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UN seeks $1.8bn intervention to assist 7.8 million Nigerians

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 13, 2020

The UN System in Nigeria, alongside partner NGOs are collectively appealing for 1.08 billion dollars to provide urgent aid to 7.8 million vulnerable people in Nigeria’s North East. The UN says the funding needed was ...

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Customs arrest two Lebanese attempting to smuggle $890,000 cash out ...

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 12, 2020

Two Lebanese, Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, have been arrested for attempting to smuggle $890,000 out of Nigeria, through the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. They were arrested by officers of the Customs ...

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Zamfara dissolves all 14 APC council chairmen, appoints caretakers

Don’t politicise issues of security – Matawalle urges Nigerians

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 11, 2020

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has urged Nigerians to desist from politicising issues of insecurity affecting many parts of the country. Matawalle made the call when he visited the Special Army Super Camp Faskari, ...

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Buhari charges military on loyalty, protection of Nigerians

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 8, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reminded the military of their sacred duty to protect Nigerians irrespective of ethnic or religious backgrounds. Buhari spoke at the Passing Out Parade of 114 medics of the Nigerian Air ...

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FG evacuates 325 more Nigerians from U.S.

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 8, 2020

The sixth evacuation flight from the U.S. has departed for Abuja and Lagos with 325 passengers on board. According to the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, in the manifest are ...

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Why Nigerians must ‘calm down’, By Femi Adesina

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 7, 2020

There’s this hilarious video that went viral recently. A boy had offended his mother, and was about to get a beating. Tearfully, even before he got whipped, the boy tried to plead his way out. ...

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Nigerians not banned from Dubai – Official

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 6, 2020

An official from the Dubai Tourism has debunked the viral fake news that Nigerians have been banned from visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Stella Fubara-Obinwa, its Director Africa, International Operations, made the clarification during ...

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Eid-el-Kabir: PDP salutes Nigerians, urges hope in God

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 1, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Eid-el Kabir to rekindle their faith, hope and trust in the Almighty Allah as the ultimate solution to all ...

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Nigerians Are Hungry, Angry With Buhari – Dr. Olapade Agoro

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

July 29, 2020

The Founder and former presidential candidate of the defunct National Action Council (NAC), Dr Olapade Agoro has declared that Nigerians are hungry and angry with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in the country. This, according ...

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FG evacuates 332 stranded Nigerians from London

FG announces closure of Air Peace evacuation of Nigerians from ...

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

July 28, 2020

The Nigerian High Commission in the UK has announced the closure of Air Peace Evacuation flight from that country scheduled for Aug. 8, as all seats on the aircraft are fully booked. The High Commission ...