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Senate probes non- payment of judges’ salaries

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The Senate on Tuesday mandated its joint committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Finance to investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged non- payment of salaries

Four ministers resign from Jammeh government

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The Gambia's ministers for finance, foreign affairs, trade and the environment have resigned from President Yahya Jammeh's government, according to ministry sources and state television.  The resignations were announced on Tuesday less than a day after the country's Chief Justice

Dangote eyes 3,000 jobs with truck assembly plant

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A liko Dangote, Nigerian entrepreneur, aims to create 3,000 jobs with the establishment of a truck assembly plant in Ikeja, Lagos. The plant is the result of a partnership between the Dangote group and Sinotruck, a Chinese heavy-duty truck company. “The decision to go into the truck assembly plant project was informed by the need to conserve forex in view of the current economic recession.

Reps reject N305/dollar exchange rate for budget

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The House of Representatives yesterday rejected the Federal Government’s exchange rate of N305/dollar in this year’s budget, saying it would engender huge corruption, with the almost N500/dollar at the parallel market. Members of the Green Chamber also queried the Executive on

Suicide bomber kills Prof, four others in UNIMAID

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The late Prof. Mani was the second professor from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine killed by Boko Haram attack since the insurgency begun in 2009.

Farmer severs and chews manhood

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A 35-year-old farmer at Kwaanan, a village in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, has reportedly severed his manhood completely. Isaac Peter, alias Paa Kojo, after chopping off the manhood, picked it and chewed the bleeding organ.

lawyer bought N8.5m car for judge’s son_witness

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The Prosecution opened its case yesterday in the trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife, Olabowale and Joe Agi (SAN) by calling its first witness, Miss Ifeoma Ofonagolu.

The Most Dangerous Countries to Travel to in the world

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From the terror attacks in Nice , France to the ongoing spread of the Zika virus, the past year has been a dizzying one in terms of violence and disease outbreaks throughout the world. These factors, among others, increase the likelihood travelers will be