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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has mourned those who lost their lives in the just concluded #Endbadgovernance protests in the country. Extending heartfelt sympathies to the families who suffered losses in the struggle, Obi said the deceased gave their lives while advocating for better governance in the nation. In…
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Turkey will file a request with a U.N. court Wednesday to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, a Turkish official said. Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands will submit a declaration of intervention to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said. Turkey, one of the fiercest critics of…
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A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Prosecutors in Brooklyn announced criminal charges against Asif Merchant, accusing him of traveling to New York to try to hire a hitman for the assassinations. The plot…
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West African bloc ECOWAS has urged #EndBadGovernance protesters in Nigeria to heed President Bola Tinubu’s call for dialogue. In a statement on Monday, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission “deeply regrets reports of violence in the course of the protests and the unfortunate death of some protesters as well as alleged looting…
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Hoodlums masquerading as protesters on Monday vandalised a branch of one of the new generation banks at Tudun Wada in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesman of the State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, confirmed this to Channels Television in a phone conversation. He said that the hoodlums broke into the bank during which…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has arrested some tailors suspected to be mass-producing the Russian flag in Kano State. In a statement on Monday, the DSS said some of the sponsors have also been apprehended. The agency posted on its X handle, that the “Service has apprehended some tailors in Kano State…
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Hoodlums in their numbers stormed a Living Faith Church in Daura’s local government area of Katsina State and looted about 205 chairs, musical instruments and other valuable items worth millions of naira. The pastor in charge of the church, David Jato, said the attacks took place in the wake of #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests on Thursday…
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned Monday amid protests in the South Asian country, media reports said. Hasina, 76, took office for her fourth straight five-year term as the country’s prime minister in January this year after her ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party won a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections. Bangladesh’s prime minister…
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Three policemen are feared dead following a clash with suspected political thugs on Thursday in Benin City. MEZIESBLOG gathered that the clash occurred in the afternoon, shortly after Edo State APC governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and the reinstated Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, left Benin Airport on arrival from Abuja. While some sources said three…
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Skit maker, Sabinus has reacted to the abduction of his father in Rivers State. A security operative was reportedly killed by kidnappers on Wednesday during Sabinus father’s abduction. Reacting to the incident, Sabinus noted that ransom was paid for his father’s freedom. While appreciating God for the release of his father, the skit maker in…
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In a primetime address Sunday from the Oval Office, one day after what the FBI described as an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, President Biden delivered a message that sought to cool the heated political rhetoric of the 2024 campaign. “My fellow Americans,” Biden began his address, “I want to speak to you tonight…
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American singer, Chris Brown, has lambasted his lookalike up-and-coming artist who he claimed was impersonating him. The artist, Tigo Fariah, has been posting content where he dressed like the R&B star on his Instagram handle, @tigoarte. Commenting under one of his posts, Brown urged Tigo to be himself rather than copy him. He noted that…
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Controversial actor-cum-preacher, Yul Edochie, has clarified his relationship with movie producer and CEO of Ason-Rich Movie Production, Henry Odenigbo. A filmmaker and actor, Stanley Nwoko, also known as Stanley Ontop, posted photos of the controversial producer, Odenigbo alleging him (Odenigbo) to be the ‘‘ringleader’’ of the kidnap gang, killed in the shootout by the Lagos…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. No fewer than eight people died and fifteen others injured in a bomb explosion in Gwoza Local Government area of Borno State on Saturday, the police have confirmed. Borno Police spokesman, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso reported that the tragic incident occurred at about 03:40…
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Of all the images on 7 October, among the most harrowing were of Noa Argamani being dragged into captivity by gun toting thugs on the back of a motorbike, her face wrought with anguish, her boyfriend led away helpless by other armed men. Her rescue is hugely cathartic for Israelis, offering hope that their military,…
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Parties put forward solutions to knife crime at debate Crime is the last theme of the BBC’s debate, with one audience member raising the issue of knife crime. The Green Party’s Carla Denyer says not all crime can be tackled by being “tough”, explaining a generation of young people have grown up with services like…
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