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Third Mainland Bridge may face closure as FG plans to resume repairs

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Monday said consultations were on for another phase of repair works to begin on the Third Mainland Bridge. Popoola told the Newsmen that the consultations were towards evolving perfect ...

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Oniru suspends palace official for fighting late oba’s son

The Oniru of Iruland, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, says he has suspended the palace official who was caught on camera fighting with Tijani Oniru, one of the sons of the immediate past Oniru. Oba Lawal, however, said in a statement by ...

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Fire razed Kano Power Substation

The substation is a major supply route in KEDCO franchise areas covering Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa states. The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Muhammed confirmed the incident to Vanguard. Muhammed said firemen have since quenched the fire ...

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Instagram stops RMD from posting 59 photos on his 59th birthday

Nollywood DON, RMD, Richard Mofe Damijo is 59 today and the super actor says he will be posting 59 pictures today. Unfortunately, he couldn’t and asked his fans he heard he can’t and they assured him, he won’t be able ...

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Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

Ennio Morricone, one of the world’s best-known and most prolific film composers, died in Rome on Monday. Morricone, who was 91, died in hospital where he was being treated for a fractured femur following a fall, media reports said, quoting ...

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Former APC Vice Chairman, Inuwa Abdulkadir is dead

Former National Vice Chairman North West of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Inuwa Abdulkadir, is dead. Abdulkadir was a member of APC’s national working committee that was dissolved recently. The late Inuwa Abdulkadir was also a former Minister of Youth ...

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Man dies after booking into lodging with girlfriend, unused condoms, energy and alcoholic drinks found

A 32-year-old man was on Sunday found dead at a Lodging in Narok town, Kenya. Shocked residents milled about the lodging as Narok police officers removed his body from the building. The deceased, identified as Edmond Parseen, was an officer ...

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Son of Late Oba of Oniru, Tijani Oniru attacked by security men

Tijani Oniru, one of the sons of Late Oba Abiodun Idowu Oniru, is seen in a video making the rounds on social media being attacked by men who wore uniform with security inscribed at the back just by Oniru estate. ...

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Airlines raise fares as domestic flights resume Wednesday

There has been a significant increase in the airfares as airlines prepare to resume operations Wednesday. The Federal Government had directed the resumption of domestic flights on July 8th after the March 30th lockdown of the airlines. Checks by Punch ...

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Christians exhibiting reckless confidence in face of Coronavirus pandemic — SGF Boss Mustapha

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has said that it is worrisome that some Christians exhibit reckless confidence in the face of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mustapha who spoke at the Interdenominational Church Prayer Service, ...

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Policewoman shoots her husband for not picking her calls and giving their house help money without consulting her

An Administration Police officer is on the run after shooting her husband twice with an AK-47 rifle at Dago Area in Nyalenda, Kisumu following a domestic quarrel According to the police report, APC Maureen who is based at Kisumu East ...

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JUST IN: Ondo State Secretary to Govt, Ifedayo Abegunde resigns

The Secretary to Ondo State Government, Mr Ifedayo Abegunde has resigned his appointment. Abegunde said he would communicate his next line of action within the next 24 hours. Vanguard, however, gathered that he would be defecting to the opposition Peoples ...

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Teenager who was gang-raped by four men tests positive for COVID-19

It is triple jeopardy for Aishat as her journey to Lagos State for greener pastures has become a nightmare. Punch Metro gathered that the 16-year-old was gang-r*ped by four men at a motor park in Ijesha, Surulere, where she was ...

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632 fail, 5 students bag first class as law school releases 2020 exam results

Five graduating students of the Nigerian Law School have made First Class, while 632 of the students failed the Bar Final Examinations, the Director-General of the school, Prof. Isa Chiroma (SAN), has said. Chiroma said in a statement on Sunday ...

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Benue varsity deputy VC, Achinge, is dead

Benue State University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Prof Godwin Achinge, is dead. Achinge, who was also the vice-chairman of Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19, had earlier tested positive for coronavirus. The academic, according to a source, died on Sunday afternoon ...

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Gunmen kidnap Delta NLC chairman

The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Delta State, Goodluck Ofobruku, has been kidnapped. The Punch gathered that the union leader was kidnapped around 8 pm on Saturday while driving out of his house behind the Immigration office along Ibusa/Asaba road ...

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Despite touted cure, Madagascar reimposes lockdown amid surge in virus cases

Madagascar has placed its capital Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new surge in coronavirus infections, two months after the restrictions were eased, the presidency announced Sunday. “The Analamanga region (under which the capital is situated) is returning to ...

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Popular Author Chimamanda Adichie mourns father, says she’s stranded in US

Popular author, Chimamanda Adichie has mourned her father who died after a brief illness on June 10. Taking to Facebook on Saturday, she lamented that she can’t come into the country following the closures of the nation’s airports. In her ...

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