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Judge gunned down in E. Afghan province

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a local judge in Afghanistan’s Eastern Paktia Province, a local…

Dangabar, principal suspect in police N14bn pension fraud trial dies

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday October 17,  2019, filed a motion…

Man dies while waiting to board flight at Lagos airport

A Nigerian passenger, Jude Oladapo, on Saturday slumped and died while undergoing boarding procedures at…

Police kill kidnap gang leader terrorising Ogoni

The Police in Rivers on Monday said they had killed “a notorious gang leader’’, Linus…

Only surviving Chimpanzee in UNN Zoo dies at 50, embalmed

The only surviving Chimpanzee, 50 years old, in the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Zoo…

Key separatist commander killed in Cameroon’s troubled region

A separatist commander, simply known as Obi, was among five insurgents killed in Owe, a…

Tunisia’s ousted dictator Ben Ali, buried in Saudi Arabia

Tunisia’s late autocrat Zine Abidine Ben Ali, deposed by a 2011 revolt, was buried on…

Okonjo -Iweala loses father dies at 91

Prof Chukwuka Okonjo, the Obi of Ogwashi Uku, Aniocha South L.G.A, Delta State and father…

Abu Sayyaf bomb expert killed in clash in southern Philippines

Philippine security forces on Wednesday killed one Abu Sayyaf terror group’s bomb expert in a…

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe: From liberator to oppressor

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, died aged 95.