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Budget, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Though report of the three-man Presidential Committee that investigated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General, Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, is yet to be made public, both men stand suspended, a Presidency source has said. Investigations by Vanguard, last night, revealed that chairman […]
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Headlines, Sex and Relationship
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Olanrewaju Gentry, the husband of ace Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, has been remanded in the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos, after he was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Y.O. Aje-Afunwa, gave him a bail condition in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. However, before he could […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
’Tana Aiyejina President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has been appointed the President of the Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, a position previously occupied by ex-Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou. The appointment was announced on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the new CAF Executive Committee in Manama, […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu Leaders of Chibok community, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association, have faulted a negotiator, Zannah Mustapha, for saying that some abducted schoolgirls refused to be part of a group of 82 girls freed at the weekend. The Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Hosea Tsambido, told reporters in Abuja, […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Friday Olokor Twenty year-old Nigerian-born Diane Isibor, on Saturday, went home with two prestigious awards during the 223rd convocation ceremony of Valdosta State University, United States. They are the Spring 2017 President’s/Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence (for the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration) and Annie Power Hopper Award. The President’s award was […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Bride hesitates to kiss groom on wedding day A video footage of a bride who had to be persuaded to kiss her new husband has got Nigerians talking online. In the two-minute clip, the new bride’s countenance read between being petrified and beingabashed when it was time to kiss after the officiating minister declared […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Lagos GDP hits $136b –Ambode — 6th May 2017 By Moshood Adebayo Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has described the state as the fastest growing mega city in the world, just as he revealed that its Gross Domestic Product GDP has hit $136 billion. He also said the state accounts for over 90 per cent […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Seven persons were killed on Thursday during a suicide attack in Konduga, a town in Borno, the police said on Friday. A statement by the Assistant Public Relations Officer in charge of Borno Police Command, Murtala Ibrahim, said that two of the dead were suicide bombers while the other five were innocent citizens. The statement […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, May 5th, 2017
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | May 6, 2017 – I came into a bar by 4pm on Friday in Owerri. People working at the bar were wearing skinny jeans and white on top. I ordered for a bottle of beer. The bar top was sticky and the walls were painted yellow. It wasn’t my […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Kunle Falayi After an eyewitness shared on social media how final year secondary school students sexually assaulted their female counterparts on their last day in school at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, in what has been described as a “tradition”, the Lagos State Government is said to be hunting for the students responsible. Saturday PUNCH learnt on […]
