Finnish authorities have said that the controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, cannot be granted bail in Finland.A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, told Punch newspaper on Saturday that the Finnish legal system does not permit bail for suspects accused of the kind of offences
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President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa.The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on December 2, 2024, at the South African
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Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a midnight inferno that broke out at a farmers’ market popularly called “Oja agbe” at Moniya in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo state.Several shops, containers, and kiosks were affected by the fire, which was reported to have started around midnight.The intervention
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has nabbed a Nigerian businessman based in Brazil, Ezeokoli Sylva, who came into the country with 700 grams of cocaine buried in his stomach.The 59-year-old Ezeokoli, who was returning after 35 years in Brazil, was arrested on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe early days of any administration often set the tone for its tenure, revealing the priorities and style of governance that will shape its legacy.For Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo’s early days in office, beginning on November 12, 2024, have demonstrated a bold, decisive, and people-centric approach.
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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is set to prosecute one Ismail Usman, a herbalist, who shot himself while testing his self-made bulletproof charm.The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.She said the herbalist shot
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Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation Chief Osita Chidoka has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Chidoka, also a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, announced his resignation in a letter dated 29th November 2024, which was submitted to the PDP Ward Chairman in his Obosi community, Anambra
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hosted the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at his residence in Adamawa State.Atiku disclosed this in a video shared on X.com on Saturday.His caption read, “It is breakfast time with my friend, #PeterObi, in the ‘land of beauty.”The video featured the two
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The founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has made some revelations in his first interview since being released by the Nigerian Army.Speaking on Arise TV on Saturday morning, Soyombo claimed he was conducting an undercover investigation when he was arrested.He revealed there was high security cover
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has issued a warning to banks and other financial institutions engaging in malpractices or refusing to make cash available to Nigerians.Cardoso, who spoke in Lagos at the Chartered Institute of Bankers’ of Nigeria (CIBN) dinner, said sanctions would be meted out
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