World
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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.
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Parents drag son to court for failing to give them grandchildren, demand N270 million compensation
A couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year.
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Hillsong church co-founder Brian Houston resigns following allegations of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ towards women
Brian Houston, co-founder of Australian-based megachurch Hillsong, has resigned after complaints that he behaved inappropriately towards two women in two separate incidents.
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Big Tech: Why Trump dragged Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to court
Legal experts, however, say the suits are likely doomed to fail, given existing precedent and legal protections.
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Haiti: How unknown gunmen killed President Moïse inside his own house
A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home.