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Covid-19 vaccine: U.S. donates 17 million J&J doses to African Union

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US president, Joe Biden has announced that the United States will make a one-time donation of more than 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) vaccine to the African Union. Biden made the announcement while meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, the White House said.  The meeting with Kenyatta at the White House marked Biden's first meeting with an African leader since he became president.. Biden said the 17 million doses will be in addition to 50 million the United States has already donated to the African Union. The donation of the vaccine doses will help the African Union's own regional procurement of J&J via the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust, the White House said. Kenyatta said the United States "has done its best to step up in terms of not only helping Kenya, but the African continent."  The 17 million doses of J&J are available for delivery immediately and will be delivered to the African Union in the coming weeks, t...

#EndSARS anniversary: They killed innocent souls and a year later, no one has been punished for those heinous crimes - Falz

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Ahead of the anniversary of the October 20 2020 #EndSARS protest in Lagos where gunshots were fired at protesters at the Lekki tollgate, singer Falz has said Nigerian youths will not be silenced by anyone. In a post shared on his Instagram page this evening, the singer reacted to the decision of the state Commissioner of Police barring interested persons from staging any EndSARS remembrance protest. Falz in his post said innocent people were killed just because they were asking not to be killed or brutalized''. He said it has been over a year since the unfortunate incident and no one has been punished for the crime.  ''20:10:20 [update] They killed innocent souls that were simply asking not to be killed or brutalized. A year later, no one has been punished yet for those heinous crimes. A supposed Police Commisioner “warned” against citizens exercising their fundamental human rights. Yes a Police Commisioner. A couple of well meaning citizens decided to ...

Actress Lili Bernard sues Bill Cosby for $225 Million, claims the Comedian drugged and raped her

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Americn actress,  Lili Bernard filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby on Thursday, alleging he drugged and raped her in Atlantic City in or around August 1990, according to court documents.   In her lawsuit, Bernard alleges that she met the comedian on the set of "The Cosby Show" and that in July 1990 he offered to be a mentor for her acting career. It adds that Cosby asked her detailed questions about her life and told her he would view her as if she were his own daughter, and warned her of "the sexual pressures of Hollywood," the suit alleges.   Cosby allegedly told Bernard he would feature her in a principal speaking role on his show "if she worked hard and followed his directions." According to the lawsuit, Cosby "violently, and without permission grabbed and squeezed" her breasts during an exercise in vocal projection.   Bernard alleges in the suit that around August 1990, Cosby drugged and raped her at the Trump Taj Mahal casi...

Rapper Eve announces she's pregnant with her first child

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Eve is set to be a mother for the first time.  The 42-year-old American rapper and former  The Talk  co-host announced on Friday October 16, that she's pregnant with her first child with her husband, 49-year-old Maximillion Cooper. The  Queens  superstar made the exciting news alongside photos of herself cradling her baby bump while wearing an all-black ensemble.     "Can you believe it @mrgumball3000 we finally get to tell everyone!!!!! You all know how long we'v [sic] been waiting for this blessing!!! We get to meet our lil human February 2022," Eve captioned her post.     Reposting the same images to his page, Cooper, 49, writes, "Very excited to share this news… we have a lil human on the way! " Eve and the British entrepreneur got married in June 2014 after four years of dating. She is a stepmom to Cooper's four teenage children; Lotus, 19, Jagger, 17, Cash, 15, and Mini, 13 from his previous marriage.