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The US senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, putting an end to the historic trial. The impeachment trial began four months ago. Trump had been accused of mounting pressure on Ukraine to announce investigations that would benefit him in the forthcoming election. On the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, all 47 Democrats and Mitt [...]
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The United States has announced $40 million aid to Nigeria to help the country ease its humanitarian crisis resulting from years of Boko Haram insurgency. Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, made the announcement on Tuesday in Washington DC during a joint media briefing with Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria's minister of foreign affairs. The development comes four days after the US imposed an [...]
Former President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya has died at the age of 95. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the death of Moi in a statement on Tuesday. "It is with profound sadness and sorrow that I announce the passing of a Great African Statesman, H.E. Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, the Second President of the Republic of Kenya," the statement read. "His Excellency the [...]
Adnan Bostaji, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Nigeria, is dead. His death was announced in a statement issued by the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria on Tuesday. The statement said the envoy died in his sleep. He was reportedly confirmed dead at a Turkish hospital in Abuja. “With the deepest sense of sadness and complete submission to the Will of Allah, the Royal [...]
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The United States of America government says it notified all foreign governments of a change in its performance metrics for identity-management and information sharing criteria on March 11, 2019. In a proclamation published on the White House website, the US said Nigeria and the five other affected countries were among the worst-performing in the world. However, it said there are prospects for [...]
