Hillary’s ‘Black Lives’ Generation Gap
As the mothers who have lost sons to police spoke on stage, big red flowers pinned to their chests, Evette Simmons, a delegate from Florida and a black woman, sat watching. “What she’s done by 25
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Residents: Oil Militants Attack Lagos Suburb, Battle Police
Residents say a boatload of armed oil militants attacked an outlying suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, looting and firing into the air as people fled. They said police and soldiers responded, using drones to 25
Nigeria hikes rates to lift naira, fight inflation
Abuja (AFP) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday raised its benchmark interest rate to 14 percent from 12 percent in move to stabilise the country’s currency, the naira, and tame soaring inflation. 25
Hillary Clinton secures historic nomination as Bernie Sanders steps aside
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton officially received the Democratic Party’s nomination for the presidency Tuesday evening. Clinton is now the first woman to become the presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party. Vermont’s delegation voted 25
Priest Killed in Attack on Catholic Church in France; ISIS Believed Responsible
A deadly hostage-taking at a Catholic church in Normandy, in which a priest was killed and another person seriously wounded, was a terror attack committed in the name of ISIS, French President Francois Hollande has 25
South Sudan’s president replaces his rival Machar as deputy
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar on Monday, a move that could potentially undermine last year’s peace deal and reignite war in Africa’s youngest nation. 25
Nigeria won’t make its athletes pay for their own flights to the Olympics, thanks to social media outrage
Going to the Olympics is every athlete’s dream. For Nigerian athletes, it is sometimes a nightmare. From experience, few Nigerians expected preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympics to be smooth. But even fewer thought it 25
President Buhari orders NNPC to intensify oil exploration in Northern Nigeria – Vanguard
By Michael Eboh Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to increase the tempo on crude oil exploration activities in the northern part of the country. Buhari Group Managing Director of the 25
How Michelle Obama took on Trump: ‘Don’t Let Anyone Ever Tell You That This Country Isn’t Great’
First Lady Michelle Obama delivered an unusually personal speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, expressing her enthusiastic support for former First Lady Hillary Clinton while deriding Republican candidate Donald Trump without ever uttering 25
Bernie Sanders: ‘Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president’
PHILADELPHIA — The man himself tried to soothe the “Bern” at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night. Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered a rousing speech in which he implored the rebellious band of political revolutionaries 25