World Cup-bound Nigeria are “more than happy with being written off,” according to captain John Mikel Obi. The Super Eagles have been paired with Argentina for the fifth time in six World Cup appearances in Group D of the tournament in Russia. They will also face tough European pair, Croatia and Iceland in the group. […]
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Donald Trump has misspelled the name of his wife in a tweet welcoming her home – calling her Melanie rather than Melania, according to a Sky news report. The US President described the First Lady as “incredible” as he thanked people for their thoughts and wishes after her time in hospital. The 48-year-old Slovene had […]
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Reports from Nigeria say at least 80 people have been abducted by gunmen in Kaduna. Road transport union officials say the people were seized as they travelled on a major highway linking northern Nigeria with the south. They added that the gunmen stopped several vehicles, herded dozens of travellers into a nearby bush and abandoned […]
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North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. The highly anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is due to take place on 12 June. But in an angry statement, North Korea’s vice-foreign minister […]
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A knifeman has killed one person and wounded four in a suspected terror attack in central Paris, French officials say. The attacker was then shot dead by police in the Opéra district. Witnesses say they heard him shout “Allah Akbar”. So-called Islamic State (IS) later said one of its “soldiers” had carried out the attack […]
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Nigerian student Lolade Siyonbola has shared with the BBC her disturbing story about being confronted by police in the US for napping at a common room at Yale University. The postgraduate student said that, on 8 May, a white student living in the Ivy League university’s hall of graduate studies saw her napping on a […]
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Authorities in Nigeria’s north-west Kano state have arrested 92 beggars for disobeying a law on street begging in the state. Most of these beggars are children between the ages of nine and 16, and mostly come from neighbouring states. The Hisbah – religious leaders who control the of observance of Islamic principles in the state […]
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Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament Aaron Mike Oquaye says he will resign if lawmakers introduce a bill to legalise homosexuality in Ghana, according to a BBC report. “If anybody should bring such a thing to parliament and I have to preside over that I will rather resign than subscribe to this delusion,” Mr Oquaye told Metro […]
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Reports from Lagos say a woman, who is said to be a lawyer, has killed her husband, who is also a lawyer, and cut off his genitals. Local police say the woman also attempted to take her own life but her neighbours intervened to stop her. Police say they were alerted to the incident by […]
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A 17-year-old boy has died after he was found with a gunshot wound in south London on Saturday, police have said. According to a BBC report, Metropolitan Police officers were called to reports of gunshots on Cooks Road, Southwark, at about 18:05 BST. The teenager was found on nearby Warham Street, where he was given […]
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