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Menace of open defecation: Nigeria’s silent sanitation emergency
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Menace of open defecation: Nigeria’s silent sanitation emergency

YET, consider this: Right inside the major car park on inner Marina on Lagos Island, stretching from directly opposite the UBA Headquarters Building to the Old Kingsway Building (just before Oando gas station), is a public toilet. Five years ago, it had eight pit latrines and four urinaries. The stench oozing forth from inside is […]

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We won’t bow to intimidation — Adeleke

FOLLOWING the detention of Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Teslim Igbalaye, by operatives of the police command over alleged vote buying, Governor Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, declared that the people of the state will not succumb to any form of external interfereance or intimidation as the August 15 governorship election draws near.

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Oriire School Kidnappings: FG arraigns 2 Ansaru Commanders, 3 others
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Oriire School Kidnappings: FG arraigns 2 Ansaru Commanders, 3 others

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— The Federal Government has arraigned five persons accused of involvement in the beheading of two teachers who were abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. Among those docked before a vacation judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja were two alleged commanders of the Ansaru […]

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Full list: US to discontinue visa services in Abuja, 24 other African cities
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Full list: US to discontinue visa services in Abuja, 24 other African cities

“The Trump administration has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans, and the State Department will continue to provide Americans with appropriate consular services and assistance at diplomatic posts around the world,” the statement read.

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Gunmen kill Army Colonel in Abuja, shot wife
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Gunmen kill Army Colonel in Abuja, shot wife

…as mob kills Unijos graduate over alleged phone theft By Kingsley Omonobi & Golok Nanmwa Gunmen have killed a serving Nigerian military officer of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corp, Colonel Abdussalam Ude at his residence in the Kurudu area of Abuja. This came as the Plateau State Police Command has arrested three suspects over the alleged […]

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Candidates upload: APC, PDP, ADC, others didn’t meet July 11 INEC deadline —Source

Despite repeated claims by some leading political parties in the country that they beat the July 11 deadline for uploading their National Assembly candidates into a dedicated portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Vanguard checks have revealed the contrary

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‘We feared airstrikes more than bandits’ — Oyo principal details 56-day ordeal in captivity
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‘We feared airstrikes more than bandits’ — Oyo principal details 56-day ordeal in captivity

“The seventh week was the hardest for us all. That was when the troops increased their air raids. It was so intense that, at a point, the fear of the bandits became secondary,” she said.

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Atiku faults Tinubu’s borrowing spree amid N7.98trn oil windfall

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s aggressive domestic borrowing, questioning why the administration continued to pile up debts despite an estimated ¦ 7.98 trillion windfall from high international crude oil prices.

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