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Kennedy Center Shakes Off Staid Image With New Modern Festival

The Kennedy Center, the giant arts complex in Washington, on Wednesday announced a new bid to shake off its staid...

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House Republicans Unveil Obamacare Replacement Plan

US House Republicans have unveiled a long-awaited plan to replace the signature health care law of former US President...

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Somalia Says 110 Dead In Last 48 Hours Due To Drought

Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhea resulting from a drought,...

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Iraqi Kurd Forces Halt Pumping Through Key Oil Pipeline

Iraqi Kurdish forces deployed at a state-run oil company Thursday, temporarily halting pumping through a pipeline that...

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Corrupt Nigerians Hiding Stolen Money In Caskets, Remote Villages

The Senate, yesterday, alerted the nation to the fact that corrupt politicians now hide stolen money in caskets and...

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Xenophobic Attacks and the Challenges of African Solidarity

The tension between Nigeria and South Africa reached its crescendo last Monday when Nigerian youth occupied the streets...

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Xenophobic Attacks and the Challenges of African Solidarity

By Juliana Agbo and Omonu Yax Nelson The tension between Nigeria and South Africa reached its crescendo yesterday when...

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Trump To Propose $54 Billion In Cuts To ‘most Federal Agencies’

President Donald Trump's first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and...

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Ethnic, Religious Violence Again Grips Nigeria’s Kaduna

Long-standing tensions between herdsmen and farmers have flared up again in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, leaving...

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Two German Archaeologists Kidnapped In Nigeria Freed

Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped while working at a dig site in northern Nigeria last week have been...

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Trump Administration Makes First Move To Build Border Wall

President Donald Trump’s administration is soliciting ideas from contractors on how to build its promised wall...

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Lagos Lawmaker Wants NBC To Put An End To Big Brother Naija

Lagos – A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade on Thursday advised the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai...

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Transgender Students Decry ‘dangerous’ Trump Decision

Activists, parents and transgender students Thursday vowed to resist the Trump administration's "dangerous" reversal of...

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Gunmen Kidnap Two Germans In Northern Nigeria

Two Germans have been kidnapped while working at an archaeological site in northern Nigeria, police said on Thursday....

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Trump Revokes Obama Guidelines On Transgender Bathrooms

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender...

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Trump Could Backtrack On Obama’s Transgender Policies

The White House hinted Tuesday that it could overturn protections for transgender students that required public schools...

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Orphanage Shut Down For Selling Babies In Eastern India

Two people running an adoption centre in West Bengal which is suspected of selling at least 17 children to couples...

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Forces Battling IS In Iraq’s Mosul Theatre

A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State...

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Trump Travel Ban Hit By New Legal Setback

A US district judge in Virginia has ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry from seven...