South African prosecutors will charge former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane with homicide after a 2014 car crash that left one woman dead, a spokesman said, reversing a previous decision not to do so. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) gave Duduzane Zuma a two-month deadline that expired at the end of March to make representations […]
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After 10 years in office, Cuba’s Raul Castro, 86, will retire as president on Thursday. Today the country’s after parliament proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel as his replacement, a shift that will usher in the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution. Raul Castro announced his departure several years ago and has long signalled that Diaz-Canel, […]
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Former First Lady of the United States of America, Barbara Bush, died at the age of 92 on Tuesday evening, after a series of recent hospitalisation, Spokesman for the family, Jim McGrath, said. “A former First Lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, […]
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Former FBI director James Comey’s new book, where he gave a blistering criticism of President Donald Trump, hit the stores today in the United States and held the top slot on Amazon’s bestseller list. Comey, who was fired by the US leader in May 2017, describes Trump in the book as “morally unfit” for office, […]
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A 22-year-old Nigerian driver who died in a head-on crash in Glenn Dale, Maryland, early Monday morning has been identified as Samuel Oriloye. Prince George’s County police said Oriloye, from Dublin, died after crashing head-on into another vehicle on Glenn Dale Boulevard near Bell Station Road around 1:35 a.m. Police arrived at the scene and […]
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The deadliest prison riot in the United States since 1993, sparked by a gang-related dispute has claimed seven lives in a South Carolina prison. State officials identified the slain inmates as Raymond Scott, 28, who was serving a 20-year sentence for crimes including assault and battery; Michael Milledge, 44, serving 25 years for drug trafficking; […]
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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari holds a discussion on Nigeria–British relations with Prime Minister, Theresa May today at 10, Downing Street, London. The three-pronged focus of the Buhari administration resonated through the conversation, between Buhari and Theresa May. “We campaigned on three major issues, to secure the country, revive the economy and fight corruption,” said the […]
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Former FBI director James Comey said in an ABC News interview on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump is a dangerous, “morally unfit” leader doing “tremendous damage” to institutional and cultural norms. Comey, fired by Trump in May last year, was worried the president may be open to blackmail by Russia given claims he was […]
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be the guest of US President Donald Trump on 30 April in Washington, the White House announced on Sunday. According to the statement, Trump will discuss issues such as promoting economic growth and fighting terrorism with Buhari. “The relationship of the United States with Nigeria is deep and strong, and […]
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Spanish club FC Barcelona responded to their shock Champions League elimination to AS Roma by beating Valencia 2-1 in a La Liga encounter on Saturday at Nou Camp. By the victory, the Catalans set a Liga record run of 39 games unbeaten and taking them ever closer to another title. Luis Suarez gave Barca the […]
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