December 2017

  • Judge Ohn Myint has extended detention of two reporters with Reuters on allegations of violating the State Secrets Act. Ohn, who spoke during a court siting on Wednesday, said the accused persons will remain in custody until 10 January, stressing that the interrogation is still ongoing. Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were…

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  • The King of Spain, King Felipe VI, has called on Catalonia’s newly elected parliamentary body to desist from further agitations for independence. In his traditional Christmas Eve address on Sunday night, the King who was crowned on 19 June 2014, said he would not expect any moves from Catalonia towards secession from Spain. “The way forward…

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  • Save this reindeer herd in the UK! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas. If you have a spare minute, we’d like to ask you to take action for Santa’s favorite animal. Will you take a moment this Christmas day to save reindeer? 200 healthy reindeer face an untimely death if British high speed rail (HS2)…

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  • Nigeria’s famous industrialist Chief Innocent Chukwuma, who is popularly known by his company’s name, INNOSON, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 19 December, 2017 and the events has since sparked heated arguments on social media, part of which lies on ethnicism and tribalism in bank operations around the country. Innoson was picked…

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  • A woman named Helen Bassey Umoh has begged a court in Akwa Ibom to dissolve her sexless marriage on grounds that her husband, Michael Bassey Umoh, has woefully failed in his responsibility to guarantee sexual satisfaction. Testifying on her husband’s ‘malfunctioning manhood’ at an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, the 25-year-old housewife explained…

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  • Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed General Constantino Chiwenga, the former army chief who led a coup that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule, as one of his two deputies in ZANU-PF, the country’s longstanding ruling party. Image: Constantine Chinwenga Presidential press secretary George Charamba said in a statement on Saturday, that  long-serving state security minister…

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  • As part of his 2017 Christmas celebrations, Everton striker Wayne Rooney has made a £750,000 donation from funds accruing to the Wayne Rooney Foundation. The former Manchester United star visited two charity homes he  supports, and had an opportunity to present cheques raised by his charity foundation. Media reports confirm the NSPCC [National Society for the Prevention of…

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  • Barcelona heartlessly trampled on Real Madrid with a 3-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to offer the hosts a most humiliating Christmas gift, but coach Zinedine Zidane says he has accepted the loss in good faith and will not change anything in his squad. Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Alex Vidal found the…

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  • I learned almost everything I need to know about life from Noah’s Ark, and thought I should share with you. Lesson 1: Don’t miss the boat for any reason. Lesson 2: Remember that we are all in the same boat. Lesson 3: Plan ahead. Stop procrastinating, it wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark. Lesson…

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  •   This 2017/18 EPL table charts all results from the Premier League teams:

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  • Dausiya Abdulmumini, a 15-year-old housewife in Katsina state, Nigeria, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 27-year-old husband, Saminu Usman, and her half-brother, Muhammad Dasa. The suspect told police her husband’s food was tainted with a poisonous substance, and revealed she never expected her half-brother to share the meal with him. A third person who ate…

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  • By an overwhelming majority, Member States in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday “demanded” that all countries comply with Security Council resolutions regarding the status of Jerusalem, following an earlier decision by the United States to recognize the Holy City as the capital of Israel. Through a resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 128 in favor…

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  • The United Nations Security Council yesterday imposed new sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), increasing the depth of measures imposed on the country in the wake of its continued nuclear and ballistic weapons programme, including the ballistic missile launch on 28 November. In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member Council also decided…

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  • No woman ever wishes to be raped in the actual sense of it, and even those with bizarre sexual fantasies would admit trembling in fear if they ever had to face sexual assault from the American actor and filmmaker, Sylvester Stallone, who is popularly known as “John Rambo”. The famous Hollywood actor was recently accused by…

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