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Police Detain 17 US Lawmakers For Protesting Abortion Rights

Police Detain 17 US Lawmakers For Protesting Abortion Rights

July 20, 2022 3:54 am

No fewer than 17 Democratic lawmakers, including prominent progressives such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, were among those arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday, the police have confirmed. 

In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, the US Capitol police claimed that the demonstrators had blocked traffic on a nearby road and were been given three warnings before officers made the arrests.

‘We made a total of 35 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding,’ the police said. ‘That arrest number includes 17 Members of Congress.’

Africa Daily News, New York reports that …

UK, US Express Satisfaction Over Outcome Of Osun Guber Poll

UK, US Express Satisfaction Over Outcome Of Osun Guber Poll

July 19, 2022 3:22 am

Following last weekend’s victory at the Osun State governorship elections, congratulatory messages have continued to pour in for Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Governor-elect as well as the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had defeated the incumbent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, and 13 others in the keenly contested elections which was held on Saturday.

On Tuesday morning, the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States governments praised the people of the state for their …

Black Man Shot By Police In US Had 46 Bullet Wounds - Examiner

Black Man Shot By Police In US Had 46 Bullet Wounds – Examiner

July 16, 2022 5:05 am

A 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio on Friday, while fleeing a traffic stop had 46 gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office revealed Friday.

A summary of the autopsy findings on Jayland Walker was released by Summit County medical examiner Lisa Kohler, the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper reported.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the release of body camera footage of Walker’s June 27 shooting sparked several days of angry protests in Akron, a city of 190,000 people in northern Ohio.

Walker had 46 gunshot wounds including graze injuries and 15 exit …

Fresh Worry As North Korea Fires Suspected Rocket Launchers

Fresh Worry As North Korea Fires Suspected Rocket Launchers

July 11, 2022 3:52 am

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple rocket launchers Seoul claimed on Sunday, becoming the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation to heighten tensions in the region.

Washington and Seoul officials have continued to issue warnings that the isolated regime is preparing to carry out what would be its seventh nuclear test — a move that the United States warned would provoke a “swift and forceful” response.

Read Also: North Korea Has Ignored Multiple Overtures For Talks – US

Last month, South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup said Seoul would “strengthen” its defence capabilities, as …

Biden Makes Big Move To Protect US Women's Right To Abortion

Biden Makes Big Move To Protect US Women’s Right To Abortion

July 9, 2022 5:39 am

U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday signed an executive order that is expected to ease access of women to services to terminate pregnancies and then slammed for the umpteenth time, the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v Wade.

What the court did, he said, was an exercise in ‘raw political power’.

Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to take action after the landmark decision last month, which upended roughly 50 years of protections for women’s reproductive rights.

The government’s health department is instructed by Biden’s new directive to increase access to “medication abortion”—pills prescribed to end …

Kuje Prison Attack US Raises Strong Alarm, Warns Citizens

Kuje Prison Attack: US Raises Strong Alarm, Warns Citizens

July 7, 2022 4:36 am

Against the backdrop of Tuesday night’s attack on Kuje prisons, the United States Embassy in Nigeria has warned its citizens in the country against travelling on the airport road in Abuja as well as about 19 states in Nigeria.

The warning is coming on the heels of the attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Kuje Prison who also freed some inmates on Tuesday night.

Among the states are Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River.

In the aftermath, Citizens have now been advised to only embark on …

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

June 25, 2022 6:25 am

US President, Joe Biden has frowned at the decision of the US Supreme Court to put a stop to the right to abortion, going on to accuse the courts of putting women’s lives at risk in the name of an ‘extreme ideology.’

‘The court has done what it has never done before, expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans,’ Biden lamented.

‘It’s a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court in my view.’

Read Also: Access To Safe Abortions Important To Save Lives – WHO Chief

The …

In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

June 25, 2022 5:10 am

In a landmark decision that overturns 50 years of constitutional protections on one of the most contentious and fiercely contested topics in American politics, the US Supreme Court on Friday abolished the right to an abortion.

The conservative-dominated court declared that individual states can now legalise or restrict the procedure on their own, overturning the historic ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling from 1973 that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

‘The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,’ …

Angry Biden Lambasts Oil Industry Over Fuel Costs

Angry Biden Lambasts Oil Industry Over Fuel Costs

June 16, 2022 4:23 am

The President of the United States, Joe Biden yesterday chastised the oil industry over the recent soaring fuel prices which have now sparked off a 40-year high inflation, warning of unspecified emergency measures.

The letter which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday morning was sent to seven major oil corporations. It was Biden’s most direct salvo yet in a campaign to blame the industry for stoking price increases.

Average fuel prices are now $5 a gallon for drivers in the United States, up from $3 a year ago, and the spike is reverberating through the entire …

Independence China Threatens All-Out War Over Taiwan

Independence: China Threatens All-Out War Over Taiwan

June 11, 2022 5:17 am

China has announced that it will ‘not hesitate to start a war’ and ‘smash to smithereens’ any efforts aimed at Taiwan’s independence, its defence minister warned his US counterpart in the pair’s first face-to-face talks.

‘If anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost,’ Defence Minister Wei Fenghe was quoted as saying during a meeting with Lloyd Austin on Friday.

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‘The PLA [People’s Liberation Army] would have no choice but to fight … and crush any attempt of Taiwan independence, safeguarding national sovereignty

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Avert Famine In Somalia, President Urges World Leaders

Avert Famine In Somalia, President Appeals To World Leaders

June 10, 2022 4:39 am

Somalia’s newly elected President, Hassan Mohamud on Thursday used his inauguration speech to appeal for international help to avert a famine that posed threats to his drought-stricken country.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that aid agencies have continued to warn of an approaching famine as cases of severe malnutrition, especially among children shot up in the troubled nation of the Horn of Africa, which was battling a record drought following four failed rainy seasons.

‘There are fears that starvation may strike in some areas,” Mohamud said, urging “the diaspora and the world to play a role in saving our …

Gunman Murders At Least Three In New US Shooting

Gunman Murders At Least Three In New US Shooting

June 2, 2022 4:59 am

A gunman killed no fewer than three people at a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma even as Americans are still grappling with grief and anger over the shooting at a Texas school just a week ago.

Police yesterday confirmed that the gunman, who was armed with a rifle, was also killed in the incident, police said, without clarifying if he was shot by law enforcement agents or turned his weapon on himself.

“We can confirm 4 people are deceased, including the shooter, in the active shooting situation at St. Francis hospital campus. Officers are still clearing the building. More info …

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