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Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
By Omeiza Ajayi The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has released application details for its new Visa-on-Arrival policy for Africans and non-Africans. In a statement posted on its website on Monday, the Service listed the category of persons eligible for Visa on Arrival. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently announced the policy for Africans travelling to Nigeria, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge. The bomb detonated at roughly 5 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on a crowded bridge in the market town of Gamboru that leads into neighboring Cameroon. Witnesses in the market town said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
A protest against Liberia’s President George Weah has started in the capital, Monrovia. The first group of banner-carrying protesters walked through police roadblocks to assemble on Capitol Hill, the seat of power. The crowd swelled, as more protesters entered. Dozens of riot police have been deployed, but they have not interfered. The government had given […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
Worshippers of Ground For Jesus Church were on Sunday left in shock after the pastor stabbed his wife to death before committing suicide during a church service in Mombasa, Kenya. According to police report, the Pastor, Elisha Misiko, unleashed a knife at the pulpit, where he was sitting together with his wife, and stabbed […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, January 6th, 2020
By Idowu Bankole The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has on Sunday, placed Police Commands and Formations nationwide on red alert following the death of Iranian Army General, Qassem Soleimani. In a statement released on Sunday evening, the Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police, Frank Mba, disclosed that “This proactive measure follows Intelligence Report […]
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American Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 6th, 2020
By Rasheed Sobowale The United States embassy in Nigeria has warned Americans in the country to be cautious of their movement in response to the recent world events. The embassy, however, noted it has no specific threat information but deems it necessary to remind Americans in Nigeria to observe personal security measures on a regular […]
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
The new decade is looking better for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, as she is set to receive the first Belle van Zuylenring this month, starting off where she left last decade. An honorary prize set by the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht, Adichie is receivingthe prize “because of the unique way in which she knows how […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
Two rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital Sunday, witnesses told AFP, shortly after the deadline from a hardline pro-Iran faction for local troops to get away from US forces. The vehemently anti-American group, Kataeb Hezbollah, had warned Iraqi security forces to “get away” from US troops at joint bases across Iraq by […]
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Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
Tunde Odesola – Punch The lamb at home doesn’t know the deadliness of the hunter in the forest. Radical issues require drastic actions. With uncommon courage and a massive sense of patriotism, I, Babatunde Odesola, a middle-aged Nigerian journalist and a die-hard lover of democracy, hereby, call for a revolution against millions of Nigerians who […]
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Presidency
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said Nigerians should not continue going abroad for medical treatment. “Nigerians have suffered so much going abroad for medical treatment. This is not good for us and it must stop because we can’t afford it again,” he said. The President, who himself had […]
