DSS accused of punishing detainees in its custody who interact with Nnamdi Kanu

NIGERIAN Department of State Services (DSS) officials have been accused of meting out unfair punishment to any of its detainees who interact with Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu currently in its custody.

 

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NFF board agrees to sack Rohr his $2m severance package remains a stumbling block

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have stepped up the pressure on Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr to resign in response to the team's recent lacklustre performances that saw them limp through to the final round of World Cup qualification.

 

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If Soludo wants to etch his name into the history books like Awolowo and Okpara, he should get the four other southeast governors to agree on the imposition of a "Spare Parts Tax" that will be used to spur development

Ayo Akinfe

[1] One thing that makes my heart bleed is the fact that as a continent, Africa has very little man-made infrastructure to show the rest of the world. All we really have are the pyramids of Egypt. We have less than a dozen real national monuments in Nigeria, with National Theatre, Cocoa House, Kainji Dam, etc, being a few

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An extra 6m Nigerians to be pushed into poverty as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

AS many as 6m more Nigerians will be pushed into poverty between June 2020 and June 2021 as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic according to a recent report just published by the World Bank.

 

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US removes Nigeria from its special watch list of nations that violate religious freedoms

WASHINGTON has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violator nations that constantly engage in or tolerate systematic and egregious violations of religious freedoms against its citizens.

 

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Ohaneze Youth Council gives all Igbo presidential candidates 30 days to open campaign offices

OHANEZE Youth Council (OYC) members have issued a 30-day ultimatum to every presidential aspirant of southeast extraction ahead of the forthcoming the 2023 general election insisting that they open their campaign offices in the region within a month.

 

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Eagles advance to final stage of World Cup qualifiers after unconvincing draw with Cape Verde in Lagos

NIGERIA has qualified for the final knock stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers after the Super Eagles managed to top their qualification group with a 1-1 draw with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos tonight.

 

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Panel of enquiry asks Nigeria to make Oct 20 Toll Free Day and rename Lekki Plaza Endsars Tollgate

NIGERIA'S federal government has been urged to make October 20 a public holiday every year in memory of the  youths shot at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza last year when the government brutally ended  the #EndSARS protest.

 

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Nigeria should draw up guidelines that compel D8 countries to share technology with each other

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

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