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    Politics APC May Soon Die, Ex-governor And Party Member Warns - Premium Times

    A former governor of Adamawa State and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Murtala Nyako, has criticised the decision of the party to extend the tenure of its executive committees at the national and other levels as potentially suicidal for the party. Speaking in Yola on...
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    Metro SSS Arrests ‘Notorious Gunrunner’ Jonah Abbey, Other Suspected Criminals - Premium Times

    The State Security Service (SSS) said on Sunday that some notorious arms dealers operating in states across central Nigeria have been arrested. A nationwide sweep that lasted 10 days until March 18 ended with the arrest of the alleged gunrunners who were on the wanted list of the secret police...
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    Metro Police Speak on Miyetti Allah Leader’s ID Card Found After Deadly Clashes - Premium Times

    The police in Plateau State said on Sunday that they are not in possession of an identity card belonging to a member of cattle breeders association in the state. The Plateau police spokesperson said Zakariya Idris, a senior member of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) who owns...
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    Metro Insubordination, Accusations Of Embezzlement Tear Foursquare Gospel Church Apart - Premium Times

    The decision of the leadership of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria to dismiss one of its pastors has pitched some of its members against the General Overseer, Felix Meduoye. Isaac Adeyemi, a former Senior Pastor in charge of Foursquare District Headquarters, Ikorodu (Living Spring...
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    Politics NSA Asked To Investigate How Ekweremadu Acquired 32 Choice Properties - Sahara Reporters

    A former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Professor I.A Umezulike, has asked the National Security Adviser (NSA), Brigadier-General Babagana Monguno (retd), to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe how Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, acquired 32 choice...
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    Metro Kaduna Secondary School Teachers To Write Competence Test Soon – El-Rufai - Nairaland

    Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has disclosed that Competency tests for secondary school teachers will soon be conducted across the state to separate the incompetent ones from those that are competent. Kaduna state government conducted similar test for the over 30,000 primary school...
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    Politics 2019 Elections: Sahara Reporters Owner, Sowore Promises N100,000 Minimum Wage - Nairaland

    Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters who has expressed his interest in running for the presidency in 2019 general election has promised to raise the minimum wage for workers to N100, 000 if elected. The former student leader and anti corruption activist who has been meeting...
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    Metro First Year Student Killed By Herdsmen While Travelling With His Friends [PHOTO] - Nairaland

    According to reports, this promising young man identified as Collins Ojieriakhi was among those cut short by Herdsmen on Friday at Ugboha in Esan South-East LGA, Edo State. Unfortunately, until his dead he was a student of Ambrose Alli University AAU, Ekpoma, Edo state. Reports have it that...
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    Metro Fulani Herdsmen And Their Cows Spotted Moving Into Abuja Airport [SEE PHOTOS] - Nairaland

    A group of Fulani herdsmen and their cows, were spotted trooping into Abuja international airport on Sunday morning. According to information gathered online, the cattle and their rearers have been regularly visiting the airport for some time now as this is not the first time it's happening...
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    Politics Hundreds Of APC Members Defect To PDP As Nkanu Residents Endorse Ugwuanyi - Vanguard News

    Ezeagu people, Nkanu Traders endorse Ugwuanyi for re-election, as Hundreds of APC Members defect to PDP The People of Ezeagu Local Government Area have unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for re-election in 2019, saying he has delivered on his campaign promises and...
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    Metro Youth Slumps, Dies In Suspected Tramadol Overdose - Ladun Liadi

    An unidentified male of Abraka community, Ethiope East local government area of Delta State, was weekend confirmed dead after ingesting a drug substance suspected to Tramadol. Sources claim the deceased who is in his mid 20s, has been a regular user of the drug. He was said to have slumped in...
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    Metro Gov. Bello Drives Through Streams To Visit Victims Of Suspected Herders’ Attacks - Ladun Liadi

    Gov Yahaya Bello has visited Ojuwo Ajoma - Igbi in Bassa LGA were suspected herdsmen reportedly killed some indigenes. The Governor had to cross streams, climbed valleys and even trekked at a point to get to the community. He sympathized with the and promised to bring the culprits to book...
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    Metro Trial Of Alleged Husband Killer, Maryam Sanda, Begins Today - Linda Ikeji

    The trial of Maryam Sanda, the woman who stabbed her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, son of former PDP chairman Haliru Bello, to death at their home in Abuja last November, begins today at the High Court in Jabi, Abuja. The court had adjourned the case for definite hearing today March 19th while...
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    Entertainment Roman Goddess Flaunts Her Famous Curves And Major Cleavage In Sexy Swimwears - Linda Ikeji

    The Instagram celebrity took to her page to flaunt her famous curves and major cleavage in this series of sexy swimwears. According to her, she wants her fans to pick their favourite from the collage READ MORE HERE
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    Metro ID Card Of The Deputy Chairman of Miyetti Allah Found At Scene Of Plateau Killiing - Linda Ikeji

    An identity card belonging to the Deputy Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Zakariya Ya’u Idris, has been reportedly found at a crime scene and is now a subject of controversy. Police authorities said they had...
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    Politics Election Re-ordering: Saraki, Dogara Meet Principal Officers Today On Veto Override - Vanguard News

    The principal officers of the two chambers of National Assembly, led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives, are meeting today to finalise plans to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. READ MORE HERE
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    Business Unity Bank to receive $1 billion from Milos – Nairametrics

    Reports by Bloomberg suggest Milost Global will invest $1 billion in tier two lender Unity Bank. The firm had in February disclosed that it was in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regarding investment in a tier two bank. Read more via Nairametrics – http://ift.tt/2u07BXv...
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    Metro UTME Candidate Drowns At Hotel Pool During Birthday Celebration - Punch Newspapers

    The families of a candidate of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Awka, Anambra State, John Ezekwe, and a cameraman in Lagos, Victor, have been thrown into mourning after they drowned on Saturday. While Ezekwe drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel on Old INEC Road, Awka South...
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    Metro If You’re Not A Senator, Leave Ambode’s Lagos Now by Tunde Odesola - Punch Newspapers

    It is not the red piece of cloth waved by the matador in a bullfight that enrages the bull. Bulls are colourblind. The red piece of cloth is to mask the blood of the gored bull. Sheer animalistic instinct propels the bull to charge at one of the three matadors, who rides a horse, taunting the...
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    Politics I’ll Release Details Of Saraki, Dogara’s Pay, Says Sagay - Punch Newspapers

    The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the N13m allowances being received by senators is only a tip of the iceberg as Nigerians will be shocked when he releases details of the allowances of the principal officers of the National...
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