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US State Department authorises the evacuation of its embassy staff in Nigeria over terrorist threat

WASHINGTON has authorised the evacuation of its government employees and their families from the US embassy in Nigeria over the risk of a potential terrorist attacks that it believes could be imminent.

 

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Islamic Development Bank provides Nigeria with $1.8bn to fund infrastructural development

ORGANISATION of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) financial house the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved a total financing package of $1.8bn for Nigeria to be used to fund infrastructural development projects.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu wins landmark legal case as court rules that his abduction in Kenya was illegal

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu won a significant legal battle against the federal government today after an Umuahia high court ruled that the way he was extradited from Kenya was illegal and breached his human rights.

 

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Peseiro invites Crystal Palace teenage goalkeeper Owen Goodman to camp for Portugal friendly

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has invited Crystal Palace's teenage goalkeeper Owen Goodman to camp for Nigeria's forthcoming friendly game against Portugal due to take place on November 17.

 

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I hope Tinubu, Atiku and Obi can agree on the details of an Anglo-Nigerian Trade Pact which they should get Rishi Sunak to sign up to as he grapples with the post-Brexit collapse

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As the UK ponders over what kind of future she is going to have in the 22nd century, it is unfortunate that African nations are fast asleep. Many Britons for instance opted to leave the European Union (EU) because they erroneously thought that by doing so they will return to the glorious Rule Britannia era when their country ruled the oceans and colonised two thirds of the world

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Nigerian government condemns security alerts issued by foreign missions calling them misleading

NIGERIA'S federal government has expressed strong disapproval of the unverified security alerts recently issued by certain embassies in the country advising their citizens not to travel  to Nigeria as a result of insecurity fears.

 

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Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle reveals that she is 43% Nigerian and will investigate it further

DUCHESS of  Sussex Meghan Markle has dropped a genetic bombshell revealing that a recent genealogy test she took revealed that she is she 43% Nigerian indicating that some of her ancestors were from Nigeria.

 

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Nigeria's external debt more than quadruples over the last seven years to in excess of $40bn

NIGERIA'S total external debt has quadrupled over the last seven years ballooning to $40.06bn as of at June 30, 2022 from a mere $10.32bn on June 30, 2015 as government borrowing grew in the wake of the pandemic-induced economic meltdown.

 

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Number of Nigerian-trained doctors working in the UK soars to over 10,000 according to NMA

THERE are currently10,296 Nigeria-trained doctors practising in the UK according to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) as the incessant brain drain that has seen physicians leave in large numbers continues unabated.

 

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Former Arsenal star Chuba Akpom set to return from seven week injury lay-off this weekend

NIGERIAN striker Chuba Akpom is set to return from injury with his English Championship club Middlesboro under a new manager after a seven game absence brought about by injury during which team Chris Wilder was sacked as Boro's head coach.

 

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