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In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC’s Fergal Keane, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejected accusations she has ignored abuses suffered by the Muslim Rohingya minority, despite claims that military persecution amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’. Continue reading… Read original news at The Guardian

  Alvaro Morata on Wednesday scored a hat trick as Real Madrid beat minnows Leganes 4-2 to move back above Barcelona at the top of La Liga. James Rodriguez put Real ahead with a tap in at the 15th minute,  at Estadio Municipal de Butarque in Madrid outskirts, before a Morata header and powerful strike, within five […]Read More

South Africa’s African National Congress “closed ranks” around President Jacob Zuma after two key allies of the ruling party called for his resignation following a cabinet reshuffle that cost the country one of its investment-grade credit ratings.The rand fell more than 1 percent and bonds weakened after ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe told a news […]Read More

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast yesterday, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit between Uand Chinese leaders who are set to discuss Pyongyang’s increasingly defiant arms program.The missile flew about 60 km (40 miles) from its launch site at Sinpo, a port city on North Korea’s […]Read More

From Uche Usim & Nsisong Morgan, Abuja The Executive Secretary of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAF), Sharon Ikeazor, has expressed joy that the verification of all pensioners and Next- of- Kins (NoKs) from the North Eastern part of Nigeria was implemented and successfully concluded without incident or infractions. She added that the agency was […]

From Walter Ukaegbu, Abuja Director General Small And Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Dr. Umaru Dikko Radda, has said that the agency employed more the 50 million people. He also disclosed that if the SME in Nigeria collapsed the country would be in trouble as no nation grew without the firm establishment of […]

President Mohammad Buhari has condoled with families of victims of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Sokoto State, which has killed  41 people. This was made known by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, when he led a team on condolence visit to areas affected by the disease in Danchadi village and surrounding areas in Bodinga Local Government area […]

The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Akwa Ibom has assured consumers that petrol would be available in the state in spite of the three-day warning strike to be embarked upon by NUPENG. The Chairman of Association, Mr Ubong Isong, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in… […]

From Wole Balogun, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose has alleged that Minister of Mineral Resources and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has concluded plans to become governor of the state through the backdoor. He said this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti, yesterday. Fayose alleged that Fayemi has enlisted the support of three judges […]

Edo elections tribunal yesterday adjourned ruling in the petition brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate in the 2016 governorship elections, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The PDP and Ize-Iyamu are challenging the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of Mr Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress, APC, […]

A new law firm USL, has announced its entry into the competitive Nigeria’s commercial law industry. The firm made up of wellknown lawyers including Olasupo Shasore SAN, left their respective law firms and launched a new firm, USL, an acronym which stands for Ukiri, Shasore and Lijadu and it is headquartered at Victoria Island, Lagos. […]

Florida Governor Rick Scott removes Aramis Ayala from cases after she rules out capital punishment. Syndicated from BBC News