Rivers rerun: Accreditation of voters at Ihuaje in Ahoada East LG The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the bye-election for the Port Harcourt Constituency lll State Assembly seat held August 18 in the State. Mr Obo Effanga, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Rivers, who announced the suspension in a terse statement on […]
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Stranded illegal migrants Italy’s far-right interior minister threatened Sunday to send “back to Libya” nearly 180 people stranded for three days on an Italian coast-guard ship if the EU did not step in to resolve another migrant row with Malta. The 177 people have been sat off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration would jail more looters who caused the nation’s economic woes. He spoke during an interview he granted on Saturday shortly after he returned to the country from London, United Kingdom where he spent his 10-day working vacation. When asked what Nigerians should expect from him on resumption, […]
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Kenyan Mwaniki’s bed after the phone exploded A Kenyan based in Nairobi’s slum neighbourhood of Kibera, is nursing serious burns at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after a mobile phone plugged into a charger exploded in his bed as he slept. The victim identified as Jackson Mwaniki lives alone in the neighbourhood, the Nairobian newspaper […]
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An accident which occurred on Sunday morning, on the long bridge inward Lagos – Ibadan expressway has resulted in a gridlock. The traffic congestion was caused by a fully laden fuel tanker which broke down on the outward section of Lagos – Ibadan Expressway spilling its content. Motorists and commuters have since remained stranded as […]
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Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa is accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane and forcing it to divert to Cyprus. PHOTO: Reuters An Egyptian man accused of hijacking a plane and diverting it to Cyprus has been sent back from the Mediterranean island to his homeland after a two-year extradition battle, officials said Sunday. Seif al-Din Mohamed […]
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Irate Ibadan residents besiege the demolition scene – Oyo Government razed down structure despite court injunction – says building contravenes state planning laws – N28 million naira new equipment destroyed – I obtained my building permit, approval from past govts – Ayefele Ibadan residents including a lawmaker and a governorship aspirant on Sunday condemned Sunday’s […]
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Two children have been killed and four others wounded when a homemade grenade exploded in the Ahnif area east of the Algerian capital, the El Watan newspaper said Sunday. Armed groups had placed the improvised explosive there to delay the advance of security forces pursuing them in the mountainous region, according to local media. “A […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday returned to Nigeria after his 10-working-day vacation. He was received at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Abuja by top government officials and his supporters. The President on August 3 left Nigeria for London, United Kingdom where he remained throughout his vacation period. While he was in […]
Continue ReadingUS President David Trump – counsels leaders to douse tension The United States has warned that Nigerians must not allow what it called “cyclical communal violence” to destroy the country. The US Consul General in Nigeria, John Bray who gave the charge expressed concerns over continued tensions in the country. A statement by the US […]
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