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Publisher of Newswatch Times, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim may have rested the print version of the newspaper. Last week, the businessman held a meeting with the management staff and unveiled plans to go fully online with the publication. The decision to publish online may not be unconnected with the crisis rocking the media outfit whose workers are being owed 14 months …

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An outbreak of measles has been confirmed in Jigawa State. Reports reveal that about six children have so far been killed by the disease while 249 others are already infected after the outbreak of measles and whooping cough which broke in Suletankarkar Local Government area of the state. Further reports reveal that the victims are children five years and below. …

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  The All Progressive Party (APC), in Sokoto State, North West Nigeria has won all the seats in the Local Government elections conducted on Saturday. The State Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Usman Abubakar, stated while releasing the results yesterday that the APC won all the Local Government Chairmanship seats as well as the Councillorship seats …

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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Equatorial Guinea today to discuss with President of the country, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on measures to protect the resources, property and people of the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea. The two countries would also on the visit talk on conclusion of talks on sign an agreement on the establishment of the …

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As tension mounts ahead of the Rivers State governorship election, former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi has assured Rivers State residence not to panic as President Buhari has assured the state of adequate security. Amaechi spoke in Port Harcourt to newsmen that the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state have nothing to fear. “Tell them not to be …

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Sunday Minister of State (Labour and Employment), Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son, died in a motor accident on their way to Kaduna when their vehicle lost a tyre and lost control.     Monday   Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire was announced as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs.   …

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Former governor of Delta State, Chief Felix Ovuodoroye Ibru, is dead. Ibru,80 was the first elected governor of Delta State and Senator of the Federal Republic. He was also the President-General of the Urhobo Progressive Union until his death. The deceased, born 7 December 1935, died after a brief illness and had contributed immensely to the Nigerian democracy and the …

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A plane on the fleet of Air Peace flying from  Port Harcourt to Lagos, today, made a return some minutes after taking off, an official report has confirmed. Mr. Sam Adurogboye, who is the General Manager, Public Relations, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority , confirmed the incident in an interview. According to Adurogboye,  a fire alarm was raised in the cabin which …

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Today in Nigeria Friday 11th March 2016 An explosion today rocked the Central Bank of Nigeria’s office in Calabar, Cross River State. About 20 persons were injured during the explosion believed to have been triggered after a gas exploded in one of the offices at about 11am. The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today upheld a judgement earlier …

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The Katsina Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly making love to a horse. Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Usman Abdullahi, disclosed this yesterday in Katsina while briefing newsmen. According to Abdullahi, the man was arrested in the night early in the week around Polo Ground in Katsina by a police patrol team. “Our policemen on patrol went to …

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