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Terrorists Kill Two In Kaduna Landmine Attack

By Media Talk Africa / November 3, 2022

Two people have been killed in a landmine attack by terrorists in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. […]

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Nnamdi Kanu Asks Supreme Court To Set Aside Appeal Court’s Ruling

By Media Talk Africa / November 3, 2022

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has approached the Supreme Court to appeal the ruling […]

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Trapped funds: Emirates suspends flights to Nigeria indefinitely

By Media Talk Africa / November 3, 2022

Dubai based Emirates Airlines has disclosed plans to suspend operations into Nigeria indefinitely effective from October 29, 2022. According to […]

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Nigerian woman becomes General in US Army

By Media Talk Africa / November 3, 2022

A woman of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General of the United States […]

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BREAKING: Drama as FG clears medical lecturers’ salary backlog

By Media Talk Africa / November 3, 2022

“On Monday, October 31, 2022, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Branch, received information that a […]

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NYSC introduces new fitness policy for corps members

By Media Talk Africa / November 2, 2022

The National Youth Service Corps has announced that prospective corps members will henceforth be required to present fitness certificates from […]

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Bandits abduct 39 children in Katsina farm

By Media Talk Africa / November 2, 2022

Parents of 39 children who were abducted by bandits while working on a farm in the Faskari Local Government Area […]

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Allow Nigerians To Carry Arms If Insecurity Persists – Lawmaker

By Media Talk Africa / November 2, 2022

Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has suggested that Nigerians be allowed to carry arms to […]

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NIGERIA POLICE: Lagos policewoman beats accountant seeking blood for wife

By Media Talk Africa / November 2, 2022

A chartered accountant, Anu Hunwathan, has accused a policewoman of assaulting him and tearing his clothes during an altercation at […]

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Gunmen kidnap ex-A’Ibom perm sec after church meeting

By Media Talk Africa / November 2, 2022

Gunmen, on Monday, kidnapped a former Permanent Secretary of Akwa Ibom State, Ignatius Brown, in Abak Local Government Area of […]

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Dollar crisis: EFCC plans massive raid on forex dealers

By Media Talk Africa / November 2, 2022

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday carried out simultaneous operations against Bureau de Change operators in Abuja and […]

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BREAKING: Kogi Assembly candidate arrested with N326m, $610,500 cash

By Media Talk Africa / November 1, 2022

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples […]

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UNIZIK selected for UK training, gets £100,000 prize

By Media Talk Africa / November 1, 2022

The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, has been selected to serve as a training hub in engineering and entrepreneurship […]

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Commuters stranded as Lagos commercial drivers protest extortion

By Media Talk Africa / November 1, 2022

Hundreds of commuters on Monday got stranded following a one-week strike action embarked upon by commercial drivers operating under the […]

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Lagos-Ibadan highway kidnappers killed captives over ransom, collected N3.2m from my father – Lady

By Media Talk Africa / November 1, 2022

One of the released victims of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway abduction, Aminat Taiwo, has narrated how her father paid N3.2m to […]

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Terror alert: FG reassures Nigerians, pushes back against US, UK

By Media Talk Africa / November 1, 2022

Against the backdrop of the terror alerts issued by both the United States and the United Kingdom last week, the […]

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Russia-Ukraine war live: missile strikes hit dams and other critical infrastructure in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities

By Media Talk Africa / October 31, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 250 of the invasion Kremlin pulls out of grain deal […]

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Borno housewife poisons chief imam, says I hate marriage

By Media Talk Africa / October 31, 2022

The Borno State Police Command said it arrested a housewife, Fatima Abubakar, 25, for allegedly killing her husband, Goni Abbah, […]

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Aggrieved workers transfer N483bn to new PFAs

By Media Talk Africa / October 31, 2022

No fewer than 109,522 workers have transferred their Retirement Savings Accounts to other Pension Fund Administrators since the National Pension […]

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Buhari summons emergency security meeting over terror alert

By Media Talk Africa / October 30, 2022

To further douse the tension raised by recent alarm raised by the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) in […]

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