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Afghanistan: IS remains a threat, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the threat the Islamic State group poses ahead of an Iraqi summit Saturday overshadowed by the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and a deadly bombing in Kabul. Organisers have been tight-lipped on the agenda of the summit in Baghdad, but the meeting also comes as Iraq, long a casualty of…
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Food poisoning: How bacterial, chemical contamination, unsafe food handling cause children, adults’ death
Contaminated food has caused countless deaths in Nigeria with little measure taken to curb the menace, AFEEZ HANAFI reports Tuwon dawa – corn flour dish – used to be a favourite meal in the household of Mallam Musa Mai ice, a resident of Jangeme village in Zamfara State. It was a dish the family of…
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Defend yourselves against killers, Plateau Assembly tells residents
Following the series of attacks by gunmen in various communities in Plateau State which have led to the killing of many and the destruction of properties, the state House of Assembly has called on residents to defend themselves. The House also gave Governor Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenge in the state….
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Gani Fawehinmi’s son buried beside father, amid tears
The son of the late human right lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, Mohammed, was on Saturday buried in his hometown, Ondo, Ondo State on Friday, amid tears by family members, friends and well-wishers. The deceased was buried beside the tomb of his father and grandmother at their hometown. Among the dignitaries who attended the programme were a…
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Taliban takeover: No Nigerian in Afghanistan, FG declares
The Federal Government has declared that there is no Nigerian in Afghanistan who needs evacuation, following the takeover of the country by the Taliban. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission explained that its findings indicated that no Nigerian national resided in the country. Findings also indicate that Nigeria has no high commission or consulate in the…
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Igboho committed no crime against Nigeria, release him, Soyinka tells Benin Republic
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has appealed to the government of the Republic of Benin to free Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, currently in prison custody in the West African country. Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Friday during an interactive session titled, “Sanctions on the loose: Chasing the gnat…
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Southern govs should reject PIA, grazing routes, Akintoye, others say
The Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination has urged the governors in southern Nigeria to unanimously reject the recently assented Petroleum Industry Act by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), or face “never-seen-before mass action.” The group, in a statement on Friday by its Chairman, Prof Banji Akintoye, described the PIA as “a gargantuan…
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Bandits subjected us to 88 days of torture, threatened to kill us –Freed Niger pupils
News of the release of the pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiya School, Tegina, on Thursday night threw Tegina town, in particular, and Niger state as a whole into wide jubilation. While their parents and government officials were happy seeing them, the pupils were, however, not happy with the way they were treated by the bandits…
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China still withholding critical information on Covid origins —Biden
President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding “critical information” on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon — but remained split on whether it escaped from a lab. The United States, however, does not believe Chinese officials had foreknowledge of the…
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Mali ex-interim president, PM freed from house arrest
Former Malian interim president Bah Ndaw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane have been freed from house arrest, the West African bloc ECOWAS said on Friday. In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States said it “welcomes” the move by Mali to lift “all restrictive measures” on the former leaders. Both men were…
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