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The FBI has arrested a man who allegedly attempted to bring an explosive device onto an airplane in Pennsylvania, US authorities said Wednesday. The bomb was discovered by Transportation Security Administration personnel on Monday, after the man’s checked bag set off an…

A United Kingdom-based doctor, Obinna Obeta, accused of conniving with the Nigerian ex-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, currently facing trial on trafficking and organ harvesting in the United Kingdom, has opened up on why he lied about a potential donor. Obeta is accused…

The European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria (EU EOM) has explained how insufficient planning, insecurity, naira and fuel shortages marred the February 25th presidential and national assembly elections. In the summary of its preliminary statement, the EU EOM said: “On 25…

As Nigerians anxiously await the outcome of the tightly contested presidential elections, the head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission says the voting process was marred by irregularities. "The late start of voting beyond the 8:30 a.m. opening time due to the late arrival…

International students no longer need to pay all or part of their tuition fees to be eligible to apply for a study permit in Canada. As seen on the Economic Times, a Canadian Federal Court has ruled that as long as international students…

A US judge on Thursday handed disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison term for child pornography and other charges, but he will serve most of it simultaneously with a previous sentence. Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year sentence he received…

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison for the rape of a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room a decade ago. The sentence was handed down by a Los Angeles court. Weinstein is already serving…

Finnish police on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had repeatedly ordered South-East residents to observe a sit-at-home and asked them to boycott Saturday’s polls. His repeated…

Finnish authorities on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa. According to a Finland news outlet, HS, the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform claimed that they had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but…

The Economic Community of West Africa Observer Mission to Nigeria has advised that the 2023 elections in Nigeria should set the pace for other countries to follow. ECOWAS further noted that the elections must reflect the will of the people as practiced in…