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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the forfeiture of N280,555,010.65 “warehoused” in the bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told the court that the two firms were owned by Obinwanne Okeke, “a strong leader of a
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It was recently announced that the government of Zimbabwe was requiring all civil servants to be registered biometrically by end of September or risk not receiving their salaries. The stated reason is that the exercise is to weed out ghost workers who have been a drain on state resources. While this intention is noble,
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The Kenyan government has moved with speed to arrest and deport a man who has been masquerading as Jesus in the country, a reliable source confirmed Interior CS Fred Matiangi has signed the deportation order. The two church pastors who invited him, have also been arrested. The duo has been
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Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the 16,000-member Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Worldwide church based in Nigeria, has announced he will be taking a “leave of absence” from his church after Busola Dakolo, the wife of singer Timi Dakolo, accused him of raping her several years ago while she was a
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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy has come under attack over a message on submission in marriages. In a viral sermon by the acclaimed man of God, Pastor Chris said a husband should be regarded as a ‘Master’, therefore women should not oppose their husbands. The Cleric further warned women against acting
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Ghana on Monday shelved plans to spend $200 million on a new parliament building following a public outcry over the cost. An online campaign by cultural figures and civil society under the banner #DropThatChamber drew widespread support that the West African nation had more pressing needs. Parliament said it
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An 80-year-old farmer in Eastern Ghana who has 12 wives and over one hundred children, and is still exploring for more women – almost committed incest with his own daughter after proposing to her. According to reports, the aged man has within 40 years given birth to over 100 children
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Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom will implement and operate South Sudan’s first fibre broadband network, connecting the country to the “One Africa” broadband network, which is approaching 70,000km across 13 African countries and to the rest of the world. This breakthrough foreign direct investment by Liquid Telecom has been
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THEY planned to escape from prison but didn’t think how tough it would be to get over the barbed wire fence, or the damage it could do to a man’s 4-5! The SunTeam has seen a 50-second video of an inmate stuck on a barbed wire fence. Correctional services spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo
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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was taken ill last week, left hospital on Monday in “normal health” and will resume work in the coming days, the president’s son said on his Facebook page. The presidency later published a picture of the 92-year-old leader, apparently surrounded by medical staff, as he
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