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Owo attack: Sanwo-Olu commiserates with Akeredolu, Ondo people
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the state government, over the attack and killings of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church at Owa-luwa Street, Owo by unknown gunmen on Sunday. Governor Sanwo-Olu described the attack as callous, inhuman and despicable act, as he sympathised with the people of Ondo State, especially the…
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Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights suit against DSS
A Federal High Cour in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of State Service (DSS).Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and substance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, through his lawyer,…
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PHOTO NEWS: President Buhari arrives Nigeria after state visit to Spain
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Nigeria on Friday after a three-day visit to Spain. The president touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Friday afternoon.
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari receives Nigerians playing in Spanish clubs in Madrid
President Buhari receives in audience some selected Nigerians in Diaspora and Nigeria football players in Spanish clubs in Madrid. The President also received presentation from Nigerian footballer Kenneth Omeruo alongside Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Youth and Sports Sunday Dare and CEO Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri.
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President Buhari calls for global cooperation to avert looming food crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for world leaders to come together and strategise on ways to avert the looming food crisis around the world. President Buhari said this Wednesday in Madrid, Spain at the Royal Palace during an audience with his Royal Majesty, King Felipe VI in continuation of his State Visit to the country. The two leaders…
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Task force nabs 60 Okada for flouting ban, as Lagos govt commends compliance
About 60 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada were seized on Wednesday in and around Adeniyi Jones, Oshodi Expressway and Allen Avenue in Lagos, following a ban placed on their operation in six local governments in the state. The state task force, which combed through the areas to enforce the ban announced by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, effective June 1, made…
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Army denies complicity in Methodist Prelate’s kidnap
The Nigerian Army has denied complicity of its troops in the kidnap of Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche. This was contained in a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu. The statement said news making rounds on the alleged complicity of the troops was untrue. “While the Nigerian Army expresses concern and sympathy for the…
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President Buhari visits United Nations World Tourism Organization headquarters
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Madrid, on the sidelines of his ongoing State Visit to Spain. President Buhari, who was received by the UNWTO Secretary General, Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, becomes the first Nigerian leader to visit the headquarters of the UN tourism agency, which Nigeria joined in 1975.…
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My abductors collected N100m ransom for my release, says Methodist Prelate
Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Uche, abducted by gunmen on Tuesday said N100 million was paid as ransom before he was released. Uche, who spoke at a press conference in Lagos, said the monies were arranged in five sacks of N20 million each. He said the funds were raised by the Methodist church in Nigeria,…
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Buhari off to Spain on state visit
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Madrid, Spain on a state visit at the invitation of the Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. According to the statement, after meeting with Sanchez, President Buhari will also meet with the Head of…
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