Ekeomah Atuonwu The police have charged four Chrisland School teachers in the Magistrate Court in Lagos State’s Yaba district. The teachers who accompanied some Chrisland students to the World School Games in Dubai were brought to court on Tuesday. The Lagos police command, for its part, said at the time that it had launched an investigation into the case to determine […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The military court in Ouagadougou sentenced former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré and nine other defendants to pay more than 800 million CFA francs ($1,389,282) in damages to the beneficiaries of the 1987 assassination of former President Thomas Sankara and his companions. According to Judge Urbain Méda, the amount of damages for “reparation of moral and economic prejudice” is […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Israeli army shot and killed an Al Jazeera reporter in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Qatar-based news channel. Shireen Abu Akleh was “assassinated” by Israeli forces on Wednesday while reporting on a raid in Jenin, which has seen increased army raids in recent weeks as violence has […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Ethio Telecom, a state-owned operator, launched a 5G mobile phone service on Monday, putting it one step ahead of new entrants in an industry that has been closed to international players. Next-generation 5G networks, which can provide data speeds at least 20 times faster than 4G, are seen as critical for emerging technologies such […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s new president, has been sworn in, promising an “audacious” plan to North Korea as well as strengthening the South’s democracy and freedoms. Yoon, a former prosecutor, won the election by the slimmest of margins in March, promising to “sternly deal” with Kim Jong Un’s regime while leaving the door open to dialogue. Chinese […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Former Nigerian President turned global Peace Ambassador, Goodluck Jonathan, has rejected the presidential form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) purchased for him by a group of his northern supporters on Monday, May 9, 2022. After the group’s gesture made headlines, Jonathan’s Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, issued a statement saying that Jonathan did not authorize the purchase […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu During an overnight attack on a jail in north-west Burkina Faso, militants freed about 60 inmates – the entire prison population. The armed men arrived in Nouna around midnight, riding in 4×4 vehicles and on motorcycles, brandishing Kalashnikovs and heavy machine guns. Before fleeing, they ransacked offices and set vehicles on fire. The raid followed the killing of […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to a Taliban decree issued over the weekend, women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public. According to a statement from the General Directorate of Administrative Affairs, the new rules require women to cover their faces, ideally with the traditional burqa. If a woman breaks the rules, her “male guardian” will […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian airlines have canceled plans to ground all domestic flights due to the skyrocketing cost of jet fuel, the airline operators association announced on Sunday. Since the planned shutdown was announced on Friday, the Airline Operators of Nigeria has been under pressure from the government, consumer protection organizations, and customers to postpone it. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Omotomi Akinsanya, a lady, is fighting for her life after being crushed by a Toyota 4Runner driven by a Lebanese, John Greg, on Sanusi Fafunwa Street in Lagos State, Nigeria. Greg was reportedly driving at high speed against traffic when he allegedly crushed Akinsanya against a wall. Greg reversed his car and zoomed away from the accident scene after […]
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