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APC To Apply For Registration This Week

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APC-LOGOSoutheast Disagree On Role

BARRING last minute changes, a formal application for registration by the All Progressive Congress (APC) may be presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) this week.

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US Expert Decries Infrastructure Decay

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WORRIED by the slow pace of Nigeria’s development amid abundant human resources, American trainer and life coach, Lee Follender, has charged relevant agencies to support the development of infrastructure, especially those that help individuals...
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Airlines, Group Decry Political Interference In Aviation Sector

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Mazi-Nnamdi-Udoh• Fault Agency’s ‘Excessive Use Of Power’

• Edo ACN, PDP Differ On Oshiomhole’s Chattered Chopper Controversy

• We Acted Professionally — NAMA

• Helicopter Not Grounded, Says Dati

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Lagos, Kaduna Lead In $2.4bn Foreign Debt

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Nwankwo• ‘Why Debt Instrument Was Moribund For 18 Yrs’

AFTER paying a total of $76.78 million for debt service in 2012, the total external debt stock of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, now stands at $2,384,178...
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FAAN pulls down Bi-Courtney billboards

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Action illegal, says firm

THE ongoing crisis between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney in respect of the concession agreement took another dimension when in a commando-like style, security officials attached to the...
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CONSTITUTION AMMENDMENT: Lawmakers Under Pressure Over Unfulfilled Promise

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Ekweremadu•We Are Working, Report Will Soon Be Ready — Ekweremadu

FOR failing to meet its self-imposed target of giving Nigerians the much-awaited Constitution amendment by June 1, 2013, pressure now mounts on both Chambers of the National Assembly to...
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Another building collapses in Lagos

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MUSHINA THREE-STOREY building, located at No. 353, Challenge Road, off Amu Street, Mushin, Lagos Tuesday collapsed at about 2.35p.m.

Several persons were trapped in the residential building, which caved in after a heavy downpour. However, the number of...
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In Kano, windstorm victims seek urgent attention

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RESIDENTS of Rano community in Rano Local Council have appealed to the government to rescue them from untold hardship caused by heavy windstorm, which rendered them homeless.

About 300 families were subjected to homelessness about two weeks ago...
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I have laughed more than I have cried, says Mrs. Fayemi at 50

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Fayemis-wife‘I REALLY have cause to thank God because since I was born, I have laughed more than I have cried. I have also triumphed more than I have been challenged”.

With these words, wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, who turned 50...
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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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