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For over 15 years, the people of Isoko nation, an ethnic nationality blessed with over 100 oil wells and eight flow stations, have been living in what they describe as “total darkness,” even as the rest of Delta State moves forward.
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From Obanlikwu in northern Cross River, where the state shares a boundary with Kwande Local Government Area of Benue, to Obudu which neighbours Vandeikya, and Yala rubs shoulders with Konshisha and Oju, the story remains the same; two people with one heritage, but constantly at war with each other.
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“Dem go jail us tire,” a resident told Vanguard, cigarette in hand while squatting near his house. “Do they know the cost of building a toilet?”
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Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have arrested a Volkswagen commercial bus conductor for allegedly stabbing one of the officers on Monday, during a routine traffic enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market, inward Abule-Egba, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
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“On one hand, plastic pollution is dropping, on the other hand, human beings digging through hazardous waste just to buy a loaf of bread”
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Torrential rainfall brought commercial and vehicular activities to a standstill across Lagos, yesterday, as flash floods submerged major roads, caused motorists and commuters…
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By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi Dorcas Okechukwu, a graduate of Human Physiology from Madonna University and proprietor of a private school in Bauchi State, has recounted how she was declared dead by two hospitals before doctors at a third medical facility detected signs of life and began emergency treatment. Speaking with Vanguard, Okechukwu described the experience […]
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Unknown to the rescued victims, their relatives back home were still making frantic efforts to raise the ransom demanded by the kidnappers
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Last February, his wife passed away, a loss that drastically altered the rhythm of everyday life. He speaks about her carefully because the memory remains so close
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As you read this piece, her grieving mother, Agnes Peter, sits in police custody alongside her pastor, 45-year-old Roman Samson
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