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Nigeria's VP Osinbajo on June 12 as Democracy Day

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Nigeria’s VP Osinbajo on June 12 as Democracy Day

Segun - June 12, 2019

NIGERIA Nigeria's Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday disclosed that, President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to progressive’s ideals...

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Sky News Africa Nearly 2,000 inmates freed during attacks on Nigeria prison

Nearly 2,000 inmates freed during attacks on Nigeria prisons

October 20, 2020

sky news africa Ivory Coast tensions rise as president seeks 3rd term

Ivory Coast tensions rise as president seeks 3rd term

October 30, 2020

Skynewsafrica The Pentagon announced Tuesday it was temporarily suspending operational training for Saudi military students in the United States following a shooting rampage last week by a Saudi air force officer. Saudi Arabian military students in the United States will continue classroom instruction but operational training is halted pending a security review, senior Defense Department officials said. Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old lieutenant in the Saudi Royal Air Force, opened fire in a classroom at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida on Friday, killing three American sailors and wounding eight other people before being shot dead by police. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist ordered a review to be completed within 10 days of policies for screening foreign students, Pentagon officials said. The move applies to all Saudi military students currently undergoing training in the United States. "The ones that are pilots will be grounded," an official said. Alshamrani, who was armed with a lawfully purchased Glock 9mm handgun, is reported to have posted a manifesto on Twitter before the shooting denouncing America as "a nation of evil." White House National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has said the FBI investigation was ongoing but "to me, it appears to be a terrorist attack." The shooting struck a nerve in the United States with its echoes of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which Saudi citizens accounted for 15 of the 19 hijackers that flew airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Pentagon suspends training of Saudis for security review

December 11, 2019

No luxury vehicles: South African provincial head buys ambulances

No luxury vehicles: South African provincial head buys ambulances

June 6, 2019

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Sky News Africa Gambia govt bans protests, silences critical media

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Gambia govt bans protests, silences critical media