A technician with the Ikeja Electric, Adebowale Ogunbanwo, has been electrocuted in the Dopemu area of Agege, Lagos State.

Newsmen gathered that
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The revenue generated from the sale of Nigerian gas to three neighbouring countries for electricity generation rose by 11.36 per cent to $6.47m last year from $5.81m in 2019, according to official data obtained by our correspondent.

N-Gas Limited, a company owned by
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Tributes have started pouring in as indigines and residents of Igbesa, in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of the state received the shocking demise of an APC Chieftain and a prominent Chief in the town, Chief Babatunde Fadun which occured in the early hours of Tuesday.

According to a social media post made by
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The ancient town of Imasayi in Yewa North Local Government of Ogun State has been agog with celebrations following the approval of the state government of Prince Kuoye Lukman Olalekan as the Olu-Imasai of Imasayi.

The new Oba, who boasts of
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Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, has dismissed reports he disobeyed the directives of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on All Progressives Congress (APC) State Congresses.

On the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo had
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the federal government to declare bandits who are kidnapping students in the northern part of the country, as terrorists.

The student body which maintained that
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it cannot enforce laws against violators of its currency or financial rules.

Acting Director of CBN’s Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi who
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Senator Dino Melaye who represented the Kogi West senatorial district during the 8th National Assembly has questioned the capacity of President Muhammadu Buhati to represent Nigerians in a global education summit in the United Kingdom.

Newsmen reported that
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Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has through his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Garba Shehu, prayed for the families of Kagara School kidnapped students.

Garba Shehu said this via his social media handle while reacting to the incidence which happened in the early hours of Wednesday where at least, one students have been feared killed and several others missing.

The President’s spokesperson also said that the President has directed the Armed Forces and Police to ensure the immediate and safe return..

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Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has donated N18.5 million to 185 indigenes of the state who were victims of the Shasha market mayhem in Ibadan.

Alhaji Garba Mohammed, Kano State Commissioner for Information, who led the state government delegation, gave each of the victims N100,000 on Tuesday in Ibadan.

Other members of the delegation were Alhaji Ibrahim Muktar, Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, and Alhaji Sanusi Muhammed, Commissioner for Education.


Mohammed said that the governor had directed them to visit the victims who were indigenes of Kano..
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Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has donated N18.5 million to 185 indigenes of the state who were victims of the Shasha market mayhem in Ibadan.

Alhaji Garba Mohammed, Kano State Commissioner for Information, who led the state government delegation, gave each of the victims N100,000 on Tuesday in Ibadan.

Other members of the delegation were Alhaji Ibrahim Muktar, Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, and Alhaji Sanusi Muhammed, Commissioner for Education.


Mohammed said that the governor had directed them to visit the victims who were indigenes of Kano..
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The house of representatives is seeking to raise the minimum qualification for journalists in the country to bachelor’s degree or higher national diploma (HND) in journalism or other related courses.

The proposal is contained in the Nigerian Press Council Amendment Bill 2019 sponsored by Francis Agbo, the lawmaker representing Ado/Ogbadigbo/Okpokwu federal constituency.

The bill which has passed first reading and is slated for second reading seeks to amend some sections of the Nigerian Press Council Act Cap N128 LFN 2004.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would spend not less than N100 million on the prosecution of 200 out of the over 400 persons involved in impersonation in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

This came as the board hinted of proliferation of fraudulent Computer Based Test, CBT, centres in some parts of the North. It also disclosed that over 400 candidates currently seeking admissions into institutions across the country were involved in admission fraud, alleging that some tertiary institutions were accomplices in the widespread irregularities.

Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made these known, Tuesday, in Abuja, at a press conference he held to parade two..
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Popular Fuji maestro’s daughter, Damilola Ayinde has laced a curse on those donating to the course of Yoruba right activist, Sunday Igboho.

According to an Instagram post which Wasiu Ayinde Marshal’s daughter, Damilola released on her page, she said that, ‘anybody donating money from any part of the world in order to set Nigeria on fire will never know peace’.

Recall that Sunday Igboho earlier called for vehicular aid to assist his quest of delivering Yoruba from the grip of Fulani herders.

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The Akinrun of Ikirun land in osun State, HRM Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Adedeji, has passed on.

In a release made by the Osun State Government on Thursday, Oba Adedeji passed on in the wee hours of Wednesday after a brief illness.


“Akirun, who mounted the royal stool in 1991, reportedly died at about 11:00pm on Wednesday..

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Supporters of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), have set up a Gofundme page for the purpose of raising £100,000 (N51.8m) for him to buy buses to implement his project of ridding the South-West of killer herdsmen.

According to a Punch report, the fundraiser, which was initiated by Maureen Badejo, a blogger and activist based in the United Kingdom, garnered £9, 450 (N4.8m) within 18 hours.



A visit to the Gofundme page showed that several persons of Yoruba extraction had made donations.
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The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country.

The 20 new private universities are to be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors
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[b] T[/b]rending Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho, has yabbed the Ooni of Ife, HIM Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in a viral video on Wednesday, for allegedly failing to represent the Yoruba nation well during his recent meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on killer herdsmen in the South West.

The monarch, he alleged, didn’t communicate the anger and pains of the Yoruba nation to the President during the visit.

Sunday Igboho said the Ooni disappointed himself and the Yoruba nation with his alleged action.


He also revealed he rejected an invitation by the monarch because of his alleged..
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[b] T[/b]rending Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho, has yabbed the Ooni of Ife, HIM Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in a viral video on Wednesday, for allegedly failing to represent the Yoruba nation well during his recent meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on killer herdsmen in the South West.

The monarch, he alleged, didn’t communicate the anger and pains of the Yoruba nation to the President during the visit.

Sunday Igboho said the Ooni disappointed himself and the Yoruba nation with his alleged action.


He also revealed he rejected an invitation by the monarch because of his alleged..
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Super Falcons captain, Asisat Oshoala, has lost her stepmother.

The Barcelona striker announced the news on Sunday night via her Instagram handle.


“I still find it difficult to accept, but this is my reality, Allahu Alam. Mummy, I am so short of words right now,” Oshoala said.

“I have heard lots of it has happened, it has happened, there is nothing you can do to bring her back, you’re a..

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T[right][/right]here is anxiety in the Orile area of Lagos State, where a kidnappers’ tunnel was discovered last week, after a three-year-old, Abdul Qadri Kazeem, went missing on Saturday.

It was gathered that the missing boy’s case had been reported to the Orile Police Division and a police signal had been sent across the state.


Speaking with SaharaReporters, the father, Kazeem Hamzat, explained that the incident happened when Abdul Qadri’s mother was frying food in the shop.

She asked the boy and his elder sister...

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit that challenged the emergence of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election held in Ondo State.


Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Wednesday, held that the suit filed by Mrs. Olajumoke Anifowoshe was statute-barred on the grounds that

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An Ebonyi State High Court on Thursday restrained the members of the newly sworn in State Caretaker Committee of the People Democratic Party (PDP) from parading themselves as such.

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Napoli are set to rename the San Paolo stadium after the late Diego Maradona.

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US President-elect Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Americans “won’t stand” for the results of the November 3 election not being honored.

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Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect its zoning formula in picking its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.

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Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, on Tuesday, dissolved the Governing Boards of two State-owned institutions.

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Nasarawa Council, has tasked security agencies to intensify efforts at finding the killers of the state chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Philip Shekwo.

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Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his Gabon teammates slept at the Banjul International Airport on Sunday.

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