INVESTIGATION: Nigeria drivers’ licence fraud, how officials manipulate processes (2)
From Lagos to Ogun, Oyo and Kwara, officials have designed various ways of making illegal money by cheating the system.
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Top News
Man seeks justice over son’s death aftermath SARS brutality
Mr Abdullahi says police ignored a court judgement to pay his family N10 million compensation
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#FreeSamuelOgundipe: Detained Premium Times reporter quizzed again, declines naming source
Mr Ogundipe was detained on Tuesday for refusing to disclose the source of a report he wrote.
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Special Reports
INVESTIGATION: Nigeria drivers’ licence fraud, how officials manipulate processes (2)
From Lagos to Ogun, Oyo and Kwara, officials have designed various ways of making illegal money by cheating the system.
CommentSPECIAL REPORT: Forgotten Communities: How displaced children, other IDPs suffer in Lagos (2)
For former residents of Otodo Gbame, it is a seemingly unending tale of hunger, suffering and abandonment.
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Regional
South West
Husband’s insatiable appetite for sex ends 7-yr-old marriage
The man says he has tried unsuccessfully to control his sex urge.
CommentSouth South
Police lose 30 officers in one month – Commissioner
The commissioner laments that Nigerians are focusing on a few bad elements that dent the image of the force.
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Enugu gets Lassa fever treatment centre
The government has trained Surveillance and Notification Officers in the 17 local government areas of the state.
CommentNorth Central
Sex-for-Mark Scandal: Another Nigerian university dismisses randy lecturer
The dismissal was approved during the University Council’s 131st meeting.
CommentNorth East
Sallah: Rams scarcity looms in Borno over military’s ban on livestock importation
Market operators call for lift of the ban.
CommentNorth West
Jigawa to recruit 1,736 teachers
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Out of the 1,736, the state government had already picked 868.
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Opinion
Latest
Needless Internecine Squabbles!, By Banji Ojewale
It is neither here nor there for APC and its ruling government to seek to nail Saraki.
CommentEditorial
Editorial: Mischaracterising the Nigerian Youth Issue
The president needs to learn that foreign trips should not be the occasion to demarket Nigeria.
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Daura: The Conundrum of Authority, By Dele Agekameh
The timing of executive actions like that which the vice president performed last week ought to be right.
CommentV.S. Naipaul: The End of An Enigma, By Isa Sanusi
Beyond his many contradictions, V.S. Naipaul was the kind of writer who became an institution, charting his own path.
CommentUnderstanding Ketosis and Ketogenic Diet, By Mukaila Kareem
The truth remains that weight loss is quite easy but weight maintenance has always be the big issue.
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Arts & Entertainment
Nollywood
Photos: AMVCA nominees cocktail party holds in Lagos
The 6th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards a few weeks away.
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Kannywood
INTERVIEW: Cancellation of proposed film village bad for Kannywood – Ummah Shehu
Actress says Kannywood would have been a world class entertainment label if proposed film village was established.
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Music
Davido, Wizkid excite fans in Namibia, New York
Both ace singers made sure that the Afro-beat genre message spread to the ever going audience.
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Lifestyle
Triple pill treatment may effectively lower blood pressure: study
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The Triple Pill consist of the blood pressure medications telmisartan (20 mg), amlodipine (2.5 mg), and chlorthalidone (12.5 mg).
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Arts & Books
LIVE UPDATES: Books on social disorder, ethnic polarisation unveiled in Abuja
The two books explore the subject of religious polarisation.
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Nollywood
Photos: AMVCA nominees cocktail party holds in Lagos
The 6th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards a few weeks away.
CommentKannywood
INTERVIEW: Cancellation of proposed film village bad for Kannywood – Ummah Shehu
Actress says Kannywood would have been a world class entertainment label if proposed film village was established.
CommentMusic
Davido, Wizkid excite fans in Namibia, New York
Both ace singers made sure that the Afro-beat genre message spread to the ever going audience.
CommentLifestyle
Triple pill treatment may effectively lower blood pressure: study
The Triple Pill consist of the blood pressure medications telmisartan (20 mg), amlodipine (2.5 mg), and chlorthalidone (12.5 mg).
CommentArts & Books
LIVE UPDATES: Books on social disorder, ethnic polarisation unveiled in Abuja
The two books explore the subject of religious polarisation.
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Business
News Reports
Nigeria’s inflation drops to 11.14% in July — NBS
The figure is 0.09 per cent points less than the rate recorded in June.
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Sports
Football
Omeruo moves from Chelsea on sixth loan stint in six years
Omeruo joined the EPL giants in 2012.
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Foreign
Africa
Uganda president ‘not hurt’ in convoy attacked
Protesters threw stones at the presidential motorcade.
CommentWest Africa
Mali election witnesses low turnout due to security fears, others
Turnout is usually about 40 per cent in Malian elections.
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