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Americas FBI, CIA, NSA: Putin ordered “influence campaign” to help Trump win US election by Patrick Akpu January 7, 2017 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an "influence campaign" that helped President-elect Donald Trump win, the FBI, CIA and NSA... Read more
Africa Soldiers attack police stations in Ivory Coast over bonuses by Patrick Akpu January 6, 2017 0 Heavy weapons fire was heard Friday near Ivory Coast’s largest military camp in the city of Bouake, where at least... Read more
Americas Another riot in Brazil prison! Drug gangs kill 33 inmates by Patrick Akpu January 6, 2017 0 For the second time in one week, a riot broke out at a jail in Roraima, Brazil on Friday. Just... Read more
Asia Woman bitten by crocodile while trying to take a selfie with it by Patrick Akpu January 4, 2017 0 The selfie moment of a 46-year-old woman went wrong recently. She has been hospitalised after being bitten by a crocodile... Read more
Africa Govt declares work-free day for women during menstruation by Patrick Akpu January 4, 2017 0 Female workers can now take off one day a month during their menstruation period. It applies to all women, whether... Read more
Africa Ex-Speaker of ECOWAS parliament, Ike Ekweremadu, warns against military action in Gambia by Patrick Akpu January 3, 2017 0 Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) against using military action in Gambia... Read more
Africa Tanzanian President sacks head of electricity company for hiking tariff by Patrick Akpu January 3, 2017 0 Tanzanian President John Magufuli sacked the head of the state-run electricity company on Sunday after the firm put up tariffs,... Read more
Africa Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President docked in France by Patrick Akpu January 3, 2017 0 Teodorin Obiang, the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s president , was put on trial in absence on Monday in France.... Read more
Americas 60 inmates killed as riot breaks out in Brazilian prison by Patrick Akpu January 2, 2017 0 At least 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil’s Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival... Read more
Americas Pilot gets drunk, passes out in cockpit before take off by Patrick Akpu January 2, 2017 0 An airline pilot is facing charges in Canada after police say he was found by his co-pilot passed out in... Read more
Americas Trump promises “new revelations” on Russian hacking by Patrick Akpu January 2, 2017 0 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the Russian hacking. He promised... Read more
Africa Extrajudicial killings: 20 Nigerians murdered in South Africa by Patrick Akpu January 2, 2017 0 Police in South Africa last Thursday killed a Nigerian, Tochukwu Nnadi, bringing the total number of extrajudicial killings of Nigerians... Read more
Africa Congo: President Kabila to step down 2017 after 2017 elections by Patrick Akpu December 31, 2016 0 President Joseph Kabila of Congo will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017. This was... Read more
Americas Obama sacks 35 Russian diplomats, shuts Russian offices in New York, Washington by Patrick Akpu December 29, 2016 0 President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and sanctioned Russian intelligence officials who Washington believes... Read more
Asia Plane with 154 passenger on board spins, veers off runway in India by Patrick Akpu December 27, 2016 0 A passenger plane veered off a runway in Goa, India, and spun 360 degrees during take-off on Tuesday. Passengers were... Read more