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South Africa policeman arrested over “filming sex with prostitutes” 27 Aug 2013 | 09:54 pm
And in really creepy news, South African metro police are investigating one of their own who allegedly demanded sex from prostitutes operating along Durban’s Point precinct and then filmed his sexual ...
ASUU strike need not continue, President Jonathan says 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said there was no need for the Academic Staff Union of Universities to continue with their industrial action. Jonathan said this at the inauguration of the Fede...
Taraba’s Gov. Suntai is back and eager to work, but is he fit for office? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
Taraba State’s recuperating governor, Danbaba Suntai is rearing to get back to work after suffering grave injuries in a plane crash last year. Governor Suntai is coming off a 10-month long medical tr...
University of Liberia admitting no freshmen as 25,000 potential candidates fail entrance exams 27 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
The University of Liberia, one of Liberia’s two state-run universities, will not be admitting any freshmen this academic year because none of the 25,000 candidates who took their entrance exams passed...
Five dredge workers abducted in Bayelsa, kidnappers want N30 million 27 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
Kidnappers are reportedly demanding a N30 million ransom for the release of five dredge workers attached to BEKS KIMSE Nigeria Ltd who were abducted on duty. According to reports, gunmen kidnapped th...
At least 32 people feared dead in weekend attacks in Benue, Borno states 27 Aug 2013 | 05:26 pm
At least 32 people are feared dead in Benue and Borno states after a series of violent attacks over the weekend. According to reports, 14 people were allegedly killed in a Boko Haram attack in Borno ...
Mother of teenage Arik Air stowaway is interrogated by SSS 27 Aug 2013 | 08:51 am
The State Security Service has launched a thorough investigation into Evelyn Ohikhena, the mother of the 13-year old stowaway who, on Friday, hitched a plane ride from Benin to Lagos, hidden in the ty...
In Nairobi slums, grandmothers learn to defend themselves 22 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
NAIROBI, 21 August 2013 (IRIN) – Wairimu Gachenga, 70, lives in Nairobi’s Korogocho slum and looks after the two orphan children of her late daughter. Once a week, a group of grandmothers from the are...
Scorned Abuja woman pours hot oil on ex over marriage refusal 21 Aug 2013 | 02:14 pm
NAN – A Karu Senior Magistrate’s Court, Abuja has sentenced a 25-year-old woman, Victoria Alonge, to one year in jail for pouring hot oil on her boyfriend, Roland Nna, over his refusal to marry her. ...
How three “bored” teenagers murdered a man “for fun” 21 Aug 2013 | 01:53 pm
Oklahoma police are investigating three “bored” teenagers, who allegedly killed a man “for fun”. Christopher Lane, an Australian visiting the town of Duncan, was out on a jog when he was gunned down ...
