The royal couple sit together and chat in the Gold State Coach as they prepare to set off for Buckingham Palace. Photo: Dailymail.co.uk Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation […]
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Members of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) position themselves on the Ugandan side of the border town in Bunagana, Democratic Republic of Congo, while awaiting deployment . – Democratic Republic of Congo rebels continued to occupy strategic positions in the east of the country (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
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Five vessels, laden with refined petroleum products and other goods have arrived at the Lagos Port Complex awaiting berthing. Fifteen other ships are currently discharging wheat, frozen fish, butane gas, petrol, palm olefin and urea. The Nigerian Ports Authority stated on Saturday in Lagos that other goods conveyed by some of the vessels awaiting berthing […]
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King Charles III receives a royal salute from members of the military in the gardens of Buckingham Place in London, on May 6, 2023, following his coronation. – The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch […]
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Today in history, the world, particularly United Kingdom, will be witnessing the coronation of a new monarch, Prince Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the British Empire and the other Commonwealth realms at Westminster Abbey. After about 71 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s steady reign over the United Kingdom and […]
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Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu was, yesterday, sentenced to nine years and six months in jail at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, United Kingdom (UK), while his wife, Beatrice, got six years. Mr. Justice Jeremiah Johnson slammed the sentences just before 2:00pm in Courtroom One after a tense and long sentencing […]
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Venezuela’s Oil Minister and President of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, Pedro Rafael Tellechea, listens during a press conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on May 3, 2023. – The Venezuelan government rejected on May 3, 2023, the judicial decision in the United States that allows the “auction” of Citgo, a US affiliate […]
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Pope Francis urged more help for victims of clerical abuse in developing countries Friday as he welcomed new members of his commission to protect children, which has been beset by problems. The 86-year-old pontiff set up the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in 2014 in response to the scandal of paedophile priests discrediting […]
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People gather at a shelter in a sports center after fleeing from their village affected by Fuego volcano in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla south of Guatemala City, on May 4, 2023. – Guatemalan authorities evacuated more than 1,000 people and closed a road as Central America’s most active volcano erupted May 4, 2023, spewing thick clouds […]
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Thirty-one petitions have been filed before the Bayelsa Election Petition Tribunal which began sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital on Thursday. The tribunal’s chairman, Justice O. M. Fagbemi, warned litigants and counsels to avoid seeking unnecessary adjournments through frivolous applications and preliminary objections that could waste the court’s time. According to him, such tendencies usually […]
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