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Sri Lanka’s former premier quits party leadership after election defeat
Sri Lanka’s longest-serving party leader and former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday announced quitting the party.
Death toll in Sri Lanka attacks hits 290
Official death toll of the Sunday suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka has soared to 290 with another 500 injured.
Sri Lanka observes national mourning on Tuesday
After the serial blasts on Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka is observing national mourning on Tuesday, a decision taken during a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Sirisena.
Google searches for Notre Dame outnumber Sri Lanka attacks
The fire which ravaged France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral received seven times more searches on Google than the bombings which rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday and killed nearly 300 people.
![An inside view of St Anthony's Shrine after the explosion. [Chamila Karunarathne-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21080821-324x235.jpg "Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 207")
Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 207
The toll in a series of eight blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to at least 207, with over 450 people wounded, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.
![Police cordon off the area after an explosion hit St Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade in Colombo. [MA Pushpa Kumara-EPA]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21080759-324x235.jpg "Two killed in new blast in Sri Lankan capital")
Two killed in new blast in Sri Lankan capital
A fresh blast hit a hotel in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Sunday, killing at least two people, a police spokesman said, after a string of explosions at churches and hotels.
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court overturns dissolution of parliament
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has overturned President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to dissolve parliament and has ordered a halt to preparations for snap elections.
Sri Lanka’s Maithripala Sirisena ‘dissolves parliament’ amid deepening crisis
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has signed an order dissolving the country's parliament, according to two sources, amid a worsening constitutional crisis triggered by the sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last month.
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UniAbuja, five others named centres of competence in IT education in Africa
Dr Habib Yakoob, UniAbuja’s Head of information and public relations, in a statement on Wednesday, noted that the other universities are the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania; Moi University, Moi, Kenya; Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda; École Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications, Dakar, Senegal and Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Fulani quit notice: Yoruba elders blast Presidency, back Ondo governor
The Coalition of Oduduwa Elders (CODUE) has supported the quit notice handed down by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to unregistered Fulani herders to vacate the state’s forest reserve in order the curb rising cases of insecurity.
Report: Most Nigerians unsure, not willing to take coronavirus vaccine
A new report by SBM Intelligence, Nigeria’s geopolitical intelligence platform, shows that 35.9 per cent of Nigerians are unwilling to take the COVID-19 vaccine, while 24.1 per cent are yet to decide whether or not to take the vaccine.
Lagos coronavirus sample tests near 264,000 – official
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Wednesday the state government had conducted 263, 358 valid COVID-19 sample tests since inception of the pandemic.
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Governor Makinde: No second wave of coronavirus in Oyo
Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has said facts, figures and data available in the state on the current spread of coronavirus do not indicate a new wave but a continuation of the first outbreak of the pandemic.
Junaid Muhammad: President Buhari’s appointments not based on merit
A Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Muhammad, says the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, was right to say that President Muhammadu Buhari, had been promoting nepotism in his appointments. He, however, said Kukah’s analysis was not right.
President Museveni: Facebook, Twitter will not dictate what’s true or false in Uganda
Ugandan President Kaguta Museveni has condemned Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms for seeking to arbitrate over what speech should be deemed acceptable to Ugandans, saying it was an unfortunate arrogation of power.
![Facebook and Twitter have both cracked down significantly on fake accounts since 2016 [Jon Nazca-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/01131920-150x150.jpg "Mexico launches international campaign to regulate Facebook, Twitter")
Mexico launches international campaign to regulate Facebook, Twitter
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico has railed against the seemingly aggressive censoring of U.S. President Donald Trump by major social media platforms over last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol.
Senator Jang: Amendment of constitution without restructuring, waste of time
Former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang, has decried the socio-economic problems bedeviling the country, blaming it on the operations of the 1999 Constitution.