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Japan police raid suspect’s home after Abe shooting
Japanese police in protective gear raided the home of a man arrested over the shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, national broadcaster NHK said. NHK footage showed several police officers wearing helmets and body armour and carrying protective shields filing into a building identified by the broadcaster as the home of a
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Five things to know about late ex-Japanese PM Abe
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe died in hospital on Friday, local media reported, hours after being shot at a political campaign event in an attack condemned as “absolutely unforgivable”. Citing a senior member of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, national broadcaster NHK said “former prime minister Abe died at a hospital in Kashihara city, Nara,
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Key dates in Blatter, Platini’s fraud trial
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were acquitted by a Swiss court on Friday following a trial over a suspected fraudulent payment, The PUNCH reports. Here are key dates in the FIFA scandal which led to its former president Blatter and former UEFA head Platini standing trial in
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Ayu returns to Nigeria after vacation in UK
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom after a brief vacation. He arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday. Ayu jetted out of Nigeria on June 21, 2022, for a brief vacation after the busy party primaries. A statement by
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JUST IN: Former Japan PM Abe dies after shooting incident
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe died in hospital on Friday, local media reported, hours after being shot at a political campaign event in an attack condemned as “absolutely unforgivable”. Citing a senior member of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, national broadcaster NHK said “former prime minister Abe died at a hospital in Kashihara city, Nara,
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Burna Boy releases sixth studio album, ‘Love Damini’
Grammy-winning Afrobeats star, Burna Boy, released the sixth studio album of his career, “Love Damini”, at midnight on Friday. Spanning 19 tracks, the album features artistes like Ed Sheeran, Victony, and Black Mambazo. “Love Damini” comes after his widely acclaimed 2020 album “Twice As Tall”, which in 2021 won the Grammy category of Best Global
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Ghana reports suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
Ghana has reported two suspected cases of Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola, the World Health Organisation says. Preliminary analysis of samples taken from two patients by the country’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research indicated the cases were positive for Marburg. However, per the
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Swiss court acquits Blatter, Platini in FIFA trial
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were acquitted Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top. Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona rejected the prosecution’s request for a suspended prison sentence of a year and
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Ekiti: Why I’m challenging Oyebanji’s victory at tribunal – Oni
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, Thursday evening, filed a 1,095-page petition before the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal. Oni said he was challenging the election outcome at the tribunal in view of the fact that he allegedly defeated the candidate of
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Tinubu, Atiku, Obi: Rough is the road ahead
Tuesday, a band of terrorists laid an ambush for President Muhammadu Buhari on his way to Daura for holiday. The President’s advanced convoy was corralled. Before the smokes from that gunbattle simmered, another terrorist attack was reported Wednesday morning. Hoodlums raided a huge prison hold in Kuje, freeing hundreds of criminals serving time. The mean
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