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Tinubu to travel to Paris for new global financing pact summit

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will attend the international Summit for a New Global Financing Pact next week, Per Second News  confirmed Saturday. The president...

Ex-U.S Pres. Trump hauled up in court again, pleads not guilty to 37 charges

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges bordering on alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump’s lawyers asked for a...

Four Children found alive, 40 days after surviving a plane crash in the Amazon jungle

As the search progressed, soldiers found small clues in the jungle that led them to believe the children were still living, including a...

After an hour-and-half handshaking ritual at grad ceremony, U.S. Pres. Biden falls

U.S. President Joe Biden tripped and fell while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy in Colorado...

African diplomats form new body, seek partnership with AU

The League of African Ambassadors and High Commissioners, serving and retired, is to be inaugurated, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia,...

Six-storey building collapses in U.S, 5 persons missing, no fatalities yet

A six-storey building has collapsed in Davenport in Eastern Lowa of the United States of America with at least two people missing and...

Former UK Envoy To Nigeria Appointed UN Special Representative for Somalia

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Catriona Laing as his new Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations...

British septuagenarian monarch, King Charles III crowned amid pomp and ceremony

Britain’s oldest monarch, King Charles III was on Saturday, May 6, crowned in a magnificent and deeply religious ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The...

British monarch, King Charles III arrives Westminster Abbey for his coronation

British monarch, King Charles III and Queen have arrived at Westminster Abbey for his historic ongoing coronation ceremony. Several senior members of the...

Three Nigerians busted, charged with international ‘sextortion’ ring in U.S

For allegedly operating an international sextortion ring following a year-long investigation that originated in the Upper Peninsula, United States, three Nigerian nationals have...

Ajay Banga appointed 14th World Bank President

The Executive Directors of the World Bank today appointed Mr Ajay Banga as the President of the bank for a five-year term beginning...

Minister shot dead

The Ugandan Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Mr Charles Okello Engola, was on Tuesday fatally shot. Engola was killed...

President Biden, 80, officially declares he’s running for second-term

US President Joseph Biden Tuesday officially announced he will seek a second term as president of the United States in 2024 election. At...

US ex-Pres. Trump placed under arrest, pleads not guilty to 34 charges slammed on him in court

Immediate past President of United States, Donald Trump, was on Tuesday arraigned in Manhattan criminal court, pleading innocence of the 34 felony criminal...

Global economy’s “speed limit” set to fall to three-decade low, World Bank report alerts

The global economy’s “speed limit” — the maximum long-term rate at which it can grow without sparking inflation — is set to slump...

ICC issues arrest warrant on Putin over war crime allegations

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war...