Algerian-French novelist Kamel Daoud was awarded the Goncourt prize, a prestigious literary distinction among French-speaking authors. He emerged Monday (Nov. 04) at the window of the French Drouant restaurant where the Goncourt jury’s gathered to deliberate. The panel picked Daoud’s…
*Police rescue 19 kidnapped passengers in Niger (Tribune)*EFCC arrests ex-Delta Gov Okowa for alleged fraud (Channels)
Police rescue 19 kidnapped passengers in Niger (Tribune) Niger State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer SP Wasiu Abiodun, announced that 19 passengers who were abducted on November 2 along the Tegina-Zungeru road have been rescued. When their bus…