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Nigeria: I’m Happy UN Appreciates My Fight Against Corruption, Poverty – Buhari

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Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed happiness that the effort of his administration to wage war against corruption and poverty in the country was acknowledged and appreciated by the United Nations. The President also expressed Nigeria’s commitment to stabilising the West-African sub-region within available resources. Speaking during an audience with Mohammad Ibn Chambas, … Read more

Lolobi Kumase Indigents Protest Against Inclusion In Oti Region

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Residents of Lolobi Kumase in the Oti Region at the weekend staged a demonstration in protest against their inclusion in the Oti Region. Numbering about 100, they carried placards some with the inscriptions; Stop destabilising Lolobi and Akpafu traditional areas, No Oti, no Oti, stop ethnic cleansing of Hohoe Municipality among others. They marched through … Read more

Burkina Faso: 19 People Killed And 13 Wounded In Arbinda Attack

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Unidentified assailants killed 19 people and wounded 13 in an attack on and around the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government has said. Hundreds of people have died in violence over the past months and more than 150,000 have been forced to flee as armed groups have spread across the … Read more

Three Footbridges On Madina-Adenta Highway Completed

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The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has announced that work on the three remaining footbridges on the Madina-Adenta highway will be completed at the end of the month. Two more have been completed bringing to three the number of the bridges completed and used by the public. The footbridges at the Ritz junction, … Read more

Mali: 95 people were killed in ethnic Dogon village

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At least 95 people were killed in an attack on an ethnic Dogon village in central Mali in the latest deadly violence to hit the restive region. Nineteen others were missing after unknown armed men attacked the village of Sobane-Kou, in the Mopti region, in the early hours of Monday, the government said in a … Read more

Supreme Court Dismisses Injunction On Electoral Commission

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Supreme Court Dismisses Injunction On Electoral Commission

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an application for an interlocutory injunction to stop the Electoral Commission (EC) from carrying out its intended limited voter registration exercise. The application filed by Mr Umar Ayuba, a native of Daboya in the Savannah Region, prayed the Court to grant the application to prevent what he perceived as … Read more

NDC Chairman Released, Phone And Other Gadgets Seized

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NDC Chairman Released, Phone And Other Gadgets Seized

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has been released from police custody after being detained for about five hours. He is to report back to the police on Thursday, June 13. READ ALSO: I Have Done Worst Things Done Releasing My Nudes – Christabel Ekeh The NDC Chairman’s electronic gadgets have however … Read more

Breaking: United States now demands all visa applicants to provide their social media usernames

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The U.S. now wants to know the social-media user names of people applying for visas as part of stepped up screening of foreign visitors and immigrants. The change, which was first announced last year and taking effect this month, follows on a 2017 order by President Donald Trump requiring heightened vetting for visa applicants, according … Read more

FREE SHS AWAITS YOU- PRESIDENT TO BECE CANDIDATES

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told students sitting for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) across the country to work hard and be part of government’s Free Senior High School policy. In a tweet to wish the candidates a successful exams, the president reminded them that free SHS awaits them in September. ‘Best of … Read more

Nigeria: You’ve Licence to Kill Criminals, Army Tells Personnel

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Abuja — Army authorities have told soldiers that they have licence to kill criminals and not to be killed by criminals. Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, spoke, yesterday, in Katsina, Kastina State during the COAS tour of the volatile Northwest region and other trouble areas of Zamfara and Katsina states. Represented … Read more