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Pilger head of U.S. DOJ’s election crimes unit quits after A-G Barr’s memo

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5 years ago

Richard Pilger, the head of the branch of the US Justice Department that prosecutes election crimes has resigned.

Kosovo ex-president Thaci appears in Hague court, denies war crimes

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges in the 1990s war against Serbia as he…

Ethiopian civilians, soldiers flee Tigray for Sudan

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5 years ago

Many Ethiopians, including soldiers, fled the escalating conflict in the restive Tigray region to neighbouring Sudan on Monday

Peru’s parliament sacks President Vizcarra over corruption

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5 years ago

Peru’s Congress voted to oust President Martín Vizcarra on Monday in an impeachment trial over corruption allegations, the second effort…

US Attorney General Barr orders probe of alleged voting fraud

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5 years ago

U.S. Attorney General William Barr succumbed to pressure from President Donald Trump and some Republican leaders alleging voting fraud in…

UN Chief Guterres congratulates Biden, Harris

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated U.S President-elect Joe Biden and the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 50 million – WHO

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

World Health Organisation (WHO) figures on Monday showed that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 50 million.

Trump sacks defence secretary Esper on Twitter

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5 years ago

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has terminated Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who had given hints that he had his letter…

Coronavirus hits another Trump aide Ben Carson

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5 years ago

US Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson has tested positive for COVID-19, his deputy chief of staff Coalter…

WHO chief Tedros welcomes Joe Biden

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulates American president-elect, Joe Biden

Biden unveils coronavirus advisory team

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5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his coronavirus task force on Monday to examine the No. 1 problem that will confront…

Report that COVID-19 vaccine is 90 percent effective great news – Trump

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

US President, Donald Trump on Monday said the report that experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc and its…

Putin speaks on why he’s mum on Biden

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5 years ago

When Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. election, Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated him within roughly an hour. Now he…

10 issues in Nigeria-US relations as Biden prepares for White House

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5 years ago

Here are some key issues in Nigeria, US relations that President Joe Biden will be inheriting from January 2021:

Sad, 6-year-old drowns in migrant boat accident

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5 years ago

A 6-year-old child has drowned after a boat smuggling migrants capsized off the Greek island Samos, a Greek Coastguard spokesperson…

Biden prepares move for White House as Trump sulks

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5 years ago

Despite Donald Trump's refusal to accept the US election result, President-elect Joe Biden has taken the first steps towards moving…

Biden’s victory breath of fresh air – Group

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5 years ago

A political pressure group, Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard, has commended the American people and government on the recent victory of Mr…

10 numbers that explain historic U.S. presidential election

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5 years ago

Here are 10 numbers that help explain the historic U.S. election conducted in the middle of both a pandemic and…

Ethiopia PM Abiy sacks aides, explains military campaign in Tigray

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5 years ago

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has sacked some of his principal aides, as he explained the goal of the military…

12.5m COVID-19 cases recorded in 30 days, global total over 50m

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5 years ago

Global COVID-19 cases exceeded 50 million on Sunday, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days…

Bush congratulates Biden, says US election fundamentally fair

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Former US President, George W. Bush has congratulated president-elect, Joe Biden on his victory at the poll, saying the election…

US poll: Melania Trump breaks silence on husband’s loss to Joe Biden

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Melania Trump has broken her silence on her husband, President Donald Trump's defeat at the US presidential poll by Joe…

‘This was a stolen election, these people are thieves’ – Trump

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted that the US presidential poll was stolen from him and that the people involved…

Trump 900-pound gorilla of Republican party: Senator Romney

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5 years ago

U.S. Republican Senator Mitt Romney has likened outgoing President Donald Trump to a 900-pound gorilla of the party

Iran records 459 COVID-19 deaths

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Iran’s Health Ministry on Sunday reported that about 459 people died of COVID-19 infections in a day, as the daily…

UAE relaxes Islamic laws on alcohol, cohabitation

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5 years ago

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced a major overhaul of its Islamic personal laws, many of which are regarded…

Trump will never concede, he will break things: Niece Mary Trump

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5 years ago

Donald Trump is not going to concede. All he’s got now is breaking stuff, and he’s going to do that…

Trump faces criminal indictments after leaving office

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5 years ago

Outgoing American President Donald Trump faces a series of criminal indictments after leaving office on 20 January 2021. CNN legal…

“I’ll have your backs” – Biden pledges support for African-Americans

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

Joe Bidden, America’s president-elect has pledged his support for African-Americans. He made this promise while delivering his victory speech after…

Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, other tech giants congratulate Biden, Harris

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

Several tech giants in the US and CEOs in Silicon Valley have continued to send their congratulations to the president-elect…

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