World number one Serena Williams beat German fourth, Angelique Kerber to win a seventh Wimbledon and 22nd Grand Slam title. The 34-year-old American tennis star coped with a gusty wind on Centre Court to win 7-5 6-3 and equal Steffi Graf’s Open era record of major titles. Kerber had beaten Williams in the Australian Open… Read More Serena Williams defeat Angelique Kerber to clinch her 22nd Grand Slam title
Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities said on Saturday. The two Houston officers, both Hispanic, encountered a man standing in the middle of a street with a revolver around 12:40 a.m. while on a routine patrol, police… Read More Police officers fatally shoots black man in Houston
The Borno State Government on Friday announced the death of Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, a former Minister of Mines, Power and Petroleum. Alhaji Jidda Shuwa the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), who announced this in a statement in Maiduguri, said the elderstaesman died on Friday in Maiduguri. “It is with a deep sense of… Read More Former Nigerian minister, Shettima Ali Monguno dies at 90
The Nigerian Army said that two suicide bombers attacked the town of Damboa in Borno state, on Friday, with one of them gaining entry into a mosque and killing six persons and himself. Attempts by the other suicide bomber to detonate his explosive in a bigger mosque was however foiled by troops. A statement signed… Read More Six dead as suicide bombers attack mosque in Borno
Russia said on Saturday it had expelled two U.S. Embassy staff members in June after a similar ‘unfriendly’ move by Washington. One of the expelled diplomats was involved in an incident with a Russian policeman near the U.S. Embassy entrance in Moscow, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.… Read More Two U.S. diplomats expelled from Russia
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