The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged the Federal High Court to send him to Kuje prison.He alleged that the Department of State Services had no medical facility to treat him, adding that there was a conspiracy for him to die in DSS custody.He
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Days after the killing of at least 16 soldiers and officers of the Nigerian Army in the Okuoma community of Delta, the State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, visited President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.Oborevwori told State House correspondents after the meeting that the situation is under
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, hinted on Tuesday that the 16 soldiers who lost their lives in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, may have been killed by mercenaries.The Senate President made the assertion during a debate at plenary over the ‘gruesome’
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers for the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over his unlawful arrest and detention by the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS).Delivering
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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday, convicted and sentenced five men to death by hanging for murdering one Umezuruike Alex, the former commander of a local vigilante known as OSPAC in Omudioga community, Emohua Local Government Area of the state.Recall, that the former OSPAC commander,
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Airfares across local destinations in Nigeria have continued to rise, leading to a drastic drop in the influx of passengers arriving and departing from airport terminals across Nigeria.A visit to the three busiest terminals in Nigeria—MMurtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos (MMA2), General Aviation Terminal (GAT), Lagos, and Abuja local airport terminals—shows
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African’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, through his foundation, the Aliko Dangote Foundation, has launched the distribution of one million bags of rice to the less privileged nationwide, in addition to offering Iftar, a break of fast, to more than 10,000 fasting Muslims in Kano State, his state of origin.In
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaThe FCT administration, centred on the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration, had recorded much progress, particularly in the area of security. The security agencies, particularly the police, had done so well in curbing the activities of bandits and other criminal elements.One can comparatively say today that the
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Four days after seven passengers in an 18-seater bus were killed to retaliate for the abduction of a pastor, his wife, and their 13-month baby, their decomposing bodies have been found.The bodies were found on Saturday in the bush in Maraba Baisa in the Donga local government area of Taraba
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Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the distribution of 25kg bags of rice and maize each to 52,000 vulnerable residents of Biu, Bayo, Askira-Uba, Chibok, Shani, Hawul, and Kwayarkusa local government areas of the state.The governor also gave a cash grant of N100 million to 2,000 youth
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