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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the Rainbow Nation to get ready to go back. This is because he was confident the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, scheduled for early October would yield a positive outcome. Obasanjo said Buhari and …
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September, 2019
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29 September
Sowore: Federal govt. charges detained activist to court despite bail order
The Department of State Service, which has been detaining the former presidential candidate since August 3, continues to hold him in custody in violation of the court order granting him bail six days ago.
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29 September
Runners aim for world’s marathon records in Berlin
Enthusiasts are hoping that it will be a history-making event as the fastest marathoners on earth line up to race the 45th BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday, 29 September. Last year, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the Men’s race in two hours, one minute and 39 seconds, smashing the world record in the process by a staggering 78 seconds, while his …
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29 September
Libyan torturers came to Italy via Sea-Watch migrant rescue vessel — Report
An Italian newspaper claims that three of the 40 rescued migrants who came to Italy in June with German NGO ship Sea-Watch 3 ran a migrant detention center near in Libya where migrants were tortured. Police allegedly concealed their arrest, which happened on the day of their disembarkation. Benjamin Bathke reports. “Rackete brings us criminals,” the headline of an online article …
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28 September
Sowore: Falana asks court to jail DSS director for disobeying court order
Despite a court order releasing Omoyele Sowore, the Nigerian authorities have refused to free the rights activist and journalist. While his lawyers claim that all the conditions set by the court for Sowore’s freedom had been met, the Department of State Services (DSS), which is holding him, maintains that the process for effecting the court’s order remain incomplete. Femi …
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28 September
APC denies feud between President Buhari and Vice-President Osinbajo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that there is a rift between President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. For many weeks now, Nigerians have been inundated with reports that the president and his deputy are at logger heads. These speculations have been fueled by some actions taken within the presidency in recent times. For example, a new …
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28 September
First batch of refugees stranded in Libya arrive in Rwanda
The government in Kigali said it is prepared to accommodate up to 30,000 evacuees from Libya, who are expected to arrive in groups of up to 500 at a time in order to allow for the country to adapt to the new reality of being a country of immigrants.
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27 September
22 Ghanaians deported from Germany, UK as Immigration chief advises
Twenty-two Ghanaians have been deported from Germany and the United Kingdom for immigration-related issues such as overstaying their entry permit and illegal stay in both countries. Seventeen Ghanaians deported from Germany arrived on a chartered flight CT3721 at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on 18 September, the Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has disclosed. The deportees all males aged …
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27 September
Nigeria: Group rallies support for Yoruba President in 2023
Even though the next presidential election is four year away, jostling for who will succeed President Muhammadu, when his second and last term in office ends, is already in full swing. The ongoing controversy over corruption allegations against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is seen by Yoruba activists as an attempt to prevent the professor of law from taking over from …
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27 September
Ghana: Security analyst doubts government’s foiled coup claims
The news of a foiled coup in Ghana, which is seen as bedrock of democratic stability in West Africa, came like a blitz. How could it be? Alleged plans to topple the democratically-elected president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, following the arrest of three suspected coup plotters, was announced on Monday. The suspects are Ezor Kafui, Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm and …
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