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The claims made by the United States President, Donald Trump, that there is a very thin line linking autism in children to paracetamol during pregnancy have been debunked by the World Health Organization. A review published on Monday by health researchers concluded that Trump’s outrage could scare women away from their safest option to […]
Gautier Mignot, European Union (EU) ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, says the bloc respects the nation’s sovereignty and its commitment to strengthening cooperation on peacebuilding, interfaith dialogue, and human rights protection. Mignot’s remarks come in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria, purportedly to “protect Christians” from alleged […]
Everywhere one sets eyes has been ablaze with the tweet from President Donald Trump of the United States, who has vowed to instruct his army to wage war against terrorists killing Christians in Nigeria, as the government has turned a blind eye. The warning by the US president to President Bola Tinubu has been […]
The Constitutional Court in South Africa has ruled that men are allowed to assume their wives’ surnames, declaring a section of the Births and Deaths Registration Act unconstitutional for unfairly discriminating on the basis of gender. The case was brought before the highest court by two couples: Jana Jordaan and Henry Van Der […]
Simon Ekpa has been sentenced to six years in prison for terrorism-related crimes and other offenses by a District Court in Finland on Monday. Following his conviction, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself and the ESN from Ekpa, who calls himself the leader of the Biafra Government in Exile. […]
A tragic helicopter crash has claimed the life of Ghana’s Defence Minister, Dominic Aduna Bingab Boamah, along with eight other individuals in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident occurred when the Defence Minister’s aircraft, en route to Obuasi, lost control, struck a tree in Adansi Brofoyedu, and immediately caught fire. Four dismembered bodies […]
Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28 following a tragic road accident in Spain. The fatal crash occurred on the A-52 motorway, at kilometre 65, near the municipality of Palacios de Sanabria in the province of Zamora. Jota, born in 1996, was a key figure for both […]
South Korean police on Friday arrested six US nationals attempting to send plastic bottles packed with rice and Bibles to North Korea, the head of the investigation team said. Local police said the six were trying to send thousands of plastic bottles, filled with rice, one-dollar bills and Bibles, into the sea off Ganghwa […]
Argentinian composer Lalo Schifrin, the genre-blending film and television composer behind the musical scores of “Mission: Impossible,” “Bullitt,” and “Cool Hand Luke”, died Thursday at the age of 93, leaving behind a career of nearly 100 works scored. Famed composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows – including the […]
Iran’s military denied Tuesday that it fired missiles at Israel hours after a ceasefire was supposed to begin, Iranian state television reported. The report quoted the general staff of Iran’s armed forces, which includes its regular military and its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, as making the denial. Israel reported missile fire some two and a […]
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