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Letter To God: Lord, help our Village

Dear Father: You know, hmm, when you look around our village and see all lay orlor small, small villages dem moving ahead and we here finding ways to go back to stone age, ay look so shameful. Father, when you look at the sky-scrappers, lay supper highways, and other fine, fine things our neighbor dem are doing, you wonder whether …

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Liverpool beat Brentford to maintain unbeaten run

Liverpool continued their impressive run of form in the Premier League after beating Brentford 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday. After winning their opening game against Ipswich 2-0, the Reds showed signs of challenging for the title with another victory. Read also: Ligue 1: Simon scores in Nantes’ win over Auxerre The first half was relatively even, Liverpool set the pace …

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DSS releases investigative journalist Soyinka on bail, gives reasons for his detention

Adejuwon Soyinka, The Conversation Africa Regional Editor and investigative journalist, has been released on bail after being detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, August 25, 2024. Soyinka was arrested shortly after arriving from Britain, and his detention sparked widespread concern among colleagues, press freedom advocates and the general …

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After 12 days in observation room, businessman bound for Vietnam expels 68 wraps of cocaine at Lagos airport

Ibeanusi Nosike, a businessman from Onitsha, Anambra State, has expelled 68 doses of cocaine after 12 days of observation following his arrest at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, Ibeanusi, 36, was arrested …

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Former BBC editor Soyinka released by DSS after 6 hours in detention

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Adejuwon Soyinka, former BBC Pidgin Service editor and current West Africa editor for The Conversation Africa, after detaining him for several hours at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Soyinka was arrested by DSS officers upon returning from the UK on Sunday morning. Although the exact reason for his detention was not …

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