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Tuesday 20 October 2015

Oyo transport union faces leadership crisis

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A former Chairman, Oyo State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lateef Akinsola, has declared that he is still the bo...

FRSC to prosecute ‘road marshal’ for impersonation

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The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the arrest of a man who claimed to be an FRSC official but wa...

Group hails Buhari on Ondo’s ministerial nominee

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Members of the Ondo Elites Group in Ondo state have expressed their appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for nominating Prof. Omoleye...

Gaza, West Bank gripped by fresh violence

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At least two Palestinians, one in the occupied West Bank and another in Gaza, have been killed by Israeli fire, while an Israeli settler di...

Senate suspends plenary till Thurs, probes N63bn runway contract

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Acting Clerk to the Senate, Mr. Nelson Oyewoh, on Tuesday,  announced the postponement of plenary to Thursday without giving reasons for th...

Russian air strikes in Syria kill scores

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At least 45 people have been killed when Russian fighter planes launched air strikes in western Syria, activists said. The Syrian Observat...

Arik grounds two aircraft after ground collision

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Two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft, belonging to Arik Air, were grounded by the carrier on Tuesday afternoon after they were involved in a groun...

Plateau lawmaker barred from elections for five years

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The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos has blacklisted the lawmaker representing Langtang Sou...

Attempted suicide: Court rejects request to handcuff Okah

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A Federal High Court in Abuja rejected a request by the prosecution to handcuff a suspected mastermind of the October 1, 2010 bombing in Ab...

Taliban takes Afghan police chief hostage

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Police chief and 17 of his men are missing after the Taliban seized Ghormach district of Afghanistan’s Faryab province. Sediq Sediqqi, a s...

Army probes soldiers’ roles in Ekiti, Osun gov polls

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The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered panel to probe alleged malpractices by its personnel in the governorship elections in Ekiti and...

Protests over tuition hike in S’Africa escalate

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Protests against tuition increases escalated at several major universities on Tuesday, spreading beyond campuses with incidents of violence...

Three militants killed in clashes with Algeria army

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Algerian army troops on Tuesday killed three militants in the province of Boumerdes, 55 km eastern Algiers, according to a statement of the...

HoS Kifasi on terminal leave – Presidency

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The Presidency has confirmed the exit of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, describing it as “retirement.” T...

Police arrest clerics for beheading four-year-old boy in Osun 

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The police in Osun State have arrested three members of an extreme Islamic sect operating at Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government Area of Os...

Supreme Court upholds Ambode’s gov poll victory

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The Supreme Court   on Tuesday   upheld the election of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, of the All Progressives Congress in the...

Army probes alleged malpractices in Ekiti, Osun gov polls

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The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered board of inquiry to probe alleged malpractices by its personnel in the governorship elections i...

Counsel’s death stalls hearing in human rights violation case

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The death of Mr Abudulfatai Bello, lead counsel to Registered Trustees of Jama’a Foundation, has stalled hearing in the case of alleged hu...

PHED decries continued attack on employees

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The management of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company has raised the alarm of the spate of attacks on its field staff by its...

DPR shuts six filling stations in Sokoto

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The Department of Petroleum Resources said it had sealed six independent marketers’ filling stations in Sokoto and its environs for various...