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Chido Onumah, a Nigerian journalist and activist who was arrested on Sunday by the Department of State Service (DSS), said the agency accused him of wearing a shirt with the inscription: ‘We Are All Biafrans.’ Onumah was arrested at the airport upon his arrival from Europe and released five hours later. “I was arrested for wearing the T-shirt …
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October, 2019
September, 2019
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30 September
Nigeria: Air Peace launches Lagos-Warri flights
Nigerian and West African largest carrier, Air Peace, on Friday (27 September 2019) began flight operations from Lagos to Warri, in Delta State. The airline’s inaugural flight which took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos touched down at the Osubi Airport, Warri at 11.15pm. The ERJ 145 aircraft piloted by Capt. Crosby Otobo and Senior First Officer Usman …
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29 September
Bekele and Bekere make it double win for Ethiopia at Berlin Marathon 2019
It’s a double victory for Ethiopia in the German capital city on Sunday as the country swept both the Men’s and Women’s titles at the 46th BMW Berlin-Marathon in a race that has been described by journalists as one of the craziest in the history of the sport. Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele has won his second Berlin Marathon’s Men race, crossing …
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29 September
South Africa: Prepare to return, Obasanjo tells evacuated Nigerians
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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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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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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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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