A Court in Manhattan on Thursday sentenced Abdullahi Shuaibu, 53, who worked at the UN in 2013, to two years in prison after an exhaustive plea agreement with the court. It was a stunning defeat for the prosecutor who had asked that Shuaibu be sentenced to five years under the indictment. Shuaibu pleaded guilty to one […]
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Park Geun-hye, who was in 2016 impeached as South Korean president, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail with a fine of ₩18 billion ($17 million). A court found Park guilty of bribery in a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. The court ruled that Park colluded […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received a Letter of Credence from the Ambassador of Italy to Nigeria, Dr. Stefano Pontesilli. The President received the letter when he met with the Italian envoy at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He also received Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Spain to Nigeria, Mr Marcelino Ansorena, and […]
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Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa, is to be arraigned in court on Friday over a $2.5 billion arms deal, which saw one person being jailed in 2005. Claims are that Zuma through his former financial adviser Schabir Shaikh demanded bribes from a French arms company in the 1990s deal. The charges against Zuma […]
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Sierra Leone’s opposition challenger Julius Maada Bio secured his first term in office as a civilian Wednesday when he was declared the winner of a controversial presidential run-off. Bio, a former soldier who briefly led a military junta more than two decades ago, won 51.81 percent of ballots in last month’s election, according to official […]
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All four crew members in a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter are presumed dead after it crashed during a training flight in southern California, an official said. The crash occurred on Tuesday afternoon at 2:35 pm (2135 GMT) near El Centro, according to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, a unit of the U.S. Marine Corps stationed […]
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Gunshots erupted at YouTube’s offices in California Tuesday, sparking a panicked escape by employees and a massive police response, before the shooter — a woman — apparently committed suicide. Police said three people had been hospitalized with gunshot injuries following the shooting in the city of San Bruno, and that a female suspect was found dead […]
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US President Donald Trump has congratulated Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian former general on securing another four years as president. The White House said Trump and the Egyptian president spoke by phone after the Egyptian won 97 percent of the vote against a man who was, until recently, his campaign manager. “President Trump congratulated President Al Sisi on […]
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Winnie Mandela, the ex-wife of South African anti-apartheid fighter and former president Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 81, her spokesman said. She died in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness, spokesman Victor Dlamini said in a statement. Zodwa Zwane‚ her personal assistant, confirmed this on Monday afternoon. “It is with […]
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Israel announced Monday it had reached a deal with the UN refugee agency to cancel a controversial plan to deport African migrants and replace it with a new one that will see thousands sent to Western countries. A minimum of 16,250 migrants will be resettled in unspecified Western nations under the agreement announced in a […]
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