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The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused Nigerian security and law enforcement agencies of turning against the very people they are mandated to protect, journalists, in what it described…
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to pay £420m to families of 21 Nigerian coal miners killed in 1949Ex-NEXIM MD Orya jailed 490 years for N2.4bn fraudPolice analyse documentary on Nigerian posing as Dubai Crown PrinceEx-Nigerian boyfriend jailed for life after stabbing UK student to deathAlleged Money Laundering: Yahaya Bello’s Lawyer Claims Trial Is PoliticalINEC registers two new political partiesRemaining abducted Kaduna Christians regain freedomSenate didn’t reject e-transmission of results, Abaribe clarifiesIslamic extremists perpetrated Kwara massacre, says AbdulrazaqHow terrorists killed 75 in Kwara communities — Victim’s familyNnamdi Kanu appeals conviction, faults terrorism trialDiezani trial: UK contractor details luxury property, unpaid billsTinubu deploys troops to Kwara communities after deadly terrorist attackMan Sentenced To Life In Prison For Plotting To Kill Trump In 2024Ghana’s inflation rate drops to record low at 3.8%An Open Assault on Democracy: Why Nigerians Must Resist the Senate’s Electoral BetrayalBill Gates: I regret every minute with EpsteinSenate rejects electronic transmission of election resultsNEWS EXTRA: Police arrest Ghanaian landlord for removing tenant’s roof in RiversLibya opens investigation into killing of son of late ruler GaddafiBandits kill police officer, four others in BenueEx-pension reform chairman Maina slumps, hospitalised – AideUS sends troops to Nigeria after December airstrikesPolice arrest man linked to $35,000 scamBandits kill 10 people in Kwara communities, burn housesElectoral Act Bill Remains Inconclusive After Senate Closed-Door SessionSeveral Killed, Houses, Others Burnt As Bandits Attack Katsina CommunityReport: How Nigerian socialite posed as Dubai Crown Prince, defrauded Romanian businesswoman of $2.5mUS to deport 79 Nigerians named among ‘worst of the worst’ criminal offendersOver 250 people killed after separatist attacks in Pakistan, says officialNPO to Tinubu: Regulate foreign platforms or lose Nigerian mediaFACT-CHECK: News report 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misleading photo of Kwara Miyetti Allah leaders arrested over abductions — image from 2025 in Kebbi Sit-at-home: I can turn Onitsha main market premises to school – SoludoCourt Grants Yahaya Bello Permission To Travel For Lesser Hajj In Saudi ArabiaKano commissioner asks deputy governor to resign over loyalty concernsTurkish officials dismissed Tinubu stumble row as ‘silly’ – Abike DabiriNaira Redesign: Court Fixes 10 Days To Conclude Trial Against EmefieleWe won’t recognise elections conducted by Amupitan – Shariah council
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