Four children were among 18 people killed Thursday when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed after takeoff from West Darfur state, an army spokesman said. The plane crashed five minutes after takeoff from an airport in the state capital El Geneina, after delivering aid to the area, which had been hit by recent deadly tribal […]
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Pop diva Mariah Carey has had a long list of hits over the years, but her classic holiday song has helped her make history as the first artist to top the Billboard charts in four separate decades. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week […]
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the 7 Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. The successful […]
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The White House on Monday confirmed Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank him for information that helped foil a potential holiday terrorist attack on Russia. White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said Mr Putin thanked Mr Trump for information the U.S. provided. “Trump and Putin committed to […]
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Not less than eighteen people in eastern DR Congo’s troubled region of Beni have been killed in a fresh attack by a notorious armed group, a local official said on Monday. “There was an incursion in Apetina-Sana by the ADF last night,” Beni administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP, referring to the Allied Democratic Forces militia. […]
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Ace Nigerian musician, Burna Boy has made it to New York Times’ ‘The 54 Best Songs of 2019’ for his song ‘Anybody.’ Burna Boy’s Anybody was on number three on the list of 54 while the first two are Lizzo for the song ‘Cuz I Love You’ and FKA twigs for ‘Cellophane.’ Others include Tame […]
Continue ReadingLiverpool in a sense ended the Premier League’s title race in Week 19, by beating second-placed Leicester City 4-0 on the road to open up a 13-point gap at the top of the table. Elsewhere Carlo Ancelotti got his Everton career off to a winning start, but Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta wasn’t so lucky. Manchester United […]
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The government of Kano state has barred persons of opposite genders from entering same commercial tricycle. The ban will take effect from January 2020. Governor Abdullahi Ganguje of Kano, disclosed this on Wednesday at the 77th annual Islamic vacation course (IVC) at Bayero University, Kano. The governor was represented by Harun Ibn-Sina, commander-general of Hisbah […]
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Around 300 migrants were rescued off the coast of Spain on Wednesday and Thursday, Spain’s maritime rescue service said. More than half of them were found off the Costa Blanca on Spain’s southeastern coast, with 10 people rescued just before dawn, among them eight men, a woman and a child. Later in the morning, rescuers […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has identified the the art of betraying the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, by those supposedly close to him as the new money spinner in Rivers State politics. Chief Eze, who disclosed this in a new statement he released […]
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