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Fuel hike: NANS assures students will hit the streets Monday

The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday said it was set to hit the streets except the Federal Government reversed the increase in the pump price of fuel and electricity tariff.   The organisation threatened to embark on a ...

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Niger fires 80 civil servants over salary fraud

Determined to fish out bad eggs in Niger State Civil service, the state government on Thursday announced the sacking of 80 civil servants cut across various cadre of the state service for salary scam running into millions of naria.   ...

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Bakers threaten to increase bread prices

Bakers have vowed to react to price increase in baking ingredients by increasing the prices of bread.   The Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria and the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria gave this warning on Thursday at ...

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Sex-for-mark: Imo varsity probes HoD in viral video

The Imo State University, Owerri, has set up a committee to investigate the authenticity of the footage circulating on the Internet in which the Head of Department of Biochemistry of the institution, Prof. Emmanuel Agumuo, was allegedly having s3x with ...

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US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese students deemed to be security risk

The US says it has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers who have been deemed to be a security risk.   The move follows a proclamation by President Donald Trump in May aimed at Chinese ...

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Fuel hike: Police arrest journalists, protesters in Lagos

Police in Lagos have arrested 14 protesters who were marching in Lagos in protest against the deregistration of political parties and increase in fuel price and electricity tariff.   Four journalists, who were covering the protest, were also arrested and ...

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Lagos state govt gives updates on resumption of tertiary institutions

The Lagos State government has said that only final year students will go back to classrooms, as tertiary institutions reopen next Monday.   This was confirmed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, while speaking on Channels ...

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264 Nigerians commit suicide in four years

As Nigeria joins other countries in marking this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, no fewer than 264 suicide cases have been recorded in the country within the last 4 years. The theme of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day is ...

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Police arrests two suspected armed robbers, kidnappers in Delta community

The Delta State Police Command has arrested two notorious members of armed robbery and kidnapping gang terrorizing Otu-Jeremi community and its environs in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.   The two suspects include, Stanley Samuel ‘M’ 22 ...

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Gunmen kidnap three children of Zamfara State Sub-treasurer

Bandits have kidnapped three children of Zamfara State Sub-treasurer, Alhaji Yusuf Marafa, and also killed his neighbour in Nahuche town in the Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State.   The kidnapped children are Mansur Yusuf, Sa’adu Yusuf and Anas ...

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Family accuses police of torturing land agent to death

Policemen attached to the Zonal Investigative Bureau, Zone 2 Command, have been accused of torturing a land agent, Yemi Taiwo, to death for allegedly planning to abduct a monarch in Lagos State.   Punch Metro learnt that Yemi had gone ...

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16-year-old boy kills 17-year-old neighbor for eyeing his lover

Police in Shinyalu, Kakamega County, Kenya have arrested a 16-year-old boy on accusation of killing his 17-year-old neighbour over allegations that the deceased was eyeing his lover, a 14-year-old girl.   The suspect, a Form Two student, fatally stabbed the ...

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President Buhari inaugurates committee for VISION 2050

  On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the committee that will spearhead the Nigeria Agenda 2050 and Medium-Term National Development Plan, which has been put in place to succeed Vision 20:2020 and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, 2017 – ...

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Mexican crime reporter, Julio Valdivia found beheaded

A Mexican crime reporter Julio Valdivia has been found beheaded, the latest grisly murder of a journalist in the world’s most dangerous nation for newsmen.   The 44 year-old journalist, who specialized in the “nota roja” journalism that focuses on ...

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A man’s penis stops growing at age 19 – Nigerian Doctor

A Nigerian doctor on twitter – Aproko Doctor has said a man’s pen!s stops growing at 19 and wants Nigerian men to stop patronizing Instagram vendors that sells products that makes a pen!s grow.   Many refer to him as ...

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We prefer Indian hemp to cigarette – Suspected criminals tell court

Three suspected armed robbers yesterday told a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, Osun State that they prefer Indian hemp to cigarette so as to avoid health problems.   The suspects, Samson Lucas, Ayo Olamide and Olalekan Omoniyi were arrested by police ...

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“We are suffering” – UNICAL lecturers protest

Members of the University of Calabar chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protested non-payment of their allowances at the university premises on Wednesday.   Addressing the protesters, the Chairman of the chapter, Dr John Edor, said the ...

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They sold us like yam, used us like machine — Lebanon returnees

No fewer than 25 women of Osun state origin have been rescued from Lebanon where they claimed that they were enslaved for over a year.   Recounting their ordeals on arrival at the state ministry of women affairs in Osogbo ...

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Zimbabwe nurses call off strike after three months

Thousands of striking nurses on Wednesday called off their strike over pay and protective gear, three months after walking out of public hospital wards, their leader said.   Enock Dongo, president of the 15,000-member Zimbabwe Nurses Association, said they had ...

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UK minister under scrutiny for attacking Nigeria over P&ID court case

United Kingdom’s secretary of state for the home department,Priti Patel,has come under scrutiny over her comments on the $10 billion arbitration fine case between Nigeria and the Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID).   Following last week’s UK court ruling in ...

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Irefin Palace will rival Buckingham Palace, Oyo state assures

The Oyo State Government has disclosed its plan to position the historical Irefin Palace in Ibadan to rival the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom.   This came as the government entered into an agreement with private partners to promote ...

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