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Press Release: Gov. Wike to renovate 175 schools in Rivers at N1 billion for each school

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Eagles move up in FIFA rankings

Picture: Rashidi Yekini’s daughter, Yemisi, graduates with distinction in UK

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Nigerian, Adekunle Ojo arrested for identity theft in US

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Pictures: Gunmen attack EFCC headquarters in Abuja – leave death threat note

Picture of victim: Zimbabwean First Lady, Grace Mugabe, wanted by South Africa Police for assaulting a 20-year old model – Escapes after agreeing to turn self in

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Eagles move up in FIFA rankings

Picture: Rashidi Yekini’s daughter, Yemisi, graduates with distinction in UK

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Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

A major security breach was recorded at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of Wednesday, August 16, 2017, as unknown gunmen attacked the office located at Wuse Zone 7, Abuja. The group of heavily armed bandits invaded the office at about 05.00 hours and began shooting into […]

Posted by admin Africa, Headlines, Top Stories Tuesday, August 15th, 2017

Lawyers for Grace Mugabe are negotiating with South African authorities after Zimbabwe’s first lady failed to hand herself in to police over allegations she assaulted a woman in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel at the weekend. “We have identified a suspect but she hasn’t handed herself over yet. We do not know her whereabouts at this […]

Posted by admin Education, Headlines, Press Releases, Rivers, State News Sunday, August 13th, 2017

PRESS RELEASE WIKE’S CLAIMS ON SCHOOL RENOVATION FRAUDULENT AND A PLOY TO SIPHON FUNDS — RIVERS APC Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike’s claim that his administration has embarked on the renovation of 175 schools across the State has been dismissed as a big fraud by the State Chapter of the All Progressives […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Philip Amiola, Press Releases Sunday, August 13th, 2017

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Awardee Launches Digital Library e86 Limited, a Nigerian software development firm and an awardee of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), has expressed commitment to making learning fun, affordable and more readily accessible through its flagship product, Panacea e-library. In a statement released by the its management team, e86 Limited laments […]

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, August 12th, 2017

The Nigerian Army on Friday said it had conducted cordon and search operation at a building housing the United Nations (UN) staff in Maiduguri following alert on high profile Boko Haram members. Lt. Col. Samuel Kingsley, the spokesperson, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, said in a statement released in Maiduguri that the army had […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, August 12th, 2017

TOP HEADLINES Idris Adesina Nigeria moved up a spot from the 39th to 38th position in the latest FIFA Rankings released by the world football body on Thursday. The three-time African champions also moved up a place from the seventh position they occupied last month to the sixth position on the continent. The Super […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, August 12th, 2017

YEMISI Yekini, one of the two daughters left behind by the Nigeria’s all-time Super Eagles’ highest goal scorer, Rashidi Yekini, last week graduated from Dumonforte University in Leicester City, the United Kingdom with distinction. She finished as the second best overall student of her graduating set. The first born of the late goal-king who read […]

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines Saturday, August 12th, 2017

Samson Folarin There has been widespread condemnation of an alleged public harassment of a yet-to-be identified lady by some military officers. A picture of the incident, which has been trending on the Internet, showed the victim being forced to pull down her trousers as her underwear jutted out. A military man, who was supervising the […]

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, August 7th, 2017

A Nigerian, Daniel Adekunle Ojo, who had spent less than 14 months in the United States, has been arrested by the FBI in Durham, North Carolina and charged with fraud and identity theft offences The offences stemmed from Ojo’s phishing scheme, using an AOL and GMail email accounts that targeted school districts in Connecticut and […]

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Sunday, August 6th, 2017

Press Release RANKING OF NIGERIAN POLYTECHNICS BASED ON ONLINE POPULARITY Sapele, Nigeria, August 4, 2017 – THE NIGERIAN ARCHIVE (http://www.nigeriarchive.com/) established to document news and information on Nigeria and its people, focusing on places, events, stories and knowledge, released its first edition of Nigerian’s Polytechnic ranking. 105 polytechnics including public and private owned institutions are included […]

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FG summons Cameroon envoy over Bakassi killings, eviction Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has summoned Cameroon’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Abbas Salahedine, to give explanations on the alleged [...]
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