The presidency on Sunday said Nigeria did not receive required support and cooperation from the former President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, in the fight against terrorism. The assertion was made Sunday in Washington DC by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview […]
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Disgraced television icon Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of sexual assault by a US jury — losing a year-long legal battle that was made tougher at retrial as the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. The frail 80-year-old Cosby — once beloved as “America’s Dad” — could now spend the rest of his life […]
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A university in the U.S. state of Connecticut was closed on Monday after 100 students fell ill. The affected students at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury were suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pains. University President, John Clark, said in a statement on Monday that crews would be working to sanitise and disinfect two […]
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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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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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The U. S. embassy in Cambodia has fired 32 people after they were allegedly caught sharing pornographic material in a non-official chat group, several sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Four sources told Reuters that pornographic videos and photographs, including some featuring people under the age of 18, were shared in a Facebook […]
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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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The United States joined Britain’s allies in Europe and around the world Monday in expelling scores of suspected Russian spies in an unprecedented response to a nerve agent attack. Washington led the way, ordering out 60 alleged agents, in a new blow to US-Russia ties less than a week after President Donald Trump congratulated Vladimir […]
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U.S rapper, Rick Ross is presently hospitalised because of a serious medical condition. Reports TMZ suggests that the rapper has been put on life support at a Miami-area hospital, TMZ reports. According to sources close to TMZ, the MMG mogul was hooked up to a machine that is performing the functions of his heart and […]
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