The U.S. “will not be intimidated” by China’s opposition to a potential visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a White House spokesman said Monday. Local media in Taiwan reported that Pelosi will arrive Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to visit in more than 25 years, the Associated Press reports. Briefing reporters at the White House, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Pelosi hasn’t confirmed a visit, but that if she does go, “it doesn’t change anything. ” He said it’s not unprecedented for members of the U.S. Congress to travel to Taiwan, which China…
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I’ve known him since childhood. He was in SHS while I was in JHS. We attended the same church. And I was among one of the many people in the church who admired his devotion to the church. Stephan was also very dedicated to his books. When he wrote his WASSCE, he came out top of his class. One could say I was his secret admirer, seeing as we were not friends but I managed to keep track of his progress through life. By the time I went to SHS he was in the polytechnic. We still weren’t friends then.…
Gunmen abducted some people in Anambra state and proceeded to throw them off a bridge, leaving them to land on the cemented base of a drainage channel.The incident happened over the weekend in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.The victims were said to have been abducted along Nnobi—Nnewi Road and taken to Alor where they were thrown from a bridge top along the Obiaja River. A video from the scene is going viral online. It shows one of the abductees narrating his experience, while being interviewed by some men of Tiger Squad local vigilante, Alor. One of…
The report below says that Yaser Said was enraged with his daughters Amina and Sarah because they were dating American boys. That’s not quite accurate. WFAA was more honest in June 2021, when it reported that “police believe Yaser Said was angry his daughters were dating boys who were non-Muslim and killed them.” That’s in accord with Islamic law, which forbids Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. This was no new revelation: back in January 2008, the Dallas Morning News reported that the girls’ mother Patricia had said (regarding Amina) that “since they are Muslim that the daughter was only…
On January 30, 2016, Danish aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén was photographed giving water to a severely emaciated 2-year-old boy, whom she rescued after he was branded a witch by his family and left to starve to death in Akwa Ibom. The boy had wandered the streets for months when Anja got a phone call and immediately led a rescue team including her husband David Emmanuel Umem, to bring the child to the Children’s Education and Development Foundation (ACAEDF) aka “Land of Hope”. Taking to Facebook page on Monday, August 1, 2022, Lovén revealed that Hope finally met his father…
Big Brother Naija Level up 2 housemate, Beauty has become a viral sensation after revealing how much she spends on her skincare monthly. The ex-beauty queen and 43rd Miss Nigeria mentioned in the house that she spends nothing less than #1.2 million on skin care monthly. Her recent revelation has caused a stir on all socials, as the majority are of the opinion that she said it solely for the purpose of clout. See post below; In other news, Beauty received a strike from Biggie yesterday, after attacking fellow level 2 housemate, Ilebaye.The attack was based on the fact that…
“You don’t have to worry. The very day this marriage stops working for me I will tell you.” “What?” I asked as I watched him walk away from me. At my age, how does my husband expect me to someday accept that our marriage is no longer working? The more I think about it, the more confusing it gets. Who would have thought that he would change this much after marriage? When I met Ofori four years ago he was gentle and effortlessly kind. He didn’t have a lot going for him on the financial front but I saw his…
Ace Comedian, Okey Bakassi has explained why he is publicly throwing in his support for Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Okey Bakassi in a tweet he shared, said he’s supporting Peter Obi to fix Nigeria so Buhari and Tinubu won’t be going to London for medical treatment and Atiku won’t live in Dubai. He also stated that he doesn’t want Atiku or Tinubu to fail, but only wants Nigeria to succeed. Okey tweeted; I don’t want Atiku or Tinubu to fail, I just want Nigeria to succeed. I’ll support and vote for @PeterObi to fix Nigeria, so in their…
A Nigerian lady has revealed how suspicious of her boyfriend she is to the point that she decided to secretly follow him out.She boarded a bike and followed him at a close distance to see if he was going to see another girl or his friends. According to her, the guy informed her that he was going out with his guys, but she chose to follow him to the location without his knowledge. She shared a video of herself on an okada while rain was falling and wrote; ”Me following my boyfriend to know where he is going after telling…
There was confusion at a branch of a leading commercial bank in Osogbo, Osun State recently when Awoyemi Joel Oluleye, an elderly customer with the bank was allegedly duped by an impersonator.The suspected impersonator, namely Idris Balogun, 38, had reportedly disguised as a bank staff in charge of deposits.Balogun, who dressed corporately, was said to have approached his victim and introduced himself as a cashier with the bank. He reportedly asked Oluleye to hand him the deposit after filling a bank teller. Few minutes after handing over the sum of N2, 204,850, to Balogun, the bank customer became worried as…