Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents, Cable News Network (CNN) has reported. Trump’s lawyers asked for a jury trial during the former president’s arraignment on Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Miami. “We most certainly enter …
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OFFICIALS of the United States of America, USA, embassy, yesterday, visited the Naval Base, Onitsha, Anambra State and commended the Nigerian Navy for rescuing two embassy officials who were abducted after gunmen attacked their convoy in Ogbaru local government area. Regional security officer, US Consulate in Lagos, Mr. Jim Suor, …
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Pregnant Black woman suspected of carjacking is shot five times by Missouri police, witness says ‘They shot five times,’ says the witness. ‘I remember seeing her hit the ground and I froze’ An eyewitness says police in Kansas City , Missouri repeatedly shot an unarmed pregnant woman as she tried …
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This is the first set of sanctions, once Russia invades Ukraine, more massive sanctions will follow.
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The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) has awarded a US$1.4 million co-investment grant to OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Limited (OCP Africa) to install modern blending equipment within its fertilizer blending plant facility under construction in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The blending equipment will help bridge the gap …
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Nigeria reported 339 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 7,016. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in a tweet via its official handle, confirmed the new figures. According to the health agency, Lagos reported 139 new cases, Kano had 28, Oyo 28, Edo …
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The United States government says it is working on fulfilling its promise to send ventilators to Nigeria as part of its assistance to help the country contain the coronavirus pandemic. Mary Leonard, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, said during a telephonic press conference with Nigerian journalists Tuesday that President Muhammadu …
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China lashed out at the United States on Monday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Beijing’s treatment of the country’s ethnic Uighur minority among “the worst stains on the world”. Speaking at Kansas State University last week, Pompeo said Washington would use this month’s UN General Assembly to rally …
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The United States government says it has allocated an additional $75 million to the fight against HIV/AIDs in Nigeria through its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Symington said the increased funding to make antiretrovirals …
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The Islamic State group remains a threat in Syria and Iraq, and in some areas has even gained power despite the elimination of their “caliphate”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. “There are places where ISIS is more powerful today than they were three or four years ago,” …
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