Prince Harry and his bride Meghan Markle will be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their wedding on Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced just hours before the ceremony. “The Queen has today been pleased to confer a dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and […]
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A Boeing 737 plane with 104 passengers on board crashed shortly after taking off from Havana’s main airport on Friday. Havana is the capital of the country. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties on the plane, which was destined for Holguin and operated by national airline Cubana, state-run TV reported. “It […]
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Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, has called President Muhamadu Buhari and reaffirmed the longstanding relationship between his country and Nigeria. Heather Nauert, spokeswoman the Department of State, said during the call, Pompeo also underscored Buhari’s visit to the US on April 30, and recognised Nigeria’s leadership in Africa. “On May 17, Secretary Pompeo called […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting on Friday over the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The emergency meeting is to “consider the international risks” of the deadly Ebola virus disease, which has now moved to an urban area of DRC. One […]
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The President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean Brou, has called for collaborative efforts among member states, to address issues bordering on regional peace and security. Brou made the call in Abuja during his presentation of the report on implementation of the community work programme at the First Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament. He decried terrorists attacks […]
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The federal government has queried the Nigerian ambassador over the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera, an international news television, the Nigerian Government has asked for the retraction of a report that it was represented at the official relocation of U.S embassy to Jerusalem. The United States officially relocated its embassy […]
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Saudi Arabian moon observers said there was no sight of the Ramadan crescent on Tuesday, meaning millions of Muslims around the world will begin the holy month on Thursday. According to reports on Saudi Arabian state TV, as published by Arab News, bad weather made observation of the crescent difficult. The Kingdom and other Muslim […]
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Facebook on Monday said it has suspended “around 200” applications on its platform as part of an investigation into misuse of private user data. The investigation was launched after revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica hijacked data on some 87 million Facebook users as it worked on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. “The investigation process […]
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One of the leading telecommunications company in Nigeria, MTN, on Monday paid N500,000 to its customer, Mr Oluwole Aluko, in compliance with a Federal High Court judgment. Aluko, a legal practitioner, had in 2016 sued MTN, alleging unlawful deduction of his call credit. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, had in 2017 […]
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Not less than 41 Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces as thousands protested against the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. More than 1,000 people were wounded, the Gaza health ministry said, as Israel deployed two extra brigades to join at least 100 snipers and other troops along the frontier with the strip. […]
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