Hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti‘s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. At least three people were dead Sunday.The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti‘s downward spiral of violence and came as gangs assert greater control in the capital, Port-au-Prince, while embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry
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President Bola Tinubu and His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, witnessed the signing of historic agreements between both nations on Sunday in Doha, opening a gateway for leveraging the potential of mutual cooperation in pivotal sectors of education, enterprise development, investment promotion,
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President Bola Tinubu has mourned the deaths of two ace Nigerian comic actors, John Okafor, also known as Mr. Ibu, and Tolani Quadri Oyebamiji, also known as Sisi Quadri.In a statement issued on Sunday, March 3, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu, while mourning
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Police operatives in Abuja have arrested 15 suspects in connection with the looting of food items at a warehouse belonging to the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration on Sunday.Among those arrested were two security guards who “actively participated” in the looting of food
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The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before February 28, 2024.The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ongoing 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Wednesday.Maida,
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaTo state that the South East region has been marginalized since the end of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War in 1970 is an understatement. The three-year-old war, which claimed more than 3 million lives, most of them from the present-day South East Zone, ended with the then head of state,
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaThe governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, wants to set up a cattle ranch in the Uzo-Uwani local government area of the state. The people of Uzo-Uwani are suspicious of the project. They say it is a ploy by the governor to hand their ancestral land to Fulani
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