Nigeria has authorised Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to start the repayment of $76 million polio eradication loan to Japan. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when she received a delegation of Japanese House of Councillors Parliamentarians. She said that the delegates were in Nigeria to assess […]
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A cure capable of weaning some persons from gambling addiction is being tested by researchers in Finland. Finnish researchers on Monday said they were to launch a study to see if gambling addiction can be treated with a fast-working nasal spray. The spray contains naloxone, an emergency treatment for opiate overdoses (heroin, opium, morphine) that […]
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A small fire broke out on the roof of Trump Tower on Monday morning, officials said. Smoke was seen billowing off the top of the Manhattan skyscraper, carrying for several blocks. Firefighters were called to the Fifth Avenue skyscraper, located at East 56thSt., at about 7:20 Monday morning. The blaze appeared to break out in […]
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Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman to win the Cecil B. Demille Award at the Golden Globe. While Sterling K Brown has made history as the first African-American to win the best actor award at the Golden Globes. Ansari Aziz became the first Asian male actor to win best leading performance. Here is the list […]
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake on Thursday hit Merowe area in north Sudan, some 350 km north of the capital Khartoum, according to the Public Authority for Geological Research of Sudan’s Minerals Ministry. “Earthquakes have occurred in Merowe area since Jan. 1 and continued intermittently in varying degrees thereafter. “Thursday’s quake registered 5.4 on the Richter scale,” […]
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Israel on Wednesday said it would pay thousands of African migrants living illegally in the country to leave, threatening them with jail if they are caught after the end of March. Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made the remarks at a cabinet meeting on the payment programme in Jerusalem. Netanyahu said a barrier Israel completed in […]
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The Police in the United States have arrested a 67-year old man, Michael Neu, who defrauded his victims of thousands of dollars by posing as a Nigerian royalty. An 18-month long investigation exposed Neu from Slidell, Louisiana, as the internet ‘Nigerian prince’ heavily involved in scams, obtaining money and wiring funds. He is facing 269 […]
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Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) on Friday formally declared international football icon, George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), as President-elect of Liberia. Chairman of the commission, Mr Jerome Korkoya, made the declaration after announcing the final results of the Dec. 26 presidential runoff election at the NEC headquarters in Monrovia. The final […]
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Former footballer and the candidate of the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), George Weah gathered a total of 98.1 percent of results from the polling units to give earn an unassailable lead in the Liberian presidential run-off election. In results announced on Thursday by the chairperson of the country’s electoral Commission, Jerome Kokoya, Mr. Weah […]
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At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said. It was the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban was quick to deny involvement in the […]
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