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Today, the World Bank is expected to announce its next president and the race for the post has been narrowed down to two individuals, the Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Iweala, and the United States’ -backed candidate, Dr. Jim Yong Kim. However, there are strong indications that the US and Europe have perfected plans to ensure that Kim emerges as ...

AFP – Wreaths were cast at sea and a memorial garden was unveiled Sunday in events worldwide to remember the more than 1,500 people who died in the sinking of the Titanic ocean liner exactly a century ago. In Belfast, the city that built the Titanic, a memorial garden containing the first-ever monument to contain all the victims’ names was ...

An Egyptian man who went online to watch a porno film for the first time got the shock of his life when he found that the woman in the film was his own wife. The man, identified as Ramadan, instantly collapsed in disbelief on the floor at an internet shop before coming round and rushing home to face his unfaithful ...

Hollywood A-list star, Brad Pitt is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, actress Angelina Jolie. This was confirmed by Brad Pitt’s manager. The couple started dating in 2005 and have six children together. Pitt was previously married to actress Jennifer Aniston. Jolie is divorced from actors Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller. “Yes, it’s confirmed,” Pitt’s manager Cynthia Pett-Dante told ...

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday in Abuja that himself, the Vice President, and all state governors were not the best candidates during the 2011 general election. The president claimed that God selected them as leaders even when they were not the best materials available. “By God’s grace, this government will not fail. I know Nigeria will change, I always ...