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PHOTO OF THE DAY: A protester in Abuja performing his Asr prayers in the middle of the #EndSarsProtestsAbuja at the @PoliceNG HQ. #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality #AbujaProtests
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Breaking: A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today declares that Sex work is not a criminal offence in Nigeria, and that it is a violation of the rights of FSW's as enshrined under S 37 of the Constitution for any security agent to break into their homes.
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JUST IN: Baba Ijesha found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor, sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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Murder in Uyo: Who Killed Hiny Umoren? (A NewsWireNGR Investigation)
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VIDEO:”We take too much rubbish…and by the time these guys finish with us, our children will not have a nation ” - Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido 🎥/ChannelsTv
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PHOTOS: Nigerian church; led by Most Revered Professor Daddy Hezekiah (MFR) in Onitsha, today went on a prayer walk for Donald Trump
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Osun State Governor Approves Third Batch of Half Salary Arrears Settlement of Rauf Aregbesola administration
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VIDEO: "We the people want to state clearly that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not our President-elect. He is the President-select of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC and APC" —The senior pastor of the Family Worship Centre, Sarah Omakwu says.
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THREAD: Woman narrates how her husband was shot, after she refused advances from Burna Boy.
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VIDEO: Police arrest #EndSARSMemorial protester during interview at Lekki Toll Gate. 🎥/PulseNG
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Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account shrinks from $35.7 million to $376,655.09
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Breaking: A Bill seeking to ban generators nationwide in Nigeria has passed first reading at the Senate @NGRSenate
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‘I only connected Hushpuppi to a tailor for native clothes’ – DCP Abba Kyari speaks
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"I will not be a prisoner in my own country" - Comedian Mr Macaroni joins protesters in Lagos #June12thProtest
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PHOTOS: Tunji Disu, Nigeria Police IRT commander wins silver medal at the US Open Judo championships.
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Police chasing protesters in Abuja today - some were ran over by @PoliceNG officials ramming cars, beating pedestrians and smashing their Mobile phones. #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeria
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HAPPENING NOW: @AbdulMahmud01 advising protesters to select leaders and make demands. Protesters insisting there won’t be “Leaders”. #AbujaProtests #EndSARS #EndSarsProtests
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Tinubu wants NBC to sanction TV stations granting Peter Obi Interviews
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VIDEO: Eyewitness gives an account of the Owo church attack in Ondo.
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EFCC contacted me to keep low profile after Hushpuppi’s arrest — Mompha
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Breaking: COVID-19 restriction: FCTA Enforcement team shuts 23 neighbourhood mosques, prayer grounds. The FCTA compliance Enforcement team sunday evening shuts over 23 neighbourhood mosques and prayer grounds in Maitama,  Wuse, Garki and Asokoro districts of the FCT.
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“Let her go and die in my house” - Nigerian dad is seen threatening to take his daughter out of an isolation center over poor treatment. WATCH and ACT @NCDCgov @MBuhari @DrEOEhanire @GovWike @GovDiriDouye @jidesanwoolu @kfayemi #Coronavirus #Nigeria
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Nigerian politicians train their children in UK schools with stolen public funds – UK report
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Mastermind of Katsina schoolboys abduction has "repented" - surrendered weapons with "remorse"
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Nigerian Journalist, David Hundeyin wins The People Journalism Prize for Africa Award
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#Endsars : Nigerians should find a way to protect themselves during 'ember' months - Police DPO
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Burna Boy ranked African artiste with highest pay per show
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Breaking: Unarmed protesters are getting shot at RIGHT NOW at Lekki toll gate. Nonstop gunshots targeted at unarmed peaceful protesters by the Nigerian Military #EndSARS #LekkiTollGateShooting
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Video: The President @MBuhari administration seeks to amend the NBC Act to control online broadcasting to further shrink not just the civic space but the media space . #SocialMediaBill
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PHOTOS: Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, the Pilot who survived as Nigeria airforce jet crashed after being shot down by bandits.
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PHOTOS: Zahra Bayero,Yusuf Buhari’s fiancé at her bridal shower.
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PHOTOS of the 'housing units' being constructed by the Borno State government at Damasak, for refugees displaced by insurgency. The state government plans to build 1000 units.
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Update: 600 students of Government Science Secondary School Katsina feared kidnapped by armed bandits
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Dear Esteemed Readers, Thank you for holding fort with us for the last 48 hours as we worked to restore the security of our website and recover lost data. We are happy to announce that we are back. Thank you for believing in NewsWireNGR - Editorial/Management Team
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Why has Buhari not declared bandits as terrorists? - Bishop Kukah queries
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BREAKING: Ikeja Electric Plc has announced an 8 week power outage in some areas under its franchise network in Lagos. The areas affected are: Oregun, Police Training College, Oba Akran, Oke Ira, Ogba, Magodo, Anifowoshe and Omole Phase One. Blackout to begin, October 11
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RETRACTION: Publication of Daily Independent Story alleging Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Sheikh Isa Pantami placed on Terror watch-list for alleged ties with Boko Haram Leader
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The Untold Story of the AEPB, Abuja’s Uniformed Female Harassment Unit #AbujaRaid - Read our latest Investigation carried out by @DavidHundeyin
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PHOTOS: Wounded soldiers went to pay a courtesy visit to President Buhari while in Borno, away from their hospital beds. @MBuhari
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Court Documents show how Hushpuppi allegedly worked with Nigerian Police Deputy Commissioner to defraud Qatari businessman
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Father Kukah says there could have been a coup if a non-northern Muslim president does a fraction of what Buhari did
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VIDEO: Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga weds Eniola Mafe. 🎥/bellanaijaweddings
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@DavidHundeyin : Isa Ali Pantami – The Inside Story of Nigeria’s Minister of Communications & Digital Economy
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I am the only presidential candidate that can fix Nigeria – Peter Obi says
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APC has perfected plans to rule Nigeria Indefinitely - Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana says
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VIDEO: Pastor @pauladefarasin to congregation on Sunday while speaking on the state of Nigeria, "Get yourself a plan B"
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PHOTO NEWS: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Arrested In UK, Extradited To Nigeria.
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Indian PM, Modi, commends Journalist David Hundeyin
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Lockdown violation: Lagos govt arrests 39 persons at a strip club
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BREAKING: A student of Univeristy of Ilorin, Shittu Blessing Omowunmi has been found raped and murdered.
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"5000 Igbo youths have been killed " - Igbo Elders accuse security agencies of carrying out ‘Genocide’ In South-East
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Ex-convict, James Ibori is with his best friend, Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT at the Presidential Villa in Abuja again for the third time since he Tinubu assumed office.
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Breaking: Nigeria extends closure of international airspace till October
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Thread VIDEO: Nigeria’s Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed stated before the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Information, Justice on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton lost the US Elections to Donald J. Trump because of Social Media. CC: @DonaldJTrumpJr
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FLASHBACK VIDEO:“This is their record, exchange rate has moved from 120 to a dollar, to 240 to a dollar.” - El Rufai blasts Jonathan’s administration
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Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has defended himself against critics who accused him of not staying in the state. In this interview with BBC Hausa, the Governor responds that he stays there at least least 3 days in a month.
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Tonight on #NewsWireNGRDaily @DavidHundeyin joins us on our #TwitterSpaces to discuss his 'Cornflakes For Jihad' exposé. Join the conversation at 8pm
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Police arrest House of Rep Majority Leader, Ado Doguwa. Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa has been arrested by the police, for his alleged role in the killing of several persons and burning NNPP secretariat during the just concluded poll.
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N550 billion recovered funds by the @officialEFCC EFCC under Ibrahim Magu “has been re-looted” - Presidential Panel
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Malami makes u-turn, says Federal Government would not prosecute Nigerians who tweet
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Breaking: After NewsWireNGR Exclusive, Immigration boss suspends deployment of female officers
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Fraud: US submits 97,000-page evidence against Ogun State Governor’s aide
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PHOTOS: Omoregie Emmanuel, as part of his requirements for the award of B.A Fine and Applied Arts, he made a sculpture of Aisha Yesufu, @AishaYesufu to appreciate her roles towards contemporary activism in Nigeria.
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Appeal Court rules in favour of Audu Maikori, awards 10.5M in damages
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EXCLUSIVE: For Supporting #EndSARS protest, Nigerian Police threatens to withdraw Security detail of Nigerian Celebrities . . #SarsMustGoNow
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By siding with Pantami, Buhari has revealed his stance on terrorism – Oby Ezekwesili
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Nigeria’s Proposed Infectious Disease Act: Plagarised And Dangerous
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Chinese bank declines FG’s $22.8bn loan request
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Just In: Nigerian Police arrests two #EndSARS WhatsApp group administrators
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VIDEO: "We are dying,no helper," Nigerian police officer laments.
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We give you 24 hours to return the staff of office of the Oba of Lagos OR...... - Lagos ruling house declares
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Breaking: Nigeria’s @HumAngle_ website is currently under attack after publishing a forensic analysis, fact-checking the events of #LekkiMassacre when security forces opened fire killing peaceful #Endsars protesters in Lagos.
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‘We were justified in not supporting Buhari’ – Pa Fasoranti
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We have no money to import food — Buhari begs farmers to increase cultivation
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VIDEO: “Let the whole world watch, look what they’re doing to us” - Protester laments as Police arrest him at Lekki Toll Gate #EndSARSMemorial
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Nigeria will lose 10 years of economic gains this year – World Bank Report
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Former #BBNaija housemate Emmanuel steps out in style..
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"We are not second class citizens of this country" - Governor @GovWike and @IAOkowa insist on Asaba resolution to ban open grazing
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Just In: Newspaper Vendors in Abuja are currently protesting the killing of one of their colleagues; Ifeanyi Okereke Elechi by Femi Gbajabiamila's security aide
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JUST IN: The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has secured the release of Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu
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NBC Amendment Bill Is Social Media Bill Through The Backdoor - If you own an online news website or your'e a blogger read the sections of this amendment currently before the lawmakers in Abuja #NoToNBCAmendmentBill
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Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni escapes to Abuja while terrorists sack communities, hoists flag
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BREAKING:"The Nigerian authorities are jumping from pillar to post in a desperate bit to criminalise the defiance by Nigerians against the suspension of Twitter. The NBC must immediately withdraw the illegal directive to broadcast stations." Femi Falana, SAN stated
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VIDEO:“To hell with Atiku and any other Fulani man…anyone supporting Atiku here (Benue) is an enemy”— Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom 🎥/Symfoninews
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Breaking: Multiple reports reaching us say another troops of the Nigerian soldiers now heading to Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos another protest venue after opening fire at unarmed peaceful protesters in Lekki, killings scores. #EndSARS
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The organiser of the Survival reality show, Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS) has announced its return. How to apply for the Gulder Ultimate Search 2021
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VIDEO: The supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi join campaign rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Independence Day. 🎥/Mredikan (Twitter)
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Hon. Justice Binta Murtala Nyako delivered the judgment in a case filed by Lawyers Alert on behalf of one Constance Nkwocha &15 Ors V. Min. of FCT & 5 Ors. She finally awarded damages against the Respondents and in favour of the Applicants in the sum of N1.6 Million.
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"Her lawyer (s) must be Muslims" - Rahama Sadau's Petitioner says only Muslim lawyers should defend actress in blasphemy case
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Breaking: Justice Mary Odili's resident barricaded by supporters of the ruling @APCNigeria right now In Abuja.
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Breaking: UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws, now allows unmarried couples to co-habitate, criminalize “honor killings”
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Church members in Southern Kaduna, urge “Their Pastors to take part of the offerings and buy arms”
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VIDEO: Sunday Igboho storms Ekiti for Yoruba Nation rally.
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Angela Merkel and Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talked Politics, Feminism, and Stories at the @TheaterderWelt opening event Festival in Germany 🇩🇪. It was also an event to mark her last days in office, she takes a bow after 16 years in Power.
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House of Representatives’ public hearing on the Nigerian Press Council Act Amendment Bill begins today, the bill will have consequences on the freedom of the press in Nigeria. It is important that all media organisations pay attention to the public hearing- 2nd bill in two days.
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Investigation: Nigerian Journalist, Pelumi Onifade and the Shrinking Civic space
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