I was chained for 10 days for refusing to prostitute – auxiliary nurse 17,414 Nigerians return from Libya in seven years A chartered Boeing 737-800 aircraft- Al Buraq, landed at the cargo wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, Wednesday night, with 159 stranded Nigerians returnees from Libya, alighting from the air stair. Two […]
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By Femi Mimiko What bears emphasis in the carefully choreographed extant conflict over Ukraine is the profundity of Russia’s position. It simply says that continuous eastward expansion of NATO is at variance with its own national security interests. I argue that such a claim is, of course, much stronger than the logic of Ukrainian sovereignty […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja said he was not nursing any ambition in 2023 but would support any candidate who emerged from the zoning arrangement, be it from the South. El-Rufai said this during the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The […]
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File photo: Farouk Lawan in court The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, reduced the jail term of a former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, from seven to five years, following his appeal of the earlier sentence. Lawan was convicted by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on June 22, […]
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No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat. The words of the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates. Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention. […]
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Adamawa State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Barde A pregnant housewife has been remanded for allegedly kidnapping herself and collecting a ransom from her lover. The suspect, who hails from Wauru Jabbe in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, allegedly abducted herself and collected the sum of N2m from one mallam of the Federal […]
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The UN sounded a dire warning on Friday, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could trigger a wave of refugees in neighbouring countries and that thousands had already made the journey. The UN Refugee Agency in Geneva said that if the war continues to escalate, then it expects up to four million people to seek refuge […]
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CAN President, Revd Supo Ayokunle The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Friday, urged the Federal Government to provide adequate cover for Nigerians caught in the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Chairman of CAN’s Youth Wing (YOWICAN), Belusochukwu Enwere, in a statement titled, ‘Between Russia and Ukraine: Nothing must happen to Nigerians’, urged […]
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The Federal Government, Friday, summoned the Ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to Nigeria, Alexei Shebarshin and Kirdoda Valerii respectively over the evacuation of Nigerians from both countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who met with the envoys separately behind closed doors, disclosed that during his meeting with the Russian envoy, he told Shebarshin […]
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A coalition of 25 civil rights organisations on Friday congratulated Nigerians on the signing of the Electoral Amendment Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari describing it as “the will of Nigerian people.” According to them, the signing has marked a huge milestone in the nation’s quest to consolidate democracy. The members of the coalition which pushed […]
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