Senator representing Kogi-west, Dino Melaye, did not appear at a magistrate court in Lokoja, Kogi state, where he is facing a gun-running trial. Earlier on Thursday, Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, tweeted that Melaye had been kidnapped. According to Bruce, his colleague was abducted on his way to court for the trial. Musa Shuaibu, […]
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Authorities said 38 people were killed and 37 others wounded in a series of bombings and attacks in the southern province of Sweida on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said suicide bombers from the Islamic State (IS) detonated bomb vests and explosive devices in Sweida city in tandem with an attack by this […]
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The CNN broadcaster released on Wednesday an alleged recording of then U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s conversation with his former attorney Michael Cohen, where the two seem to be discussing payments to buy the rights to a adult-film actress’s story about her purported affair with Trump. The discussion reportedly took place two months prior to […]
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An American Airlines plane with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde on board, made an emergency landing in the Argentine airport on Sunday due to malfunction, local media reported. According to the Clarin newspaper, the plane took off for the U. S. at 8.55 p.m. local time (23.55 GMT) from Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza […]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced deep concern over the latest flare-up of violence around Gaza, urging all sides to “step back from the brink of another devastating conflict”. The Secretary-General said in a statement: “I am gravely concerned over the dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel. “I deeply regret the loss […]
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Islamic State militants on Wednesday, captured and beheaded Taliban commander, Mullah Burjan, an Afghanistan government official said. “Amid ongoing fighting between Taliban and IS group in Darzab district the IS fighters captured Taliban senior commander Mullah Burjan early Wednesday and beheaded him,” Reza Ghafoori, spokesman of the northern Jawzjan province, told Xinhua. Ghafoori also said […]
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U.S. researchers have discovered 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of the planet’s known moons to 79, researchers said on Tuesday. The discovery means Jupiter, the oldest and largest planet in the solar system, has more moons than any of the other seven. Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science in […]
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Russia plans to launch a new super heavy carrier rocket in 2027, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Russia’s Roscosmos State Space Corporation for Space Activities, said on Tuesday. “We are talking about a fundamentally new rocket,” Mr Rogozin said, adding that the vehicle will be launched from the newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy conditions on Thursday with prospects of rain over Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Minna and Bida during the morning hours. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Monday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 25 to 34 and 16 to 24 […]
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The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government had started negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors towards the unveiling of the national carrier at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. Sirika disclosed this in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Deputy Director, Media and […]
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