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(PHOTOS): Woman caught while dumping her newborn baby inside gutter in Lagos

Metro / /

A yet-to-be-identified woman was apprehended by passersby on Wednesday for attempting to dump her newborn baby inside a gutter in Lagos. An eyewitness says the woman was nabbed at exactly 10:30am before she could carry out her nefarious act at Ile-Epo bus stop, close to Iyana Ipaja, along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, in Lagos. Some passersby […]

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ponmo

Customs destroys poisonous ‘ponmo’ at Seme border

News / /

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday destroyed some intercepted poisonous animal skin popularly known as ‘ponmo’ imported into Nigeria. The command also handed over 146 wraps of cannabis worth N112.4 million to officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for destruction. The Customs Area Controller of the command,

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marriages

Most Nigerian marriages illegal, only 314 worship centres are licensed ― FG

Lifestyle / /

The Federal Government has said that only 314 places of worship had renewed their licenses to conduct statutory marriages in the country. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs. Georgina Ehuriah, made the disclosure in Abuja and warned that marriages conducted in unlicensed places of worship, remained illegal as same will not be recognised by the

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ministerial nominees

Check out President Buhari’s ministerial nominees and their ages

Politics / /

After President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted the list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening, many Nigerians have been searching for the biography of the nominees. Below is the list of the ministerial nominees from young to old with the exception of Muhammed Mahmood, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi, Muhammad H. Abdullahi, Zaubair Dada,

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1999

Reps to investigate FG’s abandoned projects from 1999 till date

News / /

The House of Representatives has declared its resolved to set up a committee to investigate abandoned projects of the Federal Government from 1999 till date. This followed a motion moved by Hon Francis Uduyok during the plenary session presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Hon Idris Wase on Wednesday in Abuja. Leading the debate, Uduyok

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N-Power

FG sacks 2,500 N-Power beneficiaries over absenteeism

News / /

The federal government has sacked over 2,500 beneficiaries of N-Power, a component of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The scheme is targeted at addressing the challenge of youth unemployment in the country. Justice Bibiye, communications manager of NSIP, said the beneficiaries were dismissed following reports that some of them had not gone to their

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Rochas Foundation College

EFCC seals Rochas Foundation College, supermarket, daughter’s school

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The operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have sealed Rochas Foundation College, Owerri, Imo State. The anti-graft agency also sealed East High Primary and Secondary school, Owerri which belongs to Rochas Okorocha’s first daughter, Uloma Nwosu. Also sealed is All-In Supermarket, Owerri, said to belong to a member of Okorocha’s family. ICYMI: U.S.

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