Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber 'studied in UK and Australia'
A footage shows a man wearing a large backpack calmly walking towards St Sebastian's church
One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka studied in the UK,…
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President Buhari declares Lagos theatre open for public use
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday declared open the new 500-seater Lagos Theatre in Oregun, Ikeja area of Lagos State for public use.
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Nigerian Guild of Editors clears 23 candidates for May election
The Election Committee of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, (NGE) on Wednesday, said it had cleared 23 candidates for election into its Executive Council and Standing Committee.
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Documents show how Lai Mohammed approved N2.5bn ‘fraudulent payment’
Nigeria's Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed
A newly-obtained batch of documents has further exposed how information minister Lai Mohammed was instrumental to the release of…
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Federal Road Safety Corps appoints four deputy corps marshals, 14 assistant corps marshals
Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi
The Board of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has approved the elevation of four Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) to the rank of Deputy Corps…
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Japan Prime Minister Abe apologises to forced sterilisation victims
Prime Minister Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday offered an apology to people who were subjected to forced sterilisation under a scrapped eugenics law after the…
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Dogara takes Tinubu to the cleaners, accuses him of ‘wayward lust for power’
Speaker Yakubu Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has replied the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, over his…
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Nigeria Civil Defence Corps nabs bike-snatching syndicate in Nasarawa
Civil defence personnel on parade
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nasarawa State Command, has arrested three suspected members of a motorcycle-snatching…
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Plateau tertiary institutions begin indefinite strike
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong
The Joint Union of Plateau Tertiary Institutions (JUPTI) on Tuesday embarked on indefinite strike to press home their demand for more funding…
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President Buhari, not ‘sleeping on duty’ – Presidency replies Rev. Mamza
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari
Presidency described as unfair the comment by the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rt. Rev. Fr. Stephen Mamza describing President Muhammadu as…
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Numan crisis has no religious, ethnic coloration — Hama Bachama
The Paramount traditional Ruler of Bachama in Adamawa State, Mr Stephen Irmiya, said the frequent clashes between farmers and herders in the area had no religious or ethnic…
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National Theatre General Manager, Stella Oyedepo, is dead
Late Dr. Stella Oyedepo
The General Manager of the National Theatre, Lagos, Dr Stella Oyedepo, is dead. Dr Oyedepo reportedly died on her way from Calabar after the Easter break to…
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Sri Lanka attacks: Mass funerals held as nation mourns
Mourners attended a funeral near St Sebastian Church in Negombo
Sri Lanka has held its first mass funeral as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday's bomb…
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Prof Amuda-Kannike (SAN) salutes Emir of Ilorin at 79
Emir of Ilorin, HRH Alhaji Sulu Gambari
A legal luminary and Provost, College of Law, Kwara State University, Professor Abiodun Amuda-Kannike (SAN) has described His Royal…
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Youths threaten reprisal over alleged killing, raping of women in Anambra
Governor Obiano of Anambra State
By Sunny A. David, Onitsha
Youths in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday, staged a peaceful protest over alleged…
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Anambra, FG, World Bank partner on 15 more erosion control projects
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano
By Sunny A. David, Awka
The Anambra State Government has paid the counterpart fund for the rehabilitation of fifteen erosion sites in…
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