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    Metro NUJ call on UN to intervene in Benue crisis – Vanguard News

    The Benue council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has called on the United Nations (UN) to deploy its conflict and peace building agencies to mediate in the spate of killings in the state. The council made this call in a communiqué signed by its Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Agber … via...
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    Metro Agency reunites 4-year-old kidnap boy with parents – Vanguard News

    The Child Rights Protection Agency in Niger State on Friday reunited a 4-year-old boy kidnapped in Suleja and taken to Imo state with his parents. Kidnap-syndicate Mrs Mairam Kolo, the Director- General of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Minna. She said the boy was...
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    Metro Man beat son to pulp for not collecting N300 change – Vanguard News

    Taiwo Akinlabi ,47, who allegedly beat his son to pulp for not collecting change from where he sent him to buy beer was on Friday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, a carpenter, who resides at 43, Oyemekun St., Ifako Agege, suburb of Lagos is being tried … via...
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    Metro 2 brothers in court for allegedly stealing Christmas chickens – Vanguard News

    Two brothers, Sunday Ikuedowo, 35, and Olumide Ikuedowo, 25, were on Friday arraigned in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged theft of Christmas chickens valued at N25,000. The first defendant, a barber, and the second, a bricklayer, all of no fixed address, were arraigned...
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    Metro Gunmen wipe out family of 9 in Adamawa, kidnap 7 children – Vanguard News

    By Umar Yusuf YOLA—Gunmen have attacked Iware, a village in Adamawa State, along Fufore-Jada Road, killing nine and kidnapping seven children, locals and the Police have said. A local vigilante said some gunmen, suspected to be militants, invaded the village at night, killing everyone in a...
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    Metro Ozekhome, another lawyer clash over who represents Patience Jonathan’s firms – Vanguard News

    By Onozure Dania lagos—A drama played out at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, when a lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, engaged his colleague, Luke Aghanenu, in a tussle over legal representation of four companies allegedly belonging to a former first lady, Patience Jonathan...
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    Metro Oodua Festival: Ooni, Adams, others preach unity in Yorubaland – Vanguard News

    Ile-ife—THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Babatunde Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has expressed confidence in the ability of the new Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, to unite the Yorubaland. *His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife (centre), Miss Oluwatosin...
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    Metro FG disburses N11bn to YouWin beneficiaries – Vanguard News

    The Federal Government said by the end of January 2018, more than N11 billion would have been disbursed to the beneficiaries of the third edition of the YouWiN programme, with N8.5 billion disbursed under the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun disclosed...
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    Metro Anxiety over varsities’ non-release of admission list – Vanguard News

    By Dayo Adesulu & Elizabeth Uwandu ANXIETY appears to have taken over the minds of potential tertiary education students and their parents following their endless wait for JAMB to release other batches of admission list as many universities have commenced lectures for some 100 level intakes. Our...
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    Metro Niger Delta militants list key oil assets targeted for destruction – Vanguard News

    Warn Fulani herdsmen to steer clear of Nigeria Delta Vow to deal with any Niger Delta governor who allows colony By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – A Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators yesterday listed a number of oil fields and installations as targets for resumed attacks if Federal Government...
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    World Philippines priest probed for turning Church altar into dance floor – Vanguard News

    Philippines Catholic Priest is under investigation after he was caught on video dancing in front of an altar of a church in a Northern Province, Church Officials said on Wednesday. In the video, Fr. Wilfredo Lucas, parish priest of the San Miguel Archangel Parish Church in Plaridel town, just...
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    Metro Nine-year old girl develops Food Website – Vanguard News

    By Onozure Dania Miss Emmanuella Oziofu, a nine year old pupil of Fortune Schools in Benin, Edo State, has designed a website called Food Website set to launch in February. Emmanuella Oziofu Oziofu, who is currently studying web design at Complete Computer Technology Centre in Benin, said her...
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    Metro Calabar primary school teacher killed while robbing bank – Vanguard News

    By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR—There was pandemonium yesterday, when it turned out that a teacher in a private nursery/primary school (names withheld) is a member of a four-man robbery gang that engaged men of the Uwanse Police Division, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, in a gun battle along...
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    Business Air Peace spreads wings to 3 more countries –

    Lagos – Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, is set to spread its wings to three more West African countries, with inaugural flights from Lagos to Freetown in Sierra Leone, Banjul in The Gambia and Dakar, Senegal on Feb 19. Air Peace The airline, in a statement signed by its Communications Manager, …...
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    Business NSE market indicators drop further by 1.16% –

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market indicators on Tuesday dropped further by 1.16 per cent due to market volatility caused by profit taking. Market capitalisation shed N187 billion or 1.16 per cent to close at N15.902 trillion compared with N16.089 trillion on Monday. The All-Share Index...
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    Metro CCTV exposes carpenter who robbed Chinese of foreign currencies – Vanguard News

    The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 32-year-old carpenter, Efuntade Ajibola, who allegedly entered his Chinese employers’ rooms and stole different currencies. Judicial symbol for justice Ajibola appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court on a three-count charge. Ajibola was accused...
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    World Four killed in German helicopter, plane collision – Vanguard News

    Four people were killed on Tuesday when a small plane and a helicopter collided in southwestern Germany, police said. The two aircraft crashed in the skies above the town of Philippsburg, close to the French border, a German police spokesman said, adding that he was unable to say if there …...
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    Metro Lassa fever: Stop drinking raw garri, Anambra Commissioner warns – Vanguard News

    By Vincent Ujumadu Awka– FOLLOWING the reported cases of Lassa fever in some parts of the country, the Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike has warned against the habit of drinking raw garri, which might have been infested by rats carrying the disease. Garri Speaking in an...
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    World Monitor repentant Boko Haram insurgents, Activist warn FG – Vanguard News

    A civil society activist in Maiduguri, Mr. Ahmed Idris, has called for proactive measures to monitor repentant Boko Haram insurgents recently handed over to Borno Government. Idris said in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday that the monitoring was imperative to ensure that the de-radicalised...
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    Metro Miyetti Allah has a trans-border army hired to conduct attacks all over Nigeria – Prof....

    Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico, has revealed that the Miyetti Allah has a trans-border Army that is hired to conduct the attacks all over Nigeria. The Ambassador who accurately predicted the attacks of the Fulani Herdsmen 17 months...
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