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Ecowas court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu's claim for $800m compensation saying his arrest was legal

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has lost a court battle with the Nigerian government after the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) court ruled that his arrest and detention was legal dismissing his claim for $800m compensation.

 

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Kate Osamor defies the swing against Labour snapping up 65% of the vote in Edmonton

NIGERIAN-born Member of Parliament for Edmonton Kate Osamor defied to national swing against the Labour Party yesterday by getting re-elected in her north London seat with a thumping 65% of the vote.

 

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Chuka Umunna vows to remain in Liberal Democrats despite failing to clinch London & Westminster

FORMER Streatham member of Parliament Chuka Umunna has pledged to remain in the Liberal Democrats despite failing to get-re-elected yesterday when he lost his bid to get elected to represent the London and Westminster seat for his new party.

 

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Attorney-general Malami tells DSS to hands-off Sowore matter and transfer file to his office

ATTORNEY-general of the federation Abubakar Malami has ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to hands-off the prosecution of detained pro-democracy activist and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore and leave the matter to his office.

 

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Super Falcons striker Ini Umotong fires Brighton Ladies into the last 16 of Women's FA Cup

SUPER Falcons striker Ini Umotong has helped fire Brighton Ladies to the last eight of the Women's FA Cup finding the back of the net in the last Group B encounter against the London City Lionesses in a match which the Seagulls won 4-2.

 

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Voting for Brexit is a return to the xenophobia that tore Europe apart in the 1930s and brought Hitler to power

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It looks like Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party have won this election in the UK with a majority of about 50 seats. People voted en masse for xenophobia, fear and strident nationalism

(2) One key feature of this election was industrial blue collar workers across northern England voting for both the Conservative and the Brexit parties despite the fact that neither party shares any of their values

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Passenger slumps and dies at Lagos airport just after arriving aboard a flight from China

AVIATION authorities at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos have launched an investigation after a passenger identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh slumped and died immediately after he arrived on a flight from China.

 

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Federal agents seize private jet belonging to Nigerian millionaire in Atlanta over suspected money laundering

FEDERAL agents at the Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia have seized a private jet belonging to a yet-to-be-identified Nigerian because he is suspected of being involved in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme.

 

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Nigeria to scrap entry visas for all Africans from January as Buhari pushes for continental growth

CITIZENS of all of Africa's 53 other nations will be free to enter Nigeria visa-free as from next year as the government plans to introduce its new point-of-entry visa regime in January 2020 under which passports are stamped at airports.

 

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Adesina says Buhari is unperturbed by criticism from UK, US and EU over Sowore debacle

PRESIDENCY officials have revealed that Aso Rock is not bothered about the recent international condemnation that has trailed the storming of an Abuja courtroom by Department of State Security (DSS) officials as Nigeria is a sovereign state.

 

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