U.S. bans travel to North Korea from 1st of September

Five-months pregnant athlete, Alysia Montano; Otodo Gbame settlers | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Nigeria’s Acting President delivered a powerful speech that struck through the core of Nigerian’s souls, this 5-months pregnant athlete nearly broke the internet, Johnny Depp may be considering reenacting an assassination scene from 1865 and Dino Melaye may have begun an early journey out of the Nigerian Senate. From last week’s news cycle, we present... Read More

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June 23, 2017

North Korea denies torturing Otto Warmbier during his incarceration

North Korea has called itself the “biggest victim” in the death of Otto Warmbier who was detained for over a than a year and died a few days after coming home in a coma. In North Korea’s first reaction to Otto Warmbier’s death, Korean Central News Agency denies allegations that North Korea cruelly treated or... Read More

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June 22, 2017

Thousands gather to bid Otto Warmbier farewell

Friends, family and community members were lined up as early as 7 a.m. outside Wyoming High School, where Warmbier graduated in 2013. The crowd at the school had reached its 2,500-person capacity and a staging area was set up for those still outside. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) told reporters outside the school, “This process has... Read More

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June 22, 2017

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you be monitoring today. 1. NIGERIA’S POPULATION TO OVERTAKE US BY 2050 – UN The United Nations (UN) has said Nigeria’s population is set to overtake the US by 2050. 2. WE WILL CRUSH APC IN 2018 – FAYOSE The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose on Wednesday said a government of... Read More

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June 21, 2017

US Senator had secret meeting with North Korea to free Otto Warmbier

According to Fox , the office of Senator Rob Portman revealed he met with the North Korean delegation to the United Nations in December to seek the release of Otto Warmbier, the American student detained in January 2016. Senator Portman told Fox News that the senator in a New York meeting showed photos of Warmbier to showed... Read More

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“The truth: Otto Warmbier was murdered by the Kim Jong Un regime” – John McCain

22-year-old American honors student Otto Warmbier only intended to spend five days on a sightseeing tour in North Korea in 2016, a classic example of traveling for knowledge gone wrong. He ended up spending 17 months there in detention instead of the 15 year sentence he got for stealing a propaganda poster from the hotel... Read More

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Who is Otto Warmbier? | The American student North Korea ‘murdered’

The United States government will not be taking the death of this 22-year-old lightly. Saddened by death of Otto Warmbier, tortured & murdered by #NorthKorea – US should not tolerate such hostile action https://t.co/91GnTgSh1h — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) June 19, 2017 Otto Warmbier was shipped back to the US in a state of coma after... Read More

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“It’s a total disgrace what happened to Otto Warmbier” | Trump mourns late North Korea detainee

President Donald Trump has once again condemned the brutality of North Korea that led to the death of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old honors student who died Monday in Cincinnati days after being released from North Korea in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness”. [Related] 22-year-old student freed by North Korea cannot speak or move – U.S... Read More

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North Korea is a “brutal regime” | President Trump reacts to Otto Warmbier’s death

President Donald Trump expressed dismay at news of Warmbier’s death and condemned the “brutal regime.” Trump said in a statement, “Melania and I offer our deepest condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier on his untimely passing. There is nothing more tragic for a parent than to lose a child in the prime of life.... Read More

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22-year-old American student released from North Korea dies

U.S College student who was released from North Korea last week after he spent 17 months in prison and more than a year in a coma died on Monday at an Ohio hospital where he was receiving treatment. New York Times reports the Warmbier family released a statement, saying Otto died at 2:20 p.m on Monday. The... Read More

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June 16, 2017

22 year old US student freed by North Korea cannot speak or move – U.S Doctors

The doctors monitoring released student from North Korea Otto Warmbier say he has neither spoken nor moved on his own since he was released to the U.S on Tuesday, a condition the Doctors describe as “unresponsive wakefulness”. In a news conference Thursday, the doctors at University of Cincinnati Medical Center said the 22-year-old has suffered... Read More