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Government steps up clampdown on #EndSARS protesters by preventing its activists from travelling abroad

NIGERIAN officials have stepped up the persecution of #EndSARS protest organisers as part of a general clampdown with the Nigeria Immigration Service preventing one of the movement's promoters Modupe Odele from travelling to the Maldives yesterday.

 

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Malami adds humour to Lekki Toll Gate massacre saying it could have been hoodlums dressed as soldiers

NIGERIA'S justice minister and attorney-general Mallam Abubakar Malami has added some humour to the ongoing debate about the recent murder of innocent protesters as the Lekki Toll Gate by suggesting it could have been the handiwork of hoodlums dressed as soldiers.

 

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Several English Premier League sides eye purchasing Super Eagles winger Chukwueze in January

SEVERAL English Premier League clubsides are planning to purchase Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze from Spanish side Villarreal during the forthcoming January transfer window.

 

Chukwueze only turned 21 earlier this year but has been part of the Villarreal first-team since 2018 after featuring for Nigeria in the U17 World Cup. Yesterday, he got on the scoresheet when Villarreal beat Valladolid 2-0 in a Spanish league game, scoring the opener in the 20th minute.

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10 issues that need to be addressed over the next 12 months to prevent the #EndSARS protests returning with a terrible vengeance in 2021

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria currently has 21.7m unemployed people, representing 30.7% of the workforce. That figure needs to be reduced to about 10m

(2) National Assembly members need to at least halve their allowances, salaries and emoluments. Their remuneration packages are a source of anger to most Nigerians struggling to survive

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Gbajabiamila says there is a need for a review of the definition of the term federal character

 

HOUSE of Representatives speaker Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has called for the review the definition of federal character in the Nigerian constitution following the ongoing consternation that issue continues to raise across the country.

 

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Buhari concedes that his government has failed the youth and offers to dialogue with them

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has used the occasion of the African Youth Day to concede that his government has failed young Nigerians and appealed to them to end street protests and participate in meaningful discussions with the government.

 

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Niger Delta students in the UK protest the refusal of the NDDC to pay their tuition fees

NIGERIAN students in the UK studying under the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) foreign scholarship scheme have started another round of protests over the inability of the agency to pay their tuition fees.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu vows that Ipob will seek revenge on Wike and his children for Obigbo massacre

 

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has declared that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will not escape the judgment of God and people following the killings in the Obigbo area of the state.

 

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Anthony Joshua planning to fight Tyson Fury twice next year amid Covid-19 disruption

 

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua has  agreed in principle to fight challenger Tyson Fury twice next year in what is set to be the sports major blockbusters of 2021.

 

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US Navy Seals kill three Fulani herdsmen in Sokoto State as they mount rescue operation

 

AMERICAN Navy Seals special forces killed six armed Fulani herdsmen in Sokoto State yesterday when they carried out a commando-style rescue operation to free the son of missionary Philip Walton who had been kidnapped in neighbouring Niger Republic.

 

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