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Kogi civil servant owed 11 months salary hangs himself after his wife gives birth to a set of triplets

KOGI State civil servant Edward Soje has committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the capital Lokoja after his wife gave birth to a set of triplets in what is believed to be an act of exasperation.

 

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Ogun State's Governor Amosun denies rumours that a female youth corper had twins for him

OGUN State governor Ibikunle Amosun has denied rumours that a youth corper serving in the state delivered a set of twins for him promising to fish out those responsible for the spreading the false story and get them sent to jail.

 

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Super Eagles to play Argentina's national team Albiceleste in Moscow on November 14

ARGENTINA'S football federation has confirmed that its national team Albiceleste will play Nigeria's Super Eagles on October 14 on Russia as part of a series of warm-up games in the run up to the World Cup.

 

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Super Eagles to play Argentina's national team Albiceleste in Moscow on November 14

ARGENTINA'S football federation has confirmed that its national team Albiceleste will play Nigeria's Super Eagles on October 14 on Russia as part of a series of warm-up games in the run up to the World Cup.

 

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Buhari orders anti-graft agencies to publish list of looters in new name and shame policy

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed all relevant government agencies to compile documents on all suspected looters of government funds with a view to publishing the list in what appears to be a new name and shame policy.

 

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Abuja court sentences man to 12 months in jail for stealing mobile phone worth just N38,000

JUSTICE Abubakar Sadiq of the Karmo Grade One Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory has sentenced 25-year-old Paul Obijaku to 12 months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N38,000 ($105).

 

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Buhari approves the payment of pensions to Biafran policemen as part of olive branch to Ndigbo

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of pension entitlements to the retired Biafran police officers who served in the defunct republic and  their next of kins as part a national reconciliation programme.

 

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Nigerian Air Force deploys Alpha jets to Jos to combat Fulani cattle herdsmen menace

MILITARY commanders have deployed Nigerian Air Force (Naf) jets and personnel to the Plateau State capital Jos to support the ongoing Operation Safe Heaven aimed at combating the menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen.

 

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PDP tells Obasanjo that it will not die as a political force if he refuses to return to the party

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that it will not force him to return as a member and will not die as a political force without him.

 

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Voice of America trains 25 Nigerian journalists on data journalism at Lagos workshop

TWENTY five Nigerian journalists have been trained by US media experts in data journalism at a workshop in Lagos as part of a bilateral agreement introduced aid their routine work and investigative abilities.

 

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