The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed cases of diphtheria in Kano and Lagos states. This is even as the centre said it was monitoring the situation in Yobe and...
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Aviation Workers’ strike grounds flights at Lagos airport
International flights at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Monday morning were grounded as workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc embarked on strike. According to NAHCO, the strike is due to...
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Kidnapped Imo LG Boss beheaded after paying ransom
The kidnapped Sole Administrator of the Ideato North local government area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been gruesomely murdered. Ohizu was kidnapped last week by the gunmen after his country home was razed...
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Hunters, security agents comb Osun forests for 3 kidnap victims
John Dike, Osogbo Local hunters and security agents have stormed the forests of Iwo, Iwo local government area of Osun state, in search of three men kidnapped by gunmen at the weekend. The kidnap...
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Vote Tinubu for better Nigeria – Osun APC leader
By John Dike Nigerians have been urged to vote enmass for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the forthcoming February 25 elections, if they truly desire...
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Fuel scarcity: Lagos orders filling stations on highways to close 4pm
Despite biting fuel scarcity, the Lagos State Government has ordered all filling stations on the state’s highways to operate between 9.00am and 4.00pm each day. The move, the government said, was to curb...
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UNILAG Convocation: Veteran journalist, Duyile says I’m fulfilled at 83
Dr Michael Duyile, 83, a one-time Daily Times journalist, says he is fulfilled bagging doctorate degree at his age and he feels on top of the world. The former Director, Nigeria Institute of...
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Court remands man for raping teenage daughter’s friend in Ondo
A 60-year-old man, Samuel Gbadamosi, has been remanded in prison custody by a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl. Gbadamosi, who was arraigned on...
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Kidnappers kill six, injure others in Kaduna
Six persons have been killed while several others injured in an attempt to apprehend kidnappers who abducted two residents of Zonkwa, headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident, according...
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