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Thursday, 3 March 2016

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A Nigerian newspaper and Online version of the Vanguard, a daily publication in Nigeria covering Niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports, entertainment, fashion,lifestyle human interest stories, etc

DSS arrests Umeh over alleged support for Biafra
3:30:32 PMjohnabayomi2

FORMER National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and its candidate in the Anambra Central senatorial election, Chief Victor Umeh, has allegedly been arrested by men of the Department of State Services, DSS, over perceived support for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

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Ohanaeze to visit Buhari with charter of demands
3:26:29 PMjohnabayomi2

THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo has resolved to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja with a charter of demands.The resolution was adopted after a meeting of some members at the private residence of one of their leaders in Enugu, yesterday.

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Word Book Day: Lagos pupils get 1000 books
3:25:20 PMAbiodun

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Book Day, the Orderly Society Trust (OST), on Thursday, donated no fewer than 1000 books to primary school pupils in Lagos.

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NOGIG 2016: Quest for medals intensifies
3:17:55 PMadekunle

AS events of the 2016 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games enter the home stretch today, teams have intensified their efforts at aiming for the top of the medals table.

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River Basins should be resuscitated if Agriculture must thrive - Oduah, Others
2:39:49 PMjohnabayomi2

Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North, PDP) has called for the revival of the non functional river basins by the River Basin Development Authority to ensure a forward leap in agricultural production.

She disclosed this on Thursday, while contributing to the motion titled: Need to Revive & Resuscitate River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) which she co- sponsored with 16 other lawmakers.

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NRC receives 5 coaches as Abuja-Kaduna shuttle begins in May
2:35:11 PMFemi Ajasa

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday took delivery of five coaches in its effort to modernise railway operations in the country.

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Pistorius faces return to jail after appeal bid fails
2:33:15 PMadekunle

Oscar Pistorius on Thursday faced a return to jail after losing a final bid to appeal his murder conviction for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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Interswitch Obtains CBN Approval in Principle, Kick starts Aggressive Agency Banking Network
2:21:26 PMAbiodun

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted an Approval-in-Principle to Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services (IFIS), a subsidiary of Interswitch Group that has a mandate to grow an active Agent Network of 150,000 by 2020. Trading as Quickteller Paypoint, IFIS aims to increase the availability of digital financial services in financially-excluded locations in Nigeria from 44% to over 70% in five years.

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P-Square remain our ambassadors - Glo
2:11:48 PMFemi Ajasa

Next generation network, Globacom, has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that the company is on the verge of dropping Peter and Paul Okoye, the music duo popularly called P-Square, as its ambassadors.

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Fuel scarcity to end weekend - PPMC
2:09:57 PMjohnabayomi2

The Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, Thursday, assured Nigerians that the fuel scarcity currently witnessed across the country would end by weekend.

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