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Police arrest secondary school students for shooting schoolmates in South Africa

Taiwo Okanlawon

7 years ago

Three students of MH Joosub Secondary School in Lenasia, South Africa, were arrested on Tuesday morning for shooting two schoolmates.

Trump to critics: I don’t have ‘racist bone in my body’

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Under fire President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday he is not a racist amid criticism of his attacks on four…

UNHCR calls for closure of immigrant detention centre in Libya

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday called for closure of detention centre of illegal immigrants in…

SDGs: Nigerian consul, U.S senator’ message to Nigeria

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Consul General (CG) of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, has called on stakeholders to leverage the economic…

Trump escalates attacks on 4 minority Congresswomen

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7 years ago

President Donald Trump escalated his attacks against four minority U.S. congresswomen on Monday and dismissed concerns that his comments were…

Zimbabwe’s inflation jumps to 175%

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7 years ago

Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate hit 175 percent in June, official data showed Monday, stoking fears of a return of the…

5 die in Algeria celebrating team’s victory over Nigeria

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7 years ago

At least five persons were killed and 13 others injured in a traffic accident in eastern Algeria during celebrations of…

Trump back in ‘shithole’ controversy

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7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump has reignited the infamy of his reference to some countries as 'shithole', as he descended on…

Trump cancelled Iran nuclear deal to spite Obama: Leaked memo

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7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped the Iran nuclear deal to spite his predecessor Barack Obama, British media on Sunday quoted…

Anglican Bishops narrowly reject gay marriage

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7 years ago

By just one vote, a move to amend the marriage canon was defeated at the 42nd General Synod of the…

France joins US in creating Space Force

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7 years ago

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday joined the United States in announcing the creation of a new national military space…

Faces of those killed by Al-Shabaab gunmen in Kismayo

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7 years ago

Here are the faces of some of the 26 people killed when Al Shabaab gunmen stormed a hotel in the…

Somalia forces end Al Shabaab siege on hotel, 13 confirmed dead

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7 years ago

Thirteen persons have been confirmed dead after Somalia’s security forces ended an overnight attack by the al Shabaab Islamist militant…

Trump confirms mass deportation of immigrants

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7 years ago

US President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will launch raids across the…

Just IN: 10 Nigerians escape from India jail

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7 years ago

Ten yet-to-be identified Nigerians detained in a prison in Noida, Uttar Pradesh in India have escaped from jail.

Billionaire Epstein sacks Trump’s Labour secretary Acosta

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7 years ago

US Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned, a casualty of the widening sexual assaults case against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

Court acquits Duduzane Zuma over auto accident death

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7 years ago

A South African court on Friday found Duduzane, son of former president Jacob Zuma, not guilty of culpable homicide and…

Russia delivers missile defence system to Turkey, in test of NATO

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7 years ago

Russia began delivery of an advanced missile defense system to Turkey on Friday, a move expected to trigger U.S. sanctions…

Feuding Kagame, Museveni to meet in Angola

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni are on Friday expected to meet in Angola and…

Malaysia’s Limkokwing University suspends classes in honour of Nigerian Ewansiha

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7 years ago

The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology campus in Cyberjaya in Malaysia suspended classes on Friday in honour of the dead…

Sudan military rulers say coup attempt thwarted

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7 years ago

Sudan’s military rulers said on Thursday that several officers had attempted a coup in an effort to undermine an agreement…

Read Buhari’s advice for UNGA President Ambassador Bande

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7 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja formally congratulated Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President-elect of UN General Assembly and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative…

US Customs busts JPMorgan’s ship loaded with $1 billion cocaine

Taiwo Okanlawon

7 years ago

A cargo ship headed for northern Europe was seized in Philadelphia by U.S. law enforcement last month, apparently tipped off…

Trumps threatens clampdown on Google, Twitter, Facebook

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7 years ago

President Donald Trump hinted Thursday at new regulations on social media as he gathered critics of major online platforms at…

Algeria elects opposition lawmaker as speaker

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7 years ago

The Algerian parliament has unanimously elected Slimane Chenine, an Islamist-oriented lawmaker, as the new speaker of the People's National Assembly,…

Ex-NZ leader Helen Clark now board chair of PMNCH

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7 years ago

Former New Zealand Prime Minister and first female United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Helen Clark has been appointed as…

US charges Nigerian Ajayi with aggravated murder of Utah student

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7 years ago

Ayoola Ajayi, the Nigerian accused of killing in the United States University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck has been charged…

Intruder breaks into Buckingham Palace while Queen asleep

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7 years ago

An intruder has reportedly broken into the Buckingham Palace in Britain. The incident took place at about 2:00 am this…

Angela Merkel hit by third ‘shaking spell’, but says she is well

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7 years ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suffered third trembling spell in less than a month, but she insisted that she is…

Darroch British ambassador to USA resigns, amid spat with Trump

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7 years ago

Sir Kim Darroch, Britain's ambassador to the United States has resigned amid a dispute over the diplomat's leaked emails that…

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