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Heavily armed woman storms US elementary school, kills six

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2023 0

By Doosuur Iwambe Three children are among six people shot dead after a 28-year-old woman opened fire at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. Police say multiple injuries have also been recorded in the shooting incident. Don Aaron, Nashville police spokesperson,

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UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes simply identifying as LGBTQ+, prescribes a life sentence for convicted homosexuals and a death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights asked

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Large ship tips over at port in Edinburgh, causing injuries

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A large ship sitting in a dry dock was dislodged from its holding and partially tipped over in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on Wednesday, leaving 33 people injured, emergency services said. A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service told CNN that 21 patients were transported to local hospitals and a […]

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Male student shot 2 staff members at Denver high school before fleeing, officials say

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A male student shot and wounded two faculty members at a Denver high school on Wednesday and then fled the scene, spurring a citywide search for his whereabouts, according to city officials. The shooting at East High School was reported at about 9:50 a.m., and police and medical responders arrived […]

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Prince William makes surprise visit to troops near Ukrainian-Polish border

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Britain’s Prince William made a rare, unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday, meeting British and Polish troops stationed near the Ukrainian-Polish border and praising their “cooperation in support of the people of Ukraine and their freedom.” The Prince of Wales first visited the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defense Force base in […]

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Boris Johnson faces damning new evidence in partygate inquiry

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Damning new evidence has been published as part of the inquiry that will determine whether or not former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over his conduct during the so-called Partygate scandal. The new information suggests that people advising Johnson were aware that the gatherings taking place in Downing […]

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His wife ran away with her lover, as revenge, he married the lover’s wife

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS In a bizarre incident, a married woman ran away with another man and her husband married her lover’s wife to get revenge in Bihar’s Khagaria district. According to ETV Bharat, the woman, named Ruby Devi, tied the knot with a man named Neeraj in 2009. The couple had four children […]

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Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to India, Mexico

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch – descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. The hippos, which are territorial […]

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Florida woman runs ultra-marathon distances for 23 consecutive days

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A Florida woman earned a Guinness World Record when she completed 23 ultra-marathon runs — 31.1 miles — in a 23-day period. Megan Cassidy, 41, of Kissimmee, earned the record for most consecutive days to run an ultra-marathon distance when she ran 31.1 miles a day from Dec. 17 until […]

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4,500-year-old chamber discovered inside great pyramid in Egypt

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A new chamber dating back some 4,500 years has been uncovered in one of the Great Pyramids in Egypt. The corridor measuring nine metres (30ft) long and more than six feet wide was discovered close to the main entrance of one of the three pyramids at Giza. The Scan Pyramids […]

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Anger boils over train crash in Greece, as audio released of driver being told to ignore red light

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday, as authorities released audio in which a train driver involved in one of the country’s worst train crashes in recent years was told to ignore a red light. Demonstrators poured onto the streets after the head-on collision between a passenger […]

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Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison by Belarusian court

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski was sentenced by a court in Minsk on Friday to 10 years in a maximum-security penal colony, Russia state news agency TASS reports. He was found guilty on the charge of smuggling, according to TASS. Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya slammed the […]

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Russia may run out of money in 2024, says Oligarch

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

Russia could find itself with no money as soon as next year and needs foreign investment, outspoken Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has said. “There will be no money already next year, we need foreign investors,” he said at an economic conference in Siberia Thursday, according to comments reported by TASS, a Russian state-owned news agency. […]

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Twitter under fire for censoring Palestinian public figures

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Ramallah, occupied West Bank – On December 15, Twitter owner Elon Musk suspended the accounts of some journalists, including reporters from newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post. Defending his decision, Musk claimed the journalists had breached the company’s new rule about revealing people’s locations. The […]

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Brexit slammed the UK economy

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

The new Northern Ireland deal gives it hope BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS The breakthrough deal on Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements heralds a reset in the often thorny relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union and could be the first step to repairing some of the damage Brexit has done to the […]

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Police arrest aristocrat and partner, but search for missing baby continues

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS UK police have arrested an aristocrat and her partner after the pair went missing with their newborn baby in early January, but the search for the infant continues. A member of the public spotted Constance Marten, 35, and Mark Gordon, 48, in Brighton, southern England, on Monday night, police […]

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China is rolling out the red carpet for a key Putin ally as US warns against aiding Russia’s war

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS China is preparing to welcome a key autocratic ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin for a state visit, amid warnings from United States officials that Beijing may be considering aiding Moscow in its ongoing assault on Ukraine. Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese officials […]

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Dubai Armoured Vehicles Shortage raises concerns

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2023 0

In a shocking turn of events, billionaire entrepreneur Ulugbekhon Maksumov has found himself at the center of a luxury goods shortage. The affluent businessman, known for his extensive collection of high-end vehicles, has been left stranded due to an unexpected scarcity of armored cars. Maksumov, who has built his fortune through savvy investments and strategic […]

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Florida TV journalist and child shot dead at scene of earlier murder

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS TV reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, and a nine-year-old girl have been fatally shot near Orlando, Florida, close to the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. A second reporter, Jesse Walden, and the girl’s mother were shot and injured by the same gunman, who is also suspected of […]

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R. Kelly, already serving 30 years for sex trafficking, sentenced to 20 years in federal child porn case

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor, his second such lengthy sentencing in the past year. Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year prison […]