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Nigeria: Datti-Ahmed – SERAP, CJID Sue Buhari, Others Over ‘Unlawful N5m Fine On Channels TV’

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

Joined in the suit as Defendants are the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture. […]

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72 die after drowning in Philippines

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

At least 72 people have died by drowning in the Philippines since the start of the month, police said Monday, […]

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2023 census: NPC trains 5,000 staff in Adamawa

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

The National Population Commission, NPC, will train and deploy 5,000 staff for the 2023 population and housing census in Adamawa […]

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Mauritius: Why is it so hard to get convictions for police brutality?

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

The US State Department in its 2022 report on Human Rights has pointed to the lack of prosecutions for human […]

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Federal, state lawmakers to get N49bn

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

The salaries and allowances for the incoming lawmakers may cost the country about N49bn, findings by The have shown. The […]

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Bandits slash ransom for 85 Zamfara abductees

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle The bandits who kidnapped 85 people in Wanzamai village in the Tsafe Local Government […]

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Asset declaration: Defaulters may be removed from office

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

Public officials who fail to declare their assets as stipulated by the constitution are liable to being removed from office, […]

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Supreme Court delivered 272 judgements in seven months – CJN

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola The Supreme Court has so far delivered 272 judgments in the 2022/2023 Legal Year. […]

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Five-year compulsory service for doctors will create crisis – WMA

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

The President of the World Medical Association, Dr Osahon Enabulele, has opposed the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (Amendment) Bill, […]

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Don’t intimidate judiciary, Ogun APC tells Adebutu

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

The Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress has welcomed the filing of petition by the governorship candidate of […]

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Benue killings: Attackers must be found, dealt with swiftly, Buhari insists

By Ifunanya / April 10, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, condemned the use of terrorism as a tool in inter communal […]

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Tackle nepotism, religious bigotry first, Kukah tells Tinubu

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, has urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to tackle nepotism and religious […]

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Delta man arrested after teenage friend dies of tramadol overdose in apartment

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

The Delta State police command have arrested a man identified as Samuel following the death of his teenage friend after […]

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Buhari, Tinubu mourn Dantata’s wife, condoles with Kano community

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari and president-elect Bola Tinubu have expressed sadness over the demise of Rabi Dantata, the wife of businessman, […]

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APC asks tribunal to dismiss 3 opposition parties’ petitions against Tinubu’s victory

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has prayed the Presidential Election Petitions Court in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three […]

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Osinbajo, Obasanjo, Osoba in attendance as Bola Ajibola laid to rest

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Ogun State governor, Segun Osoba and other dignitaries were in attendance […]

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Best election we’ve ever had – Itse Sagay

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

Professor of Law Itse Sagay, SAN, has said that Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the presidential election due to three factors. […]

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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s Health Care Workers Condemn Plan to Criminalize Foreign Recruiters

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

HARARE — Health care workers in Zimbabwe have condemned the government’s plan to criminalize their recruitment to work in other […]

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Zimbabwe: Pensioners to Get Compensation for 2009 Losses – Finance Minister

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

PENSIONERS, whose retirement contributions were eroded at the height of dollarisation of Zimbabwe’s economy in 2009, are set to be […]

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Zimbabwe: Gold Mafia – Angry Zimbabweans Vent On Mnangagwa’s Easter Prayer

By Ifunanya / April 9, 2023

OVER a hundred people took to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s social media handles to vent their frustrations at revelations of massive […]

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