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A couple have set a new record for the shortest marriage after calling it quits at their reception venue because of the wife’s choice of song. The groom divorced his wife following an argument during their celebrations in Baghdad. According to local reports, the woman requested the Syrian song Mesaytara by Lamis Kan. The […]
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained, on Monday, following heavy gunfire around his residence on Sunday night in the capital Ouagadougou, sources told AFP. “President Kabore, the head of parliament and the ministers are effectively in the hands of the soldiers” at the Sangoule Lamizana barracks in the capital Ouagadougou, […]
A few meters from US border along a route used by migrants, the Canadian authorities have found dead bodies of four people including a baby on Thursday. Statement by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reveals that with an early investigation done, it appears they died due to exposure to the cold weather. The bodies […]
An explosion has occurred in western Ghana on Thursday from a truck that collided with a motorcycle, causing great loss of lives and property according to Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo’s tweet. In a statement released overnight by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said a total of 17 people have been confirmed dead […]
The president of Gambia Adama Barrow was sworn in for a second term at Banjul on Wednesday. In 2016 Barrow was elected as president that put an end to an era of 22 years rule of Yahya Jammeh a brutish leader. The former property developer was re-elected in December, winning 53 percent of the […]
A British Nigerian and Conservative Candidate, Biyi Oloko has won the Tilehurst South and Holybrook by-election in UK. The run for Tilehurst South and Holybrook seat by-election came as a result of the death of Peter Argyle who was the incumbent councillor for 24 years. While speaking after his election Oloko, said “I can’t […]
The 64th annual Grammy Awards which was postponed from its initial January 31 airdate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now broadcast the live ceremony on Sunday, April 3, at 8 p.m. ET from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The new date on Tuesday was confirmed in a statement by […]
COVID-19 vaccines will be here for the long-term, and could become part of the annual range of booster shots offered, leading vaccine makers predicted on Monday. COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer are each working on new versions of their jabs geared towards tackling the Omicron variant, company bosses said. Speaking at the […]
Apple will require retail and corporate employees to provide proof of a COVID-19 booster shot starting January 24, unvaccinated employees or those who haven’t submitted proof of vaccination will need negative COVID-19 tests to enter Apple workplaces. “Due to waning efficacy of the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines and the emergence of highly transmissible […]
Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday. Keita’s rule was riddled with lots of controversies and criticism especially from the opposition before he was toppled through a coup in 2020. In the weeks before the 2020 coup, he had been struggling with protests […]
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