Eight killed in fire at migrant hostel near Moscow

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At least eight people were killed when an illegal hostel housing migrants burned down in a village near Moscow on Thursday, officials said.

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Managing Director of Abuja-based Alliance Hospital, Dr. Christopher Otabor, has been barred from traveling outside Nigeria by Justice Keziah Ogbonnaya, of Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), High Court over a case of alleged organ, (Kidney), harvest. The 52-year-old Dr. Otabor and three staff of his hospital, Alliance Hospital, were before the court on charges of organ…

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 13 new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete. The approval was contained in a letter signed by the NUC Acting Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar Girei, to KWASU Vice-Chancellor. KWASU spokesperson Dr. Saeedat Aliyu said two programmes are at the undergraduate level while the…

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Finland-based Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, has declared May 29 to 31, 2024, as a sit-at-home day across the Southeast to celebrate Biafran soldiers. Ekpa, who was declared wanted by the Nigerian government earlier this year, said the sit-at-home was necessary to enable “Biafrans to vote for the Libration of Biafra.” Ekpa, self acclaim Prime Minister…

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The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a masquerade (popularly called Oriokpa) seen physically assaulting a female nurse (name withheld) at Ugwuoye Junction in Nsukka metropolis. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that police operatives serving in the Nsukka Sector…

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