Tag: Ordeal
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Lagos residents share ordeal after accepting old notes from banks
Some Lagos residents have expressed regrets for collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from commercial banks, after the Supreme Court judgment validating it as legal tender till Dec. 31. In separate interviews that it had been challenging spending the two old notes as Nigerians
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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Kidnap victim narrates ordeal in captivity
Aminat Taiwo one of the abductees forcefully taken away by unknown gunmen on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, last week has narrated her ordeal. Taiwo confirmed that her dad paid a ransom of 3.2m before she was released alongside her friend Tobi Orekoya. Aminat explained that they were on their way to a wedding in Ibadan when…
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Igbos behind their ordeals – Umahi
The Ebonyi State Government has averred that the people of the South-East were responsible for the ongoing crises and killings in the region. It said lack of love and the pursuit for self were real reasons for the disorders in the land, adding if the current wave of crises were not addressed, it could lead…
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Nigeria is far better than Libya – Returnee recounts ordeal
A 29-year-old Nigerian returnee from Libya has described her irregular migration journey to the North African country as stressful, tiring and unproductive. Aminat Sunday, who is one of the 149 stranded Nigerians who recently returned from Libya told newsmen in Lagos that she worked as a maid during her stay in Libya. She…