Dr Aminu Usman, an economist, has said Nigeria is still technically in recession, until the average Nigerian feels the positive impact of the “economic progression”. Usman, Head of Economics Department, Kaduna State University, told our correspondent that the nation had yet to fully come out of recession as claimed adding the only economic proof that […]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that the country’s second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile shows that the country is capable of hitting the mainland U.S. Jong Un said he reacted to the launch with “great satisfaction.” The Hwasong-14 missile reached a maximum height of 2,314 miles and traveled 620 miles from […]
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Coalition airstrikes killed seven senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propagandists and facilitators in Iraq and Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials have announced. “The removal of these key ISIS leaders disrupts ISIS’s propaganda production, distribution, and the ability to fund ISIS’ terrorist activities,” the U.S. Department of State said. […]
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Six Nigerian governors will depart the country tonight to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been on medical vacation in London since May 7. Presidential spokespersons, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu and Laolu Akande, made the disclosure during an interactive session with state house correspondents, stating that the meeting will hold by 3pm on Wednesday. The presidential […]
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Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, from London, has been given life sentence by Woolwich Crown Court for the murder of Alex Malcolm. Iheanacho beat his girlfriend’s five-year-old son to death in a British park because the child lost a shoe. Witnesses heard a male voice screaming about a lost shoe while a child fearfully apologised on Nov. […]
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says the UK and US economies will expand more slowly in 2017 than previously predicted. As reported by the BBC, IMF said “weaker-than-expected activity” in the first three months of the year meant the UK would grow by 1.7%, compared with an earlier 2% forecast. And the IMF revised down […]
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The lead singer of rock band Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, was found dead on Thursday (July 20) at his southern California home in an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said. Coroner’s office spokesman Brian Elias said his office had been notified by law enforcement of the death of Bennington, 41, on Thursday […]
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70-year-old former American football star, O.J Simpson, has been granted a parole, and he is expected to leave prison as early as October 1. Reprieve came for the former star on Thursday, after a parole board voted to approve his release. His Crime He has spent over eight years of his 33-year sentence for armed […]
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According to a statement released by his office, former Republican presidential nominee and Senator who represented Arizona at the U.S. Senate since 1986, John McCain, has been found to have brain tumor. McCain’s tumor was discovered after he a procedure last week to remove a blood clot, U.S. media reported. The senator’s doctors said in […]
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Ms Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, and three other UN envoys, would visit Acting President Yemi Osinbajo as part of their current trips to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mohammed would be joined by the Executive Director of UN Women, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; the UN Special Representative on Sexual […]
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