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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Harare – The Zimbabwe students union on Friday demanded the resignation of authorities at the country’s top university after it awarded a “miraculous” doctorate to President Robert Mugabe’s wife. The PhD was granted to Grace Mugabe, a 49-year-old former typist in the president’s office, two weeks ago — just months after she enrolled for the course. Mugabe’s wife […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Lagos – A 34-year-old man, Fabian Anyanwu, who allegedly assaulted and raped a 22-year-old Cameroonian lady, on Monday appeared before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Anyanwu, a resident of 721 Road, D Close, Block 2, Festac Town, Lagos, is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and rape. The prosecutor, Cpl. John Iberedem, […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye The Ogun State commissioner of police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, has said the command arrested 220 armed robbers and killed 37 others during shootouts with his menbetween January and September 2014. The police boss, who spoke at the state police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, during a parade of some suspected cultists and robbers, […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba | credits: saharareporters.com The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, has summoned the chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Awe, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Makanjuola Ogundipe, over the Monday’s attack. At a peace meeting held in his office in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, the Police […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
The African National Congress Youth League has called on the Jacob Zuma-led South African government not to issue a visa to the General Overseer of the Synagogue of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua. Joshua had expressed on Sunday his desire to visit South Africa to commiserate with the families of 84 citizens of the country […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, September 21st, 2014
By Ekerete Udoh She sounded absolutely distraught, and utterly disconsolate. Her usual exuberance, the bonhomie which she wears like a badge of honor was missing both in her voice and in her demeanor. She was inconsolable, pained and emotionally devastated. She had every reason to feel that way. For over six years, she had given […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Cameroon, Cote ‘d Ivoire and Guinea were named as future hosts of the Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) yesterday, by the executive committee meeting of the continent’s soccer ruling body meeting in Addis Abba, Ethiopia. Cameroon will host 2019 finals and 2021 edition will be in Cote ‘d Ivoire. In an […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a tribal woman as a punishment for “dishonouring” her community. The 20-year-old woman was gang-raped on orders from tribal village elders who objected to her relationship with a man from a different community. The attack took […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
CAUGHT—Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, S-Africa. INSET: The Bombardier Challenger jet. Much ado has been made about recent events in South Africa concerning the Nigerian-owned jet that was found loaded with millions of dollars and that was in the process of procuring arms and a fighter helicopter for the Nigerian military and security agencies. As a former […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Two Russian fighter jets recently entered a US “air defense identification zone” and were intercepted by American warplanes near Alaska, two US defense officials said Friday. Although Russian aircraft have entered the zone previously it was “the first time in a long time” that fighter jets passed through the area, a defense official, who spoke […]
