A 10-year-old girl has been rescued from the rubble of the Italian earthquake - after being trapped upside down for 17 hours. A firefighter clutched her tightly to his chest after she was freed from the ruins of a building in the town of Pescara del Tronto. Crowds had gathered round after
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Kenya's Olympic committee has said it's not going anywhere despite a government order disbanding it, BBC reports. The Sports Minister Hassan Wario wanted to break up the committee over accommodation, travel and equipment problems at the Rio Olympics. But the secretary general of the Olympic committee, Francis Paul, has responded saying that
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The Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Kwankwasiyya inscriptions from public buildings in Kano metropolis and other local government areas of the state. The directive followed a motion by Baffa Babba-Dan-Agundi, member representing Kano Municipal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Education. The motion was
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-Anietie UdobitAn employee at the bank, a cashier, is a key suspect in the stealing of $530,000; involvement of collaborators possible: sources A journalist for Voice of America, Harun Maruf, has been tweeting updates from the capital, Mogadishu, about the theft of the $530,000 (£401,000): Somali Central Bank Governor confirmed that $530,000
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Accordimg to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria revealed that four World Bank officials were reported to have drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin local government area of Ekiti state. Egbe Dam one of the six dams in Ekiti and it is the biggest of
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Internally Displaced Persons in camps in Maiduguri, Borno state took the street today to protesting over lack of food, portable water and medical care. According to the IDPs, they are not properly fed and are constantly left hungry, they lack medical care and water. They barricaded most of the roads
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-Anietie UdobitThe party of Gabon's President Ali Bongo is feeling generous, two days ahead of the country's presidential elections. The Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) has been giving out mobile phones, freezers, washing machines and other domestic appliances to people in the capital, Librevelle, according to the BBC Afrique reporter on
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Some suspected Fulani herdsmen this morning launched an attack on a harmless Atakwu community, in Nkanu West LGA, Enugu state,The herdsmen reportedly opened fire in the community killing a seminarian of a Catholic Church, a mother and daughter, pregnant woman, butchered women amongst others.An eyewitness, Tochi Precious who was at
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A Chinese firm, Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd., is set to establish a feed mill and maize farm in Cross River State. Chairman of the Company Yongsheng Cao stated this during a visit to Governor Ben Ayade at the Government House in Calabar. Cao said: “I am happy to be
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Nnamdi Kanu's lead Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has divided into two, creating a faction named "The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB)",the new group has decided to denounce Biafra Republic and to burn its flag on October 1st - Nigeria’s Independence Day.In a recent statement released by the
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