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PLATEAU State government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the capital Jos following a heightening of tension in Abia State after irate youths burnt down the Ariaria Police Station in Aba.

BRITAIN has reiterated its pledged to support Nigeria and the neighbouring countries of the Lake Chad Basin to defeat Boko Haram insurgents operation in the region by providing additional financial support to the governments.

FORMER education minister Dr Oby Ezekwesili has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop being a sectional leader and take the moral high ground by calling off the ongoing military action in southeast Nigeria.

YOUTH organisations the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged Nigerians from the north living in the southeast of the country and those in the north not to allow themselves to be provoked into carrying our reprisal attacks against those who intimidate them.

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have confirmed that they have stepped up plans to extradite former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from the UK to face corruption charges in Nigeria.

FIRST class traditional rule the Igbokoda Kingdom in Ondo State Oba  Afolabi Odidiomo has agreed to attend this year's Uncelebrated Nigerians Awards (UNA) UK taking place on September 30 where he will hand out awards to some of those being honoured.

NIGERIA'S home-based Super Eagles will take on their Malian counterparts in the ongoing West African Football Union (Wafu) tournament taking place in Ghana at the Cape Verde Stadium tonight.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has pulled out of planned talks with the South East Governors Forum in response to the recent altercation with the military that saw armed troops attack supporters near his compound.

VICTIMS of the ongoing violence perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State have accused troops from the Nigerian Army of assisting those behind the bloodshed when they carry out some of their crimes.

ZAMBIA'S national football team the Copper Bullets popularly known as Chipolopolo is to camp in Ghana ahead of the forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Nigeria's Super Eagles in Uyo on October 7.