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Kim opts for own pen at treaty sign instead of one bearing ‘Trump’s signature

June 12, 2018 Crime/Judiciary/Security 141

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has opted for his own pen to sign a bilateral agreement at the landmark Singapore summit with Donald Trump instead of the one thought to be bearing the American…

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Dariye jailed for misappropriating N1.6m ecological fund

June 12, 2018 Crime/Judiciary/Security 1146

An FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja on Tuesday sentenced former Plateau State governor, Joshua Dariye to 14 years in prison for misappropriation of N1.162 billion ecological fund for the state. Dariye was found…

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar

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Al-Azhar: Demands to omit Quran verses leads to terrorism

June 12, 2018 Crime/Judiciary/Security 2521

Demands for the Quran to be altered in order to omit some verses are “one of the causes of terrorism”, the Grand Mufti of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb, warned yesterday. “It is normal for the…

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Ambode to fete Muslims at Eid-Ul-Fitri

June 12, 2018 Latest News 99

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, along with his wife, Bolanle will celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitri with Muslims simultaneously at 20 designated locations across the State. According to a statement from the office of the Commissioner for…

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Buhari apologises to Abiola family on behalf of Nigerians

June 12, 2018 Latest News 65

President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to the family of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, for his travails after the election. The president gave the apology in…

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Gunman kills all 4 child hostages, himself after hours-long standoff: cops

June 12, 2018 Americas 75

A man, Gary Wayne Lindsey Jr., who police say shot an officer before barricading himself in a Florida apartment, USA, killed the four children he had been holding hostage before killing himself, police said Monday. Orlando police…

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Colomental and Mother Language, the Missing Link

June 12, 2018 Latest News 147

When a music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti sang Colomental, an acronym for a colonial mentality of the black race 1974, little did our world realise that we ain’t seen nothing yet! One would have thought…

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President Buhari returns from Morocco

June 11, 2018 Africa 122

The President arrived in Abuja on Monday evening, one day after he left the country to meet with King Mohammed VI, at the invitation of the Moroccan leader. Governors of Ebonyi and Jigawa, Dave Umahi…

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FG engages 400 companies for Ogoni Clean-up

June 11, 2018 Environment 418

The Federal Government has engaged about 400 local and international companies for the cleanup exercise of oil pollution in Ogoni Land in Bayelsa State. The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin announced this at the…

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President Buhari arrives in Morocco

June 10, 2018 Africa 5364

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in the Kingdom of Morocco on Sunday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Nigeria’s relationship with Morocco is a very important and mutually…

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