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The second group of Sudanese refugees to arrive in Nigeria on Friday caused a flurry of activity at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. 128 women and 2 men who had survived the fighting in Khartoum, the Darfur region, as well as the perilous desert between Sudan and Egypt, made up the passengers who boarded the Taco Airline aircraft. Their faces were etched with a mixture of relief, exhaustion, and anxiety as the passengers...

The trial of former Nigerian Senate Deputy President Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, on charges of organ trafficking has caused stress in relations between Nigeria and the UK over the past year. The couple was found guilty of arranging the travel of a Nigerian youth to the UK for the purpose of a kidney transplant for Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia, who had been diagnosed with kidney failure. They were found guilty alongside a doctor...

To remove all apparent obstacles impeding tourism, the Lagos State Government is working to strengthen bilateral ties with the Republic of Benin. A meeting between the Minister for Tourism, Culture, and the Arts of the Republic of Benin, Mr. Babalola Abimbola, and the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, took place in Cotonou as a result of the move, according to a statement released by the state on Tuesday.  ...

Usman Baba, the inspector general of police, has mandated an investigation into the death of Taiye Atobaloye, a police inspector who had been held at the Kogi State Police Command’s “D” Division. Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force’s public relations officer, promised the family that justice would be served in a statement on Saturday. According to Saturday PUNCH, Taiye, a member of the Oke Onigbin Police Division in Kwara State, was assigned to the Zone 8 Police...