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DESPITE the promising start made at independence in 1960, the high hopes that the fledgling nation of Nigeria would serve as a bastion of democracy in Africa came to an abrupt halt on January 15, 1966, in a series of coordinated actions in which a group of young army officers wiped out the country’s top political leadership. |
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Colleagues and fans were left shocked when the beloved broadcaster’s death aged 77 was announced on Sunday after a short battle against cancer. Instead of revealing his diagnosis, the Radio 2 star batted away inquiries about his mysterious absence from the airwaves by claiming he was suffering from a bad back. |
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Sir Terry first fell in love with the village, which has around 2,000 residents, in 1969 while visiting a friend, Kits Browning – the son of Daphne du Maurier – and his wife Olive. Sir Terry and his wife Helen then moved to the village permanently in 1975 to raise their children when the success of.... |
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GETTY Giles Sheldrick Terry Wogan kept his famous sense of humour right to the end Clutching the hand of best friend Father Brian D’Arcy for the last time, the cancer-stricken presenter touchingly told him: “Everything’s going to be all right, old boy”. |
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A Harare pastor Prophet Tapiwa Freddy is a man of many talents. Not only is he blessed with spiritual spectacles that enable his congregants to “prophesy”, but he is also a gospel musician with several musical projects to his name. In an interview, Prophet Freddy, who could not hide his passion for.... |
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Sir Terry first fell in love with the village, which has around 2,000 residents, in 1969 while visiting a friend, Kits Browning – the son of Daphne du Maurier – and his wife Olive. Sir Terry and his wife Helen then moved to the village permanently in 1975 to raise their children when the success of.... |
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He said: ‘We were with them on holiday at his lovely home in France just a few months ago and he was moving a bit slowly then but there was no notice that he wasn’t very well. ‘We were more worried about Helen. She wasn’t moving about too speedily and he was talking about putting a lift in the house.... |
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Father Brian D'Arcy. “He had been in some pain before that, and he had got through Christmas. And the family had a lovely Christmas because I rang them to specifically to see and everything was fine, and then things began [getting worse].” The priest – who regularly appeared on Wake Up to Wogan for.... |
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8:05 p.m. The Finnish prime minister says his offer last year to open his house to asylum-seekers is still valid but has been postponed due to security concerns. Juha Sipila told national radio on Sunday that his September offer has become "too public" for any migrant family to stay there safely. |
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BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on the huge influx of asylum-seekers to Europe (all times local): 8:05 p.m. The Finnish prime minister says his offer last year to open his house to asylum-seekers is still valid but has been postponed due to security concerns. |
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Juha Sipila told national radio on Sunday that his September offer has become "too public" for any migrant family to stay there safely. Sipila and his family no longer use their house in the central Finnish county of Kempele after moving to Helsinki. Officials confirmed Monday that Sipila had been.... |
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