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Today in Nigeria Thursday 10th March 2016   The police today arraigned more suspects in connection with the March 3, 2016 riots that led to loss of lives and property at the Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos State.   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told a Federal High Court that erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh …

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Today in Nigeria (TIN) Wednesday 9th March 2016   Death toll in the Lekki, Lagos collapsed building rises to 30 as the Lagos State Government asks the Directors of Lekki gardens to surrender to the police. Workers of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company continue their strike to protest the unbundling of the company which the Federal Government says it is …

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For a properly educated individual, a case of minor getting pregnant shouldn’t only be surprising, but equally worrisome. Such is the case of Ese Oruru, 14 year old girl who was reportedly abducted from her home in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria and taken to Kano, a northern city. Different accounts of this story have been published including the young girl’s …

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Ondo State House of Assembly now has a new Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The erstwhile speaker, Mrs. Jumoke Akindele and her deputy Abdulfatai Olotu were  impeached by 18 of the 26  members of the house. The 18 members signed the impeachment of the speaker and her Deputy. The new Speaker now is Mr. Iroju Ogundeji whose Deputy is Ayo Arowele. …

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  Former commander of the North-East counter-insurgency operation, aka, ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, Major General Yushau Mahmood Abubakar, is dead. Abubakar died Tuesday after sustaining injuries in an auto crash along Damaturu – Maiduguri highway. According to Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who confirmed the sad news in a statement, the accident occurred Tuesday evening. Usman added …

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The day started on a tragic note as a five-storey building under construction collapsed around Chisco bus stop, Lekki, Lagos State, killing six people about 4:30am. Nigeria today joined the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day 2016. Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Idiat Oluranti Adebule, made case to end gender discrimination against women in …

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The day started on a tragic note as a five-storey building under construction collapsed around Chisco bus stop, Lekki, Lagos State, killing six people about 4:30am. Nigeria today joined the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day 2016. Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Idiat Oluranti Adebule, made case to end gender discrimination against women in …

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Anglican Archbishop of Lagos Province, Most Rev. Adebayo Akinde has commended the Lagos State government over the rescue of abducted students of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu. The three students were abducted from their classroom 29th February by gunmen who shot sporadically to overpower security men attached to the school. Akinde commended the Lagos State government yesterday when he …

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While the last may not have been heard about the case that came up after a collapsed facility that killed over a hundred people at the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN), another building under construction today, came down in Lekki area of Lagos, killing about four people. National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), South-west zone, confirmed that four people died …

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the killings of its members in River State. Barely 48 hours after a chieftain of the party, Franklin Obi was murdered along with his wife and son by yet to be apprehended assailant, another party member, Amachree was yesterday murdered and his body set ablaze by assailants at Buguma, Asari …

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