Category: Foreign News

Don’t Expel Me, I Want To Die In Zimbabwe — Mugabe

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Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, who has insisted on staying on in his country, was granted immunity from prosecution, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday. According to Reuters, Mr. Mugabe was assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation. Mr. Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for close to four decades but stepped down on Tuesday after the army seized power and the ruling party turned against him. Mr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president, is set to…

EU Commiserates with Nigerian Govt Over Mubi Attack.

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The Office of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS in Nigeria has commiserated with Nigerian Government over terrorist attack that occurred in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa state, which left at least 50 dead and many people injured. The EU Delegation said “.We extend our sincere condolences to the victims and their families and our thoughts are with all those affected. The EU stands united with the Nigerian government and people in the fight against terrorism. Together, we are determined to promote and support cooperation among the neighbouring…

FG Expresses Shock,Concern Over Burial of Female Migrants in Italy

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed surprise and shock over the sudden burial of the 26 African girls drowned in the Mediterranean Sea by Italian authorities nine days ahead of the slated burial date. Earlier,Italian Embassy indicated to the DG NAPTIP that the burial will take place in Salerno, Italy on November. 26, 2017, but however went ahead with the burial on November, 17th 2017. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora alongside Mr Abdulrahim Shaibu, representative of National Agency for the Prohibition…

David Luiz plots sensational move to Premier league rivals

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The Chelsea defender has had a spectacular fall-out with Conte and was condemned to the stands for the victory over United earlier this month. Conte has refused to say if Luiz will be restored to the squad that will travel to Leicester City on Saturday and the Brazilian is now plotting a sensational move to United. The Daily Star claim Luiz is raging with the lack of support he has received from the club hierachy after Conte banished him from the first-team. And Jose Mourinho is now ready to swoop…

Mugabe,Coup Chief Meet with Smiles and Handshakes

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A smiling President Robert Mugabe was pictured shaking hands with Zimbabwe’s military chief a day after the army seized power, throwing confusion over predictions that the 93-year-old’s nearly four-decade rule had come to an end. Mugabe unexpectedly drove from his lavish “Blue Roof” Harare compound in Harare, where he had been confined since troops took to the streets, to State House, where official media pictured him meeting military chief Constantino Chiwenga and South African ministers sent to mediate the crisis. The official Herald newspaper carried no reports of the outcome…

Rafael Nadal wins defamation case over doping claims

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A French tribunal on Thursday ordered a former minister of health and sports to pay tennis star Rafael Nadal $11,800 in damages for accusing him of doping. The tribunal found that Roselyne Bachelot, who served as the minister of health and sports between 2007 and 2010, defamed the 16-time grand slam winner during a March 2016 television appearance in France. The tennis star filed a lawsuit against Bachelot the following month, saying at the time that the case was intended “to defend my integrity and my image as an athlete,…

Autopsies Of 26 Dead Nigerian Girls Revealed, 2 Pregnant

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Autopsies on the bodies of 26 teenage Nigerian girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November has been confirmed that they drowned at sea by Italian news agencies. The victims’ bodies were found floating in the water by a Spanish military ship and brought to Italy on November 3 after two separate rescue operations. According to the autopsy report carried out in Salerno, Italy, 25 of the girls died from asphyxiation in the water, while one girl suffered a wound to her liver. Two out of the 26 women…

Mugabe Resisting Pressure To Resign

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in talks with military officials, South African government ministers, and a Catholic priest to determine his future and that of the country he has ruled since 1980. Mr. Mugabe was placed under house arrest following the military’s seizure of power on Tuesday night. Reuters reports that sources close to the talks said the 93-year-old president is resisting pressure from the military and the mediating priest, Father Fidelis Mukonori, to voluntarily resign ahead of the elections slated for next year. The South African government sent envoys…

Google Doodle Honours Chinua Achebe

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Google has resolved to change its logo to a doodle in honor of the late Chinua Achebe, who is considered to be one of Africa’s greatest storyteller. He would have been 87 on Thursday. Born in Ogidi to an Igbo family of Nigeria, West Africa in 1930, Achebe was the son of an evangelical priest. In love with reading and writing, he completed English studies at the University of Ibadan in just four years instead of five, which was the standard. Achebe was disappointed in the European interpretation of African…