Plane with 180 people on board crashes in Iran, no survivor

A Ukrainian Boeing-737 plane with 180 people on board has crashed in Iran. It went down near an airport in the capital, Tehran, on Wednesday. The aircraft belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed just after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, according to Fars state news agency. The plane was reportedly en route to the […]

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Al-Shabab militants attack US military base in Kenya

Somalia’s Islamist group, al Shabaab has attacked a military base in Kenya that is being used by both the U.S. and Kenyan forces. The attack was reportedly carried out on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the military base in Lamu county. A military source confirmed the attack to Reuters, saying: “They have attacked Manda airstrip […]

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Rodrigo Duterte bans two US senators from entering Philippines

Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has banned two U.S senators from entering the country, and threatened to require all U.S citizens to apply for a visa, his spokesman said on Friday. Duterte immediately ordered the Bureau of Immigration to deny US Senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy entry to the Philipines, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said. […]

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Rights activist charged with money laundering

A Tanzanian court charged rights activist Tito Magoti with money laundering and other offences after holding him in custody for four days, the organisation for which he works said on Tuesday. Prosecutors in Kisuto court said Magoti and co-worker, Theodory Giyan, had been charged with leading organised crime, money laundering and possessing computer programmes designed […]

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Religious intolerance: Nigeria, six other countries placed on special watch list by US

The United States has placed Nigeria and six other countries on the special watch list of states that had engaged in or tolerated the severe violation of religious freedom. Other countries listed in the SWL include Comoros, Russia, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Sudan. US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo announced this in a statement in […]

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Late evangelist Billy Graham’s Christian magazine calls for Trump’s removal from office. Trump responds

A leading Christian magazine founded by late evangelist Billy Graham (father of key presidential supporter Franklin Graham) published an editorial on Thursday, December 19th calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office and urging evangelicals not to support him. “Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election […]

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US House of Representatives impeach Donald Trump

Following long hours of debate amongst US Lawmakers, Donald Trump has been impeached as the President of the United States after majority of the House voted on the articles of impeachment Wednesday night. In a historic move, the House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment against President Trump and lawmakers voted primarily along party […]

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Pakistan’s ex-president, Pervez Musharraf, sentenced to death

A Pakistani special court trying the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, December 17, handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice, Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment. The court, in its short order […]

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See the ranking of world 15 richest people in fashion industry (Photos)

Delphine Arnault, Bernard Arnault, Rihanna, and Alexandre Arnault at the Fenty launch in May 2019 in Paris. Julien Hekimian/Getty Images for Fenty   Fashion is a $2.5 trillion global industry that has made its leading players, from designers and CEOs to founders and heiresses, very rich. Business Insider has compiled a list of the richest people in […]

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US Democratic leaders announce 2 Articles of impeachment against Trump

Democratic leaders in the United States House of Representatives announced Tuesday that they will bring two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress to set in motion the third impeachment of a US president in history. The announcement marks the culmination of an intense, fast-moving […]

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Nigerian-born lawyer named judge of the superior court of California, US

Nigeria-born American lawyer, David Ndudim, has been named as judge at the Sacramento County Superior Court of California, United States. Ndudim has a law office in Sacramento, California and has been licensed to practice law for 19 years. He handles cases in immigration and attended Lincoln Law School. In a congratulatory message, the CEO and […]

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The World’s most expensive wrist watch, sells for N11.2B (Photos)

The world’s most expensive wrist watch has been sold at a Christie’s charity auction in Switzerland. The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime, which is one of the most complex timepieces ever crafted was bought for £24.2million (N11.2B) by a private telephone bidder at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva on Saturday (Nov.9), according to […]

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Woman hid camera in bra to see how often people look into her boob, she was shocked

A woman walked the streets of New York with a camera hidden in her bra to see how many people stared at her chest – and says she was completely shocked by the footage. Footage gathered by Whitney Zelig, 29, catches a huge number of people taking a look, including men, women and even a […]

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Mokgweetsi Masisi, 58, sworn-in as Botswana new president

Mokgweetsi Masisi has been sworn in as Botswana’s new president after the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the country’s parliamentary elections last week. The mood was upbeat at the University of Botswana venue were about 3,000 guests attended the inauguration of the country’s fifth democratically elected president. The 58-year-old took the oath of office at […]

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Pastor charged with murder for running over his estranged wife (Photos)

Victor Mateo a 63-year-old New York pastor has been indicted for murdering his estranged wife with a machete after running her over on October 3. Victor who was a pastor at the Christian Congregation The Redeemer Church in the Bronx has been charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and three counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Bronx District […]

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Fani-Kayode praises Buhari for holding talk with Putin

Former Nigerian Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for holding a bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin which is aimed at building stronger ties between Russia and Nigeria. In a tweet, the former Minister, who is a known critic of Buhari, stated that Russia was a strong and dependable ally, hence […]

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Nigerian couple in the UK sentenced for selling no-preservatives, toxic skin-whitening products online

A Nigerian couple in the UK has been sentenced for selling illegal skin-whitening products online. Jonathan and Holiness Ikpere have avoided jail after admitting selling the toxic products. They are thought to have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds from selling banned bleaching concoctions from their home in Towpath Mead, Southsea. They imported large quantities of cosmetics from […]

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Immigrants will be denied US Visas if they can’t pay for health care -Trump announces

Trump administration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove their financial capability to pay for health insurance or cover health care costs once they become permanent residents of the United States. The White House made the announcement on Friday, October 4, in the latest move by President Trump to undermine legal immigration. The new […]

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IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu to meet UN officials on Tuesday

In a press statement released by Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the group has revealed that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu will on Tuesday, meet with officials of the United Nations in its Geneva, Switzerland office. The group stated that, contrary to speculations that Kanu would meet […]

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As Buhari arrives Japan, young Japanese wearing Nigerian dresses welcome him (Photos)

Young men and women Japanese wearing traditional African attires welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari to their country on Monday. President Buhari is in the Asian country to attend the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The TICAD7 will take place in the City of Yokohama from August 28 to 30. Photo of Buhari’s welcome party was […]

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