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President Trump officially sued for blocking people on Twitter

US president Donald Trump is being sued by people he blocked on Twitter who claim that was a violation of their right to free speech under the US Constitution. The unprecedented case has been brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, and named seven individuals rejected from Mr Trump’s account after criticising him. […]

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Former Brazilian President sentenced to 10 years for corruption

A court in Brazil on Wednesday found the country’s former president, Luiz da Silva, guilty of corruption and money laundering and sentenced him to almost 10 years in prison. The verdict is a shocking reversal of fortune for Mr. da Silva who wielded far-reaching influence across Latin America for several years. Mr. da Silva was […]

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What I discussed with Buhari in London- Osinbajo

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, said he travelled to London, UK, on Tuesday to see how the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari is doing physically. Mr. Buhari has been in the UK on medical vacation for over two months. Mr. Osinbajo said although he had been speaking with the president over the phone, he thought “it […]

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Orji Kalu vows ‘war’ if Igbo are attacked

A former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has warned that the South East region will not take lightly any act of violence against indigenes of the region in other parts of the country. Mr. Kalu spoke Tuesday on a programme aired on the Africa Television Authority, AIT. His comment was in response to the […]

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Pope Francis expands criteria for sainthood

Pope Francis on Tuesday expanded the criteria for becoming a saint to include “the free offering of one’s life” in an apostolic letter published by the Vatican. An example of such self-sacrifice could be caring for patients with highly infectious diseases. Previously, people could be named saints in two ways: if they had been martyred […]

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Wayne Rooney reveals why he quit Manchester United, as many of his fans continue to wallow in tears at Old Trafford

Wayne Rooney has revealed that he left Manchester United to return to Everton because he did not play enough under Jose Mourinho last season. During a press conference on Monday, Rooney said he needed to leave the club to get more playing time elsewhere. “I have played for my whole career. It was frustrating. “It […]

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Malnutrition ‘kills 240 displaced children’ in Borno, as Nigerian Government keeps wasting money on useless things

Doctors Without Border, a humanitarian aid group, says a total of 240 displaced children have died of malnutrition in Borno state. Moctar Abari, emergency officer of the group – which is also known as Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) – made this known in an interview with NAN on Monday. Abari said the cases were recorded […]

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Hyenas, jackals will soon be sent out of my husband’s kingdom – Aisha Buhari

Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, has given an insight into the power play at the Nigerian seat of power in the wake of a sickness that has kept her husband out of the country for over two months. President Muhammadu Buhari had flown to London 63 days ago to resume medical treatment after […]

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HIV/AIDS: Nigeria risks one million deaths in five years, NACA warns

Nigeria risks losing about one million of its citizens to HIV if its government does not take control of the full sponsorship of the treatment, an official has said. The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Sani Aliyu, said Nigeria must take full sponsorship of its HIV/AIDS programme or risk […]

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Abacha injected Yar’Adua with virus that killed him — Obasanjo

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, revealed on Saturday that the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha wanted him, the late Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and the June 12 hero, the late Moshood Abiola, dead while in prison. He stated this at a dinner programme organised by an inter-denominational Christian organisation, Christ The Redeemer’s Friends International of […]

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Woman jailed for driving in Saudi Arabia, loses job, marriage, child custody (Photos)

A women’s rights activist who was jailed after she bravely defied Saudi Arabia’s female driving ban has opened up about her ordeal. Manal Al-Sharif, who now lives in Sydney, spent nine days behind bars after being charged with ‘driving while female’ after she uploaded a YouTube video of herself travelling through the streets of Khobar […]

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Nigeria, three others get Trump’s $639 million aid

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday promised 639 million dollars in aid to feed people facing starvation because of drought and conflict in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Of the funding, 121 million dollars would go to Nigeria, according to Rob Jenkins, Acting Head, Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the […]

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Breaking: Evans vanishes with 30 heavily armed men (Details)

After weeks of public furore and media frenzy, a sudden blackout has descended on the case of Chukwuduneme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, Nigeria’s infamous billionaire kidnapper, thus fuelling speculations that he’s escaped, or dead. Saturday Sun has however gathered that Evans is not dead as his family now fears but has been moved from the Lagos police […]

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Wiping out South Korea is piece of cake – North Korea

Pyongyang warned it would be a “piece of cake” to destroy “gangster” South Korea, state media reported Thursday, as it raged against Seoul for a joint missile drill with the US following its landmark intercontinental ballistic missile test. The isolated, nuclear-armed North sent a chill through the international community Tuesday after its missile launch, a […]

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Throwback video of Nnamdi Kanu clamoring for one Nigeria

One of President Buhari’s aides, Tolu Ogunlesi  shared this 2012 video of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu campaigning against people determined to tear Nigeria apart. Kanu who was an organizing committee member of the protest said : “we cannot allow Boko Haram terror to continue, otherwise there will be no Nigeria for us to return to”. Watch […]

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Patience Jonathan alleges harassment, seeks Reps intervention

Nigeria’s former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Thursday alleged harassment of her family by security agencies and sought the intervention of the House of Representatives. In a petition to the house, Mrs. Jonathan urged the Federal Government to call the agencies to order. The petition was presented at the House’s plenary by the lawmaker representing […]

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I hear a cry like rain from Aso rock, Nigerian flag is burning – Fr Mbaka breaks silence on Buhari’s health

Fiery preacher,  Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka has voiced out again on the health of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mbaka, who was speaking during a weekly programme entitled ‘E No Dey Again’ held on Wednesday, said he heard a cry like pattering of the rain from the Aso Rock chamber. The cleric said he got a vision […]

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Mother gets more than a century imprisonment for killing her children

An Indiana woman who admitted to abducting her two children and smothering them to death has been sentenced to 130 years in prison. Thirty-year-old Amber Pasztor, of Fort Wayne, received 55 years for each murder count, with an additional 10-year enhancement on each charge, Fox 59 reported. She told the Elkhart County judge she was sorry before […]

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