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Contaminated Beer: Customer demands N111m damages from Nigerian Breweries

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Nigerian Breweries Plc. To, within 30 days, appear before it over an allegation of brewing a contaminated Heineken brand of beer.   The court, in a...

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Patience Jonathan donates food items to Kwara residents

Wife of the President, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has donated three lorry loads of food items to women and youths across the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State. A statement by the state Peoples...

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33 million Nigerians practise open defecation –FG

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources on Friday said no fewer than 33 million people practise open defecation in Nigeria. The Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation, Mr. Samuel Ome, in an...

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Fayose’s allegation on Ekiti debt profile, hasty, false – Fayemi

The media was awash last Friday with allegations of financial recklessness and huge indebtedness by the immediate past government, Dr Kayode Fayemi, levelled against him by the newly inaugurated...

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Ebola: 600 Nigerian volunteers part of international response team

The Coordinator, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Prof. Abdulsalami Nasidi, said more than 600 Nigerians registered as volunteers in the international team to control Ebola Virus Disease in...

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The Coordinator, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Prof....

In other to ensure effect billings on electricity supply consumption to customers, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has announced plans to roll out about 500,000 electricity pre-paid...

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Tension in Osun over Ife, Modakeke crisis

Armed policemen have been deployed to ensure that fresh fight does not break out between Ife and Modakeke people in Osun State. Our correspondent gathered that policemen deployed in the area to ensure...

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We’ve invested $5bn in local content devpt – Nwapa

The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr. Ernest Nwapa, said the board had invested $5bn in the country’s economy. Nwapa explained that the fit was achieved as a...

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Sacked Mobil staff appeal for disengagement benefits

The recently sacked 238 contract staff of Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom, have appealed for payment of their disengagement benefits. The Spokesperson of the sacked workers,...

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Nigerians prefer to spend money on expensive phones, cars than check-up

A medical doctor, Dr Dayo Ojo, on Saturday in Lagos urged Nigerians to always check their health status against any ailment. Ojo, of Calvary Medical Hospital, Ayobo, Lagos, told the News Agency of...

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CAF picks Lagos for 2014 Glo Awards

Confederation of African Football (CAF) says the 2014 Glo-CAF Awards will take place on in Lagos on January 8, 2015   The Awards Gala will see players and officials, who have distinguished themselves...

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Enugu 2015: Ex – LG chairmen rally round Ugwuanyi

A group of people under the aegis of Former Local Government Chairmen in Enugu State has thrown its weight behind the candidacy of Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,  for the 2015 governorship election in the...

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Pinnick explains NFF’s choice of foreign coach

NIGERIA Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, at the weekend explained the reason for the federation’s decision to opt for a foreign coach after relieving Stephen Keshi of his job as...

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Kidnappers change tactics, now withdraw ransom from ATMs- Police

The Rivers State Police Command says kidnappers in the state have deployed new method in their operations by first abducting their victims and force them to reveal their ATM Personal Identification...

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Four victims of botched Immigration recruitment exercise seek Moro’s sack

After seven months that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise claimed several lives, four persons have prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja Division to sack the Minister of...

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Four members of Ebonyi SEC resign to contest 2015 polls

There were indications yesterday that no fewer than four members of Ebonyi State Executive Council, SEC, had resigned their appointments to contest various positions in the 2015 general elections....

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Reserved funds: Amaechi gets approval to access N19bn

The Rivers State House of Assembly has granted the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, approval to access N19bn from the state’s reserved funds which his administration has been saving N1bn every month...

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Court turns down Diezani Alison – Madueke’s prayers to stop Reps’ probe

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday refused a proposed amendment by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to her suit challenging the National Assembly’s power to probe...

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Four A’Ibom officials resign to pursue political ambition

Four members of the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council have resigned their appointments to beat the Peoples Democratic Party deadline to further their political ambition in 2015. Members of the state...

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Jonathan applauds Uduaghan’s exemplary dedication to service

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has applauded the exemplary dedication to the service of Delta State and Nigeria of the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. In a congratulatory letter to Dr....

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