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Former member of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Yusuf, has dismissed the possibility of an alliance between Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reports of an alliance between Obi and Atiku, presidential candidates in the 2023 elections, gained momentum following a meeting between the pair…
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An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world’s highest mountain to eight. Banshi Lal, 46, was plucked from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. “He died at the hospital yesterday,”…
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Torrential rains in the wake of a powerful cyclone caused the collapse of a quarry in India’s Mizoram state killing 12 people, government officials said Tuesday. “So far 12 bodies have been found, we are looking for more,” deputy commissioner of Aizawl district Nazuk Kumar told AFP. Rescue efforts in the quarry were being hampered…
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, and the Minister of Blue Economy, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, have pushed for the establishment of a shipping regulatory agency in Nigeria. The duo canvassed for the establishment in Abuja during a public hearing on the Shipping Council’s repeal and enactment of the Shippers’ Council and…
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A 41-year-old immigrant British resident, Sudharsan Ithayachandran, has died after being wrongly deported by the UK Home Office back to his native country, Sri Lanka. Ithayachandran was deported back to Sri Lanka on December 24, 2019, after admitting to working illegally at Tesco and using false documents, is married to Subatra Sudharsan, 41, who is…