Tag Archives: NIGERIA

Ghana, Nigeria excluded from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1

  Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union (EU) Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe. Nigeria and Ghana are conspicuously missing. Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the United States, …

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APC crisis: Oshiomhole accepts NEC’s decision

  The immediate-past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has accepted the decision of the party’s National Executive Committee that dissolved the National Working Committee which he chaired, The PUNCH has learnt. The former Edo State governor, who spoke at an ongoing media briefing in Abuja, said …

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All we want is your daughter’s virginity – Kidnappers tell victims parents

Suspected cultists who kidnapped a young girl in Bauchi State have revealed that all they needed from her was her virginity.   The 20-year-old girl, Patience, a 100 level Pharmacology student at the Bauchi State University, Gadau, was kidnapped on her way home from visiting a friend. This has placed …

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Nigeria’s Lawmakers ‘vote’ to retaliate by demolishing Ghana’s Mission inside Abuja

    Nigeria has rejected Ghana’s formal apology over a demolition exercise undertaken under at its High Commission here in Accra, describing it as a “direct attack on the Federal Republic of Nigeria which must not go unanswered”, mynewsgh.com reports. Nigerians lawmakers are therefore urged the Foreign Ministry to institute a …

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51 year old scammer sentenced to jail in the U.S

  Ronayerin Ogolor who’s a 51-year-old US-based Nigerian has been sentenced to prison for 3 years over internet fraud. Ogolor who has naturalized as a US citizen was able to scam 13 victims in Italy and US of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to LIB, in October 2019, Ogolor pleaded …

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3 drown, 2 bodies missing under fallen bridge in llorin

    Five people were said to be in a Toyota car with registration number LRN-978FE when the accident occurred. Ilorin, June 14, 2020 (NAN) Three persons of the same family lost their lives on Sunday when the car they were traveling in plunged into a river following the sudden …

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Nigeria projects 39.4m job losses by end of year

A team charged with developing Nigeria’s economic recovery plan from the coronavirus pandemic says about 39.4 million people could be jobless by the end of 2020 if government fails to act. The Committee on Economic Sustainability Plan, led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, said restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of …

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FUNNY VIDEO: Rivers state Chief confuse community members with Big English goes viral

A Chief in Kula kingdom in Rivers state has caused confusion among community members with English while speaking on some challenges faced. As the video of the Chief addressing the people while speaking and “blowing grammar” in English language goes viral, Nigerians started calling on interpreters to help break down …

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Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria – Wole Soyinka

President Muhammadu Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria, said, Prof Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, on Thursday. Soyinka was reacting to the letter written to Buhari by the former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar(retd), wherein he advised Buhari to change his mode of appointments, noting that …

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Nigeria: Another girl, 18, raped and killed in Ibadan

Just as Nigerians are trying to get over the unfortunate death of Uwa and Tina, another story of the same sort is coming in from Ibadan. 18-year-old Bello Barakat a student of the Institute of Agricultural Research And Training IAR&T in Ibadan, Oyo state was allegedly murdered by armed robbers after she …

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