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The leader of a Kenyan starvation sect went on trial on Monday for manslaughter over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in one of the world's worst cult-related tragedies. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and dozens of other suspects pleaded not guilty in January to multiple counts of manslaughter, one of several…
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A Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament led by Nigeria’s House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu is holding an oversight meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The five-day event comprises some of the parliament’s standing committees; Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday attributed the recent violent protests in the northern region to entrenched poverty and poor leadership. Shettima, who said this at a graduation ceremony, added that the recent wave of vandalism and looting of public and private facilities in the North is also a result of widespread corruption. The vice…
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Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has written to his British counterpart to lodge a formal complaint over the row involving Air Peace’s flight operations from the United Kingdom. According to online news medium, The Cable, the minister made the threat in a letter dated August 1, 2024, and addressed to Louise Haigh,…
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Tanzanian police have detained leading opposition figures including Chadema party leader Freeman Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu and rounded up several hundred youth supporters on the eve of a planned rally, a move condemned by rights activists on Monday as "troubling". Mbowe was arrested on Monday in the southwestern city of Mbeya, the day…
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Singer Peter Okoye (Mr. P) has responded with an open letter to his twin brother Paul Okoye’s allegations about their second split. He addressed Paul’s claims that he wrote 99% of P-SQUARE’s songs and debunked Paul’s statement that their song “EjeAjo” was a failure. The singer lists several successful songs he wrote and contributed to,…
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A group, Bauchi State Youth Democratic Assembly, has berated former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the senator representing Bauchi South senatorial district, Shehu Umar Buba, over their attacks on Governor Bala Mohammed. Dogara, in a statement on Saturday, criticised the governor for condemning the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu, saying…
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A few days ago, someone asked me to mention the top 5 most influential mentors in my life, I didn’t bat an eyelid when I mentioned Sir K as one of them. One trait that all my mentors share is an enviable work ethic. They behave as though they have nothing but God and hard…
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Amna Hussein sat grieving in a disaster relief tent in eastern Sudan, where she fled with her children after deadly floods displaced thousands in a country already reeling from war. "My father died in the floods," Hussein said in Kassala, a state on the border with Eritrea. Sudan has experienced an intense rainy season since…
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Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has warned Local Government Chairmen and Coordinators of Development Centers against contractual sabotage and ”empowerment diversion” in his government. Nwifuru gave the warning on Sunday in Abakaliki during a Church Service at the Government House Chapel Abakaliki. He warned those sabotaging government contracts in their various localities to stop forthwith.…