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Nigerian university suspends student for calling vice chancellor ‘foolish’ on Facebook
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INEC asks court to dismiss Okorocha’s suit on senatorial election
INEC challenges the jurisdiction of court on Mr Okorocha’s suit.
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Federal Projects: Senate approves N14.6 billion as refunds to Bauchi
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The CSOs say government officials are now appreciating the work of the organisations.
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Only one Nigerian doctor is available to cater for every 4,845 citizens, available statistics show.
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Features
INTERVIEW: Meningitis: What we’re doing to keep Nigeria’s death toll low this year – NCDC Official
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Two Nigerian authors shortlisted for 2019 Women’s Prize for Literature
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This is the first time two African authors will be shortlisted the same year.
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Travel
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My ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ friends are stingy, Oritsefemi reveals in new interview
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News Reports
MTN to borrow N200 billion from seven Nigerian banks
MTN Nigeria’s total outstanding loans at December 2018 stood at N175.3 billion.
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Football
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On the whole, the African champions scored 23 goals in the tournament, conceding only two.
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Africa
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to speed up economic reforms, fix Eskom
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Mr Ramaphosa said more details on how the reforms would be implemented would be announced in his State of the Nation address.
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Nigeria pledges to support Gambia on TSA
A Gambian delegation were in Nigeria to understudy the workings of the TSA.
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