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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 9th, 2020
Kenya police say four Chinese migrant workers have been arrested following a widely circulated video appearing to show one of them caning a Kenyan worker for arriving late at a restaurant they all work in. The video has led to outrage by many Kenyans on social media who likened it to the treatment of Kenyans […]
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Sunday, February 9th, 2020
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday joined other African leaders to inaugurate the headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a pledge to intensify security cooperation. President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea and Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed […]
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Sunday, February 9th, 2020
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has risen to 811 in mainland China, the country’s National Health Commission said on Sunday. The death toll thereby surpassed that of SARS, a respiratory disease which caused a global health scare in the early 2000, and which also began in China. Across China, 89 new deaths […]
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Sunday, February 9th, 2020
Horrifying images show the moment an Indian man who had decapitated his wife paraded her head, waved to stunned onlookers and sang his country’s national anthem, according to a report. Akhilesh Rawat, 30, and his wife of more than two years, Rajani, began an argument that turned violent Saturday – and he allegedly attacked her […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Health
Thursday, January 30th, 2020
By Cecilia Ologunagba World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision was based on the recommendations of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). In a statement issued […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2020
Seinye, widow of Benson Lulu-Briggs, founder of Moni Pulo Limited, has appealed the high court judgement that ordered the release of the body of her husband for burial. The billionaire businessman had died under controversial circumstances in Accra, Ghana, last year and some members of his family blamed the widow for his death but she […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2020
As Nigerians reflect on 50 years after the civil war, Nigerians living in the United Kingdom, Europe and America (UK) have called on the Federal Government to accede to the calls for a National Dialogue by Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) and some Northern leaders. Nigeria is currently plagued with violent extremism, ethnic suspicion, an affliction […]
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Africa & World Politics, Governors, Headlines, Rivers, Soccer, Sports, State News
Sunday, January 26th, 2020

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has declared that the Real Madrid Academy would empower upcoming football stars with the requisite formal education to effectively rule the sporting world. Addressing journalists after inspecting ongoing construction of hostels and additional classrooms at the Real Madrid Academy in Port Harcourt, yesterday, Wike said several footballers were […]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2020
A couple in China has left their two young children behind at the Nanjing Lukou International Airport, China, after their son who had a fever was banned from flying amid an outbreak of coronavirus. It is said the parents deserted their son and daughter by the departure gate and boarded the flight on their own in […]
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Monday, January 20th, 2020
400 wounded as clashes in Lebanon escalate Almost 400 people were wounded Saturday during running battles between Lebanese anti-government protesters and security forces in the capital Beirut, rescue services said. It was the heaviest toll since the protests erupted three months ago, with the Red Cross and Civil Defence saying 377 people at least were […]