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Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Dec. 20, 2017 – Zimbabwe’s protracted political crisis reached a crescendo earlier this month when President Robert Mugabe sacked his Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa. A battle to succeed the 93-year old nonageranian and freedom fighter-turned president was already brewing within the ruling Zimbabwe’s African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) […]
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
— 19th December 2017 The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms Christine Lagarde, says by 2030, over half of new workers entering the global labour force will come from Africa. A statement obtained from the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) website on Tuesday said Lagarde made the prediction at a special event hosted by […]
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Friday, December 8th, 2017
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the actual buyer of a painting of Jesus by Leonardo da Vinci that sold for a record-breaking $450 million at auction last month, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The young crown prince, known by his initials MBS, used an intermediary to buy the much-sought-after painting of Christ, […]
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Friday, December 8th, 2017
Geoffrey Onyeama, By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA-THE Federal Government, yesterday summoned Nigeria’s Charge D’Affaire in Tripoli, Libya to Abuja to give details of the situation in the Maghreb country with respect to the inhuman treatment Nigerians were subjected there. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, who gave the order while addressing State House correspondents on the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sex and Relationship
Friday, December 8th, 2017
Nigerian man, who pretended to be a beautiful female American soldier on Facebook, has been arrested by Thailand authorities for internet romance fraud. The Nigerian, known as Antonio Jose Carlos or ‘Star Boy’ in his community, had been targetting lonely Thai men and defrauding them of their savings with promises of love. According to reports from […]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Mysterious deaths at Ghana college Parents have reportedly stormed the gates of a college in central Ghana after the mysterious deaths of four students. Another 18 students at the Kumasi Academy, in Ashanti region, are receiving treatment – with the local health authority appealing to the World Health Organization (WHO) for help containing the outbreak. […]
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Miss Debby Oluwatimilehin Akinsola, a 25-year-old Nigerian student, has revealed the secret behind her speaking of 11 official South Africa languages. Akinsola, who was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Pretoria, South Africa, on Sunday that her family’s relocation to different southern African countries necessitated her learning of the different languages. […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
A top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that the United States moves closer to preemptive war with North Korea every time Pyongyang carries out a missile or nuclear test. North Korea’s test launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile has sent tensions soaring once again on the Korean peninsula, after a two month lull. “If […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has provided emergency numbers and email addresses for distressed Nigerians in Libya who may wish to contact the nation’s mission in Tripoli for assistance. The spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tope Elias-Fatile, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, explained that the numbers are available 24 hours to render […]
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Bayo Akinloye The British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, made available to SUNDAY PUNCH, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise […]
