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The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested five suspected armed robbers, and recovered firearms, ammunitions and charms.
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Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), on Saturday dismissed the allegation that Chief Moshood Abiola was poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted by pathologists from four countries attributed his death to natural causes.
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Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has said Nigeria’s vast oil resources have failed to translate into reliable electricity supply, arguing that poor government policies have prevented the country from fully benefiting from its natural wealth.
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that members of the National and State Houses of Assembly were major beneficiaries of the decision of former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, to hand over power to a civilian administration in 1999.
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One year after 271 residents were brutally killed in the Yelewata massacre, survivors, families of the victims, religious leaders and political figures on Saturday gathered in the community to honour the dead and renew calls for justice and improved security.
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Mbeki, who was unable to attend physically due to a family bereavement, described Abdulsalami as one of Africa’s foremost statesmen whose contributions to democratic governance, peacebuilding and constitutional rule continue to resonate across the continent.
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“We are rising to the occasion of insecurity by deploying technology to safeguard the lives of our people. We will not wait for anyone to come and attack us,” the governor said.
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“This road aimed at improving transportation and driving economic growth of the country,” the minister said.
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“Kola was already in Abuja to pick up his father when the unexpected happened. I remember you telling me on the telephone, ‘Our man is dead.'”
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the US capital on Saturday said it has removed President Donald Trump’s name from its facade
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