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MALALA RETURNS TO HOME TOWN IN PAKISTAN FOR FIRST TIME SINCE SHOOTING
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her hometown in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot there by the Taliban. Ms Yousafzai, who now lives in the UK, was shot in the head for campaigning for female education in 2012. Her family’s home region of Swat was once a militant …
Soyinka to Buhari: Stop shedding unjust tears, deal with bloodthirsty terrorists
By Prince Okafo LAGOS—Renowned playwright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop shedding unjust tears and deal with bloodthirsty terrorists unleashing mayhem in the country. He also described the proposed death sentence as punishment for hate speech in Nigeria currently being deliberated in the National Assembly as an …
Soyinka asks Nigerians to kick against Senate’s move on hate speech
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said that the move by the Senate to pass Hate Speech bill is to silence criticism This is even as he opined that President Muhammadu Buhari should have by now sacked Nigeria’s Defence Minister Alhaji Dan Ali over the incessant harassment of innocent citizens by military personnel for no …
Mauritius president to resign over financial scandal
Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, is to quit over a financial row. She has been accused of using a bank card provided by a charity to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands of dollars. She is to step down after ceremonies to mark the 50th anniversary of the island’s …
Vanguard Editor, Adekunle Aliyu, Released By The Police!
By Nwafor Sunday In his bid to exercise his constitutional right enshrined in section 39 of the 1999 constitution as amended, the Vanguard Online Editor, Mr Adekunle Aliyu, on Friday was assaulted, maltreated and arrested by the Nigerian Police Command in Ikotun, Lagos. Mr. Aliyu who speedily contacted Vanguard at the peak of his arrest …
