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Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has reportedly paid for the return flight of 50 Nigerians stranded in Russia.

There have been reports of scores of Nigerians who travelled to the country for the World Cup but were unable to leave, having discovered that they were swindled.

Writing via his Instagram page on Saturday, Nnamdi Odimegwu, a motivational speaker, said he was in the company of the governor when he extended the gesture.

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A former Senator, Sa’idu Dansadau said over N1.2 billion has been paid as ransom to kidnappers in Zamfara state to secure the released of villagers abducted in the last two years.

He said in a news conference in Abuja that over 3,000 people have been killed by bandits between June 2016 to June 2018.

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Political pot in Ekiti state is steaming. Politicians from all political parties are adding pressure to it to have a delicious meal after July 14 governorship election. Many aspirants have fallen in the course of the journey, many left their political parties to seek greener pasture in another land. Friends of many years have turned arch-enemies over night, siblings are at loggerheads with one another over choice of candidates.

Although 35 candidates will be going to war, 913,334 registered voters, only 630,000 collected their permanent voters card (PVC), 2,195 polling units, 177 wards, 16 local government areas. Out of all the 35 candidates going to this battle, two voices have been loudest, two personalities have dominated public discourse and attracting media attention, they are the incumbent Governor Ayodele Fayose of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Kayode Fayemi. Both gladiators are going to battle with their lethal weapons.

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Salary of civil servants across the federation is under threat has Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) suspended meeting indefinitely.

Chairman of states Commission of Finance forum, Mahmood Yunusa said the meeting has been suspended indefinitely until an effective revenue collection process is implemented.

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minu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto state says death toll of the attack at Rabah Local Government has risen to 39 as more dead bodies have been discovered after 32 bodies were buried.

Tambuwal said this while receiving six Governors that paid him a condolence visit, added that this kind of attack is happening in Sokoto state for the first time.

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