Tag: Exile
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Why I didn’t go on exile – Charly Boy
Celebrity biker and music producer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has said he has chosen to remain in Nigeria despite his preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi of the Labour Party not emerging president saying he is “hopeful.”
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How to support refugees in exile – UNHCR
Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), has said that inclusion is the best way to support refugees in exile. In his message on World Refugee Day 2023 on Tuesday, Grandi said inclusion would
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#GandujeGate: How Daily Nigerian publisher, Jaafar fled to UK
Media practitioner, Yushau Shuaib has revealed how Daily Nigerian publisher, Jaafar Jaafar fled Nigeria after Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje was caught on camera receiving bribe in dollars. Although the state government claimed the viral video was ‘cloned’.
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Ukraine invasion: Olympic medalist who fled Belarus forced into exile again
After bolting to Ukraine to escape political persecution in her native Belarus, Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia never thought she would again be forced to flee. She was forced this time to flee to save her family from the Russian attack.
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Coup: Guinea junta dares ECOWAS; rejects poll pressure, rules out exile for detained president
Guinea’s ruling junta on Saturday ruled out exile for detained former president Alpha Conde and said transition towards civilian rule would be done in accordance with “the will of the people”. The statement from the ruling council came in defiance of international pressure for Conde’s release and a six-month timetable for elections after a coup…
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I am a fugitive-DJ Switch laments
Popular disc jockey, Catherine Obianuju Udeh aka DJ Switch believed to be in an asylum outside the country, has pleaded with her friend and associate, Peter Okoye to send her a gift as he plans to do giveaways. Recall that DJ Switch reportedly flew out of Nigeria following allegations of death threats following her role…
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Former Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo goes on exile in Belgium
Belgium has agreed to take in former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Under the terms of his release, he has to remain in a host country until the tribunal rules on whether to grant the prosecutors’ request for a new trial. He is also…
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‘Kanu not hiding or going on exile,’ says IPOB over re-arrest threats
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has denounced reports circulating on social media that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu was on the run amid moves by the Federal Government to re-arrest him following an alleged violation of his bail conditions. Nnamdi Kanu This came as Ralph Uwazuruike, founder of the Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, said the…