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ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

January 6, 2023

739 criminals escaped, mistakenly released from UK prisons: Report

In one case, a sex offender rereleased by mistake, raped a minor and sexually assaulted another woman after he got out of prison.

UK PRISONERS USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY
January 5, 2023

Ukraine War: Putin orders ceasefire for Russian Orthodox Christmas

The ceasefire, expected to last for 36 hours – from midday on Friday to Saturday midnight –
has been described as “hypocrisy” by a high-ranking Ukrainian official.

Vladimir Putin
January 4, 2023

Roe v Wade: U.S. moves to make abortion pills available in retail pharmacies

Anti-abortion campaigner, Marjorie Dannenfelser, accused the Joe Biden administration of valuing abortion profits over the lives of women.

Abortion pill
January 4, 2023

Meta fined €390 million for illegally forcing ads on Facebook, Instagram users

Meta was accused of breaching the data privacy of its users, coercing them to accept its terms of use which requires accessing their online activity.

Meta, Instagram, and Facebook
January 4, 2023

90-year-old journalist travels 1,200km weekly to deliver newspapers to community

A 90-year-old journalist, Frans Hugo, travels 1,200km weekly to deliver newspapers to residents of Prieska, a small town in South Africa.

90-year-old journalist Frans Hugo and The Messenger
January 3, 2023

AAC expels four governorship candidates over alleged misconduct

The sacked candidates have been asked to stop transacting businesses on behalf of the party or parading themselves as its representatives.

African Action Congress AAC
January 3, 2023

Atiku lied about his background, source of wealth: Tinubu

Mr Tinubu of the APC and Mr Abubakar of the PDP both facing heavy criticism over the source of their questionable stupendous wealth.

Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar
January 2, 2023

Islamic emirate Dubai scraps 30% alcohol tax to boost tourism

Dubai now faces increased competition from neighbouring countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup.

Alcohol drinks
January 1, 2023

Obasanjo backs Peter Obi for president, calls him mentee

Mr Obasanjo suggested the other candidates can “collectively contribute” to the nation’s progress but singled out Mr Obi as his preferred candidate.

A composite of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Peter Obi