NIGERIA – The attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, says the federal government will explore “available legal options” to determine the terrorism charge it preferred against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Recall that Kanu was re-arraigned on an amended 15-count charge, and April 8, the judge struck out eight of […]
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Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, has emerged president of the 74th UN general assembly. Muhammad-Bande, sole candidate for the position, emerged through acclamation at the 87th plenary meeting of the Assembly in New York on Tuesday. He is the second Nigerian to hold the office after Joseph Garba, a retired military […]
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The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Public Holiday Act Amendment Bill to recognise June 12 as the new Democracy Day. The passage of the bill is coming almost one year after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the date would replace May 29 for Nigerians to commemorate the return to the civilian government. While some […]
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A yet-to-be identified Nigerian was among the 157 dead victims of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 Max that crashed this morning shortly after take-off in Addis Ababa. The plane billed for Nairobi had 32 Kenyans on board, the largest group of nationals in the ill-fated plane. There were 33 different nationalities on board with […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, director general of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, has described former president Olusegun Obasanjo as a patriot. The former Rivers governor said Obasanjo is the only Nigerian that loves the country. Amaechi, who is the minister of transportation, made the remark in an audio clip released by Reno Omokri, former media aide of […]
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The Consul General of Nigeria in South Africa, Godwin Adama, has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian, Linus Chibuzor-Nwankwo from Enugu State by a fellow Nigerian, Lawrence Nwarienne from Anambra, in that country. Mr Adama, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed shock over […]
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The Nigeria Mission in South Africa has condemned the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, by gunman in South Africa. He said the it received with pain the unfortunate news of the assassination of Tochukwu-Lawrence by a yet-to-be identified assailant. Abraham said that the ugly incident was said to have occurred at 10 Koppe, […]
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A yet to be identified Nigerian was among five persons who entered Finland illegally with the help of World Cup identity papers. The Finnish border guard disclosed this to Reuters on Wednesday, saying upon their arrival, the individuals applied for asylum. World Cup host Russia provided match ticket holders with visa-free entry. “We had been […]
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A U.S.-based Nigerian woman, Princess Oyenike Oyedele Roberts, has declared for the presidency of Nigeria on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Nike Roberts, as she is called, while addressing supporters in New York, also dissociated herself from corruption, vowing never to accept any donation from corrupt […]
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A Nigerian has been burnt to death in Rustenburg, South Africa, after his vehicle was set ablaze by yet-to-be identified people. However, the country’s North West police did not believe the incident was related to violent protests in the area this week, according to media reports on Sunday. Two vehicles were set alight in two […]
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