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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
A cancer nurse, Michael Ohaegbu, attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old girl with intent to commit a sexual offence, a prosecutor told the Hull Crown Court, according to reports by the British Press. He is also facing three counts of voyeurism after another lady complained that he filmed her naked twice without her consent. The […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Korea’s hacking operations has expanded to more countries including Nigeria, a report by Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky has claimed. The cyber security firm said hackers backed by North Korea are targeting financial institutions in 18 countries, including Nigeria. According to a report on the hacking claims by CNN, two international security experts believe North […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
A fifteen-year-old boy has been found dead in the garden of his family home after his dad confiscated his iPad. The teenager was found hung behind the house. His dad, a project manager, told the authorities that he had not noticed anything unusual the day before finding his body. The dad said on the night of his son’s […]
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Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Representatives of 44 African countries accused the Indian government on Monday of failing to do enough to stop racist attacks on their nationals following a series of brutal assaults targeting Nigerians. Around a dozen people were injured, some seriously, when a mob angered by the death of a local teenager went […]
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Governor of Ghana’s central bank, Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku has resigned. This was made known to journalists by anonymous source. According to sources within the central bank, the governor who officially started his four-year term around September last year tendered his resignation on Wednesday citing personal reasons. Although governors of the central bank have been insulated against […]
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
The runway at London’s Stansted airport was temporarily closed on Tuesday after a protest organisers said was aimed at stopping deportations to Nigeria. Eight inbound flights were diverted after the runway was closed at around 10:00pm (2100 GMT) “while police dealt with a number of individuals who had entered a remote area of the airfield”, […]
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
African students often complain that they are racially abused in India. PHOTO:GETTY IMAGES India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an “impartial” inquiry into attacks on Nigerian students living in Noida, near Delhi, BBC has reported. The attacks were prompted by the death of a local teenager due to a drug overdose. His parents blame […]
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Saturday, March 25th, 2017
President Macky Sall of Senegal has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his intervention in The Gambian political crisis which led to the restoration of democracy in the country. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, said in a statement in Abuja on Saturday that the Senegalese leader conveyed his […]
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Monday, March 20th, 2017
Ramon Oladimeji The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, ordered that two Chinese and a Nigerian, who were accused of importing substandard automobile tyres worth about N5bn into the country, be remanded in prison. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun made the remand order shortly after the accused persons were arraigned before her on four counts. The […]
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Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Syria says its Israeli fighter jets breached country’s air space yria’s army high command said in a statement on Friday Israeli jets breached the country’s air space early in the morning and attacked a military target near Palmyra in what it described as an act of aggression that aided Islamic State. It said its air […]