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France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, Chad’s ministry of the armed forces said, after N’Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power. A contingent of 120 soldiers departed for France from a military airport in the capital, the ministry said in a statement on Facebook, 10 days after French…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured a final forfeiture of a warehouse traced to a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Top sources close to The Guardian disclosed that Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the forfeiture on Thursday, December 19,…
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The new Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Osun Command, Mr Adetula Lawal, on Friday, assumed duty in the state. A statement issued in Osogbo by the spokesman of the Command, Mr Charles Odigie, said that Lawal took over from Commander Chidi Nnadi, who has been posted to Abia. Charles said that…
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King Charles III on Friday joked that he was “still alive” as he met east London community members at the end of a year in which the British monarch has battled cancer. The quip, which came after a member of the public asked Charles how he was, followed reports on Friday that the 76-year-old sovereign…
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Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi, has sworn-in four new High Court Judges and two Khadi in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Idris sworn-in the Judges and Khadi at Government House in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. The governor, who congratulated the appointees, said it was a rare opportunity to have the…