Nigeria's crucial elections off to peaceful but slow start (By Paul Ejime)

25 february 2023 - 13:20:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Voting to elect a new president of Nigeria to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari got off to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: UK, EU, Australia Issue security alert, warn citizens against travelling to Nigeria,

20 january 2023 - 19:55:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid all travels to Nigeria. In their [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct Nigerian navy officer, civilians at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, South East Nigeria

16 january 2023 - 19:11:39
Anbuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen on Sunday night kidnapped a serving officer of the Nigerian Navy, Lieutenant IS Ozouwa, along [...] Full text...

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UN says 11 million Nigerians need humanitarian assistance

07 november 2021 - 12:03:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, says about 11 million Nigerians [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Biafra secessionists announce alliance with Cameroonain separatists

25 september 2021 - 19:30:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that from Saturday, 15 September, “all Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. to sanction privately-owned Channels TV for “inciting, divisive and unfair comments” by guests

26 august 2021 - 18:52:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has queried Channels Television over the “inciting, divisive and unfair comments” [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria set to lift ban on Twitter soon, says Information Minister

11 august 2021 - 22:21:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) -The Federal Government of Nigeria said here Wednesday it would lift the ban it placed on the [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Nigerian security forces of 'catalogue of rights violations'

06 august 2021 - 06:06:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International is accusing the Nigerian security forces of committing "a catalogue of human rights violations [...] Full text...

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Secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, extradited back to Nigeria, arrainged in court

29 june 2021 - 16:56:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been extradited back to [...] Full text...

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Niger Delta militant group vows renewed attacks on oil, gas installations, politicians

26 june 2021 - 17:27:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The fierce Nigerian militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), on Saturday announced its return from a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria bans Twitter operations in Nigeria in protest against deleting of President's tweet

04 june 2021 - 17:20:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Friday banned the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, from operating [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. attacks Twitter, accuses it of double-standard over deletion of Buhari’s tweet on insecurity

02 june 2021 - 15:47:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Wednesday reacted to Twitter’s deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Proscribed IPOB, ESN, wreak violence in South Eastern region

29 may 2021 - 18:11:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of its Sit-at-Home order to its followers, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's secret Police warns secessionists, others

03 may 2021 - 08:42:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday warned “misguided elements” who, it said, are threatening [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001

27 april 2021 - 15:08:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...

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Terrorist attacks, banditry, kidnappings put Nigeria in critical situation - Defence minister

22 march 2021 - 18:33:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is in a critical situation as the country faces terrorist attacks, banditry and kidnappings, according [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's secret police says pro-Biafra group kills two of its members

24 august 2020 - 07:08:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) on Sunday said that members of the outlawed Indigenous People [...] Full text...

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Nigeria president Buhari departs for TICAD7 summit

25 august 2019 - 14:55:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday departed Abuja for Japan to participate in the three-day Seventh [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian secret Police gets court order to detain Publisher and political activitist for 45 days

08 august 2019 - 15:41:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Amidst tight security with heavily armed Nigeria Police personnel stationed at strategic positions, the Federal High [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Amnesty International condemn proscription of Shiite Islamic movement

31 july 2019 - 18:35:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights body, Amnesty International, on Wednesday condemned the Nigerian government’s proscription of the Shiite [...] Full text...

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Nigeria bans 'terrorist' Shiites Islamic Movement

31 july 2019 - 06:16:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has declared that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria [...] Full text...

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Nigerian political parties mobilise for last minute surprises (By Madu Onuorah, PANA corespondent)

15 february 2019 - 12:24:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and presidential [...] Full text...

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Release thousands held in secret detention facilities in Nigeria - Rights group

30 august 2018 - 09:33:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – International human rights group, Amnesty International, on Thursday tasked the Nigerian authorities to immediately release thousands [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari marks independence anniversary with troops in Boko Haram enclave

01 october 2017 - 16:44:34
Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday marked the military ceremonies of the National Independence Day in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: France, UK deny aiding Biafran separatists

22 september 2017 - 07:31:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – France and the United Kingdom have denied claims by Nigeria that they are aiding the proscribed [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari departs New York for London for another medical checkup

22 september 2017 - 07:02:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday left New York for London after addressing the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian federal court declares separatist Biafran group terrorist organisation

20 september 2017 - 20:07:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday officially declared separatist southeastern Nigerian group, the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria alleges France, UK hosting sponsors of separatist radio Biafra

20 september 2017 - 19:38:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday accused France and the United Kingdom of hosting foreign sponsors and propaganda [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari approves process for proscription of separatist Biafran group

20 september 2017 - 16:53:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government on Wednesday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the process for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military labels pro-independence Biafran group, IPOB, terrorist organisation

15 september 2017 - 16:05:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military on Friday designated the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the group agitating for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders security, military chiefs to contain secessionist, Boko Haram threats

22 august 2017 - 18:30:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday issued fresh directives to military and security chiefs to urgently [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Buhari's return not linked to protests over extended medical vacation'

19 august 2017 - 19:10:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Saturday said the return of President Muhammadu Buhari, after spending 103 days [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Militants order northerners to quit Niger Delta by October 1

16 june 2017 - 07:59:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In an apparent reaction to an ultimatum to the Igbos to leave the northern part of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Panel exonerates army personnel of human rights abuses

15 june 2017 - 15:26:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Serving and retired officers in the Nigerian Army have had their visas withdrawn or denied visas [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian security forces urged to exercise restraint in pro-Biafra marches

30 may 2017 - 06:13:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian security forces to exercise restraint when policing [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Army to probe human rights violations by troops in war against Boko Haram

08 march 2017 - 17:53:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday set up a seven-member “Special Board of Inquiry’’ to probe alleged [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Army denies 'unfounded' Biafra extra-judicial killings claims

24 november 2016 - 07:33:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has denied a report by human rights group Amnesty International the security forces [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Rights group says Nigerian forces kill 150 pro-Biafra protesters

24 november 2016 - 06:22:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says the Nigerian security forces, led by the military, killed at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Army dismisses Amnesty Int'l report on killing of pro-Biafra protesters

10 june 2016 - 11:56:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Friday described as "unfounded" the report by human rights group, Amnesty International, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Nigeria army killed at least 17 unarmed pro-Biafra protesters'

10 june 2016 - 09:23:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says its investigation has confirmed that the Nigerian army gunned down [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 5 separatist group members die in clashes with security agents in Nigeria

31 may 2016 - 14:50:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five members of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were killed, eight others wounded [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: "We will not tolerate demand for the creation of Biafra" - President Buhari

06 march 2016 - 13:25:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari, has warned that Nigeria will not tolerate the revived agitation for Biafra, [...] Full text...

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Special Security: Ethno-religious, economic, political motives fuel Nigerian violence (A PANA News Analysis by Abudu Babalola)

17 january 2014 - 20:05:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The interplay of religious, political and economic factors have been cited by analysts as some of [...] Full text...

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Chinua Achebe's death, blood bath in Kano, Obasanjo's warning reported in Nigeria

23 march 2013 - 06:57:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death of literary icon Chinua Achebe, Monday's lorry park suicide bombing in Kano, former president [...] Full text...

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Profile of late Nigeria writer, Chinua Achebe

22 march 2013 - 14:57:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in the US Thursday night at the age of [...] Full text...

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93 Nigerian ambassadors get letters of credence, deployment

12 june 2012 - 16:32:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ninety-three Nigerian ambassadors, deployed to foreign countries and in-situ, were Tuesday presented their letters of credence [...] Full text...

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Ojukwu's burial, corruption trial of former State governor dominate front pages in Nigeria

03 march 2012 - 07:37:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The burial of the former military leader of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and James Ibori's admittance, [...] Full text...

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Ex-Nigerian warlord laid to rest in blaze of glory

02 march 2012 - 17:15:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The remains of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the man who led his breakaway Biafra Republic in a 30-month [...] Full text...

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Fuel subsidy removal, Boko Haram's threats reported in Nigeria

07 january 2012 - 08:06:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The fuel subsidy, removed on the 2012 New Year day, and the three-day ultimatum from the [...] Full text...

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Renowned Nigerian author, Achebe, set to release book on Biafra war

29 november 2011 - 09:55:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Renowned Nigerian author, Prof. Chinua Achebe, is set to release his latest book, which will chronicle [...] Full text...

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Ojukwu's place in Nigeria's history is assured, says President Jonathan

26 november 2011 - 14:32:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Saying that Ojukwu's place in Nigeria's history is assured, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's first lady pleads: "pull the country back from brink of collapse”

29 september 2011 - 17:57:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The wife of the Nigerian President, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Thursday convened a one-day National [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President appoints anti-terrorism Czar

26 january 2011 - 19:50:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Ambassador Zakari Ibrahim, a former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary [...] Full text...

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Secession is lesser of two evils for Sudan - Former Chadian FM

08 january 2011 - 17:06:22
Paris, France (PANA) – Secession at the end of a free and fair vote during the referendum in Sudan seems [...] Full text...

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Bongo’s death dominates Malian press

13 june 2009 - 12:38:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian press was this week dominated by the announceme nt on Monday of the death [...] Full text...

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