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Students Abducted From All Girls Secondary School In Kebbi
5 teachers and several students have been kidnapped by bandits after an attack at the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) in Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi state at about 12 pm on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeleke Adeyinka-Bode, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Thursday. Adeyinka-Bode disclosed the time of the attack while…
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Botswana Discovers World’s Fifth-Largest Diamond
Debswana, a diamond mining company in Botswana has unearthed a 1,098-carat stone described as the third-largest stone of gem quality and the fifth-largest diamond in the world. The stone which measures 73mm long, 52mm wide and 27mm thick is the biggest stone of gem quality to be found in the history of Debswana, a joint…
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Exchange-traded Fund Market Cap Hits N20.32bn
In the first quarter of 2021, the market capitalisation of exchange-traded funds listed on Nigerian Exchange Limited has risen to N20.32billion. According to the NGX quarterly report, it said the trade volumes rose by 3,064 percent from nearly 0.2 million units in Q1 2020 to 5.3 million units recorded in Q1 2021. The Nigerian Exchange…
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Namibia Imposes New Covid-19 Restrictions As Cases Spike
The Namibian government’s new decree would limit public gathering drastically as the country struggles to contain the spread of Covid-19. According to the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the southern African country has recorded the highest number of new cases per million people per day with over 1,200 detected on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.…
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Does The Sharia Law Contradict The Nigerian Constitution?
Following the National Assembly’s request for suggestions on the amendment of the 1999 constitution, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has proposed the complete removal of the recognition of Sharia law from the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The CAN is not the only body advocating the removal of the Sharia law in Nigeria, this topic…
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Plane Crash In Congo Kills Everyone Onboard
A small turboprop Let L-410 aircraft belonging to the Congolese company Kin Avia has crashed at about noon (10:00 GMT) on Wednesday, June 16, killing everyone on board. Officials from the Congolese Airways Authority and the aviation authority of the Democratic Republic of Congo said the cargo plane descended a few minutes after taking off from…
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South Africa Orders Tighter Covid-19 Restrictions
The South African government has reinstated strict Covid-19 restrictions on public gathering and Liquor sales as the country record a surge of Covid-19 cases. According to the health ministry, COVID-19 related admissions have increased by 59% over the past two weeks. According to Johns Hopkins University, South Africa’s seven-day rolling average of daily new cases…
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Nigeria Borrowed $2.02bn Loan From China In 6 Years
Under the Buhari’s administration, Nigeria has secured $2.02bn as loans from China in six years. This is according to data obtained from the Debt Management Office, which showed that Nigeria’s total debt from China as of June 30, 2015 stood at $1.38 billion. Meanwhile, as of March 31, the country’s debt portfolio from China had…
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Nigeria To Get 3.93 Million Doses Of Covax
Nigeria is expected to receive 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility between the end of July and early August. Meanwhile, the administration of the second dose of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the country will also end by 25th June 2021. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency…
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Suicide Attack In Somalia’s Army Camps Kills At least 15 People
Somalia’s military has recorded a death toll of at least 15 after a suicide bomb attack in a military training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Army officer Mohamed Adan said the suspect behind Tuesday’s attack was disguised among recruits queueing up outside the General Dhegobadan Military Camp before detonating the…