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Bauchi Governorship Candidate Yakubu Adamu Holds a PhD From a University That Says It Awards None

National Commission for Private Higher Education, known by its abbreviation CNESP, has sanctioned the International ...
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Ex-Presidential Candidate Gbenga Hashim Condemns Police Attack On Sowore, Other Protesters, Warns Nigeria Sliding Into Authoritarianism

Former presidential candidate of the Accord Party and Co-Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Renewal (MDR), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has condemned the police attack on human rights activist and ...
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Abducted Oyo Schoolchildren, Teachers Being Held In Old Oyo National Park, Says Governor Makinde As Victims Spend 27 Days

Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that pupils and teachers abducted by suspected bandits from schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of the state are currently being held within ...
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Nigerian Police Plotting To Arrest, Intimidate Me Over Unknown Offence – Enugu-Based Journalist Raises Alarm

An Enugu-based journalist and former House of Representatives candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Ani, has accused operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Anti-Kidnapping Unit in ...
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'If Seyi Tinubu Was Among Abducted Oyo Schoolchildren, Would He Still Be With Terrorists?' — Nigerians Hold June 12 Protests In Canada, Ask Tinubu To Resign

Nigerians under thee Take-It-Back Movement staged a protest in Canada on Democracy Day, June 12, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of abducted Nigerian schoolchildren, while knocking ...
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Four Nigerian Prisoners Die In Ethiopian Jail As Nigerian Govt Moves To Repatriate Inmates Under New Transfer Deal

The prisoner transfer agreement is expected to allow convicted Nigerian nationals currently serving sentences in Ethiopian prisons to complete the remainder of their jail terms in Nigeria, where they ...
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Trump Says US Military Strike Killed Venezuelan Notorious Criminal Gang Leader, Niño Guerrero

United States President Donald Trump has announced that American military forces carried out a strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, widely known as “Niño Guerrero,” the notorious ...
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Lawyers Kick As Court Session Holds On Saturday In Court Of Appeal President's Hometown In Plateau

A special sitting of the Court of Appeal reportedly scheduled to hold in the hometown of the President of the Court of Appeal ...
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Rights Centre CEFSAN Condemns Police Tear-Gassing, Attacks On Sowore, Other June 12 Protesters, Demands Accountability From Tinubu Govt

The Centre for Human Rights and Social Advancement (CEFSAN) has condemned the attack, harassment, and tear-gassing of peaceful protesters in Abuja, Kaduna, and other parts of Nigeria during activities ...
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DSS Intercepts Major Arms Shipment In Kano, Arrests Notorious Bandits Supplier

The operation led to the direct arrest of one Abubakar Muhammad, an alleged high-profile arms courier who has been on the radar of state intelligence services. Acting on highly sensitive, actionable ...
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Banditry, Terrorism Difficult To Tackle Because Of Local Informants, Suppliers – Defence Minister Musa

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has pointed to local complicity as a primary reason why terrorism, banditry, and insurgency remain deeply entrenched in the country.
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Democracy Day: Osun Schools, Health Sector Still Suffer Despite Huge Allocations, APC Guber Candidate Tackles Governor Adeleke's Administration

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (Ambo), has criticised the administration of Governor Ademola Ad ...