In its continued bid to further open up the country’s economy to international capital and attract foreign investment, the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Africa Business Roundtable, is organising the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum (NIEPF), a global economic investment platform, this time in New …
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A New York judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to pay $2 million for using his former charity to further his political and business interests, adding to the president’s legal woes. Justice Saliann Scarpulla of the New York Supreme Court told him to pay the damages to a group of …
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President Jair Bolsonaro argued Sunday for his signature policy of relaxing gun control measures, saying they will not stop mass shootings such as those that left 29 dead in the US over the weekend. “Disarming people isn’t going to keep that from happening,” Bolsonaro said. “Brazil is, on paper, extremely …
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Rolling out her concept of fashion that is not a slave to the seasons or the shackles of Fashion Week, Rihanna opened the second pop-up shop of her Fenty brand in New York Tuesday, a month after the launch of the new fashion house in Paris. Fenty, which the Barbados-born …
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Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye, a former United States-based Nigerian lawyer, who was disbarred in New York and Maryland for professional misconduct, was yesterday also disbarred in Nigeria, to which he had relocated, for the same offense. Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) of the Body of Benchers, which punishes misconduct among …
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Barack Obama will on Friday veto legislation allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, risking public outrage and the first congressional override of his presidency. The White House confirmed Thursday that Obama would veto the legislation — unanimously passed by Congress — allowing 9/11 families to launch civil suits against …
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Federal authorities on Sunday detained five people with possible links to the New York bombing, local media reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. The FBI’s New York branch tweeted that no one had been charged in connection with the blast in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood, which injured 29 people — …
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Olamide has been on tour and taking the U.S by storm as he took his ‘ Olamide Live In Concert’ there. The YBNL boss delivered an electrifying performance at the Amazura Hall, Jamaica, Queens, New York.Olamide delivered as expected and all the guests were thrilled. See photos from the event …
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Charges against five teenage boys who were accused of gang-raping an 18-year-old girl at a playground in Brooklyn last month have been dropped after she admitted to having consensual sex with the boys and her father. The unnamed girl has recanted her allegations of sexual assault against Denzel Murray, 14, …
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A meeting opened to the public in a New York town erupted into chaos Tuesday night as a resident accused the Mayor of having sex with his wife. Reginald Alfred approached the microphone at the Rockland County village meeting and started sharing details of how Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme …
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