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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The factional National Chairman of the Accord Party, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has urged stakeholders in the party’s leadership crisis to rely on certified court records, rather than competing claims and political statements, to determine the rightful occupant of the national chairmanship. Imumolen made the call in Abuja on Friday in […]

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Last month, Iran’s army said it had retrieved the body of Iranian pilot Majid Kazemi, who was killed during an attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in early March.

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The incident led to the neutralisation of many ISWAP terrorists, with the recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition.

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By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian military says troops conducting coordinated air and ground operations under Operation Fansan Yamma have neutralised more than 160 terrorists and recovered about 300 motorcycles in the North-West in the past week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed this on Saturday while providing an update on military […]

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By Fred Chukwuelobe That statement was made in an interview by Frances Akinjole, General Secretary of the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), during the ongoing dispute involving Air Peace and aviation unions. Mr. Akinjole reportedly went further, claiming that only two airlines in Nigeria allow unionisation and invoking Section 40 of the […]

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On his advice for the youths and other Nigerians, he said, “I will advise youths to vote because if they do not, the kind of leaders they want will not be there.

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The police added that a fourth suspect escaped during the operation and that a manhunt had been launched to apprehend him.

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There was tension at AUD Primary School, Atile, Ikire, in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday as some voters complained about the alleged clustering of party agents around the voting area. Security personnel were seen intervening to calm the situation and ensure that the voting process was not disrupted. An Accord Party […]

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More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in Kokoli community, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, in a fresh outbreak of violence between rival local groups.

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Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on construction workers at Tsatsunbe village in Southern Kebbi State, rescuing the workers and recovering three motorcycles abandoned by the attackers.

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