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Fakeye, Adesegu Preach God’s Love As Ayo Ni O Celebrates

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IT was a colourful gathering as Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church (Ayo Ni O), Surulere District assembled recently for its 22nd Inter-denominational Nine Lessons Carol to remind the nation and humanity of the love of God for mankind.

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At Ori-Olokun Launch, Yorubas Canvass Cultural Renaissance

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Ori-Olokun-4The gigantic Ori-Olokun cultural edifice, the head of the Goddess of the sea, mother of fertility and prosperity, was commissioned  at Mayfair Roundabout, Ife Central Local Government in Osun state by the state governor, ogbeni Rauf...
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Residents lament harassment, deny their youths robbed, killed naval officer

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RESIDENTS of Topo, a community in Badagry, Lagos State say they are living in fear following threats from men of the Nigerian Navy over the stabbing to death in his home by armed robbers of a naval officer, Emmanuel Adeyemi.

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Delta community confers Ugo Eze title on Kenneth Gbagi

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DECEMBER 29, 2012 will, for a very long time, linger in the memory of  Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, the former Minister of State for Education. That day, he was recognized by the people of Ubulu Uku, Aniocha South Local Council of Delta State with...
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 From Hendrix Oliomogbe, Asaba  

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TO effectively check security challenges in the country this year, the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ade Abolurin, at the weekend, held a  prayer session with  his workers as “they look...
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Early morning fire rattles BUK’s Ramat Hall ’

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fire-twoIT was the grace of God and the indomitable spirit of the male students on campus, who defied the restriction area at that critical period, to rescue the ladies from the early hour fire outbreak that razed parts of Ramat Hall, a female hostel at...
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Wife, citing abandonment, harassment, seeks dissolution of seven-year-old marriage

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A HOUSEWIFE, Mrs. Rashidat Oshilaja, of 24 Orona Street, Oshodi, Lagos, has approached a Customary Court sitting in Oshodi, seeking the dissolution of her seven-year-old marriage to Mr. Tolulope Oshilaja. The marriage has produced two...
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Another medical feat in Kano

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KIdney-pix48-year-old man gets successful operation as AKTH resumes kidney transplant

HE was elated after undergoing a successful kidney transplant at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), which resumed its renal transplant that was suspended in...
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Three Lagos councils to sign MoU on energy-saving lamps

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THREE Lagos local councils may soon reap benefits from the just concluded Climate Change Summit in Doha, Qatar.

According to the Facilitator, Mr. Adesiji Benjamin Jordan, the local councils, through their chairmen, would be signing a Memorandum...
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Ibobo Ujaligwa: Celebrating Umuavulu Abor’s heritage ’

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Ibobo-oneAS early as 6.00a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2012, all roads in Umuavulu Abor, Udi Local Council of Enugu State led to the Orie Market Square, where the cold weather notwithstanding, men women and children in sporting attire, gathered.

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Addax, lawmaker donate relief materials to flood victims in Imo, Delta

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SUCCOUR continues to come the way of victims of the recent flood that devastated many communities in the country with Addax Petroleum Nigeria Limited, donating relief materials worth millions to flood victims in Oguta Local Council of Imo...
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Grief as container-laden truck crushes driver’s mate ’

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AccidentONLY the strong-willed could on Monday resist shedding tears or even take a second look at the body of a man who died when the rear tyres of a truck rolled backwards and crushed his  head to a pulp, killing him instantly.

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Foundation to feed 256 elderly people till death

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WORRIED by the plight of elderly people in Nigeria, a philanthropist, Chief Segun Oyebolu has established a Foundation to take care of them.

The “Feed the Elderly Foundation” (FTEF) is aimed at giving monthly financial assistance of N3,000 to...
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Ogun State joins in the fight against child abuse

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TO ensure that all forms of gender- based violence are eliminated, the Ogun State government has established a Child Protection Network Committee (CPN) to intervene in cases bordering on child abuse, exploitation and neglect.

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Veteran guitarist turns drug courier! ’

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DRUGHow NDLEA apprehended a 62-year-old man with 1.575 kilogrammes of cocaine at airport

THE dragnet of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) might have caught up with 62-year-old Fatoke Abiodun, a veteran guitarist. He was allegedly...
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