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Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | April 2, 2016 – Many Nigerians have unnerved views that the education industry is supposed to be one of the biggest industries in the country. If the successive governments have harnessed the industry very well, it stands to earn the country billions of naira per annum. Those […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 1st, 2016
British govt: Those with no right to stay should leave From Fred Itua, Abuja A Nigerian-British politician and activist, Professor Alexia Thomas has raised the alarm over what he described as underreported deaths and mass burial of Nigerian and other African immigrants in the United Kingdom. In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, Professor […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, April 1st, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate activation of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) signed by Nigeria with the State of Israel in 2013. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Celestine Ogugua, Head of Media, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. It stated […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Ekitigate: Lawmakers petition US, UK, IGP on intimidation — 1st April 2016 From: Godwin Tsa, Abuja The face-off between Ekiti State House of Assembly and the police took a new twist yesterday when the lawmakers sent a petition to the United Kingdon, the United States of America (USA) and the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. They alleged […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, March 27th, 2016
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Easter Sunday, saying it intentionally targeted Christians. The suicide blast in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 67 people, a local government spokesman told CNN. More than 300 others were injured, police official Haider Ashraf […]
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Sunday, March 27th, 2016
Crime: Lebanese Man Rapes, Impregnates 17-Year-Old Nigerian Housemaid in Lagos — 27th March 2016 A 17-year-old girl, Timothy Rhoda, who was reportedly raped and impregnated by a Lebanese whom she worked for in Lagos, has narrated her ordeal. The Lebanese, identified as Ali Hussein, works as a professional chef in Lagos and resides on Allen […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, March 27th, 2016
A video showing a group of angry men at a Pakistani airport assaulting a former pop star accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed’s wife has gone viral, in the latest case of vigilante violence linked to blasphemy. Junaid Jamshed, one of the pioneers of Pakistani pop in the 1980s, was leaving Islamabad airport on Saturday […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam wants to be extradited to France “as soon as possible” to face charges following his arrest in Brussels, his lawyer said Thursday. Asked if his client had prior knowledge about Tuesday’s suicide bombings at Brussels airport and on a metro train, lawyer Sven Mary said in English: “He didn’t know […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Nigeria’s president stands in solidarity with the people of Belgium Posted at 11:25 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the condemnation of the attacks in Belgium’s capital, Brussels in which at least 31 people have died. In a post on the Facebook page of the office of the president Mr Buhari says that the events […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
(CNN)Donald Trump reacted to the explosions that rocked Brussels Tuesday morning, describing the scene as a “disaster” and warning that “this is just the beginning.” The Republican front-runner, who has made immigration and security issues central to his 2016 presidential bid, discussed the reported suicide attacks in an interview on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.” […]
