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The beverage company, Coca-Cola Company has opened a $15 million dollar bottling plant in Hargeisa City, Somaliland as it continue with its expansion in Africa, the company said on Wednesday. Mr Nathan Kalumbu, Coca Cola’s Central, East and West Africa president said the beverage plant is the first industrial production plant of its kind in the self-declared republic of Somaliland ...

The discovery of a snake inside a moving commercial bus caused commotion and left commuters scampering for safety on Wednesday in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Eyewitnesses told NAN that the Nissan Civilian bus, with registration number AJ 802 AKD, suddenly pulled to a halt on Apapa road on the Lagos Mainland, as frightened passengers rushed out for ...

A 28 year-old woman, Janet Uduak, has been dragged to a customary court in Lagos by her husband, Kolawole Richard, for using a kitchen knife to slice his manhood when he attempted to sleep with her. Janet, a mother of one, allegedly carried out the act because her husband demanded for sex against her wish. The incident, which happened at ...

Cancer patients in Nigeria go through experiences their counterparts in the advanced world know nothing about. FELIX NWADIOHA of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) writes on the challenges facing cancer patients in the country O God! Why me?’’ That was the exclamation of Mrs. Cecilia Okoro, a cancer patient at one of the six treatment centres in the country. ...

South African police have arrested two people for vandalizing a controversial portrait of President Jacob Zuma. The men, who were recorded by a local television station, are seen taking turns using paint to deface the portrait, which shows Zuma with his genitals exposed. The vandalism was carried out as Zuma’s lawyers were in court asking for the gallery to be ...