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The President stated that “Early assessments confirm the elimination of the wanted IS senior leader, ABU-BILAL AL-MANUKI, also known as ABU-MAINOK, along with several of his lieutenants, during a strike on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin.”
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61-year-old Prof NKECHY EZEH committed the crime through a nonprofit known as Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, funded by US federal programmes, the Department of Education, and private donors.
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The Nigerian diplomat who made the clarification in an interview on Channels Television, also dismissed claims that the incident in March triggered the latest round of xenophobic threats and attacks against other African migrants in South Africa.
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The upgraded Travel Advisory classified Plateau, Jigawa, Kwara, Niger, and Taraba states in its list of “Do Not Travel” areas, thereby increasing high-risk states in Nigeria where Americans are strongly discouraged from visiting to twenty-three.
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NDLEA and US-DEA expressed commitment towards strengthening of existing partnership to counter the operations of drug cartels and decimate their capacity to fund other organized crimes such as extremism and terrorism.
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The World Happiness Report 2026 is based on an annual survey conducted in collaboration with the United Nations, under the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which ranks countries based on citizens’ self-assessed life satisfaction.
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In addition to the jail term, he was also slapped with a $1.2M forfeiture order and a $2.4M restitution order and will be removed from the United States when he completes his sentence.
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In a statement, the DOJ disclosed that EMMANUEL OLUWATOSIN KAZEEM attempted to steal more than Ninety-One Million Dollars from the US Internal Revenue Service in a fraud scheme targeted at over two hundred and fifty-nine thousand victims.
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Justice AYOKUNLE FAJI delivered the judgment after the defendants pleaded guilty to a four-count charge brought against them, following a plea bargain deal reached with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
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President TINUBU and the First Lady will hold a meeting with King CHARLES III, together with Prince WILLIAM, and his wife, CATHERINE, after which they will travel to Windsor for a state banquet.
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The former governor of Anambra State, who is now a chieftain of the Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, said most countries, whether they are oil-producing or non-oil-producing, maintain strategic petroleum reserves to cushion against supply or price shocks.
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The posting of the ambassadors comes three months after the Senate confirmed their appointment last December.
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HAKIMI denies the allegations and wondered how a rape accusation is enough to justify a trial, saying such move was unjust to the innocent as it is to the genuine victims.
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The US Congress also recommends the removal of Fulani militias from confiscated farmland and facilitation of the voluntary return of displaced communities, with security and infrastructure support to encourage agricultural productivity.
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Judge AILEEN CANNON handed down the life sentence, plus seven years after a ninety-minute hearing, saying it was to protect the public from future crime committed by ROUTH.
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Sixty-five-year-old ALLISON-MADUEKE is alleged to have received bribes in forms of One Hundred Thousand Pounds cash, chauffeur-driven cars, a private jet flight to Nigeria and refurbishment work and staff costs at several London properties.
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In a statement confirming an incident that took place on Tuesday evening in Naples, Chelsea management said the two fans involved sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Nigeria-US Working Group was established in response to the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by President Donald J. Trump under the International Religious Freedom Act.
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The Ogun State Police Command dragged ADENIYI KAYODE before the Sagamu Magistrate’s Court on January 2, 2026, on four counts, including dangerous driving causing death.
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The preliminary proceedings, including technical matters and jury selection, are meant to set the stage for the actual trial, which begins on January 26, and could last up to twelve weeks.
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NDLEA Chairman expressed appreciation for the visit and commended ongoing support from US-AFRICOM to NDLEA, while congratulating PHILIP ESCH for his years of meritorious service to the US government.
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In a statement through his lawyer, Attorney GREG LISI, MCCLURKIN said he understood the weight of such false claims, adding that sexual violence, in any form, is a real and painful reality for many and not to be used frivolously.
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In a separate post on X, the US Africa Command said it conducted the air strike in Sokoto State at the request of Nigerian authorities, adding that multiple ISIS terrorists were killed in the attack.
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The Force Public Relations Officer, BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, confirmed the development in a statement, identifying the suspect as OKITIPI SAMUEL, who is also known as “RaccoonO365” and “MOSES FELIX”.
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This comes eleven days after NDLEA impounded the ‘MV San Anthonio’ at the Apapa seaport in Lagos for smuggling of twenty-five-point-five kilograms of cocaine from Brazil. NDLEA had earlier on November 16 also impounded ‘MV Nord Bosporus’ – at the same Apapa seaport in Lagos for cocaine smuggling.
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On the intervention of President BOLA TINUBU in the coup in Benin Republic on Sunday, PAUL EJIME said the Nigerian leader acted more in self-preservation than in defence of democracy.
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As the world marks Human Rights Day 2025, the Nigerian government must recognise that human rights are not optional reforms or lofty aspirations. They are obligations - binding, enforceable, and central to governance.
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According to a letter President TINUBU has just forwarded to the Senate President, GODSWILL AKPABIO, the fresh nominees include thirty-four career ambassadors and thirteen-one non-career ambassadors and high commissioners.
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This follows discussions last week between a high-level Nigerian delegation led by the National Security Adviser, NUHU RIBADU, and US officials in Washington DC.
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KABIRU ADAMU faulted the response of the Federal Government to concerns of Christian genocide in Nigeria, saying that a clear roadmap was required to avert the threat of military intervention by US President DONALD TRUMP.
