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ture’s Gift To Jigawa

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Beauty-of-the-wetlandxxxJIGAWA State might not be as popular as some of its counterparts. Notwithstanding, it is endowed with one of nature’s blessings that attract tourists all the way from Europe.

One of these is the Baturiya Birds’ Sanctuary, which harbours...
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Police Give Assurance To Festac Residents Amid Robbery Attacks

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TO believe the police or not is one decision residents of Festac Town, Lagos, will have to make.

Following alleged robberies by a gang residents describe as the notorious ‘One Million Boys’, the police say they have made arrests and have also...
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‘Help! Closure Of Obio-Akpor Council Is Killing Our Businesses’

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Council-2THIS is not the best of times for commercial activities around Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State; sales have plummeted with closure of the council, following a rift in the state’s chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Council...
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Stop That Channel Noise, Madam Flights Minister!

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THE new airports, that is, the remodeled terminals, are something like a cut-and-nail arrangement; almost like Madam Minister will go to Hausa quarters, assemble masons, carpenters and other artisans and move them to site to work.

Behold, the...
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A Pinch Of N(u)ews: A Laugh At Serious Issues

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Jang’s three point agenda

 

THE Governor of Plateau state, Jonah Jang, has disclosed that contrary to popular knowledge, he is not a daft old man who does not know his ass from his elbow. To show that he is brilliant and cerebral, Jang has...
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Motorists Flay FERMA, FG On Lagos-Abeokuta Road

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Bad-Road-1THREE weeks after the attention of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Works Minister, Mike Onolememe, and his Information counterpart, Labaran Maku, was drawn to the deplorable state of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, there is still no...
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NURTW, Touts Return, Ridicule Traffic Law

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AgberoTHE Lagos State government in August 2012 banned the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), touts (popularly called Agbero) and other unions from collecting money from commuter bus operators in the state.

Commissioner for...
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OKO... Abandoned Erosion Site Threatens Houses, Lives

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Cityfile--OKO-EROSION-2MANY houses in Ezi-Oko community, situated in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State are in a precarious state, as they are likely to crumble any moment from now due to the threat being posed by the erosion occasioned by an...
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FCT, Mini Bus Drivers Plan Showdown As Deadline Beckons

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bus-1WITH effect from June 3, 2013 commercial buses, popularly known as araba, will cease to ply major roads in the Federal Territory. Their operations will be limited to satellite towns and adjourning roads where they are expected to source passengers...
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