Day: March 11, 2018

FG Hails Mo Abudu, Chimamanda Adichie & Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

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The Federal Government has congratulated Mo Abudu, Chimamanda Adichie and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, over the honours recently bestowed on them on the global stage, calling them great ambassadors of Nigeria. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the three honorees are iconic women in the Creative Industry who have brought great honour not only to themselves, their families and their industry, but also to the country. He described as well deserved the listing of Mo Abudu, the Chief Executive Officer…

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16 dead as lightning strikes church in Rwanda

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A Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda has been struck by lightning leaving at least 16 people dead and dozens more injured, a local official said Sunday. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday, local mayor Habitegeko Francois revealed. Two others died later from their injuries, he said. He added that 140 people involved in the incident had been rushed to hospital and district health centres, but many had already been discharged. “Doctors say that only…

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5 persons killed in fresh herdsmen attack in Plateau

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In the latest violence linked to tensions over grazing rights, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least five people in central Nigeria‘s Plateau state, police said Saturday. Thursday’s attack happened just as President Muhammadu Buhari was rounding up a tour of Plateau and four other flashpoint states. “The gunmen were believed to be herdsmen. They attacked some communities in Miango district and killed five people,” state police spokesman Terna Tyopev said. He said dozens of people were injured while many houses and properties were destroyed in the mayhem. Local…

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Buhari Has Turned Condolence Visits To Campaign Rallies —PDP

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The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Friday that President Muhammadu Buhari has turned his belated tour of violence affected states to campaign rallies. The party, which spoke through its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said that the President was unconcerned about the real victims of violence in the affected states. According to him the PDP saw it earlier that the President was not ready to empathise with the people over the persistent loss of lives and it cried out. He also said that the APC led government…

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