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Obaseki unveils plans to construct 45 roads in Edo

FG restates commitment to upholding press freedom

Ecobank to close branches, cut jobs

UNIJOS matriculates 7,000 students

Wema launches Nigeria’s first fully digital bank

Nigeria’s foreign debt now stands $11bn, says NBS •Lagos, Kaduna, Edo lead debtor states

N23bn Diezani bribe: Court convicts INEC staff

Nigeria to seek extension of crude deal with OPEC

IPOB condemns use of Kanu’s name to fabricate statements

Africa needs $35 billion to close power deficit: AfDB President

Forex: Dealers fail to subscribe fully to CBN’s $100m offer

TCN set to site $200m power transmission project in Ogun •Indonesia investors eye state

FG to revoke licences for private refineries

NNPC shops for $16.5 billion investments

MTN suffers decline in subscriber numbers

Air Force bombers wipe out Boko Haram leaders, followers

Probe bailout funds to states, Youth-CAN tells FG

Lai Mohammed speaks on Buhari’s health

FIRS seals popular Abuja hotel

Banky W’s engagement to Adesua electrifies social media

For South Africans, another ‘long trek’ looms, By Abdulrazaq Magaji

Dasuki’s support for Buhari in 2011 re-echoes again

Akwa Ibom to enforce free, compulsory education

Press Freedom Day: CCC cautions security agencies on rivalry, commends the media

FRCN seeks partnership with EFCC

Group charges newly elected Ebonyi Council chairmen •Pleads with Ebonyians to get their voters’ cards

Uphold professional code of ethics, Ukah tells journalists

Boko Haram leader Shekau injured in air strike, deputy killed: Report

Ekweremadu raises the alarm, says: ‘EFCC plans to plant cash, ammunition in my home’

Kano anti-graft agency begins probe of emirate council

Senate confirms 2 ministerial nominees

No free land for grazing in Edo, says Obaseki

Akeredolu begs electricity company for light

Nigeria, others to get AfDB’s climate fund

The gay community and rising suicide, By Tony Ademiluyi