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Nigeria to pay royalties to Ghana for using NLA draw numbers – Sammi Awuku

Ghana is expected to benefit from royalty from Nigeria for providing the West Africa neighbours with its lottery platform. This will ensure that not only Nigeria, but other West African countries using the system provided by Ghana for their lottery games are legitimized. Director-General of the National Lottery Authority, Samuel …

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Nigerian travellers call for help as they face high isolation cost in Ghana

An exclusive video available to MyNigeria.com showed several Nigerians lamenting about how they were moved from the Kotoka International Airport in a convoy to an isolation center in East Legon, a suburb of Accra. They identified the hotel as M Plaza Hotel. The aggrieved travellers told MyNigeria.com that the Ghanaian …

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More than 100 Nigerian children free after mass kidnapping

More than 100 kidnapped children have been released from captivity in Nigeria, an education official told dpa on Friday. Umar Idris, the director of the Islamic Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school in the city of Tegina in the north-western state of Niger, confirmed the news, but it was unclear whether the …

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Bandits invade Nigerian Defense Academy, kill three soldiers, abduct others

Three officers were killed and several others abducted at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna following an invasion by armed men. This was confirmed by a witness who told Peoples Gazette that the incident occurred overnight on Tuesday, August 23, 2021. The civilian witness said three soldiers were killed and …

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‘Nigerians, forgive us’ – Ex Boko Haram commanders plead

Some top Boko Haram commanders who surrendered to the Nigerian Army are begging Nigerians for forgiveness. The repentant victims were seen wielding placards such as “Nigerians, forgive us” and “Borno state is the state of peace”. The terrorist organization which has metamorphosed into a global threat began unleashing terror on …

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Nigerian ‘Super Cop’ implicated by FBI threatens to expose govt officers – Report

Suspended Nigerian Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari is alleged to have threatened to expose some top government officials if he is released to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after a warrant was issued for his arrest in a US court. Kyari, who was formerly the head of the …

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Canada based Nigerian sentenced to eight years by US for fraud

US court don sentence Olumide Bankole Morakinyo, one Nigerian wey dey stay for Canada to eight years in prison for Defrauding Texas Employees Retirement System. Di court wey dey di Western District of Texas also say Morakinyo go repay back $975,863 to multiple victims for conspiracy to commit money laundering. …

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Baatsona police rescue 10 trafficked Nigerians

Police at Baastona in Accra have rescued 10 Nigerian nationals from their traffickers at Coastal Estates down, along the Spintex Road. They also managed to arrest six suspected traffickers. The said victims are between the ages of 21 and 24. In a statement, the police said they received an SOS …

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Nigerian student shot dead in fee increment protests

Normalcy is gradually returning after the Nigerian security forces reportedly shot dead one student and wounded two others in Kaduna state during street protests against tuition fee increment. Hundreds of students of the College of Education Gidan-Waya in Kafanchan came out on Monday to demand the reversal of an about …

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TB Joshua’s wife to take over leadership of Nigerian megachurch

Evelyn Joshua, wife of Nigerian pastor and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), TB Joshua, is set to succeed him as leader of the mega church. SCOAN elders have also met and selected Evelyn as TB Joshua’s successor as there was no succession plan for the church. …

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