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11 Apr
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday promised "ironclad" support for Israel as Iran threatens reprisals over a strike that leveled an Iranian consulate building in Damascus and killed two generals.
11 Apr
Donald Trump has turned being a victim into a central plank of his campaign, an electoral strategy that will be put to the test Monday in Manhattan during the first ever criminal trial of a former US president.
10 Apr
President Joe Biden said Wednesday the United States was "considering" a request by Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges. Australia's parliament passed a motion in February with the prime minister's support calling for an end to the legal saga surrounding Assange, who is currently held in Britain while…
10 Apr
Donald Trump's former finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, was jailed for five months on Wednesday for perjury after he admitted lying to prosecutors as they investigated the former president for fraudulently inflating his wealth, US media reported. Weisselberg, 76, was the chief financial officer of former president Trump's real estate and entertainment group from 2005 to…
10 Apr
The new CEO of the world's top crypto platform stressed the importance of regulatory compliance for Binance's future success, months after its former chief executive pleaded guilty to violating US anti-money laundering laws and it paid $4.3 billion to settle charges. In an interview with AFP during a visit to Paris for a cryptocurrency sector…
10 Apr
US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced the first nationwide tap water standards to protect the public from toxic "forever chemicals" linked to serious health harms ranging from cancers to developmental damage in children. Invisible and present in the water, soil, air and food supply, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulate inside our bodies…
10 Apr
US President Joe Biden issued some of his sternest criticism yet of Israel's war on Hamas, calling its approach a "mistake" as the country faces a Wednesday court deadline to prove it is not throttling aid to hunger-stricken Gaza. With global outrage over the toll inflicted by the six-month-old war growing, Biden rebuked Israeli Prime…
9 Apr
A recent study has placed Louisiana as the highest-rated American state in prison inmate mortality. Heart disease is also the highest cause of deaths in American prisons.
8 Apr
Eclipse mania was gripping North America on Monday as a breathtaking celestial event offered a rare convergence of commercial and scientific opportunities -- and an excuse to party.
8 Apr
Abortion rights should be left up to US states to decide, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Monday, effectively rejecting a national abortion ban after months of mixed signals on one of the November election's most contentious issues.
7 Apr
A Filipino pastor wanted in the United States for child sex trafficking has demanded a guarantee of no extradition in exchange for his surrender to authorities in the Philippines, where he faces other charges.
6 Apr
The United States and China have agreed to hold "intensive exchanges on balanced growth", the US Treasury Department said in a statement, after two days of talks between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng in Guangzhou.
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The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, has continued its upward swing rising by 7.1 per cent in the last month, thus making life more difficult for Nigerians who are struggling with food inflation.
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Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, lamented the sorry state of Niger Delta, saying the region is currently considered the most polluted in the world due to the high amount of spills.
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The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in a petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylvia, against the declaration of Douye Diri as the governor of the state in the November 2023 election.
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Nigerian insurance companies may join banks soon to source for fresh funds to inject into the industry as a staunch advocate of the muted recapitalisation, Olusegun Omosehin, assumes office soon as the new Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Commission
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Various fibre cuts may have cost affected telecoms operators, especially MTN and Airtel, about N27 billion ($23 million) in repairs last year. To reduce the cost of the operations of the firms, the Federal Government through the Ministry of Works
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It is now five years and still counting. No council election has been held in Imo State and it is still uncertain when Governor Hope Uzodimma will conduct elections into the local councils in the state.