Category: Foreign

Court jails Iaquinta over arms, mafia links

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Italian court has sentenced former Juventus and Italy striker Vincenzo Iaquinta to two years in prison as part of a mafia trial. The Germany 2006 World Cup winner was indicted in December 2015 for illegal possession of firearms, as well intention to aid the ‘Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia. In May the prosecutor requested that he be jailed for six years, with his father to be sent down for 19 years. Over 140 people were put on trial in one of northern Italy’s most high-profile mafia trials, suspected of helping the…

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Just being born in America no longer qualifies you for citizenship –Trump

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The United States president, Donald Trump has announced he is going to terminate the right to citizenship for babies born on US soil to non-citizens. The US president, who is taking an increasingly hard-line stance on immigration, said the “process” to end birthright citizenship by executive order is underway, and denied such a fundamental change would need the input of Congress. “It was always told to me you need a constitutional amendment,” Mr Trump told Axios. “Guess what, you don’t.” “You can definitely do it with an act of Congress, but now they’re…

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Saudi prosecutor visits Istanbul consulate where Khashoggi was killed

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Chief prosecutor of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb has visited the consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was allegedly murdered. Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb, who is the Attorney General and head of the Saudi investigation, acknowledged that the killing was “premeditated” but did not make a statement as he arrived at the diplomatic compound. Earlier in the day, he met Istanbul chief prosecutor Irfan Fidan for the second time. On Monday, Mojeb had asked to be given the full findings of the Turkish investigation, including all images and…

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Fingerprint Leads to Charges Against Florida Man for at least 13 Bombs

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Florida resident Cesar Sayoc Jr. was charged Friday with five federal crimes related to at least 13 mail bombs sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and a number of other leading Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. A latent fingerprint linked to Sayoc was found on an explosive device sent to Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, according to FBI Director Chris Wray. DNA that could be linked to Sayoc was recovered from two different improvised explosive devices, Wray said. The FBI chief warned…

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Ethiopia appoints Sahle-Work Zewde as new president

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Following the resignation of it’s president, Mulatu Teshome on Thursday, Ethiopia has appointed Sahle-Work Zewde as new and first female president of the country. The newly appointed Ethiopia’s President on Thursday stressed unity among Ethiopians and the need to sustain the ongoing reform in the country. She stated this while addressing the two parliament houses – the Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives and the Ethiopian House of Federation, the lower and upper houses respectively. The president, in her acceptance speech before the two houses, vowed to serve her country and…

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Ethiopian President tenders resignation

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The Ethiopian news agency has reported that Ethiopia’s President, Mulatu Teshome on Wednesday has filed resignation request to the Ethiopian Parliament. Teshome, who has been the East African country’s head of state since October 2013, on Wednesday submitted his letter of resignation as the Ethiopian parliament’s two houses are scheduled to consider his resignation. The houses would eventually name his successor in a joint extraordinary session on Thursday, the report said. The joint extraordinary session of the Ethiopian parliament on Thursday “will deliberate on the president’s application for resignation and…

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Man Born Without Penis Gets Artificial One for ₦18million, Had First Sex at 45

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Andrew Wardle, a 45-year-old man born without a penis has lost his virginity following a bionic manhood made from his own skin. Wardle from Manchester, had a 10 hours penile implant operation at University College Hospital London in June but had to wait six weeks before he could have sex for the first time. Andrew, pictured in hospital, successfully underwent the final stage of a £50,000 penile implant operation and has been given the all clear to at last lose his virginity at the age of 45. In a remarkable…

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South Africans set Nine Nigerian-owned shops ablaze in fresh xenophobic attack

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The Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Habib Miller has said that Nigerians have lost more than nine shops to arsonists in Hillbrow, central Johannesburg on Monday in fresh xenophobic attacks by South Africans. Miller said that the union had informed the Nigerian Mission in South Africa and was expecting their response to the development. “Nine Nigerian businesses have been looted and burnt. The incident began on Sunday and continued till Monday, October 22. “Businesses affected range from restaurants, internet cafe, bar, groceries and stores. “At…

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Alicia Keys gives Husband $150,000 car For 40th Birthday

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American Singer, Alicia Keys has shown her loving and generous side as she celebrates her husband, Swizz Beatz’s 40th birthday with an expensive gift. She pulled out all the surprises with the blindfolding to fuel the excitement. She was said to have asked him to just go with the plan and not ask questions. He was reportedly made to believe it was an expensive meal at a restaurant but instaed he was given a 2019 Aston Martin Villa which is priced at $150,000 (N54.5 million). Keys kept a tight lip…

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Nigerian artist who painted Obama honoured by Harvard University honours

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Kehinde Wiley, Nigerian painter who was commissioned to paint a portrait of former United States President Barack Obama, was last Thursday honoured with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Harvard University. Others who were similarly honoured for their good works in other fields include Florence Ladd, Kenneth Chenault, Shirley Ann Jackson, Pamela Joyner, Bryan Stevenson, Dave Chappelle, and Colin Kaepernick. Previous awards were conferred on Muhammad Ali in 2015 and Maya Angelou in 2014. The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honour in the field of African and African…

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