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Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has said that the late winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola was not killed, rather he died after falling ill in detention.
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Two females and another two narrowly escaped death yesterday, when a Lagos-Kano bound train smashed a commercial tricycle on a level crossing along Obasanjo Road in Kano.
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has described the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned nationwide protest against fuel subsidy removal as unnecessary and misplaced priority.
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Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Technical Committee, Raymond Dokpesi, yesterday, said the South East should wait for another five years till 2027 to produce the president of Nigeria.
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With all things considered, the Federal Government, yesterday, soft-pedalled on its initial plan to remove subsidy on petrol, setting aside its much-trumpeted Petroleum Industry Act...
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Unknown gunmen, yesterday, assassinated the traditional ruler of Agodo village in Ewekoro local council of Ogun State, Oba Ayinde Odetola, and four of his aides...
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The battle over the region to produce Nigeria’s next President took another dimension, yesterday, as over 1,000 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) barricaded the headquarters...
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President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, yesterday, hinted that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and six other lawyers believed to have aided judges...
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Amid dangers associated with ‘hanging on buses’ along the major highways, Lagos officials have cautioned those engaging in the practice to put a stop to it, as traffic law prohibiting
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national Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP), Dr. Umar Buba Bindir, disclosed this, yesterday, at the opening of a result-based monitoring
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, yesterday, announced that registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examination will commence
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Nigeria’s exit from the ongoing Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 0-1 to Tunisia in the Round of 16, according to sources, has dashed Eguavoen’s hopes of keeping the job permanently...
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Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, on Sunday, commended the efforts of the Super Eagles despite a 0-1 loss to Tunisia in their Africa Cup of Nations
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At Egypt 2019 AFCON, many football-loving Nigerians put the blame for Super Eagles defeat to Algeria in the semifinals on the shoulders of goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi.
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Super Eagles Forward, Moses Simon, believes the team’s defeat by Tunisia in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon is not enough for Nigerians to call them bad names.
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Former National Team Winger, Felix Owolabi, has absolved Coach Augustine Eguavoen of blame for Super Eagles’ disappointing exit at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations
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Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Technical Committee, Raymond Dokpesi, yesterday, said the South East should wait for another five years till 2027 to produce the president of Nigeria.
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With all things considered, the Federal Government, yesterday, soft-pedalled on its initial plan to remove subsidy on petrol, setting aside its much-trumpeted Petroleum Industry Act...
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Unknown gunmen, yesterday, assassinated the traditional ruler of Agodo village in Ewekoro local council of Ogun State, Oba Ayinde Odetola, and four of his aides...
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Nigeria’s exit from the ongoing Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 0-1 to Tunisia in the Round of 16, according to sources, has dashed Eguavoen’s hopes of keeping the job permanently...
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The Supreme Court has reversed its earlier dismissal of an appeal by GTBank against a N2.4 billion judgment given in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited by the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, Oyo State.
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