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[Vanguard] Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja "to order the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to perform their statutory functions to review
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: I Almost Quit Coaching After Keshi's Death - - Former Assistant Coach
During Keshi's successful stints as head coach for the national teams of Togo, Mali and of course with Nigeria, Houdonou was a constant figure in Keshi's backroom
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Nigeria: Insecurity - 77 Killed, 29 Abducted in Various Violent Attacks Across Nigeria Last Week
[Premium Times] The figures were gathered through the use of newspaper reports and family sources.
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Liberia: Is Ex-CBL Governor Milton Weeks the Sacrificial Lamb in the 'Missing Billions' Saga?
Monrovia — When Charles Sirleaf, the eldest son of former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was arrested along with five others, including former Governor J. Milton Weeks, last February, it marked a turning point in the controversy surrounding the alleged disappearance LD16 billion ($100 million (€88
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Nigeria: Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu Re-Arrested, Returned to Nigeria - Malami
[Premium Times] Mr Kanu and his co-defendant are facing treasonable felony charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
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Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct Six Mining Company Workers in Kogi
[Premium Times] The fully armed gunmen whisked the six workers away to an unknown location.
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Nigeria: Ladoja Replies Obasanjo, Insists 'Third-Term Bid' Caused His Impeachment
[Premium Times] "...Obasanjo can be forgiven because he is an old man who may not recollect the past accurately, anymore..."
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Nigeria: 'One Chance' Thieves Hijacked Our Case File On Igboho's Associates - - DSS
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Department of State Services, DSS, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that a gang of mobile armed robbers commonly known as 'One Chance', highjacked its case file on the fundamental rights enforcement suit that was filed by detained associates of Yoruba
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Nigeria: Group Urges Mobil to Obey Court Judgement On Oil Spillage
[Daily Trust] The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has urged ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to urgently comply with the court judgement, which ordered it to pay N81.9 billion as compensation for oil spills from the company's facilities which occurred
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Nigeria: NIPC Remits N5.4 Billion to Govt in Five Years
[Premium Times] This represents 46 percent of its total revenue for the period.
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Nigeria: How to Tackle Nigeria's Power Crisis, Challenges - Minister, Experts
[Premium Times] The experts, who brainstormed on the nation's energy sector crisis, agreed that urgent reforms were needed to bring the sector to par with global standards.
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Gunmen kill 13 villagers in central Nigeria - police | News24
Gunmen have killed 13 villagers in central Nigeria's Benue state following a long-running "chieftaincy" dispute, police said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria: Togo, Niger, Benin Owe Nigeria N32.04 Billion in Electricity Bills, Says NERC
Togo, Niger, and Benin Republic did not pay their N32.04 billion bills for the electricity Nigeria supplied to them in 2019, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
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Nigeria: Hushpuppi - EFCC Dissociates Self From Mompha's Claims
[Premium Times] Mompha claimed that the EFCC contacted him after Hushpuppi was apprehended abroad and asked him to delete his social media pages and maintain a low profile after the incident.
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Nigeria: Over 30 Vehicles Razed in Tanker Accident On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
[Premium Times] Motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are locked in a gridlock following the tanker accident.
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Nigeria: Electoral Commission Announces Result of Ekiti LG Poll As PDP Explains Boycott
[Premium Times] Raphael Adeyanju, the publicity secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the PDP, describes the poll as a sham.
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Nigeria: \Another PDP Senator Defects to APC
[Premium Times] His decision was conveyed in a letter which was read out by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary.
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Nigeria: Intermodal Transport System - Sanwo-Olu Boosts Water Transportation With 7 Locally Made Boats, Renovates 15 Jetties
[Vanguard] Lagos State Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu has expressed his administration's commitment in providing absolute safety on the waterways by ensuring total complaince with safety protocols and regulations, increase capacity to daily transport more residents to reduce traffic congestion on the
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Nigeria: Niger Govt Confirms 136 Pupils Kidnapped From Islamic School
[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES had reported how armed bandits on Sunday abducted many pupils of the Islamic school in Tegina, a densely populated town in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
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Nigeria: North Central Insists On 2023 Presidency, Rejects Party Chairmanship Position
[Vanguard] Abuja -- Leaders of the North Central zone under the auspices of the North Central Renaissance Movement, NCRM, Tuesday, called on the two major political parties, The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone their 2023 Presidential tickets to the
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Nigeria: The Deceitful Propaganda for Zoning in Enugu
Akpa Francis, a public affairs analyst interrogates the current succession plan into public offices in Enugu State, which excludes people of Greater Awgu cultural group from the zoning arrangement
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Nigeria: U.S. to Nigerian Govt - End Twitter Ban, Use Other Options to Check Hate Speech
[Premium Times] The Ambassador to Nigeria suggests alternatives the government can apply rather than outright ban of social media platforms.
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Ethiopia: Federal Court Once Again Rejects Prosecutor's Request for Behind a Curtain Witness Hearing Against Eskinder Nega Et Al.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal High Court, Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench today decided to hold prosecutor's witnesses hearing against the defendants in Eskeinder Nega's file in open sessions.
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Nigeria: Almajiri As Assets and Curses
In April 2015, barely two weeks after the presidential election when the then newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC) was waiting to take over the reins of power following its historic electoral victory, the then outgoing governor of Kano State, Mallam Rabiu Kwankwaso, basking in the euphoria
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Nigeria: PTCIJ Tackles Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Reporting On Journalists
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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the secessionist group IPOB, arrested, 'returned' to Nigeria | Africanews
Kanu had been on the run since soldiers raided his father’s residence in Abia state, south eastern Nigeria. He faces charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him by the Nigerian government in response to years of campaign for the independent Republic of Biafra through IPOB.
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Nigeria: Ban Big Brother Naija, Onuesoke Appeals to Govt
[Vanguard] Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban the ongoing reality television show, Big Brother Naija.
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Nigeria: Kaduna Govt Confirms Attack On Polytechnic, Says Many Students Kidnapped
[Premium Times] "Governor Nasir El-Rufai received the briefing with sadness and prayed for the repose of the soul of the student killed, while sending condolences to his family."
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Nigeria: Anambra Decides 2021 - Key Campaign Promises of Seven Major Candidates
[Premium Times] A total of 18 political parties are presenting candidates in Saturday's governorship election in Anambra State.
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Nigeria: Gubio Attack - Death Toll Now 81 - Village Head, Six Others Abducted
In Gubio, the governor was also informed that seven persons, including a village head, were abducted by the
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