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The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (CG NIS), Kemi Nanna Nandap, has said Diaspora sponsors of #EndBadGovernance violent protesters are watchlisted and will be arrested when entering the country anytime. Nandap disclosed this at a meeting of heads of security agencies and Service Chiefs convened by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General…
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Violence, and particularly sexual violence, is happening "daily" in and around displaced persons camps in part of east DR Congo, a survey from an MSF research group said on Tuesday. The M23, which had lain dormant for about a decade, launched an offensive in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at…
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The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber and recovered two AK-47 rifles with 47 rounds of live ammunition. The public relations officer of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told journalists in Kano that on August 5, 2024 at around “2am, a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State reported…
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Bangladesh, whose ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled on Monday under pressure from protesters and the army, has a history of political instability and a heightened vulnerability to climate change. Five things to know: - Political instability - Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in 1971 after a brutal conflict that killed an estimated…
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A coalition of Northern social movements has asked President Bola Tinubu to hold members of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the destruction and looting of public property during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano. The movement, under the platform of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), faulted the president’s national broadcast for failing…
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Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic -- and bruising -- bid for the White House. Walz had been on a shortlist with a string of other Democratic figures seen as broadening Harris's appeal as she…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested some sponsors of foreign flag-flying protesters and insurrection in the country. Spokesman of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, told newsmen today at Defence Headquarters that their identities would soon be made public, urging Nigerians to be patient.
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The Katsina State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the university town of Dutsinma in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Director of Press to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Abdullah Yaradua, in a statement on Tuesday, announced that the acting governor, Faruk Lawal Jobe, approved the review of the 24-hour restriction…
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Fitch Ratings, an American credit rating agency, has downgraded the National Long-Term Rating of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) from 'AA(nga)' to 'B+(nga)', citing a notable deterioration in the conglomerate's liquidity position. The downgrade also affects the senior unsecured debt rating issued by Dangote Industries Funding Plc, which has been reduced from 'AA(nga)' to 'B+(nga)'. Dangote…
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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced that police and security agencies have identified and blocked sources of external funding for violent protests in Nigeria. Egbetokun made this statement during a joint press briefing hosted by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, at the Defence Headquarters today. According to the IGP,…
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The police in Borno have confirmed the arrest of nine protesters for allegedly displaying Russian flags in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, made this known this on Tuesday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. He said that the suspects were arrested…