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French Minister Officially Launches French Tech Community In Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2023 0

French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships H.E. Dr. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou inaugurated the freshly launched French Tech Community – Lagos chapter. Other participants include Mr. Steve Dakayi-Kamaga, founder of Betâstore and Chairman of French Tech

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Haiti’s current constitution: Werley Nortreus’s petition asks Government to amend it

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2023 0

The founder, and top leader of a Haitian political party and movement called Jeunes Dirigeants Haïtiens Progressistes, started an online petition that is currently asking the Haitian Government to amend the current Haitian constitution. There are presently two versions of the petition. An English and French version is available for anyone who encourages the idea. […]

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested by paramilitary police

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday by paramilitary troops who smashed their way into a courthouse in Islamabad to detain him on multiple corruption charges. The dramatic and sudden arrest former cricket star turned leader is the latest chapter in months of ongoing political turmoil […]

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India’s Ludhiana city hit by deadly gas leak

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS At least 11 people have died and 11 have been admitted to hospital after a gas leak in Ludhiana in the northern Indian state of Punjab, according to a top city official, who added that the entire area was being evacuated. A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) […]

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Polls open in Paraguay elections, with Taiwan ties in the balance

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Polling stations have opened across Paraguay as voters pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and economic inequality, with the election potentially impacting the country’s future ties with Taiwan. A centre-left coalition is aiming to end the almost unbroken, seven-decade hegemony of the ruling

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Dutchman who fathered over 500 children around world ordered to stop donating sperm amid incest fears

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A Dutch court on Friday ordered a man who judges said had fathered between 500 and 600 children around the world to stop donating sperm. The 41-year-old Dutchman was forbidden to donate more semen to clinics, the court ruling said. He could be fined 100,000 euros ($110,000) per infraction. The […]

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Ukrainian shelling kills four in Russian village, local governor says

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Ukrainian shelling has killed four civilians in the Russian border region of Bryansk, the local governor says. Alexander Bogomaz said the strikes hit residential buildings in the village of Suzemka, in Syzemsky district. Unverified video posted on Bogomaz’s Telegram channel shows people emerging from a damaged building at night. A […]

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Ken Potts, survivor of doomed Pearl Harbor warship, dies aged 102

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2023 0

One of the last two survivors from a US battleship sunk during Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor has died at the age of 102. Utah resident Howard Kenton Potts was a 20-year-old crane operator taking supplies to the USS Arizona when Japan attacked on 7 December, 1941. A total of 1,177 sailors on the […]

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Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58, police say

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2023 0

Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies from mass graves in the Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, the country’s police chief said on Monday. The death toll, which has been rising steadily over the past two days […]

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Chinese ambassador sparks European outrage over suggestion former Soviet states don’t exist

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2023 0

European countries are demanding answers from Beijing after its top diplomat in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet republics, in comments that could undermine China’s efforts to be seen as a potential mediator between Russia and Ukraine. The remarks by China’s ambassador to France Lu Shaye, who said during a television interview that former […]

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Isaac Newton’s eerie 1704 doomsday prophecy has people terrified of imminent apocalypse

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton once predicted the world would end in 2060 – and people are getting worried. There have been a whole host of apocalyptic theories and misinterpretations over the centuries, including the ‘Great Cycle’ of the Maya Long Count calendar finishing in December 2012. US Christian […]

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India court acquits 69 Hindus of murder of 11 Muslims during 2002 riots

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS An Indian court on Thursday acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. The killings occurred in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a day after a […]

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Suspect who allegedly shot 6-year-old neighbor and her parents in North Carolina has been apprehended in Florida

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Robert Louis Singletary, the suspect accused of shooting a 6-year-old neighbor and her parents in North Carolina after a basketball rolled into his yard, was apprehended and is in custody in Hillsborough County, Florida, according to Gaston County, North Carolina, spokesperson Adam J. Gaub. Jail records show Singletary, 24, […]

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rocked by resignation of top ally Raab over bullying allegations

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a serious blow to his premiership on Friday as one of his closest allies resigned over allegations he bullied officials. In a resignation letter posted on Twitter on Friday, Dominic Raab said he decided to quit as deputy prime minister and justice secretary […]

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Sudan’s paramilitary RSF announces 72-hour ceasefire ahead of Muslim holiday, but fighting continues

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS One of Sudan’s two warring factions has declared a 72-hour truce after nearly a week of fierce fighting, which has left more than 400 people dead and pushed tens of thousands of refugees to flee the country. Despite the announcement from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), clashes continued […]

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Japan PM Fumio Kishida evacuated after what appears to be smoke bomb thrown

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2023 0

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been evacuated unharmed from a public event after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him. A man was detained at the scene in Wakayama, where Mr Kishida had been due to give a speech, local media reported. A witness said they saw a person throwing […]

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Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi in hospital with leukaemia

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being treated for a type of chronic leukaemia, hospital doctors in Milan have confirmed. He was rushed to intensive care on Wednesday with breathing problems and doctors said he was suffering from a related lung infection. A four-time prime minister and media mogul, […]

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Macron counting on Xi to ‘bring Russia to senses’

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS French leader Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I know I can count on you to bring Russia to its senses, and bring everyone back to the negotiating table,” he told Mr Xi in Beijing. Mr Xi said China and […]

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Israel blames Hamas for Lebanon rocket barrage as tensions rise

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS The Israeli military has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of firing dozens of rockets from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. It said most of the 34 rockets were intercepted but that six hit Israeli territory, causing damage to buildings. One man was lightly wounded by shrapnel, according to medics. […]

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Joe Biden administration blames chaotic Afghan pull-out on Trump

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS There were desperate scenes in the final days of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan US President Joe Biden’s administration has released a report blaming its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on his predecessor, Donald Trump. The 12-page report says Mr Biden was “severely constrained” by Mr Trump’s