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24-year-old ex-Nigerian beauty queen shot dead in U.S

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– – A former Nigerian beauty queen, studying for her doctorate degree in the United States, Najeebat Sule has been shot dead. Police say Sule was shot multiple times by an unknown gunman in Philadelphia, United States. The unknown assailant shot the 24-year-old model on March 12 while sitting in her car in the city’s Holmesburg neighborhood, Fox29 Philadelphia reported.… Read More
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Nigeria: Patients stranded as strike by doctors disrupts health services

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– – Hundreds of patients have been stranded in Nigerian hospitals as a result of an indefinite strike by doctors. The strike follows an ultimatum issued by National Association of Resident Doctors to the federal government to improve wages and allowances of doctors. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, the head of the association has hinted that they will lay down their tools if their demands… Read More
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Nigerian Air Force says missing jet may ‘have crashed’

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– – The Nigerian Air Force command on Friday said its alpha jet that went missing on Wednesday may have crashed. The spokesperson of the Air Force, Edward Gabkwet in a statement revealed that the “Intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) indicates that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with 2 crew members… Read More
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Taylor: Montserrat ready to send shockwaves through world football

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Montserrat captain Lyle Taylor speaks with FIFA.com He talks about the Emerald Boys’ historic 1-1 draw with El Salvador “It’s massive to get the result, but there’s more to come from us” Montserrat 1- 1 El Salvador. Perhaps it is a scoreline lost in the deluge of FIFA World Cup™ qualifying results and storylines from the past week. But it… Read More
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Excitement builds following host city and stadium reveal

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Announcement of host cities and venues build excitement Down Under Australian and New Zealand reactions to 2023 Women’s World Cup milestone Nine host cities and ten stadiums across the two nations will feature The first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to be held in the southern hemisphere feels a step closer following the announcement of the Host City and Stadiums that… Read More
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Five things we learned from World Cup qualifying

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There were some spectacular results in qualifying for Qatar 2022 Some surprise standouts emerged in on either side of the Atlantic Read on for insight and analysis from the past week The big boys can be beaten Although several favourites still recorded comfortable wins, most notably Japan’s 14-0 triumph in Mongolia, several matches threw up surprising results. Few would have… Read More
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Liberia: Curfew after prisoners broke jail amid violent protests

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– – Liberia has imposed a night curfew on the coastal county of Maryland effective Thursday April 1, amid the breaking of jail by some prisoners. The Maryland county has experienced several days of violent demonstrations by mostly female protesters. On Tuesday during one of these violent protests, more than 90 inmates broke jail, escaping in Harper city in the… Read More
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ICC upholds acquittal of ex-Ivorian president Gbagbo

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Gbagbo’s trial started in January 2016, but three years later judges said they had found that prosecutors had “failed to satisfy the burden of proof to the requisite standard.” It was one of the ICC’s biggest failures since it was set up in 2002 as the world’s only permanent war crimes court. Prosecutors then appealed, focusing on what they said… Read More
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Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie blames feminism for domestic violence

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– – Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has blamed feminism for the increasing cases of domestic violence women suffer in marriage. Speaking to BBC Igbo, the actor said women are at fault in most of the incidents of domestic violence. He lamented that today’s women do not know how to do basic things which women ought to know how to do to… Read More
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