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20 May 2024
Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has vowed to sign a death warrant for Shafiu Abubakar if he is convicted of murder in the mosque explosion at Gadan village, Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. Abubakar was arrested after setting the local mosque ablaze on Wednesday during early morning prayers, leaving 24 members of…
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Donald Trump confirmed that his inauguration as US president on Monday will move indoors due to expected freezing weather, undercutting the Republican's hopes for a grandiose spectacle to kick off his second term. "There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country," Trump wrote on his Truth Social feed on Friday. "Therefore, I have ordered the…
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Americans will be hit by a "Trump tariffs tax" if the US president-elect increases customs duties on Canadian products, the Canadian foreign minister said Friday, pledging a hard-hitting response in any trade war. Donald Trump, who returns to the White House next week, has said he plans to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports…
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Yagba Action Group (YAG), a non-partisan socio-political body consisting of professionals and technocrats from Yagba Federal Constituency, Kogi State has commiserated with the member, Federal House of Representatives for Yagba Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon Leke Abejide over the demise of his Senior Legislative Aide, Barrister Kunle Adeniyi. Adeniyi,…
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Eintracht Frankfurt overcame the imminent departure of in-form Omar Marmoush to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home on Friday, heaping more misery on the slumping visitors. Frankfurt, who cut Manchester City target Marmoush from the matchday squad just hours before kickoff, were clinical and controlled. Striker Hugo Ekitike put Frankfurt in front early and Dortmund…
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BARELY 72 hours to his inauguration, the United States of America's President-elect, Donald Trump, has declared that the nation would resolve its differences with China to foster development and global peace. Trump, on his X Handle on Friday, revealed that he was on a mutual phone conversation with the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, adding that…
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Justice M. A Hassan of Federal high court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), division, has restrained the Boniface Aneibonam led faction of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) from conducting local, state, and zonal congresses as well as state convention in the name of the party. In an exparte motion instituted by NNPP, National Chairman Dr. Ajuji…
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Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Friday in connection with a graft scandal that sparked an economic crisis in his home country. Chang, 69, was convicted in a US court in August for his role in the so-called "hidden debt" scandal that saw the Mozambican…
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The First Lady of Kwara State, Ambassador Olufolake AbdulRasaq, has urged equal access to quality education for every child, irrespective of socio-economic background. AbdulRasaq made the appeal at a lecture organised by the Havilah Foundation in collaboration with Chidimma. titled: “The Need for Girl-Child Education.” The event, held at Tanke Secondary School Ilorin, saw the…
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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC Bishop Stephen Adegbite has paid a condolence visit to the widow of late Jerusalem Pilgrim, Pastor, Magistrate Olasanmi Ogunkanmi at their Ikorodu residence in Lagos on Friday, 17th January, 2025. The Executive Secretary sympathised with Mrs Ogunkanmi over the sudden demise of her husband, Magistrate…