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By Jimitota Onoyume, Ughelli Agbarho and several communities in Ughelli north local government area have been in darkness for over a week. Residents of Agbarho who spoke to the Vanguard said the power outage started since penultimate Thursday, appealing to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC to take steps to fix the lingering problem. Some of them
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The mayor of Chile capital city, Santiago has announced that no lesser than 11 people have died as a result of the violent protests in the country. The mayor, Karla Rubilar said about eight of them died on Sunday, making the day the most deadly in the week of demonstrations. Most of these deaths were
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The Nigerian Airforce said last night that it is investigating an alleged altercation between its personnel and some persons in Sokoto state which led to the alleged death of two persons.
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By Rasheed Sobowale The former Senate President of Nigeria, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the ruling of the Federal High Court in Lagos which granted an order for the interim forfeiture of his two properties in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Recall Vanguard previously reported that Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC), Nnaemeka Omewa, had
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By David O Royal Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he is not Yoruba. Fani disclosed this on Twitter while stressing that the word Yoruba is alien to his culture and not known in the Anago language while revealing that the name Yoruba was derived from “Yariba” and that it means “shady
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..Commence preliminary work By Olasunkanmi Akoni Barely seven days after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways across the state various contractors, yesterday, moved to the site to commence preliminary construction works. They came as Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, inspected
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A political group in Nigeria, Initiative to Save Democracy (ISD) has alerted the public on attempts by some people to rehash old, baseless and unsubstantiated allegations against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The group on Monday said one of such pattern was the allegations by Mr Junaid Mohammed in a recent interview with an online newspaper
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Members of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, have adopted measures targeted at complying with the corporate governance of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday afternoon left Abuja to attend Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. The President left Presidential Villa about 1:30 pm and is expected to be in Sochi, Russia for the Summit that is holding between October 23rd – 25th. Recall that the Senior Special Assistant to the President
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The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has announced Monday that he will be unable to form a coalition government as the 28 days ultimatum given by the president, Reuven Rivlin draws near. Netanyahu of the Israeli Lukid party made the announcement via a video today which coincides with his birthday. If he eventually failed
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