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Catholic priest guilty of filming porn on church altar
A former Catholic priest who was accused of making a sex tape on a church altar has pleaded guilty to a felony obscenity charge, according to prosecutors in Louisiana. The former priest, Travis Clark, 39, was arrested in October 2020,…
Boko Haram: Borno govt sends militia to protect soldiers
Government of Borno state is sending some 300 militia to help out the military after Boko Haram Islamist insurgents killed at least eight soldiers during an attack. Governor Babagana Zulum who convened a security meeting in Maiduguri on Tuesday ordered…
NLNG delivers 12 university teaching hospital projects
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited has commissioned a newly built maternity centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada; setting of a scheduled set of project deliveries under the Phase of its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support Programme (NLNG HSP). The…
Aging workforce: IMF report wants relaxed immigration rules for Africa
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports With aging population and predicted drop in overall population of industrialized western countries, it has become necessary for Europe and America to relax immigration rules and allow inflow of younger generation of Africans to repopulate…
AAPL, partners ink deal for 300 MW power plant in Calabar
Alternative Petroleum and Power Limited (APPL), on November 10, signed an Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Bergen Engines of Norway and Diesel Electric Pty Ltd of South Africa. The EPC agreement which was signed at the Executive Chamber…
African students pressed to fight Putin’s war
Desperate African students who face intense financial pressure in Russia are now lured with financial benefits and citizenship to pick up arms against Ukraine, according to reports by Daily Beast. The African student including Nigerians complain that they are under…
China’s Sinopec lands $60 bn LNG deal with Qatar Energy
China’s Sinopec on Monday concluded a $60 billion long term gas sales and supply agreement with the Middle East’s largest gas factor, Qatar Energy, setting a benchmark for the world’s biggest transactions for largest volumes of supply. Under the terms…
Gas scramble: Japan says LNG is sold out until 2026
The Japanese Ministry of Trade has sounded alarm of medium term gas crunch, pointing out that long-term contracts fLNGor liquefied natural gas shipments are sold out until 2026 due to limited liquefaction capacity at a time Europe unplugged from Russian…
Bandits kidnap 130 in Zamfara state
About 130 people, including women and children were on Sunday abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Zamfara state, worsening the spate of mass abduction of villagers in the Northwestern states of the country. State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara,…
Interpol arrest warrant for Angola’s dos Santos
Global police agency Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Angolan billionaire and daughter of the country’s former president Isabel dos Santos, Portugal’s Lusa news agency reported weekend. According to Lusa, citing an official document, the INTERPOL warrant was…
