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The Burning of the Custom House was one of the landmark events in the War of Independence - heres what happened Journal.ie 58 mins ago Archibald McGoogans painting of the burning of the Custom House. BY MAY 1921, the Irish War of Independence had been raging for nearly two and a half years. The IRA had suffered significant losses, many Volunteers were in prison and the British had executed a number of IRA men. However, despite these losses, the IRA continued the fight and showed they were no...

English News and Press Release on Sri Lanka about Food and Nutrition and Flood; published on 17 May 2021 by Govt. Sri Lanka

Daily Post Nigeria Published Lieutenant General Joshua Dogonyaro, a former Chief of Defence Staff during the late General Sani Abacha’s regime, died on Thursday. Born on September 12, 1940, in Vom, Plateau State, Dogonyaro was the officer that read the coup speech that ousted the then General Muhammadu Buhari as military ruler. The coup brought in the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida junta on August 27, 1985. Dogonyaro died at the Jos University Teaching Hospital where he was admitted after a brief...

Muslims shun COVID-19 protocols at Bauchi praying grounds Published Despite appeals by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to the people of his State to observe COVID-19 protocols, Muslims in Bauchi, the state capital, have flouted them, trooping out in their numbers to observe the two Rakaah Eid-el-Fitr prayers. Mohammed had, in his goodwill message to mark this year’s celebration, warned people of the dangers of contracting COVID-19 and urged them to observe safety protocols like wearing...

Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, is dead Mr Dogonyaro died in Jos on Wednesday at the age of 80. Mr Dogonyaro, a retired lieutenant general, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday. The first son of the deceased, Joseph Dogonyaro, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Pankshin, on Thursday. “Daddy has been sick for some time until yesterday when he had a stroke and we rushed him to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) for medical attentio...

Views: Visits 0 Nigeria’s former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (Rtd), has died after a brief illness at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), his first son, Joseph Dongoyaro, confirmed to newsmen on Thursday morning. “Daddy has been sick for some time until yesterday when he had a stroke and we rushed him to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) for medical attention. “Unfortunately, early this morning of Thursday, around 3.00am precisely, he breath...

He died at the age of 80 Joseph, first son of the deceased disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an telephone interview in Pankshin on Thursday. “Daddy has been sick for some time until yesterday when he had a stroke and we rushed him to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) for medical attention. “Unfortunately, early this morning (Thursday), around 3.00am precisely, he breathed his last. “His death comes as a rude shock to us as a family. We are going to miss his l...

Bandipora encounter: 125-130 terrorists killed in Kashmir Valley this year, says Lt Gen J S Sandhu Bandipora encounter: 125-130 terrorists killed in Kashmir Valley this year, says Lt Gen J S Sandhu General Officer Commanding (GOC) Of 15 Corps Lt Gen J S Sandhu Said That After Receiving Specific Information, They Had Launched Joint Operation By CRPF, Army, J&K Police In Which Six Terrorists Were Eliminated. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Vikas Mehta | Updated on:...

Workers Revolutionary Party   BY FRA HUGHES ‘THEY will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised, decent law-abiding robots. Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal,’ Bobby Sands. The 1980 Hunger Strike led by Brendan Hughes comprised of seven Republican male prisoners at Her Majesty’s Cellular Prison, the Maze, also known as Long Kesh Prison Camp and three fem...

BULLOCKE Barney (Wg Cdr RAF) Michael Barnabas Bullocke, better known as Barney, died peacefully on 8th April 2021 aged 82. Father to Elanor and Christopher (from his marriage to Vikki Pitcher), and stepfather to Sharon and Robert (from his marriage to Trish Lloyd). After a childhood spent in Devon and Weymouth, including schooling at Hardyes, he served his 34 year career in the RAF as a fighter pilot and QFI. His principal postings were 111 SQN from 64-66 and 68-70 in Wattisham, including the ...