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Nigerian Police Must Obey Court Order On N50million Compensation To Family Of Slain Journalist Alex Ogbu – Group Petitions IGP

The advocacy group, Justice for Alex, has renewed pressure on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately comply with a court ...
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House Of Reps Names Bayelsa's Fred Agbedi As Minority Leader, ADC Produces Deputy

Also appointed was Sokoto lawmaker, Hon. Abdusamad Dasuki of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who will serve as Deputy ...
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Five Mexican Police Officers Killed In Ambush By Gunmen, Hours To World Cup Opener

Five police officers were shot dead and five others injured on Wednesday in Mexico’s violence-plagued Michoacán State, less ...
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Falana Sues Senate Over Failure To Release Report On Alleged N210trillion NNPCL Financial Discrepancies

Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has filed a lawsuit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to compel the Nigerian Senate to disclose the report of its Committee on Public ...
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June 12 Protest: #EndBadGovernance Movement Says Tinubu’s Policies Breeding Terror, Poverty, Mass Abductions

Civil society organisations and activists under the banner of the #EndBadGovernance Movement have said that President Bola Tinubu's administration’s economic policies have created conditions that fuel ...
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Nigerian Bureau NSIB Recovers Black Box, Voice Recorder From Private Jet Which Landed On Delta Expressway

Following reports of the incident, NSIB said it moved swiftly to secure evidence and begin efforts to determine what led to the unusual event. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it ...
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DSS Threatens Edo Take-It-Back Coordinator Over Planned June 12 Protest, Plots Arrest At Rally Ground

The Edo State Coordinator of the Take-It-Back (TIB) Movement, Comrade Clinton Onobumhe, has been marked by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) after they threatened and interrogated ...
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Mambilla Trial: Ex-Minister Agunloye's Defence Challenges EFCC Evidence As Witness Admits Certifying Key Document Without Seeing Original Minutes

The ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, over the controversial Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project took a new turn on Wednesday as the defence challenged the ...
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'They Treated Us Like Slaves, Killed My Husband' — Nigerian Returnee Recounts Ordeal In South Africa's Xenophobic Attacks

One of the Nigerians evacuated from South Africa amid renewed xenophobic attacks has recounted harrowing experiences of abuse, discrimination and fear, describing how Nigerians we ...
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We Gave Peter Obi, Kwankwaso Free Ticket; What Else Do People Want? — NDC Leader Seriake Dickson Replies Critics

The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, has said the party handed its 2027 presidential ticket to Peter Obi without collecting any money from him, insisting that ...
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NHRC Says Nigeria Recorded 2755 Gender-Based Violence Cases In Four Months, Demands Psychosocial Support For Victims

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded 2,755 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) between January and April this year, with ...
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Xenophobic Violence In South Africa: A Betrayal Of The Pan-African Dream, By Yusha'u Sani Yankuzo, Esq.

Xenophobic attacks in South Africa are a stain on the conscience of the continent. They violate law, betray history, undermine African unity, and weaken the moral authority of a nation that once ...