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A military aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing Monday morning, the government said. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” the government said in a statement. The plane, which…
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The Nigerian High Commission in Ghana has stated that no fewer than 11 teenage girls who were trafficked to the country for prostitution have been rescued and taken into custody. While disclosing that the victims will be reunited with their families in Nigeria, the commission stated that the suspect, Chukwudi Nwachukwu, who lured the girls…
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Another pilgrim from Kebbi State, Abubakar Abdullahi, has passed away in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Ahmad Idris, the chief press secretary to Kebbi State governor, Nasir Idris, announced Abdullahi’s death in a statement on Monday. According to Idris, the deceased is from Gulma town in Argungu LGA of Kebbi state. “The governor urged the immediate family…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has disclaimed reports that it inflated subsidy claims by N3.3 trillion. A viral report done by iWitnessLive claimed that NNPCL inflated its fuel subsidy claims by a staggering N3.3 trillion. However, NNPC, through its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, dismissed the report in a statement on Monday, labelling it…
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No fewer than 1,300 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful in Anambra have formally defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).