NDLEA arrests Paris-bound businessman, others with 774 drugs
From Our Correspondent The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 48-year-old businessman, (name withheld), for allegedly ingesting 74 wraps of
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Syria’s interim govt to disband al-Assad’s security agencies
Syria’s Transitional Government has vowed to restructure all security agencies of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime accused of mass killings and abuses.
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Politics
Chad holds parliamentary election to stabilise president’s power
Chadians were voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition that will likely consolidate President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s power. The
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NCAA sanctions 5 airlines over regulatory infractions
From Our Correspondent The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has imposed sanctions on five airlines over alleged violations of aviation regulations. TheNewsZenith reports
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KNSG gives automatic employment to scholarship graduates
From Musab Gbemisola, Kano Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State, on Saturday, announced automatic employment for the state’s foreign scholarship programme graduates in
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176 die in S/Korea as plane crashland
At least 176 people have died when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing at an airport in
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Kidnapping: Police rescue 13 victims in Kwara
From Our Correspondent In a swift and coordinated operation, the Police operatives in Kwara State have rescued 13 kidnapped victims. TheNewsZenith reports that
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BUK promotes Lemo as Professor of Hadith
From Jafar Omoniyi, Kano Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has promoted Dr Sani Umar Rijiyar Lemo, to Professor of Hadith in the Islamic Studies
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Trump asks S/Court to pause law banning TikTok
President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the implementation of a law that would ban the popular social media
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Atiku’s tirade against 2025 budget, judgemental error – IMPI
From Our Correspondent The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has dismissed the criticism of the 2025 budget proposal by former Vice President