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Nigerian-born U.S. Congressman visits Nigeria Monday
A Nigerian-born American politician and member of the Democratic Party in the U.S., Dr Oye Owolewa, will be visiting Nigeria on Monday, June 19, according to a statement by his family. The spokesman for the family, Olayinka Owolewa, confirmed that the shadow representative of the United States House of
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Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao loses presidential election in Philippines
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has finished a distant third in the just concluded Philippines presidential election. Pacquiao picked up less than four million votes, or 6.8 percent of votes counted. The poll result showed that the former Pilipino boxer finished third behind winner Ferdinand Marcos Junior, who got more than half the votes, and runner-up…