World
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A Tennis Dynamo, Svetlana Kuznetsova
Kuznetsova boasts of a remarkable career, ranking continuously in the Top 20 from March 1, 2004, to July 11, 2010, and spending over four years consistently in the Top 10 from April 2006 to June 2010.
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Fire incident at Canadian High Commission in Abuja
Online footage showed plumes of smoke billowing from the building, although the precise cause of the fire was yet to be determined as of the time of filing this report.
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France to invest €600,000 to teach Nigerians how to speak French
The Embassy of France in Nigeria has officially set in motion projects that would position French as a language of communication in secondary schools and across the nation’s public space.
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Donald Trump declares 2024 reelection bid
Another campaign is a remarkable turn for any former president, much less one who made history as the first to be impeached twice and whose term ended with his supporters storming the Capitol in a bid to halt the transition of power on Jan. 6, 2021.
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‘Organ harvesting’: Ekweremadu’s alleged victim admits he’s 21 but court refuses to grant ex-Senate president, wife bail
A Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom, on Wednesday, ruled that David Nwamini Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is not 15 years old.
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Boris Johnson quits as British PM but won’t leave office until another leader found
Johnson read out his resignation letter in an address outside No 10 Downing Street on Thursday morning.
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Hajj: Despite paying N2.4 million, Nigerian pilgrims stranded, left to sleep outside in Mecca
Some Nigerian Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia have lamented the non-provision of accommodation for them since the day they arrived in the Islamic holy land.
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Organ harvesting case: Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice, held in Europe’s largest female prison — report
Beatrice, the wife of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is reportedly being held at HMP Bronzefield prison in the United Kingdom.
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‘Buhari government not violating rights of Christians, others in Nigeria,’ Lai Mohammed tells US senators who demand sanctions on killings
The federal government has condemned the call by five US senators for the re-designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern over alleged violation of religious freedom.
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Owo Catholic church attack: Pope Francis speaks as activist slams Buhari, US president Biden ‘for allowing Islamic extremists massacre Nigerian Christians’
A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town in the Nigerian state of Ondo, told Reuters that no fewer than 50 bodies had been moved to the Federal Medical Center in Owo and to St. Louis Catholic Hospital.