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President Joe Biden has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to football great Lionel Messi and 18 others. The White House made this known in a post on its official X account on Saturday night, the same day Biden gave the awards. "Today, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 great…
5 May 2024
A vehicle traveling at high speed collided with a gate at the White House, leaving the driver dead, the U.S. Secret Service. “Shortly before 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on May 4th,” the vehicle crashed into “an outer perimeter gate on the White House complex,” the federal law enforcement agency said on Sunday in a statement…
11 Apr 2024
The White House on Thursday announced a crackdown on firearms sales at gun shows and over the internet that evade US federal background checks.
30 Mar 2024
The White House has put journalists on notice for allegedly stealing on American president's official airplane, the Air Force One. "For years, scores of journalists -- and others -- have quietly stuffed everything from engraved whiskey tumblers to wine glasses to pretty much anything with the Air Force One insignia on it into their bag…
23 Mar 2024
The United States warned Russian authorities earlier in March about a terrorist attack possibly targeting "large gatherings" in Moscow, the White House said Friday, hours after a mass shooting killed at least 60 people outside the Russian capital.
20 Mar 2024
The White House unveiled almost $20 billion in new grants and loans Wednesday to support Intel's US chip-making facilities, marking the Biden administration's largest funding announcement yet as it tackles China's dominance of the crucial technology. President Joe Biden's decision to make the announcement during a trip to Arizona underscores his strategy of highlighting legislative…
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A powerful earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 53 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's capital Kathmandu. "Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead and 62 others injured as of Tuesday noon after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in the city…
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The decline in the country’s real sector performance as reported in the 2024 third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) publication of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) did not come as a surprise to many Nigerians
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Fifty seven years ago almost to the month, celebrated Kenya political scientist, Ali Mazrui, observed that “for some reason a disproportionate number of the historic acts of violence in Africa since independence have tended to happen in the months
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Media practitioners, analysts and observers have described 2024 as year of attack on free speech and impunity against journalists. Globally, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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The Wenchi West District of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Ghana ’s Bono Region has honoured 20 teenage girls, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity and recognising their moral discipline. During the church’s first Sabbath service of the year, the girls received monetary rewards and public commendations. Nana Amponsah Poku, the District…
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Start-ups in Africa raised $2.2 billion in 2024 through equity, debt and grants. While the amount looks good in absolute terms, it represented a 25 per cent drop compared to the $2.9 billion raised in 2023.
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Ikeja Electric has raised concerns over the increasing rate of vandalism within its network. The company disclosed that the persistent damage to its infrastructure is hindering its ability to deliver reliable power to consumers.
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Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamie Alli-Balogun, has said the era of mass promotion of students in the state was over. He warned that teachers caught extorting students to award marks would be dismissed.
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Nigeria’s plan to increase oil production to three million barrels per day (bpd) this year rests on its capacity to further check crude oil theft, with incidents hovering around 1,528 in less than two months, divestments and high cost of oil production.