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The Benin High Court, Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of a Benin High Court on Friday granted the Edo Woman Leader of All Progressives Congress, Mrs Aisosa Amadasun, and four others N1 million bail each. The other defendants are Adama Osabuohien, Prince Stephen Alao, Dove Momodu and Mallam Ali Sulayman. Ovbiagele also ordered the defendants to produce…
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Demonstrators march during a protest against perceived discrimination in favour of the country’s francophone majority on September 22, 2017 in Bamenda, the main town in northwest Cameroon and an anglophone hub.<br />Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets in English-speaking parts of Cameroon in protest at perceived discrimination in favour of the country’s francophone majority,…
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Manny Pacquiao. PHOTO: Dale de la Rey / AFP Boxer Jeff Horn’s stunning upset of Filipino great Manny Pacquiao has earned him one of Australia’s top sporting honours as the most inspirational athlete of the year. The unheralded 29-year-old stunned the boxing world with a unanimous 12-round decision over Pacquiao in Brisbane on July 2…
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Yaya Toure PHOTO:AFP THE Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has warned that the World Cup in Russia could be a “big mess” if the tournament is blighted by racism, but vowed to help tackle the problem. The 34-year-old Toure has personal experience of racial abuse in Russia after he was targeted by chants in 2013…
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soldiers patroling on a road between Diffa and Bosso. About 50,000 people have fled a town in Niger’s troubled southeast after deadly attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations said on June 7, 2016. The attacks began on June 3 against a military post in Bosso in Niger’s Diffa region, killing 26 soldiers including…
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South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye arrives at a prosecutor’s office in Seoul on March 21, 2017. Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye reported to prosecutors on March 21 for questioning over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down, after using executive privilege to avoid them for months while in office.…
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The members of the House of Representatives cautioned the Federal Government, state government and stakeholders on Thursday that a nationwide strike by workers over poor wages could force the country’s economy back into recession. The Reps further urged the Federal Government to consider an immediate increase in workers wage to N30,000 as the new National…
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THE EFCC Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday re-arrested the serving Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Clement Onubuogo, over an alleged SURE-P fraud. Onubuogo was picked up on the premises of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was already facing trial over alleged…
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House of Representatives on session SCHOOL – PUPILS – The House of Representatives has disclosed a plan to probe the National Examination Council (NECO) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This followed their alleged involvement in the recommendation of books considered to have negative effects on students across the country. In a motion…
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Ajah in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos. AJAH-LAGOS – Logjam is back on the Lekki-Ajah roundabout, four months after the Lagos State government commissioned the Ajah Jubilee flyover bridge. The re-engineering of the expansive roundabouts along the Lekki-Epe expressway corridor coupled with the construction of the flyover bridge at the Ajah roundabout was hailed…