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Sokoto earmarks N500m for purchase, repairs of fire fighting vehicles

Aggrieved Ekiti PDP member goes public with evidence of how Gov. Fayose was allegedly rigged into office

Today’s Weather: Suspended dust in the atmosphere may reduce visibility in parts of Nigeria, says NiMET

Okorocha’s concession policy will expose Imo people to serious danger: NLC

Why Boko Haram bombed Chibok and Gombi markets, razed Dolari —Buhari

2016 budget achievable despite falling oil price —Minister

Abia Guber: Alex Otti’s supporters fast, pray for favourable Supreme Court judgement

African leaders unite against Boko Haram and Al Shabaab

Nigerian Army reinstates General implicated in mass murder

Why we’re investing heavily in cocoa production —Aregbesola •Says state has identified 60 million active cocoa trees

El-Rufai didn’t give us $30,000 —Father of boy whose eyes were plucked by ritualists

Group urges EFCC to investigate CBN’s $7 billion loan to consortium of banks

Amaechi emerges 2015 Igbo Man of the Year •Selection well deserved —Rivers APC; also applauds appointment as UNITAR BoT Member

9 Americans named among 33 nabbed in Saudi terror crackdown

Catholic Church uproots Father Mbaka from Enugu •This is mega suffering, says controversial priest

Ex-Chief Justice heads committee to assess performance of State Governors

How Boko Haram over-ran Borno village, refugee camps: Eyewitness account •Officials put death toll at 86

Nigerians abroad to develop software to boost war against Boko Haram

Presidency influenced court verdict on Nnamdi Kanu —Southeast rights activists

Suspected militants blow up oil pipelines in Bayelsa

Consumers protest impending hike in electricity tariff

Nnamdi Kanu: Ex-militants hijack ship, threaten to blow it up, kill crew

Soldiers, Boko Haram fighters battle near Maiduguri

Iheanacho, Ighalo dazzle with goals in English FA Cup

Buhari has found a judge that he likes to handle Nnamdi Kanu’s case, By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba

Zika virus epidemic ‘may cross the Atlantic’ to Africa, Asia and southern Europe, WHO health expert warns

Publisher sues Police, Imo Chief of Staff, seeks N300m as damages

Electricity company chief offers tips on how to cope with new tariff

FRSC Unit Commander leads physical assault on rights activist •CLO petitions Anambra State Sector Commander

NiMET lists cities to experience thick dust haze, moderate dust haze today

Independent marketers task FG to resolve South-East’s lingering fuel crisis

Miners rescued after 36 days underground

Lagos reads Riot Act to private school owners

Supreme Court Verdict: The blood of those killed during 2015 Rivers guber election will cry for justice —Dakuku Peterside

Union alerts on looming industrial crisis in universities, seeks Buhari’s urgent intervention