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Nigeria
ABU denies selling 80ha campus land, accuses Kaduna govt of falsehood
5 hours ago
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has denied selling 80 hectares of land
belonging to the Department of Agricultural and Animal Science (DAAS), Mando, to
private individuals..
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News
MC Oluomo’s suspension: Police beef up security in parks
5 hours ago
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, yesterday, directed all Area
Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to beef up security and
maintain visibility in motor parks in their areas of coverage.
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Nigeria
Amended Act empowers NSCDC to set up armed squad, says commandant
5 hours ago
ABIA State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),
Ayinla Taiye Olowo, has declared that the paramilitary outfit now has powers to
prosecute suspected culprits after investigating ...
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News
Two nabbed for allegedly maltreating 12-year-old girl in Kaduna
5 hours ago
Kaduna State police command has arrested two people for maltreating a
12-year-old housemaid, Rosemary, in Ungwan Takama, Maraba Rido area of the
state.
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Nigeria
States fund police more than FG, says Fayemi
5 hours ago
Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode
Fayemi, yesterday, opened up on funding of police and other security agencies.
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Nigeria
Lagos commences publication of sex offenders, tasks residents on report of abuse
5 hours ago
Lagos State Government, yesterday, began publication of details of sex offenders
in the state. Executive Secretary of Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence
Agency (DSVA), Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi...
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Breaking News:
* House of Reps to reconsider three women-related bills
Nigeria
Why southeast ranks low in VAT collection
4 hours ago
As the debate over whether the state or Federal Government should collect Value
Added Tax (TAX) is yet to settle, inability to invest at home, rising
insecurity, high migration rate and exportation among others have been ...
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Business News
FG extends validity of operators' licences in free trade zones to five years
4 hours ago
The Federal Government yesterday, announced a five-year extension for the
validity of operators’ licences in free trade zones across the country.
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Politics
Only PDP can rescue Nigeria, Obaseki declares
4 hours ago
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, led leaders and members of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State to receive the National Chairman
of the PDP, Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu...
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Sport
Brume leads Team Nigeria’s contingent to World Athletics Indoors in Belgrade
4 hours ago
Tokyo Olympics long jump bronze medalist, Ese Brume, and five other athletes
will fly Nigeria’s flag in this year’s World Athletics Indoor Championships
holding in Belgrade, Serbian.
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Nigeria
Troops kill 121 Boko Haram fighters, bandits in Borno, Katsina
5 hours ago
Troops have neutralised 100 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province
terrorists while 174 have surrendered to the Nigerian military.
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NEWS
Nigeria
FG restates support for fortification of foods with micronutrients -Minister
27 mins ago
The Federal Government will continue to support efforts at fortifying foods with
micronutrients, Health Minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has said.
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Nigeria
NRC reacts to hitch on Ibadan-Lagos train service
46 mins ago
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reacted to a trending video showing
how its standard gauge train got stuck due to insufficient fuel between Ibadan
and Lagos on Thursday.
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Nigeria
INEC may shun APC NEC meeting due to absence of Buni, Akpanudoedehe
55 mins ago
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it would stay away
from the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All
Progressives Congress APC slated for next Thursday next week.
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World
North Korea plans 'monster' missile launch by April
1 hour ago
North Korea has been using satellite subterfuge to test parts of a so-called
"monster" missile, analysts say, as it gears up for a sanctions-shattering
launch ahead of a key domestic anniversary.
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Nigeria
Party crisis of character
4 hours ago
Nigeria's electoral jurisprudence, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 went on trial once
again, following the decision of Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court,
Abuja, to sack Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi and his deputy...
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Nigeria
Igboho urges supporters to embrace dialogue for self-determination
5 hours ago
The leader of the Yoruba nation separatist movement, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly
known as Sunday Igboho, has urged his followers and kinsmen to embrace dialogue
in the quest for self-determination.
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National
Amotekun nabs 23 kidnappers, robbery suspects, others in Ondo
5 hours ago
Ondo State Security Network, also known as “Amotekun Corps,” has arrested 23
criminal suspects for various criminal activities, including human trafficking
to Benin Republic.
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Nigeria
NIPOST e-PIN outlets activities excite Oloyede
5 hours ago
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq
Oloyede, is excited at the ease with which registrants take advantage of the
Electronic Personal Identification Number...
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Nigeria
New Olubadan’s reign will attract development, says Folarin
5 hours ago
The lawmaker representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Teslim Folarin,
yesterday, said that the newly-elected Olubadan of Ibadanland, Dr. Lekan
Balogun, would reign as an unprecedented Ibadan king..
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SPORTS
Football
Algeria, England, France battle Nigeria for Olise’s international allegiance
5 hours ago
Patrick Vieira says Michael Olise ’s international future is a “family decision”
and that the winger has not come to him for advice on the matter, reports
football.london.
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Other Sports
The Sunny Ojeagbase I know
7 hours ago
This must be the bottom line. Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase was achingly sweet and
polite that he ought to have been canonised by the Pope. But SO, as he was
fondly known by several admirers..
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Golfers exhale as Nigeria’s oldest course, Rayfield 1913, gets new look
7 hours ago
Some of Nigeria’s biggest golfers have arrived in Jos, Plateau State, to be part
of history. Nigeria’s golf story started in Jos at the Rayfield Golf Course,
which was established in 1913.
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Other Sports
Women’s T20 cricket a litmus test for Nigerian team, says Obalola
7 hours ago
Nigeria Cricket Federation’s (NCF) Vice President, Oyewole Obalola, whom is also
the Federation’s facility sub-committee chairman, believes the newly upgraded
Tafawa Balewa Square cricket ...
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Other Sports
Drogba, Akinwunmi in attendance as Ujiri’s Giants of Africa unveils new courts
in Cote d’Ivoire
7 hours ago
Giants of Africa and its founder, Vice Chairman and President of the Toronto
Raptors, Masai Ujiri, unveiled two new basketball courts in Abidjan on Monday.
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Other Sports
Hughley mature enough to decide future with D’Tigress, says Ogunade
7 hours ago
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Vice President, Babs Ogunade, has described
the recent threat to quit women national team, D’Tigress, by Coach Otis Hughley
over unpaid emoluments as unfortunate...
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LATEST
Nigeria
FG restates support for fortification of foods with micronutrients -Minister
27 mins ago
The Federal Government will continue to support efforts at fortifying foods with
micronutrients, Health Minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has said.
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Nigeria
NRC reacts to hitch on Ibadan-Lagos train service
46 mins ago
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reacted to a trending video showing
how its standard gauge train got stuck due to insufficient fuel between Ibadan
and Lagos on Thursday.
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Nigeria
INEC may shun APC NEC meeting due to absence of Buni, Akpanudoedehe
55 mins ago
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it would stay away
from the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All
Progressives Congress APC slated for next Thursday next week.
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What's New
Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Jailed For Staged Attack
58 mins ago
US actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to almost five months in prison Thursday
after being found guilty of falsely telling police he was the victim of a racist
and homophobic hate crime in 2019 -- an attack prosecutors said he himself
staged. The gay 39-year-old African-American was found guilty in December of
"planning" the fake…
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EDITORIAL
Editorial
High cost of cement and rising housing deficit
5 hours ago
It is clearer now that the higher the price of cement, the less affordable for
housing and the more people in need of shelter. But to have a firm grip on
cement rate will require more than an executive fiat or a casual appeal to
market oligopoly.
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FEATURES
Features
BreakTheBias: APM Terminals women speak on gender equality
1 hour ago
International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social,
economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a
call to action from both men and women for accelerating gender parity.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Nigeria
Umahi, deputy seek stay of execution on ouster order
5 hours ago
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, have prayed
the Federal High Court for an order staying the execution of its judgment
directing them to vacate their offices as governor and deputy governor.
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Nigeria
Over 900 doctors, nurses, others, may lose jobs as Garki Hospital concessionary
agreement lapses
6 hours ago
Except for a last minute intervention, over 900 medical and health workers at
the Garki Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may be out of jobs.
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Nigeria
Igboho urges supporters to embrace dialogue for self-determination
5 hours ago
The leader of the Yoruba nation separatist movement, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly
known as Sunday Igboho, has urged his followers and kinsmen to embrace dialogue
in the quest for self-determination.
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Nigeria
Residents report fresh oil leak from Aiteo’s OML 29 in Nembe
5 hours ago
Residents of Nembe in Bayelsa have reported fresh oil leak, months after the
November 5 spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29. OML 29, which encompasses the
97km Nembe Creek Trunk Line connecting oilfields to the Bonny Export Terminal..
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BUSINESS
Aviation
Air cargo records marginal growth amid economic constraints
5 hours ago
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global
air cargo markets showing slower growth in January 2022.
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Business News
Computer professionals, others flay proposed NITDA Bill 2021
5 hours ago
Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) (CPN) has condemned the
proposed NITDA Bill 2021 in its entirety. CPN delegates, led by the President
and Chairman of Council, Kole Jagun..
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Aviation
Cautious optimism as NASS moves aviation to concurrent list
5 hours ago
Ongoing constitution amendment to move aviation from exclusive to concurrent
legislative list has been received with cautious optimism in the air transport
sector.
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COLUMNISTS
Columnists
Asiwaju Tinubu and Osinbajo conundrum in 2023 elections
4 hours ago
The intensity of the conversation around and about the 2023 general elections as
it is usual about elections in Nigeria always drift away from core issues
relating to the fundamentals of the process.
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Columnists
The moral imperatives of political leadership
4 hours ago
Justice Inyang Ekwo of an Abuja Federal High Court, defrocked David Umahi and
his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, as Ebonyi State Governor and Deputy Governor
respectively.
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Columnists
University as catalyst for national devt in post-COVID-19 era - Part 2
6 hours ago
The university must be the guardian of reason, inquiry, and philosophical
openness, offering rational and timely criticism in areas of public policy,
social and economic life.
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GUARDIAN LIFE
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Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Jailed For Staged Attack
58 mins ago
US actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to almost five months in prison Thursday
after being found guilty of falsely telling police he was the victim of a racist
and homophobic hate crime in 2019 -- an attack prosecutors said he himself
staged. The gay 39-year-old African-American was found guilty in December of
"planning" the fake…
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Features
How To Get Cheaper Prices At A Nigerian Market
1 day ago
Tired of spending a lot of money each time you go to the market? Or, are you
looking for a way to get a stunning designer’s gown or shoes at a cheap price?
Look no further, because we’ve presented the best hacks for getting cheap goods
at a market in this article. The Walk-Away Over…
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Wellness
Snoring; A Sign To Larger Health Issues
1 day ago
What are your bad sleeping habits? Is it sleeping on the bed and waking up on
the floor or waking up upside down from the initial position you slept in or is
it kicking the person next to you? Or ultimately is it the snoring that distorts
everyone in the house and even the neighbours?…
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Beauty
Dealing With Blackheads: Frequently Asked Questions
1 day ago
Ever wondered what the black spots/lesions on your face are? You're wrong if you
ever described these as pimples; these are indeed blackheads. Blackheads are
the small bumps or lesions that appear on the skin caused by clogged hair
follicles. Rightfully named blackheads, the surface of these bumps are
dark/black in appearance. Not limited to…
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GUARDIAN TV
Nigerians speak on Russia-Ukraine war
2 hours ago
On Monday, February 21, 2022, Russia's highest body, the Russian Federation
Council unanimously authorised President Vladimir Putin to use military force
outside the Russian borders. Days later, President Vladimir Putin launched a
large-scale invasion of Ukraine by announcing a ‘special military operation’ in
eastern Ukraine as missiles began to rain on hundred of locations across
Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv. GuardianTV went to town to ask Nigerians
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Nigerians speak on Russia-Ukraine war
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On Monday, February 21, 2022, Russia's highest body, the Russian Federation
Council unanimously authorised President Vladimir Putin to use military force
outside the Russian borders. Days later, President Vladimir Putin launched a
large-scale invasion of Ukraine by announcing a ‘special military operation’ in
eastern Ukraine as missiles began to rain on hundred of locations across
Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv. GuardianTV went to town to ask Nigerians
their thoughts on the Russian invasion.
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Oluomo's suspension: Lagos CP orders security beef up, Gender Bill: Women
Continue Protest At NASS
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Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Friday.
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UK says Chelsea can keep playing after Abramovich sanction, sale halted
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The British government imposed sanctions on Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich,
after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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