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Evening recap: Senate sets state police deadline, Fani-Kayode rejects interview, other stories

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Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, Femi Fani-Kayode and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Femi Fani-Kayode
Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, Femi Fani-Kayode and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Femi Fani-Kayode · Punch

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The Senate has given four state assemblies a deadline to submit reports on the state police bill. This and other stories feature in our evening news recap. Read More:…

The Senate has given four outstanding state Houses of Assembly until Tuesday, November 17, to submit reports on the proposed creation of state police.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, declined an interview invitation from the South African Broadcasting Corporation after protesting the exclusion of his speech from a livestream of a diplomatic ceremony.

These and other developments feature in Sunday evening’s PUNCH Online news recap.

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