Nigeria news today headlines update Saturday 13th April 2019
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target=_blank>Sudan Crisis Impacts Whole Middle East
A second Arab Spring appears to be happening in the Middle East as Abdelaziz Bouteflika was pushed out as president of Algeria, and Omar Bashir was reportedly forced to step down in Sudan on Thursday. Mass protests in both countries forced the 82-year-old and 75-year-old men from power. They had both been in power since
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target=_blank>England Player Defends Folau’s ‘Hell Awaits’ Gay People Post
England rugby bosses have said they will talk to Billy Vunipola after the player defended a social media post by Australian star Israel Folau in which he said “hell awaits” gay people. Vunipola wrote on Instagram that what Folau said “isn’t that he doesn’t like or love those people”. England’s number eight makes it clear
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target=_blank>Donald Trump Is Sabotaging America’s Democracy
For decades Republicans have railed against the size and scope of the federal government. GOP candidates regularly promise to eliminate government agencies, cut waste and fraud in spending and get government out of decisions that, they say, should be left to states, markets and individual families. They argue for smaller, more efficient and better government.
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target=_blank>China’s Surreptitious Economic Influence On Taiwan’s Elections
In Taiwan’s local elections held on November 24, the Kuomintang (KMT) trounced the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Common in post-election reporting was the idea that cross-strait relations, one of the traditional defining issues in Taiwanese partisan politics, was less of a factor in determining voters’ decisions than in previous years. According to some experts,
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target=_blank>Trump’s Iran Terrorist Designation Is Designed To Lock In Endless Enmity
With the stroke of a pen, the Donald Trump administration declared more than 11 million Iranians – nearly one-seventh of the country’s population – terrorists. The unprecedented move to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization has rightfully raised concerns that the John Bolton-Mike Pompeo wing of the administration is pushing a
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target=_blank>Turkish Film On NZ Terror Attack Stresses Rule Of Law
A Turkish director stressed the necessity of the rule of law Friday in a short film on last month’s terror attack in New Zealand against two mosques. Koray Demir pinpointed the Christchurch attack where at least least 50 Muslims, including four children, were killed by Australian-born terrorist Brenton Tarrant’s rifle by shattering the weapon to
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target=_blank>Kim Tightens Leadership Over North Korea In Major Government Reshuffle
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un further cemented his grip on power, in a big reshuffle of the country’s leadership. However, he didn’t signal a retreat, either from negotiations with the U.S., or a self-imposed moratorium on testing of missiles and nuclear bombs, something Pyongyang said he had been considering. Instead, Kim’s remarks pointed to
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target=_blank>Paul Pogba Welcome At Real Madrid, Says Casemiro Amid Man Utd Exit Rumours
Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro says Paul Pogba would be “very welcome” there if the Manchester United midfielder were to join the Spanish giants. Last month Pogba said that playing for Real under Zinedine Zidane would be a “dream for anyone”, sparking fresh speculation over his future according to skysports.com. Brazilian midfielder Casemiro believes the French World
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target=_blank>Cuban Doctors Abducted By Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants In Kenya
Suspected Islamist militants abducted two Cuban doctors in an ambush that killed a police bodyguard in northern Kenya near the Somali border, officials said Friday. It was the second abduction of a foreigner in five months likely carried out by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab extremist group, which is based in Somalia according to nypost.com. The gunmen
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Stormzy Cancels Festival Set Claiming Security ‘Racially Targeted’ His Team
Stormzy has pulled out of Snowbombing festival, which was due to take place at Mayrhofen, Austria, this weekend, claiming that security “racially targeted” his team. Writing on Instagram Stories yesterday, Stormzy said: “My manager and all my friends who were at the festival were racially profiled, targeted and aggressively handled because they had ‘reason to believe someone was […]
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