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Air Peace Airlines says when it begins its London route, there will be special student fares for students traveling to study beginning March 30. The Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, disclosed this at the airline’s travel agents forum for the London launch held on Thursday in Lagos. Onyema, however, said that the special…
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Eight women accused of witchcraft in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau have died of poisoning in the remote north, a senior official told AFP on Thursday. After a sudden illness took the lives of two youngsters at Culade, in the Cacheu region, women were blamed and an animist priest forced them to drink poison.…
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Nigerian authorities on Thursday blocked the website of Binance and similar cryptocurrency trading platforms in a move to halt the free fall of the naira in the foreign exchange market. Hours after Nigerian internet service providers started blocking access to crypto exchanges, Binance said it is “aware that some users are experiencing issues accessing binance.com,…
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Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has urged cement manufacturers in Nigeria to do more to keep the price of their products stable and affordable. Dangiwa said this in the wake of the recent increase in the price of cement across Nigeria with the product reportedly selling for as much as N15,000 in…
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Several pupils were injured in an attack at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal on Thursday, police said, with local media reporting that the assailiant was a knife-wielding fellow student. A suspect had been taken into custody following the attack, police said, without confirming the person’s identity or the weapon used. “We…