Flood displaces 3,000 students, 500 staff of FEDPOLY, Oko

 More than 3,000 students and staff of the Atani Campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Anambra State, have been displaced by flooding arising from the overflowing of the River Niger. Ten offices and 15 classrooms were totally submerged after the downpour of Thursday night,...

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Nigeria stops pilgrimages to Mecca over women row

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the annual haj pilgrimage, following a diplomatic spat over the detention of hundreds of female pilgrims for arriving unaccompanied by men. Saudi authorities have deported more than 600 female Nigerian pilgrims...

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Nigeria Army seek retirement age of 70years for its officers

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika made the announcement at the commissioning of the Nigerian Army Transformation and Innovation Centre in Abuja. Lieutenant General Ihejirika noted that the review is necessary for the army to save some experience...

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441 Lagos drivers test positive to cocaine, marijuana

 Lagos State Government has said it would prosecute and jail any motorist found to be driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who disclosed this at a news briefing yesterday said 441 drivers tested...

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NDLEA Arrests Akure High Chief With 8 Bags Of Indian Hemp

The NDLEA in Osun has arrested an Akure high chief for allegedly being in possession of eight bags of Indian  hemp.The agency’s  acting Commander, Mr Samuel Gadzama, told the News Agency of  Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo that the 52-year-old suspect ...

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35-year-old Man Arrested For Alleged Theft Of Landlady’s Underwear

A 35-year-old man, Azuka Mbadugbe, was on Monday docked before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his landlady’s eight pants valued 80 dollars (about N12,480). Other items allegedly stolen by the accused include six leggies valued at 160 dollars...

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JTF kills 2 sect members, arrests 8 in Maiduguri

 The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore order in Borno State, has said that its operatives and men of the State Security Service (SSS), in a gun battle at about 2.20 p.m. on Wednesday, gunned down two top sect commanders on Maiduguri/ Kano road. A statement...

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Rep Wants Aviation Minister Brought To Book Over Licence

 The deputy minority leader of the House of Representatives and leader of the All Nigeria People’s Party caucus in the House, Hon Suleiman Kawu, has described the denial of commercial flight operating licence to three foreign airlines by the minister of Aviation, Mrs...

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2 Trailer Loads Of Lunatics Intercepted In Anambra

Two trailer loads of human cargo, suspected to be insane people were yesterday intercepted at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State. We gathered that those conveying the lunatics had attempted to off-load the content of the trailer at the busy Upper Iweka when vigilant...

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Most praised, most criticised

Nigerians are a peculiar breed. This shows up everywhere. In a football match with another country on our home ground, Nigerians would start off encouraging their team; but as soon as the Nigerian team falls into goal deficit, Nigerians would switch their support to the visiting...

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14 signs the end of men is here

When journalist Hanna Rosin talks about the "End of Men," she doesn't mean that men are destined to die out (although statistics show that couples in many parts of the world increasingly want female children) or destined to become the indentured servants of a matriarchal society.  She...

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Over 700,000 rendered homeless in Makurdi

ABOUT 700,000 residents of Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, have been rendered homeless, following the release of water from the Ladgo Dam in Cameroun with thousands of houses submerged. The affected communities include Kutcha, Gyado Villa, Judges Quarters extention,...

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Fashola tells okada riders to take up farming

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos has told commercial motorcyclists in the state to turn to farming should the new Traffic Law prove too stiff for them. At a meeting with the state leadership of commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called okada riders, on Tuesday, the...

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False claim on Obama’s invitation: Tinubu must apologise to Nigerians

THE South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) leader and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, to apologise to Nigerians, for bringing the country into disrepute, with his lie that he was specially invited...

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NDLEA intercepts N294 million worth of heroin in carpets

 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have aborted an attempt by suspected drug syndicate to smuggle 24.5kg of heroin concealed inside carpets into Nigeria.  The consignment described in the airway bill as Pakistani hand-knotted new woollen...

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N30m ransom: Police arrest wife of abducted ruler in Bayelsa

Investigation into the abduction of a traditional ruler at Okordia, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, King Richard Seiba, took another dimension at the weekend, as police authorities arrested the wife of the traditional ruler, Evelyn, for engaging in telephone...

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