Publisher - The Nigerian News

THE Kano State Government has banned smoking in public places in the state. This is an effort to fight tobacco epidemic as Nigeria estimates more than 16,100 annual death from…
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Governor Nyesom Wike  says he has not nominated anyone as his successor once his tenure expires by 2023. Wike made this remark yesterday at a special thanksgiving church service in…
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THE Federal Capital Territory Police Command has denied that any of its officers shot human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, this morning.  Sowore had alleged that a female officer,…
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GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State has sacked four of his cabinet members including his commissioner for Information, Asu Okang, and eight others. Reports say Ayade relieved the…
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THE sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra this morning crippled commercial activities as residents deserted Owerri. IPOB, through its Director of Media…
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THE House of Representatives has suspended its constitution review hearing scheduled to hold in Imo and Abia States. This was contained in a communique yesterday by the Deputy Speaker…
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ELEVEN students who were part of scores kidnapped earlier from an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area have been released. A communique by Mary Noel-Berje,…
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By Prince Francis Chilaka The appointment of the current DG of NYSC was a prophecy long foretold when he was still a young Major in the Nigerian Army, so to most of his close friends…
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THE State Police Command has confirmed the death of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Gulak, noting that his murderers were bandits. SP Bala Elkana, the Police…
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The two-day zonal public hearing of the Senate on the review of the 1999 Constitution, Thursday ended with stakeholders from the North-East demanding the creation of additional states,…
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