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A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), yesterday, demanded transparency in the handling of suspension and continued detention of erstwhile chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa. The groups include: Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative, Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre and Africa…

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Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI-171 helicopter, on a casualty evacuation mission, yesterday, crashed near Chukuba Village in Niger State. Confirming the crash, NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said: “The aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route Kaduna, but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Council of Niger.…

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Kano State Police command has vowed to clamp down on the youths that staged protest against the Emir of Kano, Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero, at the public function. The Guardian gathered that some youths invaded the commissioning of Hasiyya Bayero Paediatric, Hospital, attended by Governor Abba Yusuf and the monarch, chanting ‘Sabon Sarki’, ‘Sabon Gomna’,…

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Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, called on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State to prevail on the Emir of Ilorin, Justice Ibrahim Sulu Gambari (rtd), not to allow any Muslim fanatics in the state to use his name to cause insurrection. In an open letter entitled: ‘Religious Fanaticism: Clear and Present…

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.Terrorists kill two, abduct others in Katsina No fewer than six Nigerien soldiers and 10 terrorists were killed, on Sunday, in a fight with troops in the Taliberi West province of Niger Republic. This was disclosed, yesterday, in Niamey, the Nigerien capital, in a statement read on television by the High Command of the National…