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Tanzania show promoter says Daniel refused to perform because of gold chain
Stephen Uwa, Tanzania-based Nigerian promoter of the show which Kizz Daniel was billed to perform on Sunday has given the reason the sleaky ‘Buga’ crooner refused to perform. Kizz Daniel was arrested in Tanzania on Monday and later released after the intervention of Nigeria’s foreign mission after he failed to perform at the concert he was scheduled to feature. In…
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We’ve arrested Owo church attackers – Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff General, Lucky Irabor says the suspected attackers of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State have been arrested by the military. Irabor made this known when he met with editors and media executives in Abuja on Tuesday. About 40 worshippers were killed on June 5 when gunmen stormed the church. The Federal Government later said…
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Oyetola condemns killing of two persons in Ede, condoles bereaved family
…urges Police to fish out, prosecute those involved Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has condemned the killing of two members of a family in Ede North Local Government area of the State over unresolved argument. The deceased, Abideen Olalekan and Kafayat Olalekan, were allegedly murdered at the weekend by a police officer on the orders of a serving lawmaker. The…
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Jonathan in Kenya to monitor presidential election
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan is in Nairobi on election observation mission . The former President who is in Kenya on the platform of Election Observation Mission of the Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), in his Facebook post wished the people of the largest economy in East Africa a successful election. He had earlier met with former President…
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U.S. launches new Africa strategy to counteract Russian, Chinese power
In a newly unveiled Africa strategy, the United States says it will support an arsenal of democratic weapons, ranging from investigative journalism to independent courts, in an attempt to counteract the “harmful activities” of Russia and China on the African continent. The strategy launched by the White House on Monday is the latest chess move in a great-power rivalry that…
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Arise TV must rise above mediocrity, By Funke Cole
Arise TV, owned by Prince Nduka Obaigbena is fast becoming one medium that panders to mediocrity and shows signs of partisanship truly unbecoming of an organisation that prides itself as representing Africa’s finest amongst the global media. At the risk of being accused of making vacuous pontifications, a few examples would suffice here: Majority of the presenters of the station’s…
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Death is just the beginning, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Late last night, the news feed brought me a photograph by Biyi Bandele. That was quite a late feed, as he had put the photo up on Sunday. For some reason, I keyed into the photo intensely, seeking meaning, wondering what the Photographer was trying to say through it, wondering what was on his mind. So lost was I trying…
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Secretary Blinken to arrive in Congo, Rwanda amid international tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is scheduled to meet with officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda this week, arriving in the middle of an ongoing conflict between militias and officials in the region. His trip coincides with a recent surge in deadly violence along the borders between Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. Blinken will be…
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Horniman Museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria
A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and a key to the king’s palace. It follows a request…
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Kenya’s Raila Odinga, William Ruto in final election push
The two main candidates are neck and neck ahead of Tuesday’s presidential poll Veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga clambered on to the stage to address the ebullient crowd of 20,000 supporters backing his latest run for the presidency. “Kenyans have four big enemies . . . diseases, stupidity, poverty and corruption,” he told those gathered in the central city of Kiambu to cheer…
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