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Swazi King never ordered men to marry 5 wives

Swazi King never ordered men to marry five wives

May 14, 2019 10:23 am

The Swazi government has vehemently denied reports that His Majesty King Mswati III ordered men to marry as many as five wives or risk jail.

There was no such order, government spokesman said. It is fake news.

The fake report which emanated from Zambian Observer and has been republished in many other newspapers, was denounced as malicious.

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A statement published by Swazi Observer on Tuesday set the records straight:

“Government has denounced malicious reports about His Majesty King Mswati III and country in the wake of several poisonous reports …

Tiger Woods misses the cut at PGA, Koepka sets tour record

Tiger Woods sued over death of drunk bartender

May 14, 2019 1:02 am

Tiger Woods has been sued by parents of a bartender at his Florida restaurant who died in a drink driving accident after allegedly being over-served alcohol.

TMZ reported that the parents of Nicholas Immesberger, who died last December at age 24, filed the lawsuit saying their son had worked as a bartender at The Woods in Jupiter, Florida, and knew the golf star personally.

The news broke hours after Woods played his opening practice round for the 101st PGA Championship, the year’s second major golf tournament which starts Thursday at Bethpage Black on Long Island in New York.

Woods snapped …

Chinese illegal immigrants in Nigeria: NGO calls for probe

Chinese illegal immigrants in Nigeria: NGO calls for probe

May 14, 2019 12:03 am

A leading pro-democracy and non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Nigeria, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the National Assembly to investigate claims that Chinese company in Nigeria recruit convicts from their country in Nigeria as technicians.

This followed what it called an extensively damaging public admission by a committee of the House of Representatives that Chinese companies in Nigeria were bringing in prison inmates from China to work as expatriates on many lucrative construction sites paid for by Nigeria.

HURIWA urged the National Assembly to name and shame public officials facilitating such illegality.

Its National Coordinator Emmanuel …

Ex-U.S. President Carter resumes teaching at 94

Jimmy Carter breaks his hip, goes for surgery

May 13, 2019 10:06 pm

Jimmy Carter, the 38th president of the United States has undergone surgery after he fell and broke his hip.

Carter, 94, fell at his home in Plains, Georgia, Monday morning as he was leaving to go turkey hunting, The Carter Center announced, according to a report by ABC News

The doctor who performed the surgery at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, said the procedure was successful, according to the statement.

Carter is now recovering “comfortably” in the hospital alongside his wife, Rosalynn. His main concern is returning to the task he set off to complete this morning, …

Two Saudi Arabian oil tankers damaged off the coast of UAE - illustration

Two Saudi Arabian oil tankers damaged off the coast of UAE

May 13, 2019 10:37 am

Saudi Arabia said Monday that two of its oil tankers had been sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in attacks it described as posing a threat to the security of global oil supplies.

Four tankers were targeted overall, according to the UAE, in what the country said was a “sabotage attack” that took place near the strategic port of Fujairah on Sunday.
Tensions have risen in the oil-rich region in recent weeks amid the deployment of a growing number of United States military assets to the Middle East due to deteriorating relations with Iran.
Monday’s developments came
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Chelsea Manning -us grand jury

WikiLeaks: Again, Chelsea Manning snubs US grand jury

May 12, 2019 10:58 pm

Former US military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning said Sunday she again plans to refuse to testify before a grand jury about her leak of classified documents to WikiLeaks — even if it means returning to jail.

Manning, who served seven years in prison over her transfer of secret diplomatic and military documents, recently spent another two months in lock-up for contempt of court after refusing to answer the grand jury’s questions.

Federal prosecutors have for years been investigating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and they apparently want Manning to testify about her dealings with him.

Her release last week came on …

Lagos deputy-governor elect, Dr Hamzat loses father

Lagos deputy-governor elect, Dr Hamzat, loses father

May 12, 2019 10:45 pm

The Lagos State Deputy Governor-elect, Dr Obafemi Hamzat has lost his father, Oba
Mufutau Olatunji  Hamzat.

He was until his death on Sunday the traditional ruler of Afowowa Kingdom in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. He was aged 86.

According to a family source who pleaded anonymity, his remains would be buried on Monday at his Yaya Abatan Street, Ogba residence according to Islamic rites.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that the deputy governor- elect has also confirmed the passage of his father.

In his verified Twitter handle@drobafemihamzat,Hamzat, the former Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure in the …

Akwa Ibom govt. appropriates ₦100m for polytechnic courses

Akwa Ibom govt. appropriates ₦100m for polytechnic courses

May 12, 2019 8:21 pm

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, says the state government has earmarked ₦100 million as grant for the state-owned polytechnic to begin the process of securing full accreditation for its courses.

According to a statement by Mr Essien Uduese, the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Emmanuel said this at the sixth convocation of the polytechnic held at its Ikot Osurua campus in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state.

The governor was quoted to have also expressed delight that the National Board for Technical Education had granted approval to the polytechnic for a few outstanding courses.

He

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CBN reveals $14.2bn capital flows to Nigeria in five Months

CBN denies trending ‘stolen, missing money’ story

May 12, 2019 5:08 pm

There is no  money  missing or stolen from the  Central Bank of Nigeria’s  coffers as reported in some section of the media, the  bank’s spokesman Isaac Okoroafor said.

Okoroafor, the Director Corporate Communications,  made the refutal in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a recent article and audio clips in which the CBN Governor and other senior officials were heard  discussing discrepancies in the bank’s accounts.

Okoroafor said that the audio was distorted in a manner which creates a different impression of the matter being discussed, which was to proffer solutions to a misunderstanding that affected the Bank’s balance

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Atiku, Obi want replacement of Bulkachuwa in case

Justice Bulkachuwa not indicted – DSS

May 12, 2019 2:00 pm

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it indicted Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Chairman, Presidential Election Tribunal, for bribery and corruption.

Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, in reaction to reports of such indictment of the judge by DSS.

He urged the public to disregard the report, saying it only existed in the imagination of the authors.

Afunanya described the report as “unfortunate”, adding that making the falsehood public was unethical.

He said the service had commenced a detailed investigation into the controversies surrounding the publication.

The …

Three sustain injury in fire accident

Three sustain injury in Anambra petrol tanker accident

May 12, 2019 1:31 pm

Three persons on Sunday sustained severe injuries when a fully laden petrol tanker lost control and crashed into a a Lexus Jeep before falling into a nearby valley at Amawbia, Awka in Anambra.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was at the scene of the crash, reports that two of the injured persons were occupants of a Lexus Jeep while the third was the tanker driver.

NAN reports that men of the Anambra Fire Service were battling to ensure that the spilled contents of the tanker did not burst into flames.

Mr Andrew Kumapayi, Sector Commander of Federal …

The Roman Catholic Church'

Priests, nuns must report sex abuse – Pope Francis

May 11, 2019 2:02 pm

The Roman Catholic Church’s one million members of clergy must report all suspicions of sexual abuse by church leaders at any and all levels, Pope Francis   ordered on Thursday in a landmark decree.

Each diocese – or district of church governance – must set up clear and accessible reporting systems by June 2020, the pope declared, in a bid to tackle the sexual abuses that have called the church’s moral authority into question and seriously damaged its reputation.

“We have said for years that priests should follow certain strict rules, so why should bishops and other members of the Church

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