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President Muhammadu Buhari is seen in this picture taken on March 30, 2021, waving as he embarks on a medical trip to the United Kingdom.   President Muhammadu Buhari in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015, promised expectant citizens that he would: “tackle head-on the enormous challenges of insecurity and pervasive corruption. Nigerians will …

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In this file photo taken on July 27, 2018 former South African president Jacob Zuma stands in the dock of the High Court of Pietermaritzburg during his hearing over 16 corruption charges.Phill MAGAKOE / POOL / AFP     South African ex-president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday declined a court directive to suggest how he should …

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Real Madrid bus attacked en route to Anfield.     A window on the Real Madrid team bus was smashed ahead of the Spanish giants’ Champions League clash with Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday. “We condemn unequivocally the actions that led to Real Madrid’s team bus being damaged during its arrival to Anfield this evening. …

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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose speaks during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on April 14, 2021.   A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged irregularities in the recently conducted South-West Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, describing the exercise as a scam. The PDP …

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  Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has asked the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru to facilitate the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Zulum made this plea during his first courtesy call on the COAS at the Army Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the …

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  Ten civilians have been confirmed killed in Tuesday night’s attack on Damasak, the headquarters of the Mobbar Local Government of Borno State. This is according to the Chairman of the local government, Mustapha Bako Kolo. An unspecified number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were also injured during the attack, according to Kolo. Although sources …

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Logo of a court gavel   The Katsina Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Hadiza Shagari has on Wednesday sentenced a notorious drug trafficker, Ibrahim Ali to Fifteen (15) years imprisonment without an option of a fine. Before his arrest in November, last year by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, …

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A file photo of Customs operatives.   The Federal Operations Unit (Zone C) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has seized contraband items valued over ₦1.2 billion in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Briefing journalists in the state on Wednesday, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Yusuf Lawal, said the seizure was made from January …

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  As the Ramadan fast progresses, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has called on Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria to rededicate themselves to higher virtues of kindness, love, and generosity towards each other, regardless of faith or ethnicity. Speaking to State House Correspondents on his way out from the Council Chambers after the Federal Executive Council …

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