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Protesters grounded commercial activities in Kano to demonstrate against bad governance in the state and country. Our correspondent gathered that the slow return to normalcy was worsened by the six hours of relaxation of the curfew between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm by the Kano State Government. Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday…
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The Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. READ ALSO:Protests: Cautious optimism as normalcy returns to Kaduna, Kano, Katsina Aruwan said, “The Kaduna State Security Council under the leadership of Gov. Uba Sani, following a review of the security situation in…
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The Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok has legally committed to permanently withdraw the Lite rewards feature from the European Union, the European Commission announced on Monday. The commission ended its investigation into the rewards feature and closed the first case under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a powerful set of EU laws governing large…
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South African police discovered 90 Ethiopians packed into locked rooms in inhuman conditions at the weekend, a spokesman said Monday, and arrested two suspects on allegations of kidnapping and human trafficking. Police found the Ethiopians in a house in Johannesburg on Saturday as they were searching for a man who had been kidnapped for ransom…
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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Ondo State, Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, says President Bola Tinubu should not be blamed wholly for the economic challenges currently facing the country. Tofowomo, who represented Ondo South Senatorial District at the Ninth National Assembly, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday…
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Yobe Government on Monday said it had received a donation of over 90,000 bags of grains from the Federal Government since March 2023. Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Muhammed Goje, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. He said that the donation was…
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Women Economic Emancipation Group (WEEG) in Kwara State has given President Bola Tinubu a two-week ultimatum to review his economic policies or face mass protests. The group led by a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a press conference in Ilorin on Monday threatened to mobilise over 2,000 fellow women for the…
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The US military has withdrawn all its forces from its final base in Niger, the Pentagon said Monday, more than a year after military coup leaders in the African country told them to leave. The "withdrawal of US forces and assets from Air Base 201 in Agadez is complete," the Pentagon said in a joint…
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Iran said Monday it has the "legal right" to respond to the assassination in Tehran last week of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, an attack blamed on Israel amid the Gaza war. "No one has the right to doubt Iran's legal right to punish the Zionist regime," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told a regular…
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The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has thanked President Bola Tinubu for finally addressing the nation amid the ongoing #EndBadGovernmenttInNigeria protests, which entered its 5th day today. Tinubu, during his nationwide address on Sunday morning, called for an end to “bloodshed, violence and destruction” that has permeated the protest,…