The visiting US Secretary of State to Nigeria John Kerry has urged the Nigerian government to build trust with the people as a means of tackling extremism and corruption. He also warned the security forces that they need to police the country in a sensitive way: Building public trust also requires
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South Africa's Olympians have been given a special welcome this morning as they touched down in Johannesburg. Among the athletes returning was Caster Semenya - the victorious 800m runner. Her victory was dogged by controversy as some said she should not be allowed to compete because of her hyperandrogenism. But South Africans have
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Oby Ezekwesili I woke up yesterday to read a fictitious report credited to me by Sunday Tribune that I claimed President Muhammadu Buhari does not deserve to be president. And on the basis of the fiction weaved together by a reporter, he let loose one of those now-very-common indecorous and rumor-
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Nigeria Students studying across Turkish private varsities closed down due to the failed coup attempt in Turkey have been moved by the Turkish Government to public Schools in that country where they will pay very little or no tuition fees at all. The Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, His Excellency
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Anambra State Ministry of Health has reported cases of Lassa fever, which have claimed the lives of a medical doctor and three others in the state. This was disclosed in a one-day Lassa fever training workshop organised by the state Ministry of Health. A resource person in the workshop, Dr. Jane Ezeonu
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