Photos: Tunde Onakoya’s Ongoing 70-Hour Chess Marathon At Times Square In New York
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Guinness World Record Wishes Tunde Onakoya ‘Best Of Luck’ As He Officially Embark On 70-Hour Chess Marathon In New York
The Guinness World Record in a post on X wishes the founder of ‘chess in the Slum’ founder, Tunde Onakoya ‘best of Luck’ as he officially embark on his second attempt at breaking world record. Onakoya had in April 2024 completed a 60-hour chess marathon in Times Square New York alongside US chess master Shawn...
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Activist Lawyer Seeks Fund Raising For 17 Years Old Released From Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Says There Has Been Threat To Their Lives
Inibehe Effiong, the Human Rights lawyer that helped secure 17 year old Quadri Yusuf Alabi from Kirikiri correction centre after more than three months incarceration, has appealed to Nigerians to financially support to the family, as their present community is unsafe for them. Recall Alabi was the boy in the Peter Obi 2023 iconic photo...
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US Airstrikes Targeting A Yemeni Oil Port Killed 38 People, Houthis Say
U.S. airstrikes targeting the Ras Isa oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 38 people and wounded 102 others, the group said early Friday. The strikes, confirmed by the U.S. military’s Central Command, represent one of the highest reported death tolls so far in the campaign launched under President Donald Trump that has involved hundreds of...
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Two Dead, Six Injured In Deadly Shooting At Florida State University That Leave Students Running For Safety
When a 20-year-old opened fire at Florida State University, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, abandoning chemistry notes and even shoes, in a shooting that investigators said killed two men and wounded at least six others. By early Friday, memorials of candles and flowers dotted the campus and a school-wide vigil had been scheduled as...
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Trolls U.S. Democrat Senator Van Hollen Visits To Secure The Release Of Man Mistakenly Transferred To The Country’s Prison
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele allows alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of prison to meet with Sen. Chris Van Hollen Bukele wrote on 𝕏: “Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘death camps’ & ‘torture,’ now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador.”
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US Senator Meets Man Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador, President Bukele Insist He Will Stay In The Country’s Custody
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen has met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador.Senator Van Hollen posted photos of his meeting with García, whom the administration has refused to return to the US despite an order from a...
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Nigerian Navy Arrests Suspected Kidnappers In Connection With Naval Officer’s Abduction In Abuja
Two suspected kidnappers linked to the abduction of Nigerian Navy Lieutenant Cynthia Akor have been arrested by operatives of the Naval Unit in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.The suspects reportedly confessed to their involvement in the kidnapping, as well as other criminal activities such as cattle rustling.According to reports, Lieutenant Akor was kidnapped on March 21...
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Gunmen attack Senator Natasha’s family residence in Kogi
Unknown hoodlums wielding cutlasses and firearms have reportedly attacked the family residence of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, in Obeiba-Ihima area, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this in a post on his X handle...