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Ethiopian activist Jawar Mohammad returns from exile

Jawar Mohammad, an online activist and fierce critic of Ethiopia’s one-party government through his outlet Oromia Media Network, returned to the country after 13 years in exile. Jawar is the latest opponent of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front ...

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Gambian First Lady celebrates birthday in Nigeria, visits hospital

In an effort to showcase the cordial relationship between her country and Nigeria, First Lady of The Gambia, Madame Fatoumatta Bah Barrow marked her birthday in Abuja with visits to educational and health institutions at the weekend. Madame Barrow, had ...

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Nigerian Government to repatriate 116 persons trapped in Libya

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says that 116 of the Nigerian migrants trapped in Libya slave camps would be repatriated home soon. Dabiri-Erewa said this in a statement by her ...

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Five insurgents die in failed Maiduguri attack

Five insurgents have lost their lives in a failed bid to infiltrate a community in Maiduguri, to cause havoc. The incident took place on Aug. 5 at Kaleri community in Maiduguri, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed on Monday in ...

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Hiroshima marks 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing in WWII

Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing with a somber ceremony Monday to remember the people killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid hopes of denuclearizing North Korea. Mayor Kazumi Matsui opened ...

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“I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction” – Demi Lovato speaks for the first time since her overdose saga

American pop star, Demi Lovato addressed her fans for the first time since her apparent drug overdose last month.   In an instagram post shared on Sunday night, the singer wrote, “I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction. ...

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I’m so tired – Tonto Dikeh cries out

  Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has admitted to being completely stressed out and tired. She took to her Instagram page to cry out and declare she is tired. In a series of videos she shared via her Instastory, the actress who recently ...

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Twin sisters marry twin brothers in twinsburg town, by twin ministers

Twin sisters, Brittany and Briana Deane, in a wedding ceremony officiated by identical twin ministers in a town called Twinsburg, said ‘I Do’ to twin brothers Josh and Jeremy Salyers. The Sun reported that the brothers both popped the question at the same time ...

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Peter Okoye shows off his house and fleet of cars

  Peter Okoye a.k.a Mr. P, in an Instagram post aimed at motivating his fans, showed off his house and his fleet of cars. According to the singer who went solo after Psquare split, the photos should motivate or inspire his fans rather than ...

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LIB- Linda Ikeji to be awarded with an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity International University of Georgia for her contribution to media in Africa

  As posted by Linda herself,,, Continue reading her post below.   Months after being conferred with the title of “Gimbiyan Matasan Arewa” (Princess of Arewa Youths), Linda Ikeji is set to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity International University of ...

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At least 40 shot and four killed in a night of Chicago gun violence

At least 40 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend during the seven hours from midnight Saturday to early Sunday morning, with four fatalities, city police said on Sunday, a stark violent streak in a city where authorities say ...

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Last survivor of famed immigrant French Resistance group dies at 101

The last surviving member of a group of immigrant workers that courageously resisted the Nazi occupation of France during World War II has died at the age of 101, his family said Sunday. Arsene Tchakarian, a tailor of Armenian origin, ...

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Pharmacist at Lagos Island general hospital stabbed to death by jealous wife

The police in Lagos state have arrested 23-year-old housewife, Damilola Ayeni, pictured left, for allegedly stabbing her husband, Olumide, a pharmacist at the Lagos Island General Hospital, to death at their home on Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island on Saturday August 4th.   ...

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Broke or just greedy? State debt runs into billions in Kenya

The national government is staring at a crisis of offsetting more than Sh100 billion in pending bills owed to various suppliers and entities. The amount is strewn across government ministries, departments, commissions, independent offices and state corporations, among others. The ...

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2 car bomb blasts kill 6 in Somalia

Two car bombs hit Somalia on Sunday, killing six people. Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels claimed responsibility for the first suicide car bomb blast that that killed four people when it exploded near the gate of a military base in Afgoye ...

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Twenty people dead in WW2 plane crash in Switzerland

  Plane Crash in Switzerland has left twenty people dead. The crash occurred after the World War Two vintage aircraft glided into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, police say. The plane – a Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT – was carrying 17 passengers ...

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Female teacher ‘had sex with student over 25 times in her classroom’

A female teacher identified as Rene Elena Carter, has been accused by an ex-student of having sex with him roughly 25 times, including illicit trysts in her classroom at Capital High School   The former special education teacher at  Montana, has been charged with statutory felony rape as revealed ...

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Photos- Wake keeping held for 25-year-old lady shot dead by armed robbers in Lagos

Staff and Management of Nourisha Continental Fast Food,Orile, Lagos on Friday,  held a wake keeping service for late Uchechi Njoku, who was killed during a robbery operation last week. Miss Njoku 25, was shot dead by armed robbers outside a commercial ...

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Photos: 10 pupils killed, 32 injured in fatal road accident in Kenya

  Ten pupils of St. Gabriel Academy Primary School died and 32 others were seriously injured in a grisly road accident near Mwingi town, Kenya on Saturday night. The pupils were travelling from Mombasa where they had gone for a study tour when ...

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Viral photo shows Pastors praying for Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu for his ‘deliverance’ from EFCC

This photo surfaced on social media showing several men of God at the residence of Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu praying for his deliverance from EFCC.   The embattled lawmaker is currently being frilled by the anti-graft agency on allegations ...

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Zimbabwe holds funeral for seven victims of election violence

A week after its historic presidential elections, Zimbabweans have begun mourning the dead as seven people lost their lives on Wednesday, August 1, when the military opened fire on protesters in the streets of the capital Harare.   Opposition supporters ...

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