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Friday, 27 November 2015

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Where is the Petroleum Minister?
3:49:21 PMIkenna Asomba

The current spate of fuel scarcity, which started like a joke about three weeks ago, is about to hit the one month target with no apparent end in sight. If anything, petrol is getting scarcer by the day all over the country, with prices ranging from N150 to N500 per litre depending on the location around Nigeria.

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Metuh donates relief materials to IDPs
2:54:13 PMIkenna Asomba

Chief Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday donated relief materials to the Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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Sweden, Switzerland pledge support for power devt in Nigeria
12:15:29 PMjohnabayomi2

Abuja - Sweden and Switzerland have pledged their support for the development of Nigeria's power and infrastructure sectors.

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Photos: Ambode presents helicopters, gunboats, vehicles to Police
11:40:30 AMjohnabayomi2

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode; Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase and Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, during the commissioning and handing over of Patrol Vehicles, Motorcycles, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), Gunboats, Patrol Helicopters to the Nigerian Police and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Friday, November 27, 2015.

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Lagosians will no longer accept excuses, Ambode tells Police
10:53:30 AMjohnabayomi2

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Friday, handed over series of security equipment and vehicles to the State Police Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), just as he charged them to ensure that the equipment are deployed effectively to tackle criminal activities as residents will no longer accept excuses.

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May/June WASSCE: 18-yr-old Samuel Nder makes 9 distinctions to emerge best candidate
10:52:25 AMIkenna Asomba

Eighteen-year-old former student of Vaatia College, Makurdi, Benue State, Master Samuel Nder was on Thursday, November 26, honoured as the best candidate in the May/June West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by over 1.7million candidates nationwide.

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NUC accredits LASU's 11 academic programmes
10:10:10 AMIkenna Asomba

The National University Commission (NUC) had accredited 11 out of 20 postgraduate and undergraduate academic programmes of the Lagos State University (LASU).

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Scores feared dead as suicide bomber hits Shia procession in Kano
10:04:47 AMadekunle

Scores were feared dead at Dakasoye village, Garun Mallam local goverment area of Kano, Friday, when a suicide bomber blew himself up among the Shia procession on their way to Zaria witness says.

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May/June WASSCE: LCIHS clinches Augustus Bandele Oyediran award for best aggregate result
9:59:49 AMIkenna Asomba

FOR the fourth time, Lumen Christi International High School (LCIHS), Uromi, Edo State, has won the Augustus Bandele Oyediran award for producing the best aggregate result in the May/June 2014 WASSCE.

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Court remands 22 year-old man in prison custody over N300, 000
9:47:17 AMAbiodun Alade

Awosan remanded the accused in custody at the Ile-Ife Prisons, pending legal advice from the Office of the DPP.
The case was adjourned then to Jan. 11, 2016.

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Thursday, 26 November 2015

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I don't have shares in Etisalat - El-Rufai
4:09:10 PMIkenna Asomba

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, has refuted reports making rounds that he owns interest in Etisalat Nigeria Plc.

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Drogba to manage Chelsea
4:02:14 PMadekunle

FORMER Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says he has an agreement to return to the club once he finishes playing and wants it to be as manager.

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Fresh crisis rocks Urhobo Progress Union
4:01:19 PMAbiodun Alade

FRESH crisis appears to be rocking Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, the apex body of the Urhobo ethnic nationality in Delta State, as a rival faction led by Chief Tuesday Onoge, yesterday, asked Urhobo people to boycott the National Congress/Urhobo Cultural Day celebration scheduled for next month by the Chief Joseph Omene-led UPU.

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Newcastle, Sunderland scramble for Obafemi
4:00:32 PMadekunle

PREMIER League clubs Newcastle United and Sunderland have been linked with signing Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins on a short-term loan deal in the MLS off-season.

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US knew flight path of plane downed by Turkey: Putin
3:50:20 PMadekunle

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had given prior information to the United States of the flight path of the plane downed by Turkey on the Syrian border.

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Saraki clarifies SP's suggestion boxes
3:46:15 PMAbiodun Alade

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has made clarification on the launch of the 'Speak to SP Suggestion Boxes'.

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Police arrest man for causing explosion in Mosque
3:14:09 PMadekunle

The police in Katsina State have arrested one Lawal Suleiman for allegedly causing sparks and explosion in a Mosque at Yartabki village in Funtua Local Government Area.

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Crimes: Live what you preach, Sylva tells Dickson
3:05:28 PMAbiodun Alade

The Sylva campaign last night rebuffed Governor Serikae Dickson's claim of running a government with zero tolerance for criminality as it accused the governor of harbouring criminals in the Government House, Yenagoa.

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Bayelsa APGA disowns governorship candidate over support for Sylva
3:04:23 PMAbiodun Alade

THE Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has disassociated itself from the activities of its governorship candidate for the December 5 governorship election, Chief Christopher Enai.

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Kenya woos Nigerian tourists
2:46:22 PMAbiodun Alade

Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) has continued to showcase the country's tourism attractions to Nigerians as the board in collaboration with Kenya Airways and KQ Holidays met with trade partners in Lagos recently.

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Wednesday, 25 November 2015

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Eaglets stars head for Belgium
4:06:06 PMadekunle

Kelechi Nwakali and three others in FIFA Under-17 world cup team will join Belgian club Standard Liege before moving to bigger European clubs.

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Ejo invites Ibenegbu, 19 others for Copa Lagos
3:59:10 PMadekunle

Head Coach of the Super Sand Eagles Audu Adamu Ejo has invited 20 players for this year's Copa Lagos Beach Soccer tournament.

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Obama tells jittery Americans they face no terror threat
3:50:13 PMadekunle

US President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reassure jittery Americans traveling home for Thanksgiving that they face no credible and immediate terror threat and that his government was in control.

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UEFA Champions League results - 1st update
3:48:12 PMadekunle

UEFA Champions League results – 1st update Results: C1 | Eur | Fbl Paris, France | AFP | Wednesday 11/25/2015 – 16:57 GMT | 248 words UPDATES AFTER CSKA V WOLFSBURG UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday: Group B At Moscow CSKA Moscow (RUS) 0 Wolfsburg (GER) 2 (Akinfeev 67-og, Schuerrle 88) Group C At

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Manchester United fans honour late hero Best
3:46:34 PMadekunle

Manchester United's supporters paid tribute to late club great George Best as their team played PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday, 10 years to the day since he died aged 59.

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A-Ibom govt condoles with late Etiebet's family
3:44:18 PMAbiodun Alade

AKWA Ibom State Government has expressed regret over the death of a former governor of old Cross River State, Senator Donald Etiebet.

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Gov Emmanuel pledges commitment to educational devt
3:42:18 PMAbiodun Alade

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has expressed his administration's commitment to continuously provide the needed support to institutions of learning to enable them turn out quality graduates who will respond to the demands of the 21st century society.

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Etisalat opens Zaria Experience Centre to Bring Services Closer to Customers
3:38:57 PMadekunle

Etisalat has increased the number of its experience centres across the country with the formal opening of another centre in the historic ancient city of Zaria, in Kaduna State.

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Hundreds of people attend funeral prayer for Inuwa Wada in Kano
3:30:59 PMadekunle

Former Defence minister in the first Republic and veteran parliamentarian Alhaji Inuwa Wada Wednesday joined his ancestors at 98.

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"Yemen: Coalition used UK cruise missile in unlawful airstrike"
3:11:50 PMjohnabayomi2

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition used a British-made cruise missile to destroy a Yemeni ceramics factory, a civilian object, on 23 September, 2015, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today, based on field research and interviews with eyewitnesses at the scene.

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