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Jun
08
2021
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Former US President, Donald Trump congratulates President Buhari on banning Twitter in Nigeria

Former US President, Donald Trump congratulates President Buhari on banning Twitter in Nigeria

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s ban on Twitter, saying it was a victory for the people of Nigeria and a needed check on the excesses of social media giants. “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President,” Mr Trump said in a statement issued Tuesday night. Mr Trump also said he wished he had taken a similar measure when he was banned from the micro-blogging platform in January. He called on other world leaders to take stringent aims at Facebook, Twitter and other big tech players and warned…
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Jun
08
2021
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How President Macron of France was slapped in public (WATCH VIDEO)

How President Macron of France was slapped in public (WATCH VIDEO)

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President Emmanuel Macron of France got more than he bargained for during a visit to the southeast part of the country on Tuesday. As the president moved closer to a crowd of persons standing behind a metal barrier, a man in green T-shirt aimed at his face. Immediately, some of the president’s security aides pulled the man to the ground while others shielded Macron from further attacks. The man’s action took many by surprise as he had exchanged pleasantries with the president moments before attacking him. Macron was on a visit to the Drome region in southeastern France, where he…
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Jun
08
2021
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JUST IN: French President Slapped In Public

JUST IN: French President Slapped In Public

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President Emmanuel Macron of France got more than he bargained for during a visit to the southeast part of the country on Tuesday. As the president moved closer to a crowd of persons standing behind a metal barrier, a man in green T-shirt aimed at his face. Immediately, some of the president’s security aides pulled the man to the ground while others shielded Macron from further attacks. The man’s action took many by surprise as he had exchanged pleasantries with the president moments before attacking him. Macron was on a visit to the Drome region in southeastern France, where he…
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Jun
07
2021
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Onion Marketers In Northern Nigeria To Stop Supply Of Spice To The South

Onion Marketers In Northern Nigeria To Stop Supply Of Spice To The South

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Ethnic tension grips Nigeria and trade wars have become par for the course. The north of Nigeria has concluded plans to stop supply of onions--a widely consumed seasoning and spice--to the south of Nigeria, as ethnic and religious tension continues to grip Africa's most populous nation. According to Aliyu Isa Umar, National President of Onion Producers, the blockade is a reprisal to the violence being unleashed on northerners and their businesses in the nation's south. The police in Imo, southeast Nigeria, had disclosed that a truck laden with onions was looted and vandalised after hoodlums gunned down APC politician Ahmed…
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Jun
03
2021
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Buckingham Palace Banned Hiring Ethnic Minorities For Office Roles, Papers Reveal

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Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of ethnic minorities – coloured immigrants or foreigners – in office roles at Buckingham Palace until at least the late 1960s, a media report said Thursday. The Queen and Britain’s royal household also negotiated an exemption from 1970s-era laws on race and sex discrimination that still exists today, The Guardian reported. Citing historical papers it unearthed at the National Archives, the newspaper said that in 1968, the Queen’s chief financial manager told government officials of the hiring policy towards ethnic minorities. “It was not, in fact, the practice to appoint coloured…
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Jun
03
2021
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Unknown Gunmen: Onion Sellers Suspend Supply To South East

Unknown Gunmen: Onion Sellers Suspend Supply To South East

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The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) has said it has concluded plan to halt the supply of Onion to the Southeast following the current unrest ravaging the region. Aliyu Isah, National President of OPMAN made the announcement on Wednesday. According to him, the traders have suffered several attacks by the unknown gunmen in the region, hence the decision to suspend supplies until normalcy returns. He claimed that two trucks loaded with the produce were recently hijacked by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.  
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May
25
2021
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Mali’s former coup leader takes power after president’s arrest

Mali’s former coup leader takes power after president’s arrest

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Mali’s interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita has said that he seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new government. “This kind of step testifies to the clear desire of the transitional president and prime minister to seek to breach the transitional charter,” he said on Tuesday, describing the pair’s actions as a “demonstrable intent to sabotage the transition”. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, prompting swift condemnation from international powers, some of which…
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May
25
2021
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Malian army ‘arrests’ president, prime minister

Malian army ‘arrests’ president, prime minister

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Malian army upset with a government reshuffle took the president and prime minister to an army camp outside the capital Monday, officials said, raising fears of a second coup within a year in the crisis-stricken country. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane lead an interim government that was installed after a putsch in August under the threat of regional sanctions. Coup leaders and army officers wielded signifant influence over the government, however, casting doubt on a pledge to hold elections by early next year. Two senior officials, who declined to be named, told AFP that soldiers had taken…
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May
10
2021
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Hundreds Hurt In Jerusalem As Isreali Police Clash With Palestinians

Hundreds Hurt In Jerusalem As Isreali Police Clash With Palestinians

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More than 300 people were wounded Monday in renewed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics said, as an Israeli celebration of its 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions. Palestinians hurled rocks at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas on the esplanade of the revered Al-Aqsa mosque, an AFP correspondent at the scene said, following a night of sporadic clashes. Loud booms and angry screams echoed from the ancient stone walls of the compound, revered by both Jews and Muslims, where tear gas filled…
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May
09
2021
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BREAKING: Massive relief as China says rocket debris crashed into Indian Ocean

BREAKING: Massive relief as China says rocket debris crashed into Indian Ocean

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Debris from a Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with most of the components burning up upon re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere. The uncontrolled nature of the rocket’s descent had generated speculations and concern over where it would land. THE WHISPERER had on Saturday reported that there was a tiny chance that the scattered pieces of the rocket could hit Abuja, Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, or Rio de Janeiro. There was apprehension across the world over the potential impact, given that in 2020, debris from another Chinese rocket crashed into Ivory Coast, where it damaged…
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