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Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Dozens injured as 130 vehicles crash in London | credits: File copy Sixty people have been injured as more than 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the Sheppey crossing in Kent. The BBC reported that eight of those hurt in the collisions, which took place in […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2013
People have been leaving messages for Nelson Mandela outside his home Continue reading the main story Nelson Mandela has spent his first night in almost three months at his home in Johannesburg after being discharged from hospital in Pretoria. The former South African president, 95, was admitted in early June for a recurring lung infection. […]
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Sunday, September 1st, 2013
Written by Kola Oyelere – Kano Sunday, September 1, 2013 THE Saudi Arabian authorities have read the riot act to intending pilgrims from Nigeria to the holy land that whoever is caught with drugs during this year’s Hajj exercise would be punished in accordance with the laws of the country. The Saudi Arabian Consul-General […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2013
PRESIDENTS EX-GIRLFRIEND, 11 others EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD OVER PORNOGRAPHY By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 29/08/2013 A woman believed to be the ex-girlfriend of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been executed by firing squad, it was reported today. Singer Hyon Song-wol was arrested along with 11 other entertainers on August 17 on charges of […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2013
A Chinese official with a penchant for luxury watches who sparked outrage after he was pictured smiling at the scene of a fatal accident was tried for corruption Friday, a court said.Yang Dacai was dubbed “Brother Watch” by Chinese Internet users after images of him wearing various luxury brand watches were tracked down and circulated […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2013
BERLIN (AFP) – Germany’s foreign minister ruled out his country’s participation in a military strike in Syria after an apparent deadly poison gas attack.Guido Westerwelle told Saturday’s Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung that such a move had “neither been asked nor is it being considered by us”, according to pre-released comments by the paper. “We are pushing […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2013
A human head and two hands have been sent to Kenya’s police commission chief, viewed as a grim warning against his efforts to reform the force, officers said Friday.A box containing the body parts apparently hacked from the same corpse was left outside the headquarters of the National Police Service Commission in the centre of […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
The Head of the African Union Team to the ECOWAS Commission, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has called on African countries to address the security challenges facing the continent. He said the intervention of the international community on the security issues facing the continent was dependent on the role played by Africans themselves. Gambari, who spoke while […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 16/08/2013 The Redeemed Church of God (RCCG) is one of the biggest losers as Cameroon continues its crackdown on Pentecostal churches, News Express can reveal this morning. Investigations showed that the lightning speed at which the church and some other Nigerian-owned Pentecostal churches have been spreading in Cameroon is […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2013
From AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja The Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Sudirman Haseng, has said there was nothing his government could do to save Nigerians on death row.President Goodluck Jonathan had on February 3, 2013 requested for a stay of execution of Nigerians condemned to death when the Indonesian President, Susilo Yudhoyono paid a two-day visit to […]