Celebrated actor and playwright, Adebayo Faleti, is dead. He died on Sunday in his home in Ibadan at the age of 86 due to old age. One of Faleti’s son, Adeniyi, told one of our correspondents that he was helping his father with his bath when he died. According to …
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Four Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were, on Sunday night, killed when two male suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies at Dalori 2 IDP camp in Maiduguri. The explosion also claimed the lives of the suicide bombers and left 15 others. The injured victims, SaharaReporters learned, were taken to a specialist …
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The Police in Borno on Monday said two Boko Haram suicide bombers were killed in a failed attempt to attack displaced persons camps and University of Maiduguri. A statement signed by DSP Victor Isuku, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said the suicide bombers were killed by security operatives before …
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named heir to the region’s most powerful throne last month, took temporary charge of the country Monday as the king left on holiday. Prince Mohammed’s father, King Salman, issued a royal decree deputising his son to “manage state affairs and guard the interests of …
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A seven-year Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare faces a major test this week in the U.S. Senate, where lawmakers will decide whether to move forward and vote on a bill whose details and prospects are uncertain. The Senate will decide as early as Tuesday whether to begin debating …
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Ailing Nigerian Preisdent Muhamadu Buhari met with some All Progressives Congress party governors and leaders today in London ina n elaborately designed setting to portray Buhari as in improved health condition. However, no video of Mr. Buhari was provided, only a still photo from Presidental photographers. Pres Buhari in meeting …
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40-year-old man, Femi Adebowale, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for beating his wife, Kuburat, 37, to death. The incident happened on Monday at their residence in Agbado area of the state. According to a statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, …
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The remains of a couple, found on a receding glacier in the Swiss Alps 75 years after they had disappeared, were at long last buried on Saturday near their native village. Their two surviving daughters were present at the funeral service in the church at Saviese in Valais canton, a …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday ordered seven banks to remit a total of $793,200,000 (about N249,659,700,000.00), allegedly hidden with them in breach of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy, to the Federal Government. A vacation judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor, made the interim order following an ex parte application by the …
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Nigerian motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, is set to export made-in-Nigerian cars to Mali. The Charge‘d Affair of Nigera in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, says an indigenous motor manufacturing company, has signed an MoU with a Malian firm to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali. Abdulsalam made the announcement on …
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