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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth in Landmark Ruling

Wafric News – June 18, 2025Washington, D.C. - In a deeply polarizing decision, the United States Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s controversial law banning gender-affirming medical care for transg...

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Benue Killings: President Tinubu Visits Makurdi, Holds Crisis Talks with Stakeholders

Wafric News – June 18, 2025Makurdi, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday arrived in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, for a high-level engagement with stakeholders amid growing insecurit...

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INEC Rejects PDP NEC Meeting Notice Over Procedural Lapses

Wafric News - June 18, 2025Abuja - Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declined recognition of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) proposed 100th National Executive Committ...

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Virginia to Elect First Female Governor — Democrat or Republican

WafricNews - June 17, 2025 History is on the ballot in Virginia this November. No matter who wins, the state will elect its first-ever woman governor: either Democrat Abigail Spanberger or Republican...

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Trump Departs G7 Summit Early Amid Deepening Western Tensions

WafricNews - June 17, 2025 Tensions within the Western alliance flared on the global stage as US President Donald Trump made an early exit from the G7 summit, further exposing rifts among world power...

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PDP Support Group Rallies Behind Bala Mohammed, Urges Obi and Amaechi to Rejoin Party

WafricNews – June 16, 2025Port Harcourt – A political support group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as Bala Agents’ Mandate, has issued a call to former Labour Party presidential cand...

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Trump Opposes Israeli Plan to Assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader – Sources

WafricNews - June 15, 2025Washington, D.C. – U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly blocked an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to senior U.S. offici...

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Mass Protests Erupt Across U.S. as Trump Hosts Military Parade Amid Controversy

WafricNews – June 15, 2025 Washington D.C. – Tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets in cities nationwide on Saturday in a sweeping protest movement dubbed “No Kings,” targeting President D...

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Ex-President Sarkozy Stripped of France’s Highest Honour After Corruption Conviction

WafricNews – June 15, 2025 Paris – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has officially been stripped of the Legion of Honour, France’s most prestigious award, following his corruption conviction—a...

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Scandal-Scarred Andrew Cuomo Seeks NYC Political Redemption as Zohran Mamdani Surges

Wafric News - June 14, 2025New York City, USA – Four years after a dramatic fall from political grace, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is staging a bold comeback — this time, with his eyes set o...

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