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Chinese scientists develop artificial liver
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Okada rider killed by car door
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Foreign currency deposits in domiciliary accounts restored
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Obasanjo bags Master’s in Theology, to proceed for PhD
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Fayose cautions Buhari over probe of military chief
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Aguero sends Man City top,
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English Premier League results
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Buhari set to leave Nigeria for UAE
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PDP loses one seat in House of Representatives
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Governor Dickson proposes N150bn budget for 2016
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NIJ lecturers blast Korede Bello for missing lectures
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Burkina Faso Attack: Dozens Freed, 23 Killed In Hotel Siege
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Ateke Tom denies giving Buhari 14-day ultimatum to establish the Republic of Biafra
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We are not in haste to return home, say Damaturu IDPs
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pompomari, Kukareta and Muhammadu Gombe IDP camps in Damaturu, Yobe, on Saturday said they were not...
Oshiomhole: Fearing Holes When Your Name Ends With ‘Hole’, By Reno Omokri
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Taiwan elects first female president
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Niger-Delta Militants hit major oil/gas pipelines
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MASSOB to resume mass protests Monday
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FG clarifies N5,000 unemployment stipend
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Nigerian Army kills 14 Boko Haram members as sect attacks military base in Yobe
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