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American Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Africans are laughing at the US elections on Twitter. Allegations of sexual assault, high-level corruption and vote rigging are normally found in less stable countries, but this year’s presidential race is testing the resilience of America’s electoral system. Nigerians in particular have found the irony of the world’s foremost democracy slipping into embarrassing feuds and […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Between 800 and 900 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed since Iraqi forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul last week, a top US general says. US Central Command chief Joseph Votel told AFP news agency it was hard to be precise as militants moved around the city and blended in with residents. Up […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Ghana passes law ‘to evict presidents Outgoing presidents in Ghana could be forcibly evicted from their official residences if they fail to move out in time, under new laws. Presidents and vice-presidents will have to hand over official homes and vehicles at least two weeks before the inauguration of a new leader. Ministers and other […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, October 21st, 2016
A number of popular websites like Twitter and Netflix went down for some users on Friday in a massive cyberattack with international reach. Affected sites included Twitter (TWTR, Tech30), Etsy (ETSY), Github, Vox, Spotify, Airbnb, Netflix(NFLX, Tech30) and Reddit. Dyn, which manages website domains and routes internet traffic, experienced two distributed denial of service attacks on its DNS servers. A DDoS attack […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Friday, October 21st, 2016
NJC Vs NBA In a statement last night, the NJC which is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said it would neither suspend nor ask any of the accused Judges to proceed on compulsory leave as recommended by the NBA, insisting that such action was contrary to the provisions of […]
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Headlines
Friday, October 21st, 2016
By Bunmi Sofola THE big question really is: How often should you have sex; how much sex makes you happy? According to a recent survey, couples who make love once a week are the most content. Meanwhile, there are some people whose libido is so low they look the other way when their partners look […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU–Economic and Finance Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday confirmed that two Enugu commissioners were invited and detained over N450,000,000 campaign fund. The South east Zonal Head, Johnson Babalola, said that former governor Chime was still under investigation over the over N400 million campaign funds, pointing out that two serving commissioners, Charles Egumgbe, […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
By Evelyn Usman & Daud Olatunji THE 10-year-old Adekoya Wariz, who was beaten to death by his father in Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State, once told a neighbour, Baba Olaolu, that he usually stole N50 from his step-mother’s handbag because he needed it to buy gari and groundnut, as he was always denied food. According […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died in London. Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family say. He was a journalist who became an adviser to three presidents. The 1995 execution of his father by a military government […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
ABUJA—Ex-International, Daniel Omokachi, yesterday, opened a can of worms in the nation’s sporting arena, alleging that Nigerian youths cough out as much as N250,000 each to get into the U-17 team in Nigeria. Amokachi spoke when he joined forces with coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, operating under the aegis of National Support Groups for […]
