A man was flogged inside a mosque in Malaysia on Friday after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a woman who was neither his wife nor relative, state news reported. The 42-year-old construction worker received six lashes in Terengganu, Malaysia’s conservative state, after being convicted …
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Mozambique’s opposition leader Venancio Mondlane announced Sunday that demonstrations against the outcome of the October 8 presidential election would be suspended for five days to allow humanitarian and international bodies to assess the state of human rights in the country. In a Facebook broadcast, Mondlane said the pause would facilitate …
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Tech billionaire, Elon Musk has changed his name to Kekius Maximus on X. Musk effected the change on Tuesday without giving any reason for the latest development. Musk is the owner of X. The change came amid allwgation that he was trying to influence the presidential election in Germany. Musk’s …
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A former Presidential Special Adviser on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has faulted the leadership style of ex-President, Muhammadu Buhari. Ojudu, while featuring on veteran journalist, Edmund Obilo’s podcast, State Affairs, on Monday, said Buhari never backed former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential ambition because he (Buhari) was not a visionary. …
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THE presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has reacted to the killing by gunmen of Reverend Father Tobias Okonkwo, the Manager of the College of Nursing Sciences, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala, Anambra State. Obi, a former two-term governor of …
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THE Ofokutu Royal Family of Bilaro Ruling House in Ilesa, Osun State, has rejected the selection of ex-deputy governor of the state, Loja Adesuyi Haastrup, as the new Owa Obokun of Ijesaland. Haastrup, who hails from Ajimoko Royal Family of the same ruling house, was elected by the kingmakers at …
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SOME yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed a Catholic Church priest, Reverend Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, in Anambra State. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi which announced the incident on Friday said that Rev. Fr. Okonkwo, who was also a trained pharmacist, was fatally shot dead by the assailants on Thursday, the …
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IN a historic shift, Senegal has declared its intention to shut down all foreign military bases, a move seen as asserting national independence and sovereignty. Although no timeline has been provided for the withdrawal, the announcement signals a significant geopolitical shift in West Africa. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko broke the …
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MORE than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the last seven years. Since the current records began on January 1, 2018, 150,243 people have made the journey, according to PA news agency analysis of government figures on Friday. The milestone was reached when 407 …
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THE Police Command in Plateau apprehended 859 suspects, recovered 27 arms and 115 ammunition in the state in 2024. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Emmanuel Adesina, disclosed this at a news conference in Jos on Friday. Adesina equally said that the command rescued 46 kidnapped victims during …
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