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October, 2023

• 3 October

  Police drop defamation charge against Bayelsa-based journalist

  

      The police command in Bayelsa State has dropped a defamation charge it filed against a Bayelsa-based journalist, Mr Nengi Owei-Ilagha. The journalist was charged before a Federal High Court in Yenagoa. He was alleged to have made defamatory posts against Mr Emmanuel Chiefson on Facebook. Chiefson is a …

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• 3 October

  NAF airstrikes neutralise several terrorists in Lake Chad

  

      The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said it neutralised several Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in air strikes in the Tumbuns on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known …

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• 3 October

  Another boat capsizes with 22 passengers in Niger, says NSEMA

  

    A boat carrying about 22 passengers on board from Kasabu village in Agwara local government area of Niger State to Yauri in Kebbi State has capsized. Alhaji Salihu Garba, overseeing Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

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• 3 October

  NIGERIAN ELECTIONS: A DEMOCRACY IN THE HANDS OF A JUDICIARY

  

    By Toyin Falola To run for an election in Nigeria, as you raise the money you need, now in billions of naira, remember one thing: divide the money into two—one for the elections and the other for legal matters. If you win, the loser will take you to court. …

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• 3 October

  Ooni pleads support for Tinubu

      The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has pleaded with Nigerians to persevere with President Bola Tinubu’s administration in view of the current economic situation. The royal father made the appeal during the visitation to his family compound as grand-finale of Olojo Annual Festival at Oketase …

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• 3 October

   23 feared dead as boat capsizes in Kebbi

  

    The Kebbi State Government has condoled with members of immediate families, Yauri Emirate Council, and the Local Government over a boat which capsized involving 30 traders. In the ugly accident, 23 people were feared dead. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the governor disclosed this in a statement …

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