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Governing party reserves right to challenge defectors in Court

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said this in an interview on Saturday. The Minister when asked about the party’s next step for the defected APC members to vacate their seats, said: “I still believe that the party (APC) reserves the legal ...

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Ethiopian Army clashes with Local Government paramilitaries

Ethiopian soldiers have traded fire with members of local government Security Forces in the country’s eastern Somali region after central authorities sought to arrest regional officials. Residents said that the soldiers were deployed in the province’s capital Jijiga on Friday ...

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Nigerian Airforce fighter jet destroys Boko Haram hideout in Borno State

The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has conducted a successful attack on a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs) Hideout in Daban Masara in Borno State.   Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public ...

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Hilarious Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Receiving Matching Orders In Chinese Language Cracks Up Social Media

Nigerian soldiers have been caught on camera receiving matching orders in Chinese language. The video has gone viral online, cracking up social media users. The hilarious footage was shared by a Nigerian soldier, Ameh John Bosco, on his Instagram page. ...

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”President Buhari and APC plotting court order that will overthrow Saraki, Ekweremadu” PDP alleges

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Federal Government of shopping for a fraudulent interim court order to declare vacant, the seat of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, following his defection from ...

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Zambia convicts two men for same-sex relationship

Two men have been convicted for having a consenting same-sex relationship in Zambia. According to a report from AFP, Stephen Sambo, 30, and Japhet Chataba, 38, were found guilty of “performing unnatural acts”. Prosecutors presented “videos and photographs” of the ...

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Ex-minister Henry Obwocha is dead

Former Cabinet minister and West Mugirango MP Henry Obwocha has died. The current West Mugirango MP Vincent Kemosi said the former lawmaker, 69, died after collapsing at his home in Nairobi on Friday night. Obwocha had on Friday afternoon attended ...

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Alfred Keter in the soup over DP Ruto remark

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter is in trouble after he was warned not to step in Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties until he apologises for attacking Deputy President William Ruto. On Friday, demonstrations were held against the lawmaker in his ...

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Zimbabwe’s opposition demands election results verified

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged the country’s electoral body to release ‘proper and verified results’ of the presidential election, even as South African president Cyril Ramaphosa called on Zimbabweans to accept the poll outcome. The election, the first since the ...

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NAF combat aircraft neutralises fleeing bandits in Zamfara

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) combat aircraft has neutralised several armed bandits during air attacks near Mashema Village and at another location 4km Southeast of Yanmari, both in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, ...

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How Boko Haram killed Argungu fishing festival

If there is a single dream that is shared in common by the members of Argungu community in Kebbi State, it is the resuscitation of the once famous Argungu fishing festival. It used to be a source of excitement for ...

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The shady and dangerous business of Chinese mining in Cameroon

Sidonie Maboue pulled her hands out of the muddy water and sat down on a piece of fabric next to the bags of gravel that she and three of her 12 children filled that day. “This gravel will be crushed, ...

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‘Beware of recruitment fraudsters’ – Lagos State government issues fraud alert!

The Lagos State Government has warned the general public against falling prey to fraudsters planning to defraud unsuspecting Lagosians following the announcement by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to inject additional 1000 teachers into the state public schools.   According to a ...

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Man with toy gun killed by Swedish police

A young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down’s syndrome and a form of autism, local media report. Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as ...

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WWE Super star “Kane”, declared new Mayor of Knox County

Through hellfire and brimstone, “The Big Red Machine” has emerged victorious not inside the squared circle, but in the race to become the new mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Republican Glenn Jacobs, better known to the WWE Universe as Kane, ...

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President Buhari pledges better future for Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured supporters of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress APC that his administration will continue to work hard to surpass its campaign promises for a better Nigeria. He has also told the supporters not to ...

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Army reunites rescued hostages with parents in Borno state

The Nigerian army have reunited children abducted two years ago by Boko Haram terrorists with their parents at Ngafure village in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations of the ...

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Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election Friday with just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa received 50.8 percent ...

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Photos- 21 persons including children drown in Sokoto river

P 21 persons drowned in a boat mishap that took place in Gandi community in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state today August 2nd. According to reports, more bodies are are believed to be in the river.   The remains of ...

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DR Congo former warlord returns

The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC and former warlord, Jean Pierre Bemba is back in the country to run for president. He was received by huge crowds in Kinshasa, who thronged the airport to welcome ...

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Nigeria court acquits 80 Zakzaky supporters

A top Nigerian court has cleared dozens of the followers of prominent cleric Ibrahim al-Zakzaky of criminal charges, raising hopes for the release of the cleric himself, who has been held captive for almost three years by the Abuja government. ...

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I relocated to Portugal to escape Donald Trump.- Madonna

Madonna suggested in a new interview that she relocated her family from their Manhattan base across the Atlantic Ocean to Portugal to escape Donald Trump. The singer spoke to Vogue Italia about the motivation behind her big move saying “this ...

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Ekweremadu suffers high blood pressure in EFCC custody

The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, was said to have been hurriedly released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, August 1, after suffering high blood pressure during an interrogation session. Punch reports that Ekweremadu who was ...

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Exiled Ethiopian patriarch returns

The exiled patriarch of Ethiopia’s powerful Orthodox Church, Bishop Merkorios, has returned home to the capital, Addis Ababa, after 27 years. Ethiopia’s reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met him in the US last week and persuaded him to reconcile with ...

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