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By Johnson Babalola | Toronto, Canada | March 6, 2017 – The messages kept coming in through emails, phones and texts. They came from different individuals with varied educational and ethnic backgrounds but with one thing in common: they were all Nigerians. They all asked about the same program: the Canadian “lottery” program. A telephone […]

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Mass rape: Four students arrested for assaulting Lagos schoolgirls in broad daylightKunle Falayi After an eyewitness shared on social media how final year secondary school students sexually assaulted their female counterparts on [...]
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BBC apologises to Emir Sanusi over alleged N6b Emirate fund scam publicationThe British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has apologised to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over reports it published claiming [...]
External reserve drops by $50m as .as Naira rises to N383/$By Babajide Komolafe The nation’s external reserve on Monday dropped by $50 million, the first time in six weeks. Since [...]
Osinbajo to sign 2017 budget into law, inaugurate new mnisters – PresidencyBy Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Though report of the three-man Presidential Committee that investigated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, [...]
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Parents of Chibok schoolgirls face wait to be reunitedEighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls who were released from Boko Haram captivity after more than three years face a wait to be [...]
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Buhari’s agenda tallies with ours – U.S.New York – The U.S. said on Tuesday that the agenda being pursued by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration were in [...]
Gambian president Barrow fires central bank chief, 3 deputies loyal to JammehPresident Adama Barrow on Wednesday fired Gambia’s central bank governor and three other bank officials considered loyal to former dictator [...]

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A Nigerian-born senior surgeon with “poor vision” accidentally removes a woman’s ovary, Fallopian instead of appendix in the UK A senior surgeon with “poor vision” accidentally removed a woman’s ovary instead of her appendix and then told bosses it [...]
2019: Why Buhari should seek re-election –Rep, Bala 2019: Why Buhari should seek re-election –Rep, Bala — 16th May 2017 From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja Ahead of the 2019 general election, [...]
N’Assembly yet to transmit 2017 budget to PresidencyN’Assembly yet to transmit 2017 budget to Presidency From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The National Assembly has yet to officially transmit a copy of [...]
PIB: Senate tackles Kachikwu PIB: Senate tackles Kachikwu — 16th May 2017 From Fred Itua, Abuja Senate, yesterday, warned Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. [...]
AFCON 2019 qualifier: Bafana Bafana coach warns Eagles AFCON 2019 qualifier: Bafana Bafana coach warns Eagles — 16th May 2017 By Monica Iheakam New Bafana Bafana manager, Stuart Baxter, moments after [...]
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Nigerian airports fortified against Ebola, says FAANOkechukwu Nnodim and Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on Monday declared that all measures adopted in 2014 [...]
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Trump admits sharing information with Russia Trump admits sharing information with Russia — 17th May 2017 United States President Donald Trump acknowledged, on Tuesday, that he shared information [...]
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