LAGOS—A UNITED States-based Nigeria Law group has instituted an award in honour of teen female hostage, Leah Sharibu, to mark the 2018 International Day of the Girl.
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Two presidents — not Trump — pay tribute to McCain at Washington funeral
Two ex-presidents from opposing parties united Saturday in homage to late senator and American patriot John McCain, in a momentous farewell ceremony that also rebuked the politics of toxicity and division trafficked by Donald Trump.
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US President Donald Trump arrives at golf course as McCain funeral underway
US President Donald Trump on Saturday went to one of his golf courses as the final public ceremony honoring late US senator John McCain was underway in Washington. The president’s motorcade arrived at Trump National Golf Club in Loudoun County, Virginia around 11:16am (1516 GMT) while eulogies to McCain were being delivered at his funeral […] …
Bush, Obama set to wish McCain the final farewell
Late US senator John McCain will receive his final public sendoff Saturday in a nationally televised ceremony featuring eulogies from two ex-presidents, but with current commander in chief Donald Trump conspicuously absent from the proceedings.
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John McCain’s body to lie in state at Arizona state capitol
The body of John McCain, who endured five and half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and went on to become a lion of the U.S. Senate and a two-time Republican candidate for president, will lie in state on Wednesday in the Arizona state capitol.
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Senator John McCain’s life, legacy remembered in Vietnam
The death of U.S. Senator John McCain on August 25 has evoked an outpouring of sentiment in both the United States and in Vietnam, where McCain’s honorable military service and political leadership made a profound and lasting difference. In the United States, John McCain served in the U.S. Senate for more than three decades. One […] …
In U-turn, Trump lowers WHouse flag out of ‘respect’ for McCain
Under fire for what critics said was a lack of respect for the late US senator John McCain, President Donald Trump on Monday issued a formal proclamation about the lawmaker’s death and ordered the White House flag back to half-staff.
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Veterans accuse Trump of ‘blatant disrespect’ to McCain
How McCain inspired Nnamani’s Third Term heroics
Sam Amadi So, Senator John McCain finally lost the battle. The war veteran won many battles and lost a few. Notably, he lost the presidential election to Barack Obama. Now, he has lost another battle to death, the grim reaper. But, this was one battle everyone expected him to lose sooner or later. So, the […] …
Five key dates in the life of John McCain
US Senator John McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, spent 35 years in politics after a military career interrupted by his Hanoi confinement during the war in Vietnam. Here are five key dates in the life of the iconic Navy pilot-turned-politician: READ ALSO: MASSOB disagrees with FG on 69 South-East projects August 29, 1936: John Sidney McCain III […] …