023. Recalls that the Northern elders had reportedly…
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A fire which engulfed an illegal crude oil refinery complex in Abaezi forest, in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, has killed at least hundreds of people. Approximately 150 others, according to eyewitness reports,…
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The Police Command in Yobe has confirmed 10 persons killed and several others wounded in an attack orchestrated by Boko Haram insurgents in Geidam town on Wednesday. The Spokesman of the Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the…
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The Funeral prayer has been conducted on the remains of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, at the ancient palace in Oyo Town. The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Janazat prayer is an Islamic prayer conducted on the…
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