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Stakeholders want more international friendly games to help growth of women’s football

We place priority on safety, not arrests -FRSC

Heed economists advice on SDGs, UN official tells Nigeria

Bayelsa 2015: Alaibe not desperate for power —Loyalists

80 per cent of products in Nigeria are imported -- SON DG

Messi out for up to two months with knee injury

NAWOJ describes Bilikisu Yusuf’s death unfortunate

Peterside condemns deadly attack on Rivers fishing settlement

Labour calls for end to casual workforce in finance sector

Burkina Faso freezes failed coup leaders’ assets

Rainstorm destroys 200 houses in Kaduna

Buhari restates commitment to improved national security and succour for IDPs despite missing UN meeting

Lalong pledges to become ‘part-time teacher’ to boost education in Plateau

Stakeholders broker peace for execution of $1.4bn farms in Anambra

Paramount ruler in Adamawa laments lack of market outlet for cocoa farmers in his domain

African women meet in Port Harcourt to brainstorm on energy, climate change

Kano loses N18.1m monthly to 1,830 ‘ghost’ street cleaners

Buhari welcomes Nigeria’s removal from list of polio-endemic countries

Abuja Trade fair: Exhibitors ask for extension of closing date

Ohanaeze youths kick against Biafra •Tell MASSOB: ‘Let’s remain, fight for our rights, in Nigeria’

Emir and 2 wives confirmed killed in Saudi hajj stampede •Gombe declares 5 pilgrims missing

TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST, By the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET)

Hajj Disaster: Sultan wants Saudi to improve safety during Hajj •Atiku expresses regret on death of pilgrims

Most politicians guilty of false declaration of assets, says Okunrounmu

Unpaid Salaries: Imo Assembly staff dies due to lack of money to buy drugs

Ekweremadu tasks FG on need to review economy policies

Niger Delta youths demand oil refinery in Akwa Ibom

Hajj Tragedy: Country-by-country death toll •769 now confirmed dead, 934 injured

Man U snatch Premiership leadership; Arsenal crush Leicester •Chelsea salvage point as Man City slump

Nigerian refineries producing at 30 per cent, says NNPC Boss

Boko Haram kills 15 civilians in Niger village attack

Fierce battle as suspected insurgents storm DSS Office

Chief Judge confirmed crushed in Saudi hajj stampede

Buhari, Nigeria’s delegation miss UN event (part of the reason why they travelled to America)

Ministerial list: Buhari dumps nominees from states