Read more about the article Girl Child Day: The cheapest fix for child marriage is keeping girls in school
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Girl Child Day: The cheapest fix for child marriage is keeping girls in school

UNICEF data show that girls who finish secondary school marry about five years later than girls with no schooling. Nigeria still has 7.6 million girls out of school Every 11…

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Read more about the article NDLEA re-arrests 83-year-old convicted grandma, South African lady, seizes tonnes of drugs
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NDLEA re-arrests 83-year-old convicted grandma, South African lady, seizes tonnes of drugs

NDLEA says she had methamphetamine and Colorado tied round her waist, in a weekly roundup that also covers tonnes of cannabis and a South African held at Port Harcourt airport…

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Read more about the article Presidency: NNPC to forgo retail profit in 30-Day petrol deal
Cars queue to buy petrol at the NNPC Mega petrol station in Abuja, Nigeria March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Presidency: NNPC to forgo retail profit in 30-Day petrol deal

The Presidency says NNPC will forgo its petrol retail profit margin for 30 days, selling fuel at cost as FG pursues a N1,350-per-litre cost ceiling. The Presidency says the Nigerian…

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Read more about the article 20 prospective corps members rescued after six days in Imo kidnap ordeal
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20 prospective corps members rescued after six days in Imo kidnap ordeal

The graduates were abducted while travelling from Ibadan to NYSC orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states. Twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road…

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