A motorcyclist, and two male school children were reportedly crushed to death along the Oru-Ago Iwoye Road on Friday by a truck. The motorcyclist was said to be conveying the pupils to school on his bike at 7.30am when the tragic incident occurred. Another female pupil who was also being conveyed to school on the […]
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Five Congolese refugees were killed and more than 20 injured when Rwandan police broke up a crowd demonstrating against a cut in food rations, police said on Friday. The Thursday incident followed days of sit-in protests against the reduction in food aid at Kiziba refugee camp in western Rwanda. “Violent demonstrators armed with stones, sticks […]
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A second Russian athlete has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The new development is a major blow for the nation’s hopes of regaining its Olympic status and drawing a line under years of doping scandals. Bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva tested positive for a heart drug on Feb. 18, the Russian […]
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Arsenal have been drawn against Italian giants AC Milan in the Europa League round of 16, while Dortmund gets Salzburg and Atletico Madrid is scheduled to play Lokomotiv Moscow. The Gunners scraped through to the next round after losing 1-2 to Swedish minnows Ostersunds at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night. The Gunners will play a […]
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NIGERIA – Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked Nigerians to give the federal government more time to investigate the abduction of students of Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe. The government had initially said it was not sure if any student was kidnapped, but Ibrahim Gaidam, the state governor, confirmed the abduction. […]
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South Sudan civilians had their eyes gouged out, were castrated and were forced to rape each other by the country’s warring sides, according to UN rights investigators. The investigators collected evidence against more than 40 senior military figures. The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday presented information pointing to crimes against […]
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Police have reportedly intercepted nearly 400 kilos of cocaine stored in 16 bags from a Russian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The country’s security minister, Patricia Bullrich, Thursday said the operatives also arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang. Bullrich told newsmen that the drugs discovered in an annex of the embassy had a […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that no elections should hold in Kano and Katsina states until voter register is sanitised and minors removed from the list. This call was necessitated by allegations of underage voting in Kano state, after pictures of underage voters trended on social media. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Kola […]
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The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Tuesday in Abuja said the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursements increased by 25 per cent in 2017. NEITI Director Communications and Advocacy, Dr Orji Orji, said this in a statement. Orji said FAAC disbursed a total sum of N6.418 trillion in 2017 showing an increase of […]
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The Champions League game played at Stamford Bridge in London, saw Lionel Messi strike for the first time in nine games against Chelsea. Willian’s fine strike just after the hour mark had put Chelsea in command after earlier hitting both posts in the first half. However, one moment of carelessness cost Chelsea dear as Andres […]
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