Aliyu Tanko @aliyutanko Twitter profile

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

Delighted to receive this award. #Honoured

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Where is #Dadiyata ? A year since he was abducted from his home in Kaduna, no concrete steps taken by the police to rescue him. His wife, kids and parents are in pain. I wept when I heard his wife this morning on @bbchausa . God save us !

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Aliyu Tanko

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I am so lucky to have you as my wife and today is a special day in my life. It is 15 years today - the kids and I remain grateful to you for everything. Happy anniversary to you my dear. #15th_anniversary_special

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Aliyu Tanko

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3 years

I will put a smile on my face because it’s my birthday. My journey so far in life has been amazing and I want to thank Allah for that.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Hated Nigeria police unit 'extracted my teeth' via @BBCNews

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

Listen to my @bbchausa interview with Nigeria’s former military head of state, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar on insecurity in the country.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

How the End Sars protests have changed Nigeria forever

How the End Sars protests have changed Nigeria forever

The campaign against police brutality has encouraged young Nigerians to take on the older generation.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

At the INEC headquarters in Abuja - awaiting for an official announcement. An INEC staff told us that a decision has been taken and the commission will soon brief the press. Still waiting and the time is 01:25am.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

BREAKING More than 300 school girls at GGSS Jangebe in Zamfara state are believed to have been abducted by gunmen in the early hours of today. Follow @bbchausa for details.

GGSS Jangebe: Ƴan bindiga sun sace ɗalibai mata 317 a Jihar Zamfara' - BBC News Hausa

Mahaifin daya daga cikin daliban da kuma wani malami da ke makarantar lokacin da aka sace daliban ya tabbatar wa BBC aukuwar lamarin.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Breaking - Sources have confirmed to @bbchausa that Ibrahim Magu has been suspended as the acting EFCC boss.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

RIP Barry Burgess. You will be remembered in the Hausa world forever. You shaped ⁦ @bbchausa ⁩ and we followed your legacies.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

7 years

Bush presidents wade into Trump furore over Charlottesville

The former presidents urge the US to "reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism and hatred in all forms".

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: 'Bomb on donkey' used to ambush Borno governor

Militants from an Islamic State-linked group strapped explosives to the animal to target a governor.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa's disease control body said on Thursday, cautioning more investigation was needed.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

1 year

Last week ahead of the coronation of King Charles, I had an interview with the President of Niger, Bazoum Mohammed and we discussed education, security and politics.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

Masarautar Kano ta yi fiye da shekara 2000 da kafuwa - BBC News Hausa

Wannan makala ce da muka yi bayan da muka bukaci masu saurare da bibiyar shafukan BBC a Intanet su aiko da tambayoyinsu game da tarihin masarautar Kano.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

We @bbchausa have started a daily 60 secs video on #coronavirus . Our amiable @Bahaushee will be with you at 6pm Mon - Friday. Here is today's episode

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Just spoke with Nigeria’s defender @OfficialShehu , he told me that the team is in high spirit but need prayers from Nigerians to succeed. Cc @AhmedMusa7 #SoarSuperEagles #Russia2018WorldCup

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

02:10 @inecnigeria chair expected to address the press any moment from now. #NigeriaDecides2019

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Chief Ernest Shonekan is alive ! The Ogun state govt has confirmed to BBC that the former head interim govt is “hale and hearty”.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Mu yi alfahari da harshenmu! Mu @bbchausa za mu ci gaba da kokari domin inganta harshen. A gaida Sarki Yaki @Bahaushee #RanarHausa2020

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Nigeria should do that to the senate and house of reps OR go for the Senegal option - scraping the senate completely.

BBC News (World)

@BBCWorld

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Italy votes to slash size of parliament by a third

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

Finally met @yakubumohammed_ so nice and humble. Keep shining bro !

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Three points in the bag. Argentina - beware the eagles 🦅 can now fly. Thanks Ahmed Musa @AhmedMusa7 for making Nigerians smile #SoarSuperEagles #Russia2018WorldCup

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

2 years

Congratulations. Keep it up.

Abdulbaki Jari

@Bahaushee

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I have been nominated ‘Best African Journalist’ of the year, 2022.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba: Struck-off doctor can return to work

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence after Jack Adcock's death.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

2 years

Please join me later for a Twitter space on the new BBC Africa Eye Doc on #ZamfaraBandits

BBC News Africa

@BBCAfrica

2 years

#TwitterSpace : #ZamfaraBandits #BBCAfricaEye Join us @ 1800 BST to hear from the #BBCAfricaEye team on their latest investigation. Hosted by @aliyutanko with speakers @ankaboy , @Abdulfagge , @WaasiShaffii & @bulamabukarti . Set your reminder here ⬇️

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

Gunmen have abducted a number of students from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation Kaduna which is located near NDA and airport.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Final good bye ! Nigeria’s Super Eagles departing their St Petersburg hotel in Russia after yesterday’s defeat to Argentina. See you in Qatar 2022. #FifaWorldCup2018

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Amazing entrepreneur @VelcrozDesigns delivered my shoes in the office. Can’t wait to wear them. Support made in Nigeria. @_Uskeman is a fantastic business man.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

BBC News - How Nigeria and its president are being held to ransom 👏👏👏👏👌👏👏 @Nasidi_Kura

How Nigeria and its president are being held to ransom

Tackling kidnapping is Muhammadu Buhari's biggest challenge as he is sworn in for another four years.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

BBC News - The Muslims who fast for 22 hours a day in Iceland

The Muslims who fast for 22 hours a day

The long days in Iceland mean that Muslims there have one of the longest Ramadan fasts in the world.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

“A good bond with her father helps a girl to develop self-esteem and confidence”. My lovely daughter welcomed me with a hand made card after spending weeks away from home. May the Almighty bless our kids. Amen.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Hope for Port Harcourt captured in a poem by @ahmed_dikko !

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

#NewProfilePic

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

2 years

Congratulations 🎉

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

2 years

Thrilled to receive this award. Thank you #muryartalaka for honouring me.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

The authorities in Kaduna state say efforts are underway to locate more than a dozen family members - including a nursing mother and her baby - abducted by gunmen over the weekend in a Chikun LG.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

The BBC has launched #BBCNewsYoruba and #BBCNewsIgbo services, as part of an expansion of its foreign language outlets. Celebrating with @OgunseyeToyosi @okwoche

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Finally got my copy from the author @GEJonathan

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

The Governor of Zamfara state Bello Matawalle told the BBC that 279 girls have been released through negotiations with the gunmen.

GGSS Jengebe: An sako 'yan matan makarantar sakandare a Zamfara - BBC News Hausa

Gwamnan jihar Zamfara a Najeriya ya tabbatar wa BBC cewa an sako ƴan matan makarantar Jangebe da ƴan fashin daji suka sace.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

Thank you so much for the birthday wishes. Im grateful for your prayers.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

BBC News reaching highest ever global audience

A total of 438 million people came to BBC News on average every week in the year to March.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

BBC journalists rejected bribe from a governor, says Aliyu Tanko, the Nigeria news editor.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Eid Mubarak #NBH

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

#DurbarFestival in Kano. It is celebrated at the culmination of the two great Muslim festivals - Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha. The president of Guinea, Alpha Conde was among the guests at this year’s festival at the palace of the Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

On board with @papilokanu heading to St Petersburg from Moscow. Early morning flight #sleepyeyes

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

3 years

China bans BBC World News from broadcasting

China has criticised the BBC for its reports on coronavirus and persecution of the Uighurs.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker

Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a Nigerian banker

The US pushes for new inquiry into allegations of corruption against the African Development Bank boss.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

#NewProfilePic

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Lovely catch up with the famous Nollywood/Kannywood actor @alinuhu in Volgograd ahead of Nigeria’s game. #SoarSuperEagles #RussiaWorldCup2018

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Aliyu Tanko

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5 years

Follow @BBCAfrica @bbchausa @bbcnewspidgin #BBCYoruba and #BBCIgbo for all you need know about the 2019 Nigeria elections. We have correspondents in all the 36 states. Last month, I briefed our media partners on BBC’s coverage plan. #BBCNigeria2019 #NigeriaDecides2019

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

#LaCampaign . All work and no play makes ........

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

Yes we are #United

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Counting down to our awards night #BBCHausaHikayata20

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

The next Super Eagles goal keeper against Iceland. Sure it’s gonna be Nigeria 3 Iceland 0.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

2 years

God bless the King !

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Aliyu Tanko

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4 years

Lamido Sanusi: A Man of Nigeria’s Past and Possibly Its Future via @CFR_org

Lamido Sanusi: A Man of Nigeria’s Past and Possibly Its Future

On March 9, the governor of Kano state removed Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from his position as Emir of Kano, which is usually regarded as the second or third most important Muslim traditional ruler in Nige…

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

INEC met on Friday and reviewed it's preparations for the elections. The commission has decided to reschedule the presidential and national assbly to Saturday 23rd. March 9th is now the new date for Governorship elections

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

4 years

Dogs being trained to detect Covid 19 carriers at UK airports.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

6 years

Getting ready for an exclusive interview with the Ooni of Ife - his first Facebook live with any media outfit. His Majesty will speak to #BBCNewsYoruba at 1500hrs.

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Aliyu Tanko

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4 years

@FootbalIStuff Zidane, De Bruyne and Kante

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@aliyutanko

5 years

This is Dakar !

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7 years

BBC News - Nigerian student beaten in India in alleged racist attack

India attacks make us feel 'unwelcome'

Video footage shows Endurance Amalawa being attacked by a mob in India.

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4 years

Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection - BBC News

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5 years

⁦ @bbchausa ⁩ governorship debate live from BUK in Kano #BBCGovDebate #BBCHausaDebate #bbcinkano

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4 years

Trump taken to hospital after testing positive

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5 years

👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

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5 years

Celebrating 150 Years Of The Periodic Table Of Elements ! Remember the first 20 elements in secondary school days.

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Panel discussion on how the youth can realise their collective political power in Nigeria organised by BBC News in Lagos at the Launch of the 2019 BBC Komla Dumor Award. #BBKomlaAward

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Getting ready for the #BBCIgbo -Abia State Governorship debate #Ndeewonu #Umuahia #BBCGovDebate #BBCIgboDebate

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Aliyu Tanko

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5 years

Thank you @flyairpeace for shifting my flight from 5:15 to 7:15. I left my office after 3 to avoid #lagostraffic only to be told I need to miserably ‘relax’ for over 3hrs in the topsy-turvy MM1 terminal. #frustrated #angry

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Aliyu Tanko

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9 years

Results from 16 states show that the ruling PDP is trailing behind the opposition APC with over 3 million votes. #Nigeriadecides

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5 years

BBC News - The boy abducted to guide blind beggars in Nigeria

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6 years

The coach nailed it. Now the eagles are flying

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6 years

#NewProfilePic

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6 years

Is being a journalist becoming more dangerous? 32 journalists have been killed this year (2018). And imprisonment has always been a form of intimidation to silence those in jail and scare those outside. #Soproudtobeajournalist . #WorldPressFreedomDay2018

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7 years

My interview with @NNPCgroup GMD @DrMKBaru airing tonight @bbchausa regarding the oil workers abducted by #BokoHaram .

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7 years

Honoured to meet @ProfWSoyinka . His intv on @bbchausa with @Jimehsaleh to be aired soon. Don’t miss his assessment on @MBuhari govt.

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Aliyu Tanko

@aliyutanko

5 years

Old habits never die. As technology evolves, my colleague still hangs on to his transistor radio (never mind he can listen to his favourite station online). How do you listen to your favourite station?

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3 years

Chad's president Idriss Déby dies 'in clashes with rebels'

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6 years

Booooooom! Now the Super Eagles 🦅

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11 months

I will be attending the @WSoyinkaCentre Media Lecture Series.

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Aliyu Tanko

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2 months

Huge congratulations to you. This is well deserved. It’s a win for my team @bbchausa . Hard work pays ! Well done @Mss_Deeynah .

Maishanu

@Mss_Deeynah

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I am happy to announce that I won the Rising Star of the Year award at the BBC News Awards in London. I’m the first ever BBC Hausa staff to get an award at the BBC Awards, also the only African to get one this year. A huge thank you to my mentor @aliyutanko for all the guidance!

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Nigeria's undercover atheists: In their words @AJEnglish

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6 Nigerians convicted in UAE over ‘B/Haram funding’

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Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history

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4 years

Please donate to save a life!

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5 years

Clear message to ‘DR’ Ngige

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Letter from Africa: Culture clash over Nigeria's rival alphabets

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#10yearchallenge

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BBC News - Soup-and-shake diet offered on NHS to fight diabetes

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3 years

The top 12 unis in Africa are in South Africa and Egypt - countries where there’s nothing like ASUU strike. Empty cans make the loudest noise ! Africa | Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions

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5 years

Is this #Real ? No Copa del Rey ! No La Liga !! No Champions League !!! #RealAjax

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May your soul rest in peace. You will surely be missed

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۞ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ [199]. #شيخ_نورين (بكاء من الخشوع) ( الدال على الخير كفاعله)

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British university to return Benin Bronze to Nigeria 'within weeks'

The University of Aberdeen said on Thursday it would return a Benin Bronze to Nigeria within weeks, one of the first public institutions to do so more than a century after Britain looted the sculpt...

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