Day: October 13, 2022

BREAKING: Release Nnamdi Kanu Now, Appeal Court Orders Buhari

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has ordered the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Platforms Africa reports that this came after Kanu has spent about one and half years in the detention of the Department of State Services (DSS). This is sequel to the others of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, which upheld the appeal he filed, while discharging and acquitting him of the crimes slammed against him by the Federal Government, according to his lawyers. Ifeanyi Ejiofor,…

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How Singer Teni Snubbed Buhari’s Handshake At National Award + Reactions

ADEOLA YUSUF

“This is a minus to her she will leave to regret it,” “No, the president deserves no respect;” Toxic tongues trade tantrums on Twitter   President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday conferred the National Honours Award on 447 persons at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. According to the National Honours Award Investiture 2022 Programme, 450 a total of recipients were awarded, making the total number of Nigeria’s national honours awardees 5,341 since 1963. READ ALSO How BBNaija Star Rico Swavey Died Nigeria Withdraw From AFCON Beach Soccer NUMBER 1: UNILAG Tops Nigerian…

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Nigeria Withdraw From AFCON Beach Soccer

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Super Sand Eagles will not be taking part at the 2022 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations following the country’s withdrawal from the competition. The withdrawal from the competition, it was gathered, was as a result of lack of funds. The Super Sand Eagles had been drawn in Group A alongside Mozambique, Malawi and Morocco. READ ALSO: Ex-Footballer Trafficks Cocaine After Failed Career In Brazil Mikel Obi Announces Retirement From Football Reps Probe Withdrawal Of $23million Lodged In Foreign Crude Account In 2021 Following Nigeria’s withdrawal, seven countries…

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Monkeypox Cases Top 70,000 – WHO

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Health Organization said that case numbers last week were on the rise in several countries in the Americas as it stressed that a slowdown worldwide in fresh cases could be the “most dangerous” time in the outbreak. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to the UN health agency this year, with 26 deaths. “Globally, cases are continuing to decline, but 21 countries in the past week reported an increase in cases, mostly in the Americas, which accounted for almost 90…

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Shell Launches Probe Into Oil Theft From Its Facilities

Ganiyu Amodu

Oil major Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary is launching investigations into reports that an illegal oil tap ran for nine years on a pipeline it operates, a Spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Limited, NNPCL, claims that the theft point extended from the Trans Escravos pipeline and that the Afremo platform, operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), was the suspected exit point of the stolen crude. “We are also conducting an investigation to establish where the theft lines end and whether there have been any…

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How BBNaija Star Rico Swavey Died

Ganiyu Amodu

“He has been on a life support machines after a motor accident”   The duo of BBNaija stars, Alex and Tobi Bakare have confirmed the death of their colleague, Rico Swavey, born Patrick Fakoya, who has been on a life support machines after a motor accident. In separate tweets, Both Alex and Tobi Bakare confirmed the death. “This is not what we agreed Rico. Rest in peace, Alex tweeted. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: Finance Ministry Named As Multi-Million Naira Police Salary Rise Whereabouts Stir Controversy What Nigerian Girl Killed By Chinese…

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