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Court Adjourns Till 12noon To Allow FG File Charges On Why Nnamdi Kanu Should Be Detained Further

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Court Adjourns Till 12noon To Allow FG File Charges On Why Nnamdi Kanu Should Be Detained Further

The Court of Appeal on Monday adjourned till 12noon in a stay of execution filed by the federal government, demanding further detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. ABN TV reports that the federal government through the Ministry of Justice filed a stay of execution after the court last week discharged and acquitted...

Peter Obi Reacts To Baba-Ahmed’s EndSARS ‘Massacre’ Comment

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Peter Obi Reacts To Baba-Ahmed’s EndSARS ‘Massacre’ Comment

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has reacted to the statement made by his Vice Presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, about the Lekki toll gate shooting during the EndSARS protest. Recall that Baba-Ahmed, while featuring in an interview session on the Channels TV programme, Politics Today, last week, claimed the use of the word ‘massacre’ for the...

NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians On Suspected Fake Drugs

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NAFDAC Warns Customs Agents Against Complicity In Illegal Importation Of Syringes

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has raised the alarm over the circulation of suspected counterfeit Augmentin 625mg Tabs in the country. According to NAFDAC, the product failed short of the labeling requirements. The alert signed by the management of NAFDAC and titled ‘NAFDAC Alert And Sensitization Of The Public On Suspected Falsified Augmentin 625mg’ was obtained...

Increase In Airfares About 97% In One Year – NBS

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Increase In Airfares About 97% In One Year – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that air transportation rose by 96.87 per cent in one year. In its report titled ‘transport fare watch’ (September 2022), the Bureau noted that the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 96.87% from N36,922.97 in September 2021 on a year-on-year basis. According to the statistics body, on...

Nigeria Security Agencies Responsible For Road Blocks, Burning Of Trucks In Biafraland — IPOB

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IPOB Dismisses Umahi’s Claim Of Ongoing Talks For Kanu’s Release

In the face of the recent burning of several trucks in Anambra state by suspected hoodlums, the Indeginous People of Biafra, IPOB, has washed off its hands in the incident, accusing the Nigeria Security Agencies of perpetrating the crime. In a Press release on Sunday by the group's Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful and made available to ABN...

Forgiveness Bedrock Of National Peace, Unity — Kumuyi

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The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has identified forgiveness as panacea for peace and unity in the church and society. The man of God said even though there are offences that can leave a deep cut in people’s hearts, there is always need for anybody who feels offended by actions of another person, to take...

Buhari Jets Out To South Korea Sunday

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Buhari Jets Out To UK For Medical Check-up

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart Abuja for Seoul, South Korea, to participate in the First World Bio Summit, 2022. In a statement signed and made available to our correspondent by the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the summit which is jointly organised by the government of the Republic of Korea and the...

VIDEO: IGP Decorates Newly Promoted 56 Senior Police Officers, Deploys AIGs, CPs [See Affected States]

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IGP Decorates Newly Promoted 56 Senior Police Officers, Deploys AIGs, CPs [See Affected States]

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has decorated 56 newly-promoted Senior Police Officers and others, at the Goodluck Jonathan Peace Keeping Conference Hall, Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A total of 465 officers were promoted to various ranks, including 12 Assistant Inspectors General and 44 Commissioners of Police that were decorated on Thursday. DIG Sanusi Lemu, representing...

Sen. Kalu Greets Obi Of Onitsha On 20th Anniversary Of Coronation

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Sen. Kalu Greets Obi Of Onitsha On 20th Anniversary Of Coronation

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has described Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe as a committed and patriotic statesman with passion for growth and development of Onitsha, Anambra state and Nigeria. Extolling the virtues of the renowned monarch, the former Governor, called on leaders to emulate the outstanding leadership qualities of...

Police Boss, Baba Usman Presents N26.17m To Slain Officers’ Families

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10,000 Police Officers Undergoing Training On Digital Skills, Says IGP

The Inspector General of Police, Akali Baba Usman, has presented a cheque of N26,170,760 to families of deceased officers who died while in active service in Delta State. Presenting the cheque on behalf of IGP, the state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Ali, said the cheques issued to the next of kin of seven deceased officers, were part of the IGP...

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