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Salaries: Ekiti keys into FG's bail-out, meets conditions
(Nigeria) Civil servants in Ekiti State who are frowning over the delay in the payment of salaries will soon smile, as the state government has keyed into the bail-out plan for states recently...
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Edo 2016: Ize-Iyamu emerges PDP’s candidate
(Nigeria) Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Monday emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo State. In the result of the primaries announced by...
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Ekiti varsity bans smoking, campus `marriage’
(Nigeria) The Ekiti State University, EKSU, Ado-Ekiti on Monday announced the banning of smoking within the campus by both staff and students. The university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Bandele,...
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Naira rises as flexible foreign exchange rate takes off
(Nigeria) The Naira on Monday appreciated by 7.6 per cent against the dollar at the parallel market, following the commencement of the flexible foreign exchange rate. The Nigerian currency gained N26...
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Helping assess crisis in Lake Chad Basin
(Nigeria) By Odimegwu OnwumereBloodshed in the northern states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba, and Bauchi terrified residents to abandon their homes for safety across the 36 states of the...
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EFCC blocks Fayose's account, governor protest
(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reportedly blocked the account of Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, he operates with Zenith Bank Plc.The governor, who spoke to...
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Synagogue building collapse: Church declines request for documents ---witness
(Nigeria) Dr Olusegun Oyenuga, a state witness in the ongoing trial of two engineers charged with negligence and manslaughter in the collapsed building of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN,...
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Senate probes billion Naira allege frauds in aviation industry
(Nigeria) The Senate has commenced investigation into disbursement and utilisation of 40 million dollars Afrix Loan and N86 billion released by the Federal Government in 2011 for rehabilitation and...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses SERAP's case against FG
(Nigeria) ECOWAS Court has dismissed the case of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, against the Federal Government over the treatment of internally displaced persons, IDPs. The...
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Edo 2016: APC election C’ttee wants reconciliation with aspirants
(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, seven-member election committee for Edo governorship primary had recommended that the party should organise a reconciliation meeting after the primaries....
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Bayelsa spent N4bn on overhead in 2015 ---Dickson
(Nigeria) Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa said on Monday in Yenagoa that the government spent N3.9billion in running the government in 2015.Dickson, who spoke during the state’s monthly...
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Police arrest 2 in Kaduna for alleged rape of 6-year-old girl
(Nigeria) Two persons, Yahaya Umar and Muhammed Auwal were arrested by the police in Kaduna State on June 13 for allegedly raping a six year old girl. The Police Command spokesman, Abubakar Zubairu,...
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Sexual harassment bill undermines university autonomy ---ASUU
(Nigeria) The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday in Abuja said the Sexual Harassment Bill, 2016 before the Senate undermined university autonomy. President of the union, Prof. Biodun...
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Residents task Obaseki, dont let Edo people down
(Nigeria) Traders at Uwelu Auto parts market and the Igbinaduwa community have gave a rousing reception to Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 10...
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Nigerian media, most vibrant in Africa ---Minister
(Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Nigerian media as one of the most vibrant in Africa and indeed across the world, while assuring that the...
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Okowa condoles with Justice Niki Tobi's family
(Nigeria)Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday in Asaba condoled with the family of late Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi (retd).Okowa in a statement by Charles Ehiedu...
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Judge's absence stalls arraignment of Fani-Kayode, 2 others
(Nigeria) The absence of Justice Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, stalled the arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over money laundering....
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Nigerian Turkish Nile University Medical Faculty gets NUC accreditation
(Nigeria) The National Universities Commission, NUC, has given approval to the Nigerian Turkish Nile University, NTNU, to admit students into its College of Medicine. This was as a result of the...
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Rivers to tackle infant and maternal mortality---Gov Wike
From Right: Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike receiving partnership documents from Head of United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, Rivers State Office, Mr Wilbroad Ngambi at the Government...
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BoI explains EFCC's investigation of N9bn cement fund
(Nigeria) The Bank of Industry, BoI, has said that investigation over alleged N9 billion misapplied cement fund by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been resolved. This was...
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