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A woman opened fire with a handgun on Thursday at the warehouse where she worked in the eastern US state of Maryland, killing three people and wounding another three in the country’s latest mass shooting, police said. The suspect — a 26-year-old who was not identified — died after shooting herself in the head, Harford […]

The Nigerian government on Wednesday announced immediate suspension of its widely publicised national carrier, two months after it was unveiled at an international air show. Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s aviation minister, made the announcement shortly after the cabinet meeting on Wednesday afternoon. He later posted the announcement on Twitter. “I regret to announce that the Federal […]

A controversial new study has been published that claims that they have DATA to prove, that African American men are prone to cheat on their wives. In addition to gender and age, the study shows that the infidelity rate changes based on a number of other demographic and social factors. The study claims to find […]

The federal government has boasted that it has moved 10.073million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity. The minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma made the claim Tuesday while speaking on arrangements for the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#24) held at the conference room of the ministry in Abuja. He said federal government […]

South Africa’s highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a unanimous ruling, judges also legalised the growing of marijuana for private consumption. South Africa’s government had opposed […]

The Trump administration slashed its annual cap on refugee acceptances on Monday for the second year in a row, saying it would take only a maximum 30,000 in the fiscal year to come. That was down from a 45,000 limit in the year that ends on September 30 — but higher than the actual number […]

Over 100 people have died in floods in several Nigerian states following heavy rains that caused the Rivers Niger and Benue to overflow, the National Emergency Management Agency announced Monday. The emergency body, NEMA, declared national disaster in the affected states of Kogi, Niger, Anambra and Delta. Eight other states are being monitored, the agency […]

Supporters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have pleaded with former President Olusegun Obasanjo to settle his political differences with his former deputy to allow him (Atiku) have a smooth ride in 2019 general election. Atiku was Obasanjo’s Vice President from 1999 to 2007 when the former President’s […]

Chair umpire Carlos Ramos issued a code violation to Croatia after Marin Cilic slammed his racket to the clay and mangled the frame during a Davis Cup loss to Sam Querrey of the United States. Since it was the first violation of the match, it was only a warning. No points were deducted and Cilic […]

Time Magazine is being sold by Meredith Corp. to Marc Benioff, a co-founder of Salesforce and his wife. The Wall Street Journal reported that the iconic news magazine is being sold for $190 million to Benioff, one of four co-founders of Salesforce, a cloud computing pioneer. The sale is occurring nearly eight months after Meredith […]

Former world welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather said Saturday he will face Manny Pacquiao later this year in a rematch of their 2015 superfight. In a posting on Instagram, Mayweather said he will come out of retirement to fight Pacquiao, three years after scoring a comfortable points victory over the veteran Filipino. “I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year […]