Ghana apologises for demolition of building in Nigeria’s diplomatic compound

24 june 2020 - 09:28:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday apologised to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, for the demolition of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria summons Ghanaian top diplomat in Abuja over demolition of Nigerian embassy buildings in Accra

22 june 2020 - 17:02:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With palpable anger in Nigeria over the inability of the federal government to implement reciprocal or [...] Full text...

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Nigeria confirms receipt of US$ 311.7 million Abacha looted funds from U.S.

04 may 2020 - 18:19:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria has received a total of US$ 311.7 million of the looted assets of the late [...] Full text...

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US to return $308 million Abacha loot to Nigeria

04 february 2020 - 12:36:58
Washington, DC, (PANA) - The US government is to repatriate to Nigeria about $308 million traceable to the kleptocracy of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari decries slow pace of justice under democracy

17 december 2019 - 20:06:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday expressed unhappiness about democracy’s ‘slow’ method of dispensation of justice, expressing [...] Full text...

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Switzerland returns to Nigeria US$321 million embezzled by former president Sani Abacha

05 december 2019 - 12:28:30
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - After an advance of US$600 million, Switzerland will return US$321 million to Nigeria, following an agreement [...] Full text...

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Ogonis demand unconditional implementation of Ogoni Bill of Rights

27 july 2018 - 16:52:00
Houston, US (PANA) - Ogoni People, also known as the Ogonis, in Nigeria's Rivers State, have called for an unconditional [...] Full text...

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Swiss gov't repatriates over US$ 1 billion of looted funds to Nigeria

02 july 2018 - 17:53:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Swiss government on Monday said it has repatriated over US$1 billion of Nigeria’s stolen funds [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: War on Ebola, Abacha loot reported in Nigeria

09 august 2014 - 10:30:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's determination to tame the Ebola disease, which is spreading like wild fire across West Africa, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt. drops corruption charges against Abacha's son

18 june 2014 - 15:19:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government Wednesday dropped a nine-count corruption charge brought against Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, son of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Many feared dead in attack on World Cup viewers

18 june 2014 - 10:07:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Many people were feared killed or injured when suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked fans who were [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria cooperating with US to repatriate Gen. Abacha's US$550 million loot

26 march 2014 - 17:51:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is cooperating with the United States to ensure that US$550 million and £95,910 in 10 [...] Full text...

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Obasanjo's attack on Jonathan highlighted in Nigeria

14 december 2013 - 09:29:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's letter to incumbent leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria [...] Full text...

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Ex-Nigerian dictator's aide released from prison after murder acquittal

12 july 2013 - 23:11:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The two men who were set free by a Nigerian Court of Appeal on Friday for [...] Full text...

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Ex-aide of Nigerian dictator freed over killing of late politician's wife

12 july 2013 - 16:30:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, former aide to Nigeria's late military dictator Sani Abacha, had his death sentence [...] Full text...

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UK's new visa requirements, Abacha loot, oil find in Lagos highlighted in Nigeria

29 june 2013 - 09:36:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The new UK visa policy, newly-recovered Abacha loot, Nelson Mandela's health status and oil find in [...] Full text...

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Fresh Abacha loot, baby thieves, looming power and fuel scarcity reported in Nigeria

13 april 2013 - 08:27:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fresh Abacha loot, discovered by the government, two baby thieves arrested by the police, demand for [...] Full text...

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Nigerian NGO wants state pardon for convicted ex-state governor rescinded

13 march 2013 - 16:29:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian Non-Governmental Organization Wednesday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to 'rescind without delay' the presidential pardon [...] Full text...

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Corruption ranking, Abacha loot, highlighted in Nigeria

08 december 2012 - 09:14:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's ranking by the global corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI), the return of Abacha loot (US$ [...] Full text...

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Nigeria at 52: Experts express mixed feelings on foreign policy (News Analysis)

01 october 2012 - 11:36:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria rolled out the drums Monday to celebrate 52 years of independence, experts are using [...] Full text...

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Court restrains Nigerian President from renaming varsity

25 june 2012 - 14:16:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian court Monday granted an interim order restraining President Goodluck Jonathan from renaming the University [...] Full text...

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'40 killed in Nigeria violence'

20 june 2012 - 07:11:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 40 people, including soldiers and policemen, died in Monday's gun and bomb attack perpetrated [...] Full text...

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Former Governor calls for investigations into annulment of 1993 polls

12 june 2012 - 23:45:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nineteen years after the annulment of the Presidential election in Nigeria won by the late business [...] Full text...

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University shut in Nigeria after protest over name change

30 may 2012 - 12:30:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The authorities of the University of Lagos in Nigeria's South-west Wednesday announced a two-week closure of [...] Full text...

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Students of university named after Nigerian democracy martyr protest

29 may 2012 - 12:33:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Students of the University of Lagos in South-west Nigeria Tuesday embarked on a public demonstration to [...] Full text...

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At last, Nigeria honours democracy martyr

29 may 2012 - 11:20:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fourteen years after his death, Nigeria's democracy martyr Moshood Abiola was Tuesday honoured by the federal [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's ruling party elects new national officers

24 march 2012 - 19:09:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Alhaji Bamanga Tukur on Saturday emerged the new National Chairman of Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party [...] Full text...

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Foremost Nigerian economist, Prof. Aluko, dies at 83

07 february 2012 - 18:08:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A foremost Nigerian economist, Prof. Sam Aluko, died Tuesday at the age of 83. According to local [...] Full text...

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Domestic issues dominate Nigerian media

04 february 2012 - 08:40:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Domestic issues and violence, including the Boko Haram menace and the mass burial of its victims, [...] Full text...

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Ex-aide to late Nigerian dictator, co-conspirator to die for killing business mogul's wife

30 january 2012 - 21:09:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A High Court judge in Nigeria's economic capital city of Lagos on Monday sentenced to death [...] Full text...

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SA President, Zuma, is Special Guest of Honour at Yar'Adua lecture

06 december 2011 - 10:02:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Organisers of the annual Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Memorial Lecture in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja have [...] Full text...

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Alex Ibru, publisher of Nigeria's Guardian newspaper, dies

20 november 2011 - 17:18:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Mr. Alex Ibru, publisher of one of Nigeria's top newspapers, The Guardian, and a former Internal [...] Full text...

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Oil spills, security issues, oil subsidy debate reported in Nigeria

12 november 2011 - 02:51:10
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Plans to clean up Ogoniland following the massive oil spills in the area and the continuing [...] Full text...

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Fuel subsidy removal, Jonathan's job-creation initiative highlighted in Nigeria

15 october 2011 - 09:45:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Plans by the federal government to end the regime of subsidizing petroleum products and president Goodluck [...] Full text...

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Politics taints trial of Nigeria's main opposition leader

22 september 2011 - 09:57:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The trial of Nigeria's main opposition leader Bola Tinubu by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), [...] Full text...

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Former Nigeria's President, Obasanjo, may quit politics

19 may 2011 - 07:15:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three-time Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo may retire from active politics soon, the local media reported Thursday. The [...] Full text...

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Judge who sentenced Nigerian environmentalist to death now Chief Judge

12 may 2011 - 09:39:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Justice Ibrahim Auta, who presided over the military tribunal that sentenced renowned Nigerian environmentalist and playwright [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Kano Pillars qualify for 2nd round CAF Champions League

13 february 2011 - 14:36:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Kano Pillars Saturday qualified for the second round of the 2011 CAF Champions League on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President visits victims of Abuja blast

02 january 2011 - 16:16:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday visited the Asokoro General Hospital in the capital city of Abuja, [...] Full text...

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MEND denies involvement in Abuja blast

02 january 2011 - 09:58:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied any involvement in the [...] Full text...

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Victims of Abuja blast identified

01 january 2011 - 20:05:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA - Four operatives of Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) and a Nigerian Army officer were among those feared [...] Full text...

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Abuja explosion scene remains cordoned off

01 january 2011 - 13:04:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The mammy market in Sani Abacha barracks in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, scene of the [...] Full text...

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4 die, 13 injured in Abuja blast - Police

01 january 2011 - 10:26:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian police said only 4 persons died while 13 others were injured in the blast [...] Full text...

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Massive violence reported as Nigeria ends 2010 with bomb blasts

01 january 2011 - 09:22:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Stories of massive violence, including bombing of churches, mosques and public places, the last of which [...] Full text...

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President Jonathan condemns Abuja blast

31 december 2010 - 22:49:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the New Year Eve's blast that rocked the Sani Abacha [...] Full text...

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'11 die in Abuja explosion' (3rd update)

31 december 2010 - 22:26:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 11 people have been killed and many more injured in the explosion that rocked the [...] Full text...

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Many feared dead as explosion rocks Abuja (2nd update)

31 december 2010 - 21:03:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A massive explosion tore through the mammy market in a major military barracks in [...] Full text...

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DEVELOPING STORY: Many feared dead in Abuja explosion

31 december 2010 - 19:53:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Many persons have reportedly died from an explosion Friday night at the Sani Abacha Army barracks [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Explosion rocks Sanni Abacha barracks in Nigeria

31 december 2010 - 19:18:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - An explosion has rocked the Sani Abacha barracks in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and there are [...] Full text...

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Low-key, bloody Christmas, WAEC's mass failure, Ojukwu's ailment reported in Nigeria

25 december 2010 - 08:00:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Low-key but bloody Christmas celebrations, mass failure in the post-secondary schools examinations, former "Biafran" war lord's [...] Full text...

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Jonathan's federal budget, Enahoro's death reported in Nigeria

18 december 2010 - 09:33:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Wednesday's budget presentation to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan and the death of Nigeria's [...] Full text...

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Foremost Nigerian nationalist, Enahoro, dies at 87

15 december 2010 - 14:42:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Foremost Nigerian nationalist Anthony Enahoro, one of the politicians who fought for Nigeria's independence, died Wednesday [...] Full text...

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British banks complicit in Nigeria corruption - Report

11 october 2010 - 14:00:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- British banks have accepted millions of pounds in deposi ts from corrupt Nigerian politicians, raising serious [...] Full text...

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Nigeria finally acknowledges 'heroes of democracy'

29 may 2010 - 10:44:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a sharp departure from what obtained during the admin istration of former Nigeria's President Olusegun [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua (1951-2010)

06 may 2010 - 07:45:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua's death Wednesday in the presidential villa in the capital city of Abuja [...] Full text...

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Yar'Adua's ill-health: ECOWAS leaders shop for new chairman

21 december 2009 - 08:18:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The failure of President Umaru Yarâ?Adua to return to N igeria, 28 days after he left [...] Full text...

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Abacha loot, MPs rivalry, soccer mixed grill dominate Nigerian papers

21 november 2009 - 10:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The seizure of the stolen money and assets belonging to the family of the former Nigerian [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Spain, Korea stroll into quarters (Corrected)

05 november 2009 - 18:39:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A hat trick from Sergi Roberto and a late penalty from A dria Carmona sent Spain [...] Full text...

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Spain, Korea stroll into quarters

05 november 2009 - 18:38:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A hat trick from Sergi Roberto and a late penalty from A dria Carmona sent Spain [...] Full text...

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Mixed results for Nigerian teams in CAF club competitions

02 august 2009 - 13:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Two of Nigeria's three teams campaigning in the 2009 CAF club competitions got mixed results this [...] Full text...

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Champions League: Nigeria's Kano Pillars lead group A

02 august 2009 - 10:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Kano Pillars of Nigeria beat visiting Al-Merreikh of Sud an 3-1 on Saturday to leap to [...] Full text...

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June 12 annulled election, Abiola get big play in Nigerian media

13 june 2009 - 09:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The biggest story in the Nigerian media this week was th e anniversary of the annulment [...] Full text...

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Group urges Yar'Adua to audit spending of recovered loot

11 june 2009 - 08:28:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A non-government organisation committed to transparency and accountability in governance has asked Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua [...] Full text...

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Radio station shut in Nigeria over election re-run coverage

12 may 2009 - 12:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- An opposition-leaning private radio station has been shu t down by Nigeria's regulatory National Broadcasting Commission [...] Full text...

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Nigeria traces bribery money to Zurich account

09 april 2009 - 11:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government said US$150 million out of the US$180 million bribes allegedly paid to Nigerian [...] Full text...

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