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The police in Rivers State have arrested three suspects who allegedly detonated explosives at a Pentecostal church, Christain Universal Church International, located at Mile 3, Diobu area of Port Harcourt. ...
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Suspects Arrested As Explosion Rocks Wike’s Father’s Church
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#EndSARS: Court Adjourns Suit On Attacks On Media Freedom, As SERAP Seeks Probe Of False Posting
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Politicians Need Your Help To Govern Better, Obi Tells Nigerians
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Monarch’s Killing: Afenifere, Sultan, Olubadan Lament Spate Of Insecurity In Nigeria
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Breakthrough As ASUU Agrees To Call Off Strike
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Multiple Auto Crash Claims One In Anambra
Politics
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Trump’s Legacy In Africa And What To Expect From Biden
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and US president Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House in 2018. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Francis Owusu, Iowa State University and ...
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South-South Govs, Leaders Demand Restructuring
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Zoning: Parties Should Honour Agreement, Says Fashola
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Ifeanyi Ubah Wants To Become Gov By All Means — Anambra Govt
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“Operation Artistic”: Arts Meet Soludo Solution @ Igbo-Ukwu
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Don’t Allow Your Quest To Become President Destroy South-East Politically, Wike Cautions Umahi
Business
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Ensuring Food Security In Anambra
Raymond Ozoji, Awka Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square Awka was the venue of the public declaration by Governor Willie Obiano that his administration would against all odds ensure food sufficiency and ...
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How Global And Local Experience Would Play Out In WTO Top Job
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Nnamdi Okonkwo Emerges Banker Of The Year
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Recession: Hardship Looms As More People Will Lose jobs
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Shell, NNPC Donate State-Of-The-Art ICT Centre To Enugu State University
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Nigerian Economy Enters Another Recession, The Worst Economic Decline In Almost 4 Decades
Editorial Review
Opinion
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Lekki Toll Plaza: CNN Faces Test Of Integrity
Samuel Omojoye The morning after the night when protesters at Lekki toll gate were supposedly massacred by the Nigerian Army, the BBC News hour programme interviewed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ...
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Igbo-Ukwu For Soludo Solution
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Lai’s Metamorphosis
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Soludo Promoters Forum Goes To The Wards
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“It Is New Economy Stupid” As Anambra Is Poised To Smile With Soludo Solution
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NPF Pensions And Enhanced Police Welfare
World News
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US Colleges Report A 43% Decline In New International Student Enrollment, And Not Just Because Of The Pandemic
The decline in international enrollment will most likely cause colleges and universities to lose money. Marcus Chung/E+ via Getty Images David L. Di Maria, University of Maryland, Baltimore County For ...
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Biden To Focus On Economy As Trump Presses Ahead With Fraud Charges
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Russia: Biden Brings A New US Challenge To Putin’s Backyard
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‘America First’ Is No More, But Can President-Elect Biden Fix The US Reputation Abroad?
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Biden Wins – Experts On What It Means For Race Relations, US Foreign Policy And The Supreme Court
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It’s Time To Heal, US President-Elect, Biden, Tells Americans
Health&Fitness
Is Belief In God A Delusion?
Hassan Saleh/Unsplash, FAL Ryan McKay, Royal Holloway and Robert Ross, Macquarie University As the pandemic raged in April, churchgoers in Ohio defied warnings not to congregate. Some argued that their ...
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Pfizer Ends COVID-19 Trial With 95% Efficiency, Deliveries To Start Before Christmas
Pfizer Inc PFE.N and BioNTech 22UAy.DE could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate ...
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Pfizer Vaccine: What An ‘Efficacy Rate Above 90%’ Really Means
F8 Studio/Shutterstock Zania Stamataki, University of Birmingham There was – rightfully – a lot of excitement when Pfizer and BioNTech announced interim results from their COVID vaccine trial. The vaccine, ...
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Why African Cities Should Have Engaged Non-State Actors In The Fight Against COVD-19
A tightly packed and busy urban slum in Ajegunle, Lagos, Nigeria. shutterstock Chidi Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria; Adaeze Ejike-Alieji, University of Nigeria; Casmir C. Mbaegbu, University of Nigeria; Chinedu Onyishi, ...
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The Perils Of Mixing Music And Politics In Nigeria
Nigerian pop star D’banj performing on stage in London. Robin Little/Redferns/Getty Garhe Osiebe, Rhodes University Musicians play a prominent role in Nigeria’s dynamic political landscape, especially since the country became ...
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Video Vixens And Cash: How Nigerian Hip Hop Music Objectifies Women
Nigerian rapper Olamide makes music focused on women. Emmanuel Arewa/AFP/Getty Paul Onanuga, Federal University, Oye Ekiti Music is a reflection of the society within which it is produced. As a ...
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African Science Fiction: Rereading The Classic Nigerian Novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Shutterstock Nedine Moonsamy, University of Pretoria In 1952 The Palm-wine Drinkard became the first West African novel written in English to be published internationally. That it was written by Amos ...
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Why Has Protest Music Dried Up In Nigeria?
Nigerian rapper Falz sings in his home studio in Lagos. Florian PlauCheur/AFP/Getty Images Florence Nweke, University of Lagos The failure of Nigeria’s current pop stars to identify with the country’s ...
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Lineker, Pele, Ronaldo, Others Pay Tribute As Maradona Dies At 60
Tributes were paid to Diego Maradona on Wednesday after the Argentinian football legend died aged 60. The World Cup winner suffered a heart attack at home just a fortnight after ...
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How Transfers Negatively Affect Nigerian Footballers’ Families
Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates after scoring in a European football game. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University In Nigeria, a large number of players move from one club to ...
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Angry Fans Slam Super Eagles Coach For Poor Performance Against Sierra Leone
Super Eagles fans have slammed the national team coach Gernot Rohr and his team following their lethargic performance against Sierra Leone in Friday’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at ...
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Anambra To Keep Football Alive
Raymond Ozoji, Awka It’s a new dawn for football activities in Anambra state as new state executives emerged at the weekend from what may be described as a peaceful election ...
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