IN THE NEWS…
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Uyo Tragedy: Church Collapses on Worshippers, 30 Killed
The building of Reigners Bible Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, collapsed about 11am Saturday, killing and wounding scores of worshippers. The...
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728Boko Haram Bombs Adamawa Market, Kills Scores
Twin bomb blasts ripped through Madagali Market in Adamawa State, about noon on Friday, killing no fewer than 60 innocent people. The...
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Astronaut John Glenn Dies, Aged 95
John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, has died. He was 95. One of the most decorated Americans, Glenn first flew...
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Donald Trump Is TIME’s Person of the Year
The president-elect of the United States, Mr Donald Joseph Trump, has been named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year 2016. But the...
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Killings, Arson in Yobe?
A report from Damaturu says that violence broke out in parts of Yobe State Wednesday morning. “Yobe State in Nigeria is boiling...
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849Rights Group Condemns Military Siege on South-east
The Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, CRRAN, has asked the federal government to tell Nigerians the reasons for the current siege...
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2 AUN Grads Win Scholarships To Study Medicine In Grenada
Two alumnae of AUN, Christiana Okere and Marilyn Elechi, have earned scholarships worth altogether $134,100 to study medicine at St George’s University...
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Ghana Elects President, Lawmakers
Ghanaians are voting Wednesday in a general election. Incumbent president John Mahama of the NDC party will square off with challenger Nana...
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Kuforiji-Olubi Dead at 80
Nigeria’s secretary of commerce and industry during the interim government of Ernest Shonekan in 1993, Mrs Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, has been reported dead....
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850Governor el-Rufai’s Strange Tale Riles Nigerians
Anger and disenchantment have spread in southern and central Nigeria, following Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai’s revelation that his government has been...