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TANZANIA: No Ministerial Role For MP After Struggling For Words Through Oath Of Office Ceremony
President John Magufuli of Tanzanian has dropped an MP nominated for a ministerial position in his newly formed cabinet after he hesitated and struggled for words while taking the oath of office.
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CHINA: Nation Appoints Former Uganda Chief Justice To Supreme Court
Six months after his retirement as Uganda’s chief Justice, Bart Katureebe has been hired as a member of China’s expert committee on adjudication of international commercial disputes.
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UK: Urgent Allergy Warning Against Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine
People with severe allergies to food or medicine have been warned not to have the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after two NHS staff suffered an allergic reaction on the first day of rollout.
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Nigerians React – Ibrahim Gowon’s Defence Of Dad Raised More Questions Than Answered
Nigerians have reacted to the letter written by Ibrahim Gowon, the son of former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon in response to the accusation of looting made by UK MP Tom Tugendhat during the parliamentary debate on proposed sanctions against Nigeria government officials involved in the violent clampdown on #Endsars protesters.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Woman Set Alight For Shoplifting R25 Worth Of Steak
A South African woman was doused in methylated spirits and set alight after she took R25 worth of meat from a Spar shop without paying.
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UK: Recycle Firm Where Five African Men Died In A Wall Collapse To Be Finally Charged
After four years of investigation and pressure from the family of five African men who died while working at a Birmingham recycling company, the company and two other people are to be charged over the deaths of five African men.
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NIGERIA: Netherlands Return Smuggled ‘Priceless’ Artefact Without A Word On The ‘Smugglers’
Nigeria have finally taken delivery of a 600 years-old artefact believed to have been smuggled out of the South West city of Ile-Ife through Ghana from the Netherlands.
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NIGERIA: ‘My Father Arrived London With N75k Not Half Of Central Bank’ – Ibi Gowon
Reactions continue to trail last week’s UK parliamentary debate of the #EndSars protest in Nigeria, mainly because of the recommendation of sanctions against Nigeria government officials for their role in the massacre that followed the protest, but also for a particular inference of looting made against former head of state General Yakubu Gowon by MP Tom Tugendhat in his submission.
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FRANCE: Outcry Over Video Of Police Beating Of Blackman In Paris
Three French police officers have been suspended after a video of them beating up a black music producer in central Paris.
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