Bill Gates’ foundation has launched a probe into his ties with Jeffrey Epstein following the explosive release of files linked to the pedophile. The Microsoft billionaire’s relationship with Epstein was thrust back into the spotlight last year when the Department of Justice released a tranche of documents containing emails and photos of the two. Several […]
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A man shot and killed eight children, including seven of his own, in a domestic attack in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 20, according to local authorities. The eight victims ranged in age from three to 11, making it one of the deadliest mass shootings of minors in the United States in recent years. Police said […]
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The Nigerian people hold sovereignty to decide who governs them, and they exercise this power in every periodic election. In our spirit of letting Nigerians hold their leaders accountable, this poll is to determine if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves a second term. With 30 governors on his side, pundits say this number is just […]
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IRGC claims ‘complete destruction’ of the advanced jet occurred over central Iran, and it is unlikely the pilot survived Iran on Friday said it shot down an F-35 fighter jet. A statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran’s elite military force, said the fighter jet was shot down over Iranian airspace by a […]
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This image is one of many shared on social media which claims to show debris from a US fighter jet Could the fighter jet incident change public perception of the war? I’ve spoken to two military analysts who say that while a US fighter jet being shot down over Iran is operationally not very significant, […]
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Two Nigerian lawyers have said that the current leadership problems in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are due to legal procedures and court decisions, rejecting suggestions that outside forces are involved. The lawyers, Mr Inibehe Effiong and Mr Bodunde Opeyemi, gave the explanations via their verified X (formerly Twitter) handles, amid public debate over the […]
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Some security experts have called on the government to support peacebuilding recommendations aimed at addressing ethnic profiling and stereotyping in security discourse and operations across West Africa. The call was made at the conclusion of a two-day, high-level conference organised by BEACON Security and Intelligence Limited (BSIL) in collaboration with the Whiteink Institute for Strategy […]
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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared Wednesday a public holiday after the national football team qualified for their first World Cup in 52 years. The Leopards reached the finals on Tuesday when Axel Tuanzebe’s extra-time goal gave them a 1-0 win over Jamaica in the play-off. DR Congo’s ministry of labour and […]
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A former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Dr Adewole Adebayo, has urged a return to Nigeria’s founding ideals, stressing good governance over transactional politics. Adebayo made the call on Wednesday at a meeting in Osun with leaders of Afenifere, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), and others. He said Nigeria […]