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Gunmen kill police Officers in Enugu On Sunday, members of the 'Unknown Gunmen' criminal organisation resumed their attacks on security personnel in the southeast, killing two police officers. Ejes Gist News…
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Commercial Driver Attacks Doctor With Cutlass Over His Son’s Death In Ondo A commercial driver whose identity remains unknown has caused significant unrest in Ondo State. A doctor was allegedly injured with a…
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Prominent Osun Monarch, Oba Rauf Olaniyan Ajiboye Olaigbo VIII Is Dead The popular monarch of Osun, Oba Rauf Olaniyan Ajiboye Olaigbo VIII, the Elende of Eko-Ende, has died. Oba Olaniyan, whose domain was in the…
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Zonal NDLEA commander in police net over death of married woman The Zonal Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Minna, Niger State, identified as Femi, is currently in the custody of the State Police…
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UK govt slams Fani-Kayode over Derogatory comments   The United Kingdom has criticised Femi Fani-Kayode, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, for controversial remarks made during the election season. In an…
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UK government Slams Fani-Kayode Over controversial Comments, Reveals 10 People On Visa Ban Watchlist The United Kingdom has hit out at a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode,…
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“I believe Obasanjo is not a fully-fledged Yoruba” – Fani-Kayode, gives reason Director of Special Media Projects and Operations of the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Femi Fani-Kayode, said on…
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How House of Assembly Speaker I defeated got me arrested twice – 34-year-old Yobe lawmaker-elect Lawan Musa Majakura, a 34-year-old lawmaker-elect, has explained how the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly,…
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G-5 Governor, Ugwuanyi is an epitome of shame, lost his polling unit twice – Chimaroke Nnamani There are indications that the father-son relationship between Senator Chimaroke Nnamani and his State governor,…
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Presidential election: Tension over alleged move to arrest Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed  Tension has continued to build up across the country, particularly among the supporters of presidential…
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Let This Serves As Warning, We’ll Make Nigeria Ungovernable If Labour Party, PDP Attempt To Stop Tinubu’s Swearing In — Fani-Kayode Fani-Kayode said this in a release on Saturday, adding that the country…
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We're getting to the end of Nigeria — says Ezeife as he alleged plot to set Yoruba and Igbo against each other Apart from widespread electoral violence across the country, attacks on Igbo voters in Lagos…
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2023 elections: INEC confirms dates for issuing Certificates of Return to Governors-elect The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed the dates it would issue Certificates of Return to…
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Anambra: Ovation as Peter Obi enters Soludo’s anniversary venue Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, stole the show in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, on Saturday. The former governor…
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Zambia’s Central Bank Authorises Access Bank to Take Over Atlas Mara Bank of Zambia  Access Holdings Plc announced that Access Bank Zambia Limited, a subsidiary of Access Bank Plc, has obtained approval from the Central Bank of…
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Appeal Court Dismisses PDP’s Case Against Tinubu, Shettima A case by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asking for Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima to be disqualified from running for president and vice president, respectively,…
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Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy After being charged with posting blasphemous material in a WhatsApp group, a Muslim man was found guilty and given the death penalty by an anti-terrorism court in northwest…
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Chief Humphrey Anumudu, a Labour Party candidate for governor in Imo State's upcoming primary elections, was discovered dead in his home. After returning from an LP meeting at the party national headquarters in Abuja on Friday,…
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PDP crisis tears party apart, as NWC members divided over sanction of Ortom, Fayose, Anyim, others  The 16-member National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has become…
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Tinubu has expressed ‘fear’ over alleged plots to truncate his swearing-in President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has raised the alarm over plots by some aggrieved partisans to truncate the transition process,…
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