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Afro-Brazilians have called on the government of Nigeria to facilitate their connection to their ancestral roots by granting them citizenship
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Special counsel, Jack Smith, yesterday filed motions to drop all federal charges against President-elect Donald Trump regarding his mishandling of classified documents and his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol. Trump was first indicted in June 2023 in a federal court…
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The Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced crude oil processing targeting an output of 60,000 barrels per day (bpd)
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The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, has said the probe instituted by the Federal Government to identify civil servants receiving salaries after relocating abroad is still ongoing. She said this on Monday in Abuja at a briefing to celebrate her 100 days in office and stock-taking of her…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene the high-level security cabinet in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to approve a 60-day ceasefire with the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon after more than a year of war, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel yesterday. At the same time, the official stressed that Israel was accepting a…
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The Building Material Sellers Association of Badagry has called on the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, to address the alleged impounding of its vehicles conveying iron and steel products by Customs officials operating along the Badagry-Seme border. In a statement signed by its representative, John Whesu, the association appealed for urgent intervention to prevent…
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has debunked claims that operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) are back on the streets of Lagos. SARS was disbanded following the #EndSARS protests of October 2020 by youths who lamented the atrocities committed by the operatives. However, some X users have reported sighting police operatives dressed similarly…
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Imo state-born singer and entertainer, Somkelechi Mbafotu, whose stage name is Cee Shine, is set to release his new single, titled Armageddo
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In the 3rd quarter of 2021, the naira crossed five hundred to the dollar, and Emefiele confirmed he had lost it by challenging speculators to join him in a fisticuff to defend the naira. On seeing this, this writer, in an article titled: ‘Stop Borrowing Dollars Borrow Sense’, predicted a dollar changing for N1,000 within…
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Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja yesterday sentenced Akinwale Akinlabi to 12 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of his wife, Cecilia Tope Akinlabi. The court found Akinlabi guilty of the charge brought against him by the Lagos State government. The prosecution had alleged that Akinlabi unlawfully killed his wife on…