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Sunday, January 26th, 2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s unclde Jang Song-Thaek (second right) pictured in court before being executed on December 12 for allegedly trying to overthrow his nephew. It has been reported Jang’s family has also been executed. Picture: AFP Source: AFP THE entire family of Kim Jong-un’s uncle, executed less than a month ago, have […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Views: 182 First lady of France accused of smashing up François Hollande’s office in £2.5m rampage Valerie Trierweiler insists she is still France’s first lady, despite lurid claims she caused £2.5 million of damage after hearing about François Hollande’s alleged affair, it emerged today. The Élysée Palace soap opera reached new depths with unverified claims […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Views: 96 Police in India’s West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man. The 20-year-old woman has been admitted to a hospital in […]
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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
KAMPALA – A retired British man at the centre of a gay sex case in Uganda will be deported Wednesday, a court ruled.“The court orders immediate deportation within 12 hours,” of Bernard Randall, judge Hellen Ajio said. A lawyer for Randall said his client will not appeal the decision.(AFP) – See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/uganda-court-orders-deportation-briton-gay-sex-case/#sthash.fdJIva6J.dpufwp_posts
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Sunday, January 19th, 2014

Homosexuality will not advance us—Gulak *Jonathan must not be intimidated — Prelate By Victoria Ojeme LAGOS—The furore arising from President Goodluck Jonathan’s assent to the bill prohibiting homosexual marriage reverberated on the diplomatic circles, yesterday, as it emerged that Canada has cancelled a scheduled state visit to that country by President Jonathan. The cancellation was […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abubakar Bunu, has said many Nigerian emigrants are changing their names to outsmart authorities and avoid deportation. Bunu, who disclosed this to journalists in Gusau on Saturday, said many of the emigrants had gone into hiding, thereby making it […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2014
Gabriel Soriwei The Director, International Office, Cyprus International University, Patrick Douse, has apologised to the family of a Nigerian student, Gabriel Soriwei, who was killed in the North Cyprus city of Nicosia. Gabriel, 20, a first year student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering at the university located in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, was knocked down […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2014
BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced. Ghana-born Dumor was a presenter for BBC World News and its Focus on Africa programme. One of Ghana’s best-known journalists, he joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2014
By EBUN SESSOU with Agency report A couple of years back, Saturday Vanguard reported the activities of Reverend Rowland who was running a gay Church underground in Lagos, Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow was situated at No 36/38 Yakoyo Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Reverend Roland sometime ago reportedly appeared on Cable Network News, […]
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Friday, January 17th, 2014
By Mark Mardell In a church in Alexandra, Virginia, just across the river from Washington DC, the congregation sing a solemn, gentle hymn in Dinka, one of the languages of South Sudan.There are more upbeat songs too, but this is a fairly reflective gathering. At the front of many minds is the violence that is […]