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In a statement released on Friday by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Command has announced the deployment of 4,200 police officers to ensure peace and order during the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1.
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Lagos: Nurse Arrested After Woman Dies Following Buttocks Enlargement Injection

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman identified as Abiola. The command’s...

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Edo Police To Begin Arresting Drivers Of Tinted Glasses, Unregistered Vehicles

The Edo State Police Command has ordered the arrest of drivers operating vehicles with tinted glass, unregistered cars, or vehicles with covered plate...

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Deportation: Dream Of Permanent Residency Shattered For Africans, Others Studying In Canada

Thousands of Africans and other nationalities studying in Canada risk deportation as a result of a series of immigration reforms by the Canadian...

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SCAM Alert: Don’t Fall For ‘Anitha Jacobs’ E-Mail

One of West Africa Weekly’s reporter on Monday, August 26, received a phishing e-mail from one “Anitha Jacobs” who want a donation to...

Kenya's Ruto Deploys Pro-Govt Account On X Using AI-generated Music To Influence #RutoMustGo Protesters
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Kenya Police Officers In Haiti Yet To Receive Deployment Allowance

Kenyan Police Officers on a multinational mission in the Haiti Republic have yet to receive their deployment allowance two months after they arrived...

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26-Year-Old Photographer Freed After 10 Months In Keffi Prison For Resignation Text To APC Stalwart, Oluwole Mike

A 26-year-old graduate and photographer simply identified as ‘Nicholas’ has just been released from a Keffi prison after spending 10 months in detention...

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PIDOM: Deji Adeyanju Files Exparte Motion To Compel Police To Produce Isaac Bristol In Court

An exparte motion has been filed at the Federal High Court Abuja between Isaac Bristol, the detained person alleged by the Nigerian police...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Tinubu to focus the nation’s security apparatus on tackling the growing menace of terrorists and bandits, rather than targeting civil society groups and the media.
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Atiku Blasts Tinubu Govt’s Age Restriction on Tertiary Admissions, Calls It Absurd, Anti-Scholarship, and Stone Age Policy

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the federal government’s directive that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates below...

NEITI Website Unsafe For Visitors As Govt-Owned Extractive Agency Fails To Renew Its Security Certificate
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ALERT: NEITI Website Unsafe For Visitors As Govt-Owned Extractive Agency Fails To Renew Its Security Certificate

The Nigeria Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (NEITI) official website is unsafe for visitors and vulnerable to attacks. Following a visit to netit.gov.ng,...

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South Africa Probes $7 Billion Corruption in State-Owned Companies

The Special Investigative Unit (SIU) on Tuesday revealed that it is investigating over $7 billion in alleged corruption across major state-owned companies in...

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PROFILE: 12 Nigerian Journalists Detained Under Tinubu’s Junta

Since President Bola Tinubu took office, at least 12 Nigerian journalists have been detained, raising concerns about press freedom and freedom of speech...

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How White House ‘Pressured’ Facebook To Censor COVID-19 Content – Zuckerberg

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has disclosed that the White House under President Joe Biden pressured Facebook to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic...