CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia Republican lawmaker said Sunday his comments made on Twitter calling for Democrat Hillary Clinton’s public execution weren’t meant to be taken literally. House of Delegates member Mike Folk said his tweet Friday over Clinton’s use of a private email system while she served as …
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President Obama, reacting with the same horror as many Americans to a grisly video of a bloody, dying man in Minnesota who was shot by the police, begged the nation to confront the racial disparities in law enforcement while acknowledging the dangers that officers face. Protesters chanted “Hands up, don’t …
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The United Nations Children and Education Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that 85 per cent of female bombers in the world are in Nigeria. Women and girls, who have escaped Boko Haram have reported undergoing a systematic training programme to train them as bombers, UNICEF reported. It said 85 per cent …
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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Nigerian Economy under immediate past president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has blamed the administration under which she served as responsible for the current economic challenges being suffered by the country. She said the Jonathan’s administration lacked the political will …
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Olamide has been on tour and taking the U.S by storm as he took his ‘ Olamide Live In Concert’ there. The YBNL boss delivered an electrifying performance at the Amazura Hall, Jamaica, Queens, New York.Olamide delivered as expected and all the guests were thrilled. See photos from the event …
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President Barack Obama nominated veteran appellate court judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a potentially ferocious political showdown with Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any Obama nominee. Considered a moderate, Garland, 63, is currently chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals …
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a big leap toward clinching their parties’ nomination for the US presidential election, soundly defeating rivals in a slew of Super Tuesday primaries. The divisive billionaire Trump weathered a barrage of attacks from fellow Republicans to win in seven of 11 states, coming …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had sealed a pact with the country’s oil majors to freeze production as proposed last month by Moscow and Saudi Arabia to curb slumping prices. “Yesterday we met with the management of our leading oil firms, and on the whole an agreement …
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Charges against five teenage boys who were accused of gang-raping an 18-year-old girl at a playground in Brooklyn last month have been dropped after she admitted to having consensual sex with the boys and her father. The unnamed girl has recanted her allegations of sexual assault against Denzel Murray, 14, …
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