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November 29, 2020 | US Government Imposed Travel Ban on Burkina Faso Over Rise in Terrorism...
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November 29, 2020 | Ethiopia’s Police Hunts For Tigray Leaders Amid ongoing Conflict...
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November 29, 2020 | Lagos State Task Force Demolished Over 1,000 Illegal Shops in Agege...
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November 29, 2020 | Mike Tyson Vs Roy Jones Jr. Fights to Draw in Exhibition Boxing Match...
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November 29, 2020 | Kogi State Ruler, Tijani Okutachi is Dead...
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November 27, 2020 | Egypt Human Rights Advocate Dies of Coronavirus...
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November 27, 2020 | House of Rep. Member, Victor Mela, Sentenced to Jail For Lying Under Oath...
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November 27, 2020 | Senator Ndume Representing Borno State Released From Kuje Prison...
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November 27, 2020 | Ghost Caught on Camera in Abandoned Hospital in Scotland...
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November 27, 2020 | Major Deals Expected to be Sealed Between Kenya and China...
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November 29, 2020 | US Government Imposed Travel Ban on Burkina Faso Over Rise in Terrorism...
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November 29, 2020 | Ethiopia’s Police Hunts For Tigray Leaders Amid ongoing Conflict...
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November 29, 2020 | Lagos State Task Force Demolished Over 1,000 Illegal Shops in Agege...
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November 29, 2020 | Mike Tyson Vs Roy Jones Jr. Fights to Draw in Exhibition Boxing Match...
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November 29, 2020 | Kogi State Ruler, Tijani Okutachi is Dead...
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November 27, 2020 | Egypt Human Rights Advocate Dies of Coronavirus...
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November 27, 2020 | House of Rep. Member, Victor Mela, Sentenced to Jail For Lying Under Oath...
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November 27, 2020 | Senator Ndume Representing Borno State Released From Kuje Prison...
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November 27, 2020 | Ghost Caught on Camera in Abandoned Hospital in Scotland...
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November 27, 2020 | Major Deals Expected to be Sealed Between Kenya and China...
Lagos State Task Force Demolished Over 1,000 Illegal Shops in Agege...
Mike Tyson Vs Roy Jones Jr. Fights to Draw in Exhibition Boxing Match...
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US Government Imposed Travel Ban on Burkina Faso Over Rise...
U.S. State Department red level “Do Not Visit” warning against travel to Burkina Faso has been posted to the U.S. website, as rising rates of COVID-19, terrorism, crime and kidnapping are said to endanger visitors to that country. “Terrorists may conduct attacks anywhere with little or no warning,” the State Dept warned. “Targets could include hotels, restaurants, police stations, customs offices, areas at or near mining sites, places of worship, military posts, and schools.” On November 21, it was reported that an American citizen was killed in Ouagadougou, Burkina’s capital. Four government and army officials confirmed that the man was […]Read more...
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Ethiopia’s Police Hunts For Tigray Leaders Amid ongoing Conflict...
Ethiopia’s federal police are searching for the leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front after government soldiers entered the Tigray regional capital, the prime minster said. Abiy Ahmed added that Mekelle’s capture marked the “last phase” of the three-week conflict – but details are hard to confirm as communications are blocked. The TPLF leader, vowed to fight on, in a statement he made. Hundreds have reportedly been killed in the conflict and thousands displaced. It began earlier this month after Mr Abiy announced an operation against the TPLF, the regional party, accusing it of attacking the Ethiopian army’s northern command […]Read more...
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Lagos State Task Force Demolished Over 1,000 Illegal Shops in...
Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, popularly referred to as taskforce, have demolished over 1,700 illegal shanties and containerised shops around Fagba Railway lines, Agege. This was contained in a press statement by the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Task Force, Adebayo Taofiq, titled, ‘Lagos demolishes over 1,700 illegal shanties, containerised shops at Fagba railway lines’, on Sunday. The Chairman of the agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, during the demolition exercise, said owners and occupants of the demolished shanties and containerised shops had been served a seven-day ‘removal order’ by the government based on series of complaints about […]Read more...
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Mike Tyson Vs Roy Jones Jr. Fights to Draw in...
Mike Tyson showed age has not robbed him of his power as the former heavyweight champion, in his long-awaited return to the ring, dominated Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition fight on Saturday in Los Angeles that was surprisingly ruled a draw. While there were no ringside judges to score the eight-round contest between two of boxing’s all-time greats, both over 50, and no official winner, the World Boxing Council formed a set of judges that remotely scored the bout. “I’m used to doing it for three minutes,” 54-year-old Tyson said of the shorter rounds. Sometimes, that two minutes felt […]Read more...
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Kogi State Ruler, Tijani Okutachi is Dead...
First class paramount ruler in Abocho, under Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State Alhaji Tijani Okutachi has died. His death is coming few months after the death of the Attah of Igala, Dr Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni II, who both are from the Eastern part of the State. Late Alhaji Okutachi died on Saturday, 28th, November, 2020, at the age of 61 following an illness. Confirming his death in a statement on Sunday, Governor Yahaya Bello in a condolence message through his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed expressed shock over the passage of the monarchRead more...
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Egypt Human Rights Advocate Dies of Coronavirus...
Prominent human rights advocate and lawyer Hafez Abu Seada, 55, has died after contracting coronavirus. His wife, also a lawyer and rights advocate, announced his death yesterday: “The love of my life, the father of my children, and the greatest man I’ve seen and lived with, and my pillar throughout my life, Dr Hafez Abu Seada, the lawyer and human rights advocate, the head of the EOHR, has passed away.” One week ago, Seada announced that he had contracted the virus and was admitted to hospital. He was the chairman and cofounder of Egypt’s oldest human rights organisation, the Egyptian […]Read more...
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House of Rep. Member, Victor Mela, Sentenced to Jail For...
An Abuja Magistrate Court has sentenced Victor Mela, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Billiri/Balanga federal constituency of Gombe state to prison with an option of fine for committing perjury, lying on oath in the INEC form he filed for his election. He claimed he did not have dual citizenship while possessing a British passport which shows he is a citizen of Britain. The court, however, gave him an option fine. Born 1973, Mela earned a degree in geology from the University of Jos in 1999 and a masters in sedimentology and petroleum geology from the Abubakar Tafawa […]Read more...
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Senator Ndume Representing Borno State Released From Kuje Prison...
Nigerian Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has been released from Kuji Prison. Ndume has been detained in Kuje prison since Monday following his failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) who he had stood surety for. Maina is being prosecuted by the EFCC on charges of money laundering involving N2bn. However, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja in a ruling on Friday granted bail for the senator bail on the basis of his record of good behavior before the court. The judge granted bail to […]Read more...
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Ghost Caught on Camera in Abandoned Hospital in Scotland...
Human spiritual figure has terrified a pair of urban explorers who entered into an abandoned mental health hospital. Jamie Osborne and Michael Cosgrove, both 20, went to Rosslynlee Hospital, an abandoned hospital near Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, to explore. Rooms inside the hospital derelict mental health facility had remained untouched for over a decade when it closed its doors. But the pair chose to visit the hospital and take pictures. They had been taking it in turns to pose in a wheelchair that had been left in one of the hospital’s rooms when they checked one image which appeared to […]Read more...
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