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Armed bandits give residents of 10 Plateau communities a 48 hour ultimatum to leave their villages
ARMED bandits operating in Plateau State have given residents of 10 communities in Wase Local Government Area a five day ultimatum to vacate their communities or face the full wrath of their fury. Plateau is one of the states that has...
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Fayose warns Atiku that the PDP will not back him due to the breach of the rotation principle
FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate that he is unlikely to receive the backing of the party due to the way he treated Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the breach of the...
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Zamfara State governor signs new bill punishing banditry with death penalty into law
GOVERNOR Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed a new bill into law punishing armed banditry and kidnapping with the death penalty as part of an attempt to combat the growing insecurity across the state. Over recent years,...
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Ekweremadu's case brought forward to today as Nigerian senate hires lawyers to defend him
NIGERIA'S former senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate Court this morning after their ongoing trial for organ harvesting was surprisingly brought forward from July 7. Last...
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Which of Nigeria's presidential candidates will have the audacity to come up with a foreign policy centred around drastically reducing the number of African nation states
Ayo Akinfe On May 14 1897, Great Britain signed a treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia, creating bilateral relationships between Ethiopia and British Somaliland. It guaranteed the rights of the citizens of both territories and opened the...
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Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress both throw their weight behind Peter Obi
FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has received the full backing of the Nigerian workers in his presidential bid as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have both thrown their weight behind his...
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Abuja court denies Nnamdi Kanu's bail application amid fears he might abscond again
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been denied bail by the federal high court in Abuja amid fears that he may abscond again if released from detention as happened the last time. Highly controversial, Mr Kanu has...
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Justice Tanko to receive at least $6m as severance pay as well as a mansion in any city of his choice
FORMER chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko will receive about N2.5bn ($6.01m) as a severance package from the federal government following his recent resignation despite there being corruption question marks surrounding his...
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