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Federal authorities in Florida have charged 25 people for alleged involvement in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts obtained from three nursing schools in South Florida.
The three accredited schools, which have since been closed, are alleged to have issued more than 7,600…
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The world's oldest-known person Lucile Randon, alias Sister Andre, has died at the age of 118, according to reports.
The Catholic nun died in her sleep at her nursing home in the southern French city of Toulon, her spokesman David Tavella told AFP.
"There is great sadness but... it was her desire…
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Authorities in Jamaica have opened a probe after millions of dollars were reported missing from retired athlete Usain Bolt's account.
Jamaica's Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it have commenced an investigation against Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), the company holding investments…
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United States President Joe Biden indicated on Thursday that he planned to visit sub-Saharan Africa before the end of his term in 2024.
Biden said this while addressing the 49 African leaders attending the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, DC, on Thursday. "We're all going to be seeing you…
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A Nigerian tech company on Friday unveiled Africa’s first humanoid robot dubbed ‘Omeife’, which can speak eight languages including English, French, Arabic, Kiswahili, Pidgin, Wazobia, Afrikaans, and Igbo.
The six-foot-tall human-like robot built as a female Igbo character was developed at the…
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Three migrants who survived an 11-day journey from Nigeria to the Canary Islands on the rudder of a fuel tanker have asked for asylum in Spain, officials have said.
AFP reports that the three Nigerian men were found when the Alithini II fuel ship docked in Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria…
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Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has been re-elected for a sixth term, extending his 43-year rule and cementing his place as the world's longest-serving ruler, according to reports.
Obiang, 80, won the November 20th election with 95 percent of the vote and his party bagged all…
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Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was on Friday arrested and detained by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau on allegations of corruption-related offenses.
Chilima is alleged to have received more than $280,000 in cash and other gifts between March and October last year to help two companies…
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Nigerian Instagram influencer Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, was on Friday sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in the US.
Hushpuppi will only serve nine years in prison since he has been in detention at the Metropolitan Correctional…
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Rishi Sunak, a politician with Kenyan roots, will become the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, replacing the country’s shortest-serving leader Liz Truss.
Sunak, who was the only person formally nominated to become the Conservative Party leader, will take over at Downing Street after outgoing Prime…