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Saved from mystery gunmen

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Attempted-1• Lagos Islamic scholar narrates ordeal in the hands of adversaries

BUT for the special grace of God and the fact that he was not at home when the gun marauders invaded his home on Biome Street, Ijaiye Ojokoro, Lagos, the founder of Morikaz...
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Court remands 22-year-old man for bathing girlfriend with acid

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A TWENTY-TWO YEAR-OLD man, Cyril Okosun, was Monday remanded in Benin Prison, along Sapele Road, for allegedly bathing his girlfriend, Blessing Ikhumuhi with acid.

The order was given at Ikpoba Okha Area Customary Court sitting at Idogbo.

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Oshodi street boys re-channel soccer fanaticism at Jersey Carnival

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A YOUTH GROUP on Lagos Island, popularly known as Isale Eko, Ajia Ijesha Boys’ Club, recently staged its second edition of Jersey Carnival.

With the area devoid of the buzz of traders and shoppers due to the public holiday declared by the...
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Lagos Island Maternity Hospital clocks 54 , repositions to meet modern challenges

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baby-factoryFOREMOST baby making factory, the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos, established in 1959, clocked 54, on May 13, this year.

Getting the management of the hospital to speak since last month was not an easy task as The Guardian was first...
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28 public schools get free writing materials in Agege

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NO fewer than 28 public primary schools in Agege Local Council, Constituency II, Lagos, would benefit from an education support programme aimed at giving free writing materials to public school pupils.

The programme, an initiative of Lagos State...
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Do not waste food, Nigerians told

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THE United Nation Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos branch on Friday urged market men and women to help narrow the hunger gap and improve the wellbeing of the most vulnerable.

The Information Officer of UNIC, Lagos branch, Olajumoke Araba...
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One Year After Dana Crash: Ignoring The Living, Remembering The Dead

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VICTIMSHAD a Boeing MD-83, operated by Dana Air, not crashed at Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos suburb on June 3, 2012, the community could have remained largely unknown.

The tragedy claimed the lives of 153 passengers, including crewmembers and six...
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One Year After Dana Air Crash, Residents Battle Flood

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Dana-2-8-6-13One year after the Dana Airline’s Boeing McDonnel MD-83 flight No. 992 crashed into Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, killing all the 153 passengers and the crew on board, DEBO OLADIMEJI who visited the Iju- Ishaga Memorial Arcade Cenotaph...
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‘I Am Yet To Get Over My Brother’s Death’

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It was a year on Monday whn the Dana Air plane crashed. Mr. Emmaunel Abugu, a brother to Dr. Ike Abugu, one of the victims of the crash, spoke with VICTOR OLUSHOLA  on how the family has been bearing the irreparable loss.

WHEN you heard...
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 50 Years After, Zungeru Hydro-electric Power Dam Takes Off

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AFTER 50 years on the drawing board, the Zungeru Hydro-electricity Dam, expected to generate about 700MW of electricity to the national grid, has finally taken off with the ground breaking ceremony by the President Goodluck Jonathan in a colourful...
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Uzoh Remembers Farmers, Tricycle Operators In Anambra

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• Donates fertilizer, yam seedlings, cassava stems, others

The philanthropic and humanitarian gestures of Anambra businessman, Dr. Obinna Uzoh, resonated again recently, when he made donations to farmers in the state as well as promised to...
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Lagos Assembly questions commissioners on Lekki-Ikoyi toll bridge

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LAGOS State House of Assembly Thursday questioned Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Obafemi Hamzat and the Special Adviser to Governor on Public Private Partnership (PPP), Ayo Gbeleyi, over the tolling of the newly commissioned...
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Police exhume slain student for autopsy, deploys DPO

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APPARENTLY responding to agitations and outcry from the public, the police in Edo State Thursday exhumed the body of 22 –year-old Momodu Ibrahim, who was allegedly killed by the police on May 27 and was hurriedly buried the following day for...
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Clegyman advises teenagers to resist peer pressure

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TEENAGERS and youths have been enjoined to mind the kind of company they keep at this phase of their lives in order to advance and become successful in the future.

This advice came from a senior pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God...
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