Andrew Aghedo, a member of Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti’s band ‘The Positive Force’, reportedly absconded in the United states, 20 minutes before the band was billed to perform. Femi and his band thrilled New Yorkers at the Central Park, New York on Sunday after performing at the XPoNential Music Festival in New Jersey. According to […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he is loved by Londoners was trashed Friday as tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against him, on the second day of his four-day visit to Britain, the first since he became president in January, 2017. The visit has been marred by his extraordinary attack on Prime Minister Theresa […]
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No fewer than 34 Nigerians were on Wednesday deported from the United States of America for allegedly committing offences in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees arrived at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos at about 2.30 p.m. The deportees, comprising 32 males and […]
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The United States (U.S.) on Tuesday, announced its withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council, accusing it of being anti-Israel. Nikki Haley, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations announced the withdrawal, saying it did so after no other countries “had the courage to join our fight” to reform the “hypocritical and self-serving” body. “In […]
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The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA’s congress voted on Wednesday to back the tri-nation joint bid for the tournament. All 211 Member Associations of FIFA voted at the body’s 68th Congress in the Russian capital to choose between African candidate Morocco, and the joint bid […]
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Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit. President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of […]
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The U.S. Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem will be dedicated on Monday, May 14, 2018, the Department of State has announced. The office of the spokesperson for the department said it was proud to announce the dedication adding David Friedman would preside over the dedication ceremony. It added that Deputy Secretary John Sullivan would lead […]
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of Iran nuclear deal, an international agreement aimed at stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, saying he would reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran immediately. Trump’s move is a snub to European allies such as France, Britain and Germany who are also part of […]
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The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday ruled that the Federal Government can extradite a serving senator, Prince Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America to face trial over a drug-related offence. The court set aside all orders made by Justice Okon Abang and Justice Saliu Seidu of the Federal High […]
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The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to U.S. President, Donald Trump, has yielded the finalisation of negotiations to repatriate more than $500 million (about 190 billion Naira) of Nigeria’s looted money traced to the U.S. Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington, […]
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