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11.06.2021 / 21:11

Ontarians celebrate reopening with patio visits, shopping trips

COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in months.Patios that have sat empty since last year were filled with diners and lively conversation once more and stores had lines snaking down the street as customers rushed to buy goods they’ve had to purchase online or do without.The return of dining out and many retailers stem from Ontario’s latest COVID-19 measures, which now allow up to four people per restaurant table or entire households to eat together on outdoor patios.The province is also permitting non-essential retailers to operate at 15 per cent capacity and with no limitations on what goods they can sell.

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Nigerian politician found guilty by UK court in plot to harvest 21-year-old man's organs

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy (centre) speaking to the media outside the Old Bailey, in central London, after wealthy Nigerian politician Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and medical "middleman" Dr Obinna Obeta were found guilty of c LONDON - A senior Nigerian politician and his wife were found guilty Thursday of conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as part of an organ-harvesting plot.Ike Ekweremadu, who was deputy president of the Nigerian Senate and a lawyer, and his wife, Beatrice, were accused of arranging the travel of a 21-year-old man to the U.K.

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Record-setting sprinter, '68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies

LAGOS – Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday. He was 74.

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Belgian court OKs extradition of Greek far-right lawmaker

BRUSSELS – A Greek far-right member of the European Parliament arrested last month in Belgium can be extradited to Greece to serve a 13-year prison sentence, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said Friday.

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Greek far-right lawmaker held, awaiting extradition ruling

BRUSSELS – A Greek far-right member of the European Parliament refused Wednesday to be extradited from Belgium to Greece to serve a 13-year prison sentence for being a high-ranking member of a criminal organization, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said.

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Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north

LAGOS – Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of students in an attack on a boys school in northern Katsina State, a Nigerian online newspaper says.More than 330 students are missing from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school Friday night.The Daily Nigerian said it received an audio message from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau saying that his group abducted the schoolboys because Western education is against the tenets of Islam.“What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his Holy Prophet,” the paper

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Nigerian soldiers had live ammo during deadly protest

LAGOS – The Nigerian Army has admitted for the first time that soldiers were given live bullets when they went to disperse a large crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, where several peaceful protesters were killed in late October.The deadly Oct. 20 shootings at the plaza caused both local and international outrage.

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Nigeria slips into recession, weighed down by Covid-19 and oil prices

LAGOS/ABUJA: Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on Saturday which showed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices.Africa's biggest economy was last in recession in 2016, its first in a generation, and emerged the following year.But growth has been fragile and the pandemic has hit the economy hard, amid low oil prices. The continent's top oil exporter relies on crude sales for 90% of foreign exchange earnings."Q3 2020 Real GDP contracted for second consecutive quarter by -3.62%," Yemi Kale, the statistician general, said on Twitter.

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Nigeria puts curfew in Lagos against anti-police protests

LAGOS – As violent incidents have grown from Nigeria's widespread protests against police brutality, a 24-hour curfew has been imposed in Lagos, the country's largest city. The announcement of the curfew in Lagos, a sprawling city of some 14 million, came Tuesday after a police station was burned down in the city and two people were shot dead by police.Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the curfew will cover the entire city and surrounding area.

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Nigeria's anti-police protesters storm prison, free inmates

LAGOS – Nigeria's protests against police brutality turned violent Monday when a crowd stormed a prison and freed some 200 inmates in Benin in southern Nigeria. Some prisoners jumped from a high fence of the institution while others were seen running away on the street, according to videos from the scene.

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Protests against Nigeria's police kill 10, charges Amnesty

LAGOS – Protests against Nigeria's police continued to rock the country for the eighth straight day Thursday as demonstrators marched through the streets of major cities, blocking traffic and disrupting business.At least 10 people have been killed and hundreds injured, according to Amnesty International, which accuses the police of using excessive force against the protesters.Youthful demonstrators are leading the nationwide protests demanding an end to police brutality including extrajudicial killings, and extortion. The protests have erupted across Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with more than 196 million people.

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Virgin Atlantic issues major flight update about holidays to Disney World

Virgin Atlantic has announced it's restarting flights to 17 more destinations in August.

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How Sarz Empowered a Generation of Afrobeats Creators

For over a decade, his beats have rung out across the radios and clubs of Lagos, and now the world. At 30, Sarz has been a key collaborator for Nigerian artists like Wizkid and WurlD, who have helped bring the sound of Afrobeats to the U.S. and U.K. pop charts. (He’s one of the half-dozen producers credited on Drake’s “One Dance.”) But, he says, he has never been able to make a living out of his music from domestic revenue, and he is determined to change that for the next generation of Nigerian musicians.

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Govt says its Vande Bharat Mission will continue till 13 June

The extended phase will cover 47 countries, including places like Istanbul, Ho Chi Minh City, Lagos

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Pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died, aged 79

The legendary percussionist is considered a co-founder of the Afrobeat genre

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Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US

BOSTON – Courthouses shuttered. Thousands of trials on hold. Legal deadlines pushed.

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Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount

Lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic have extended worldwide as the US outbreak continued to accelerate with the death toll there passing 3,000.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0