Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
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President Robert Mugabe unveiled the statue at his official residence in Harare last Friday and Zimbabweans were not impressed.
The
statue, made by a famous Zimbabwean sculptor was widely criticized on
social media, with people questioning the sculptor's motives. Some
even suggested it was a reaction to being forced to make the status
while many attacked the sculptor accusing him of a poor job.
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Troops of 21 Brigade Bama, under 7 Division area of operational responsibility, in the early hours of Friday, March 3, cleared escaping Boko Haram terrorists that came through Sabsawa axis of Sambisa forest.
According to a statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the troops also recovered a Toyota Hilux, 2 AK-47 rifles with registration numbers 58006915 and KO 35839, as well as 37 rounds of 12.7mm metal linked ammunition.
One officer sustained injury during the encounter but he is in a stable condition.
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There was major traffic gridlock around Ogere, on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday March 4. Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who was traveling on the road at that time, got down from his car to control the traffic. Meanwhile, while the Governor was controlling traffic, King Sunny Ade, who was passing by stopped to thank him. More photos after the cut...
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Justice C.M.A Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Friday, March 4, 2016, convicted Ngqula Nosisi Pam, a South African for money laundering and bulk cash smuggling. The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on February 1, 2016 after her arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
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Two female militants armed with grenade and weapons attacked a Turkish police bus as it arrived at a station in an Istanbul suburb on Thursday.
The footage of the dramatic attack shows one of the women throw a grenade and the other opened fire with a machine gun as the riot police bus drove towards the station entrance in he Bayrampasa district of Turkey’s biggest city.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is now the 6th richest man in the world, moving up 10 spots from last years Forbes' 2016 billionaires list of the world's richest people. According to Forbes, Mark made more than $11billion in one year, going from $33.4 billion in the 2015 ranking to $44.6 billion in the 2016 ranking. Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world. See top 20 after the cut...
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18 people were publicly caned today Tuesday, March 1 for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh province. Among them was a young unmarried couple who were caught spending time alone together. The punishment was meted out by a hooded man with a rattan cane on a stage next to the mosque in Banda Aceh, before a large, enthusiastic cheering crowd.
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The appropriate Govt Agency should clear this off the Road before any accident occurs.
Photo Credit: @_Thalia_M


Photo Credit: @_Thalia_M
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Three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School, a private boarding school in Ikorodu, Lagos, were kidnapped by gunmen at their hostel at about 8pm yesterday night. The Lagos state Police command say they are working towards getting the girls freed from their abductors. No reason has been given for the kidnap.
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In a bid to address the lingering fuel scarcity that has surfaced in some parts of the country in the last few days, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says it has increased its fuel supply to both Lagos and Abuja by an additional 50 trucks. The corporation says the queues will disappear soon. See more tweets after the cut..
In a bid to address the lingering fuel scarcity that has surfaced in some parts of the country in the last few days, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says it has increased its fuel supply to both Lagos and Abuja by an additional 50 trucks. The corporation says the queues will disappear soon. See more tweets after the cut..
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