The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday over a wave of post-electoral violence, in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the immediate release of the 73-year-old deposed strongman, and his former youth leader Charles Ble Goude, 47. Gbagbo was the first head […]
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Multiple award winning singer, Alicia Keys has been announced as the host of the 2019 Grammy Awards. This was announced by the organizers on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 via the official Instagram handle @recordingacademy. The 61st edition will hold on February 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles; they’ll air live on CBS. ”IT’S […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano zonal office on December 31, 2018 arrested Sani Abdullahi, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, for money laundering offence. Abdullahi was arrested on board Ethiopian Air enroute Kano to China for failing to fully declare the sum of $207,000 (Two Hundred and Seven Thousand Dollars) in […]
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Following allegations of sexual abuse trailing R. Kelly, his brother Carey Kelly has revealed more shocking details about their childhood. The ‘I Wish’ singer had hinted at being sexually abused as a child by someone close to him, although he never revealed who sexually molested him. But Carey, in a recent interview alleged that their older […]
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Violence erupted on Tuesday as suspected political thugs disrupted the governorship campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos. Several people were injured in the violence, including three journalists who sustained bullet wounds. The hoodlums, said to be members of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW), invaded the Skypower Ground Ikeja venue […]
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The World Bank Group president, Jim Yong Kim, on Monday announced he would be stepping down from his position effective February 1. Mr Kim’s announcement is coming more than three years ahead of the end of his tenure in 2022. “It has been a great honour to serve as President of this remarkable institution, full […]
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The Nigerian Air Force has announced Tuesday as the burial date for two pilots and three crew members, who were killed in a helicopter crash while in combat in Damasak, Borno on January 2. The military service said this in a statement issued by Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, on Monday. The […]
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The chief military rebel who led a failed coup in Gabon on Monday has been arrested and two of his commandos killed after they stormed a public radio station, the presidency said. A group of soldiers attempted to take power and called in a radio appeal for a popular uprising against ailing President Ali Bongo, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to participate in the 2019 general elections. The electoral commission made this known in a post on its official Twitter handle on Friday. There has been confusion in the past few weeks as to whether ASUU members, […]
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Apple Inc shares tumbled as much as 10 percent on Thursday after the iPhone maker blamed weak China demand for its revenue shortfall in the holiday quarter, a clear sign of the company’s struggles in the world’s largest smartphone market. The rare revenue warning – the company’s first in nearly 12 years – sent shockwaves […]
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