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  1. Kayode Falayi

    World Iraq Court Sentences Over 300 To Death Over Links With Isis - Naija Newspaper

    Iraqi courts have sentenced to death, more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, a judiciary spokesman stated today. Naija News learnt that the suspects are being tried by two courts, one near the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul in...
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    World Moroccan refugee in war with women has killed two victims in Finland - Pulse.ng News

    After killing two people in a 2017 attack in the Finnish city of Turku, a Moroccan man, Abderrahman Bouanane, has expressed that he carried out the assault in a personal war against women. Bouanane, who is considered as having terrorist tendencies, was arraigned at a district court in Finland...
  3. Kayode Falayi

    World UK announces new scholarships for Nigeria, 51 countries - Today.ng News

    The United Kingdom has announced a new scholarship scheme for Nigerian students and other young people from The Commonwealth to study in low and middle-income countries. This was revealed by Prince Henry of Wales, popularly known as Prince Harry, while speaking at the opening session of the...
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    World Trump Fires Back, Accuses Comey Of Committing ‘Many Crimes’ - Channels Television

    Donald Trump fired back Monday at James Comey, saying he is guilty of “many crimes,” as the former FBI director opened a book tour with an interview in which he labelled the US president “morally unfit” for office. Trump accused Comey of lying to Congress and exonerating Hillary Clinton in a...
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    World Trump’s personal lawyer due in New York court - The Punch Newspaper

    Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is due in court in an extraordinary showdown with US prosecutors Monday over documents seized in an FBI raid on his home, with a porn star also expected to attend. Michael Cohen has been under criminal investigation for months over his business dealings, and FBI...
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    World At destroyed Syria lab, workers deny producing toxic weapons - Today.ng News

    Plastic gloves and face masks lay scattered in the rubble of a Syrian research lab destroyed by Western strikes on Saturday, where an official denied the centre was developing chemical weapons. US, British and French strikes slammed into a series of targets around Damascus that the Western...
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    World Iraq election campaigning begins amid controversy - The Guardian Newspaper

    Campaigning began Saturday for Iraqi parliamentary elections with some candidates embroiled in controversy after aides pulled down pictures of fighters killed in combat with jihadists and replaced them with their own posters. Around 7,000 candidates have registered to stand in the May 12 poll...
  8. Kayode Falayi

    World Why we attacked Syria – Britain - PM News

    British had no alternative but to take military action to degrade Syria’s chemical weapons capability, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday after ordering air-launched cruise missile strikes along with the U. S. and France. Click here to read more
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    World Egypt extends state of emergency - Nigeria Daily News

    Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended for three months from Saturday a state of emergency for the fourth time since it was first declared last year, the official gazette said. A nationwide state of emergency was first imposed in April last year after two church bombings claimed by the...
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    World Bomb kills 5 people during a football match in Somalia - Linda Ikeji Blog

    A bomb blast killed at least five spectators during a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targeted a stadium. Click here to read more
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    World Police shoot dead man in bakery rampage - Pulse.ng News

    Police in the central German city of Fulda said they shot dead a young Afghan refugee who went on a violent rampage in a bakery early Friday. The 19-year-old allegedly attacked the driver of a delivery truck at the bakery at 4:20am (0220 GMT), before smashing the shop's windows, local police...
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    World Uganda says ‘considering’ deal to accept migrants from Israel - The Guardian Newspaper

    Following months of denials, Uganda said Friday it was "positively considering" a proposal from Israel to accept hundreds of Africans the country wishes to deport. Uganda's junior refugees minister, Musa Ecweru, said Israel had requested that Uganda accept about 500 Eritrean and Sudanese...
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    World 200 Russians Killed In Syria Clash, Says Pompeo - Channels Television News

    The outgoing head of the CIA appeared to confirm Thursday reports that around 200 Russian mercenaries were killed in February during a clash with US-led forces in Syria. “In Syria, a handful of weeks ago, the Russians met their match and a couple hundred Russians were killed,” Mike Pompeo said...
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    World South Africa Spends 16 Times More on Healthcare than Nigeria - This Day Newspaper

    A report published last week by a fact checking website, africacheck.org, has shown that South African Government’s health expenditure per capita is 16 times more than what obtains in Nigeria, while current health expenditure (government and private) is five times more in the country than...
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    World Fresh protests expected on Gaza-Israel border - The Guardian Newspaper

    Gazans are preparing for a third consecutive Friday of protests along the border with Israel, after mass demonstrations since March 30 that have sparked violence in which Israeli forces have killed 32 Palestinians. Click here to read more
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    World Five months after, Mugabe yet to move out of official residence - The Punch Newspaper

    Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has yet to move out of an official residence in Harare five months after he was ousted from power, an official said Thursday. Presidential spokesman George Charamba said Mugabe had still had not removed his belongings from Zimbabwe House, a residential...
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    World Syria war: Trump condemns Syria for 'chemical attack' on Douma - BBC News

    US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran over a suspected chemical attack, saying there will be a "big price to pay". Medical sources say dozens of people were killed in an attack on the rebel-held town of Douma on Saturday...
  18. Kayode Falayi

    World Four killed in suicide attack on Iraq party headquarters - The Guardian Newspaper

    A suicide attack targeting a political party headquarters in western Iraq has killed four people and injured seven others, including a candidate in polls set for May, officials said Sunday. Click here to read more
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    World Syria war: At least 70 killed in suspected chemical attack in Douma - BBC News

    At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in basements. It said the deaths were likely to rise...
  20. Kayode Falayi

    World Photo: Fire breaks out at Trump Tower - Linda Ikeji Blog

    A fire broke out on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York late on Saturday, the New York City Fire Department said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Smoke was reportedly seen rising from the Midtown Manhattan tower around 6:00 p.m. but later subsided. The cause of the fire is...
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