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    Entertainment Yinka Ayefele Hospitalised Over Illegal Demolition Of Music House “My Wife Begged Ajimobi For 5 Hours..I Don’t Know My Offence” – NaijaGistsBlog

    Gospel star Yinka Ayefele has said he was hospitalised for five days when he received the notice from … via NaijaGistsBlog Nigeria, Nollywood, Celebrity ,News, Entertainment, Gist, Gossip, Inspiration, Africa – https://ift.tt/2BvzgUh Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Sports Salah In Diving Storm As Liverpool Defeat Crystal Palace – Channels Television

    Mohamed Salah was engulfed in a diving storm as the Liverpool star won the controversial penalty that inspired their 2-0 win over 10-man Crystal Palace on Monday. Salah was accused of diving by Palace... read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2MmAoyp Get More Nigeria Sports News
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    Sports Joshua made his name by beating an inactive fighter – Wilder – Punch Newspapers

    WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is not impressed with Anthony Joshua’s biggest accomplishment –an eleventh round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko in April of 2017, BoxingScene.com reports. While the win was impressive, there were some critics who felt the victory was tarnished with the...
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    Sports Wenger warns Henry – Punch Newspapers

    Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed club legend Thierry Henry to become a top coach, but said he must be willing to make sacrifices to succeed in the role, Soccrenet reports. Wenger signed Henry at Arsenal in 1999, becoming the club’s all-time leading goalscorer before leaving for...
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    Metro Extrajudicial killings: NHRC receives 17 petitions against SARS – Punch Newspapers

    The National Human Rights Commission on Monday took delivery of 17 petitions from members of the public on alleged extrajudicial killings, molestation and torture by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The NHRC received the petitions in Port Harcourt, where it began a public …...
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    Metro REVEALED: New Abuja Airport Terminal Has Defects Only N72bn Can Correct – Sahara Reporters

    The Federal Government will require at least $200m (about N72.4bn) to correct the defects on the abandoned second terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, an investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed. A source close to the Ministry of Transport, Aviation Unit, who asked...
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    Metro NYSC redeploys 700 corps members – Punch Newspapers

    A total of 700 out of 1,289 members of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Borno State have been redeployed. The NYSC Coordinator in Borno State, Alhaji Rabiu Katsina, disclosed this in a meeting with journalists held on Monday in Katsina, capital of Katsina … Read more via Punch...
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    Metro NECO releases results, over 70% pass English, Maths – Punch Newspapers

    The National Examinations Council has released the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools results, News Agency of Nigeria quoted a statement issued on Monday in Minna. The Acting Registrar, Alhaji Abubakar Gana, said in the statement that 1,041,536 candidates registered... Read more via...
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    Metro US embassy re-opens August 24 – Punch Newspapers

    The United States Embassy in Abuja which was shut down a week ago will re-open on August 24, 2018, for full services for both visas and American Citizen Services. While regretting the inconvenience the interruption of service in Abuja had caused, the mission in a … Read more via Punch...
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    Politics Takeaways from Saraki’s response to Tinubu – Vanguard News

    Today, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, replied Aiswaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a 12-paragraph statement titled “The Tinubu Rhetoric: My Response,” Saraki revealed that Tinubu has expressed strong reservations about the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government...
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    Politics Unpopular candidate diminished Warri South votes in 2017 – Tenumah – Vanguard News

    AS the political momentum heightens ahead of the forthcoming primaries of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, the Director-General of Mathew Mofe Edema, MOG Campaign Organisation, Mr. Kingsley Tenumah has blamed the fielding of unpopular candidate by PDP leaders in Warri South for the...
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    Politics Unnecessary Glut Of Parties In Nigeria’s Electoral System By Peter Claver Oparah – Sahara Reporters

    Recently, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registered a fresh batch of political parties. If the number of parties we have in Nigeria at present is not up to a hundred, it is fast inching to that number. I wonder whether this glut of political parties was the … Read more...
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    Politics Spokesman Of Ijaw Youth, Two Others Killed As APC, PDP Supporters Clash – Sahara Reporters

    Three persons have been killed following a bloody clash between suspected thugs loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. One of the persons killed was identified as the spokesman of the Ijaw Youths...
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    Politics INEC Releases Timetable For Ondo Election – Sahara Reporters

    The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has released the timetable for the December 1, 2018 local government election in the state. In a notice issued by the Commission during the weekend by its lawyer, Wole Ayeni, in Akure, activities heralding the local government election...
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    Business NSE CEO inducted as fellow of CIS – Punch Newspapers

    The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mr Oscar Onyema, has been inducted as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria. The NSE said in a statement on Monday that the conferment of the CIS fellowship took place at the investiture … Read more via...
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    Business High inflation as by-product of high-level corruption – Punch Newspapers

    Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics last week show inflation at 11.14 per cent in Africa’s largest economy. The inflation rate represents both a drop and an increase, depending on how one looks at it. Taken from the Consumer Price Index (we come … Read more via Punch...
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    Business Banks worry as power firms’ debts worsen – Punch Newspapers

    Many of the Nigerian banks that gave loans to core investors during the privatisation of the power sector in 2013 may have incurred losses, our correspondent has learnt. It was gathered that the banks had, in the past four years, been struggling to ensure the repayment … Read more via Punch...
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    Business Banks record N32.9tn e-transactions in Q2 – Punch Newspapers

    A total volume of 509,668,433 transactions valued at N32.90tn were recorded in the second quarter of 2018 as data on electronic payment channels in the country’s banking sector. According to figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, on Monday, Automated Teller Machine … Read...
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    Business Stock market: Investors lose N220bn in one day – Punch Newspapers

    Investors in the nation’s stock market lost a total of N220bn on Monday due to the losses recorded by 22 firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The NSE All-Share Index fell by 1.71 per cent to close at 34,663.48 basis points while the market capitalisation … Read more via Punch...
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    Politics Tinubu also complained of marginalisation by Buhari — Saraki – Vanguard News

    The spat between the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Senate President, Bukola Saraki, got messier, yesterday, with Senator Saraki accusing Tinubu of attacking him because he opposed his proposed Muslim-Muslim ticket with President Muhammadu...
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