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IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu loses appeal against UK over detention in Nigeria
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has lost his appeal against the United Kingdom (UK) government regarding his detention in Nigeria. Kanu has been detained at the facility of the State Security Service (SSS) since he was rearrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria in June 2021, after initially
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Tinubu meets UK Foreign Secretary on economy, security
President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who is on a 4-day African visit, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Cleverly, who will spend two days in Nigeria, is on a three-country visit where he is prioritising future-focussed, mutually-beneficial partnership. A statement from the UK Foreign,
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Niger: Nigerian among evacuees on first planes to land in Rome, Paris
A Nigerian is among evacuees on the first planes that landed in Rome and Paris on Wednesday after leaving the Niger Republic following last week’s military takeover. France and other countries are expected to fly more of their citizens out of the West African country on Wednesday. An Italian military plane carrying 87 evacuees from
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PDP includes Wike, Ortom, others in governorship election campaign council
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has included the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the ex-governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom in its governorship election campaign council. Two other former governors, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State also made the list which was released in a statement signed
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NMA takes protest to House of Assembly over doctor’s kidnap
Members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday marched to the Cross River House of Assembly on a peaceful protest against the kidnap of a member, Dr Ekanem Ephraim. The doctors, who came out in their numbers, wielded placards with inscriptions such as “Set Cross River Free From The Stranglehold of Kidnappers”, “Make Cross
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Ex-APC chairman appeals to Nigerians to give Tinubu more time to fix hardships
The former Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye, has urged Nigerians to be patient and give President Bola Tinubu more time to fix hardships within the country. Nwoye made the appeal on Tuesday in Enugu while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the planned palliative programmes
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Niger coup: Chiefs of Defence Staff of ECOWAS nations meet in Abuja
The Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff of ECOWAS will be meeting today, August 2, 2023, at Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja. Although details of the meeting are not yet known, it may not be unconnected to the coup de etat at the Niger Republic, a nation that shares a border with Nigeria. Detail later.
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Police arrest NDLEA operative over killing of 2-year-old boy in Delta
The police in Delta State said they have arrested the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operative suspected of killing a two-year-old boy, lvan Omorhiakogbe, who was hit by bullet during a raid in the Okpanam area of the state. The state police command spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest to journalists on Tuesday
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NLC defies truce, proceeds on nationwide protests over rising hardship
Despite all government did to throw spanners in the works, including court injunctions and long-drawn negotiation meetings, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will today, proceed with its planned protest against recent fuel price hike, tuition fees hike in public schools and withheld salaries of lecturers and workers in universities.
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Danger averted as light aircraft on test-run crashes on Lagos road
A major disaster was narrowly missed in Lagos, yesterday, when a distressed light-aircraft on test-run crash-landed on busy Oba Akran road in Ikeja, on a gas pipeline and a few metres from a filling station.
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