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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
Tunji Aramide Ibrahim Uwais, son of a former Chief Justice of the Federation, Mohammed Uwais, who joined the Islamic terror group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was reportedly killed near Aleppo, in Syria. He died after an airstrike was carried out by the United States targeting known ISIS camps, according to a report by […]
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
Nigerian woman, three kids survive plunge from 4-storey building in South Korea — 4th May 2016 By Emma Emeozor A Nigerian woman and her three children trapped on the fourth storey of a burning building in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, miraculously survived without injuries. In her bid to draw public attention to the nightmare, the 30-year-old woman, identified […]
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
Bilateral agreements: Buhari, Biya, hold joint press conference today — 4th May 2016 From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari and President Paul Biya of Cameroon will brief newsmen this morning on the agreements they reached at yesterday’s bilateral talks on how to strengthen existing ties between Nigeria and Cameroon, particularly, as it concerns common security challenges currently experienced […]
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
Lagos records first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa — 4th May 2016 • Ambode nominates ex-CJ to replace retired LASIEC chairman Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in December 2015 carried out the first successful Bone Bridge Surgery in West Africa as well as successful Cochlear Implant surgeries on three deaf patients without the […]
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
Nigeria runs most vibrant democracy –EU — 4th May 2016 THE European Union (EU)Delegation to Nigeria has described Nigeria’s brand of democracy as the best in Africa. Ambassador and head of the EU delegation, Mr. Michel Arrion, commended the country for running the most vibrant democracy in Africa with absolute press freedom. Arrion said this at […]
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Friday, April 29th, 2016
Multi-national force to patrol Gulf of Guinea –Buhari — 29th April 2016 From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja and Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari disclosed yesterday that a multi-national taskforce will soon be established to patrol the waters of the Gulf of Guinea. He said this when he met with the French Minister of Defence, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, […]
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Friday, April 29th, 2016
SA High Court: Dropping of Zuma corruption charges ‘irrational’ — 29th April 2016 A judge at the High Court in South Africa has said that the decision in 2009 by the public prosecutor to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational. The court approves review of 2009 decision to drop hundreds of corruption […]
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Friday, April 29th, 2016
South African President Jacob Zuma should face almost 800 corruption charges that were dropped in 2009, a judge said Friday, piling further pressure on the embattled leader. The charges, relating to a multi-billion dollar arms deal, were dropped by the chief state prosecutor in a move that cleared the way for Zuma to be elected […]
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
A court in Cameroon has jailed for life the former head of the defunct national carrier Camair, Yves Michel Fotso, on conviction of embezzling almost $56 million, legal sources said Tuesday. Fotso, already sentenced to 25 years behind bars in a separate graft case, “took the rap for life,” said a source close to the […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
A French court on Tuesday sentenced a Dutch dentist to eight years in jail for deliberately mangling his patients’ mouths in a case which saw him dubbed “the dentist of horror”. Jacobus van Nierop, 51, went on trial in March for ripping out healthy teeth and leaving dozens of patients with injuries including broken jaws, […]