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Tim Boyd, a Texas Mayor, has resigned after seemingly telling residents to fend for themselves in a Facebook post amid a deadly and record-breaking winter storm that left much of the state without power Tuesday. The excessive cold has…
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Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, as well as three senators representing the state at the National Assembly, have been urged to wake up from their slumber and face the realities on the ground as regards insecurity. The Arewa Citizens…
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Ondo state Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, has said that any cow seen wandering the streets of Akure, will be arrested. This comes after the South West government banned open grazing. According to Akeredolu, his government…
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The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) on Thursday told the Senate that agency plans to generate N1.465 trillion into the Federation Account this year. Ali spoke in Abuja when he appeared before the…
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The Executive Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has lamented poorly executed road projects undertaken by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Describing the road projects as emergency ones, Okowa stated that such projects…
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Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, the Minister of State for Health has appealed to newly inducted foreign trained medical and dental graduates not to give death certificates to the living. Mamora advised the newly inducted medical and dental…
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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 877 fresh cases of COVID-19 in 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 273 fresh cases…
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The Ekiti Government on Thursday denied reports alleging that its tax officials locked up a private primary school in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, and made the pupils of the school to suffer for hours. WITHIN NIGERIA reports that a…
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Police in Turkey have arrested a 40-year-old Hakan Aysal for allegedly killing his pregnant wife by throwing her off a cliff after posing for selfies. According to the Sun report, Hakan Aysal is accused of murdering his 32-year-old wife,…
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The Executive Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has denied reports of the Edo state government ceding lands to herdsmen for grazing. The denial was made known in a statement released by the Secretary to the State Government Osarodion…
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A Second Republic member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Dr Junaid Mohammed is dead. His brother, Dr Ahmed Salik, a former lecturer with the Bayero University Kano and also a former member of the House of Representatives…
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The MD of Lekki Concession Company, Yomi Omomuwasan, has said he does not know how much the company make per month. In an interview with Nigerian Info FM 99.3, Omomuwasan was asked how much the Lekki Toll Gate makes in a month.…
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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, 2019 presidential candidate and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has clearly told President Muhammadu Buhari that there are grave consequences of his government's failure to stop heinous…
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Vaatia College, a privately owned secondary school in Makurdi, has been shut down by the Benue state government following the outbreak of a strange illness that has left nine students with mild paresis. Joseph Ngbea, the Commissioner for…
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The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday asked the state governments to compensate victims of farmers/herders crises, who have lost livelihoods. The Council also resolved that states should incorporate non-indigenous/minority…
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s GDP grew by 0.11 per cent in Quarter Four (Q4) 2020, from the 6.11 per cent contraction in Q3, signaling a gradual recovery from recession. The NBS said this in the Nigerian Gross…
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Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the ‘academy’ located in Arab…
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Former Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Abdullahi Dikko is dead. A source close to the deceased confirmed that he had died in Abuja after a long protracted illness. Dikko was the Comptroller-General of Nigerian…
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A 21-year-old young man identified as Godgift Aboh has been reportedly stabbed to death by a 28-year-old lady, Ebiere Ezekiel over an argument about missing N1,500. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the sad incident happened at Obele in Yenagoa…
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Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the immediate past Chief of Army Staff has disclosed that Nigeria has many ungovernable spaces. This disclosure was made by the ex-Chief of Army staff when he appeared today for screening at the national…
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Despite the dedication of the former governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola towards road construction and repairs in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State for 10 progressive years, there are still…
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A 45-year-old man identified as Anya Okorie and Usman Ali have been arrested by the Lagos state police command for parading themselves as serving police inspector and military man respectively. This was contained in a statement released…
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The 'repentant' leader of the gang of bandits that abducted over 300 schoolboys in the Kankara and recently surrendered some weapons, Auwalun Daudawa has disclosed how easy it is to get gun. Recall that Auwalun and six of his lieutenants…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday closed its case in the ongoing alleged N1.4billion fraud trial of an embattled former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr Paul Usoro, SAN. EFCC Counsel Mr Uduak Kufre…
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