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Now Russia bans entry to 500 US nationals including Barack Obama

Russia on Friday said it banned entry to 500 Americans, including former president Barack Obama, in response to sanctions imposed by Washington. “In response to the anti-Russian sanctions regularly imposed by the Biden administration… entry into the Russian Federation is closed for 500 Americans,” the foreign ministry said, adding that …

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LIVESTREAMED: Sefa Kayi hosts Songo, Kwaku Yeboah, Obama on Ghana’s performance at 2022 World Cup

Ace sports journalists, Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Patrick Osei Agyemang and Saddick Adam take over Peace FM’s Kokrokoo program to review Ghana’s performance at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The trio are expected to dissect the various issues that culminated in Ghana’s exit from the tournament. Songo has already spoken …

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$100K reward offered after noose is found on construction site of Obama Presidential Center

Lakeside Alliance, the company commissioned to construct former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago, has offered a $100,000 reward for information that could help with investigations into the discovery of a noose on the project site. In the wake of the discovery, the workers on the site were told …

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Barack Obama tests positive for COVID-19

Former United States President Barack Obama has tested positive for COVID-19. The news was posted by himself on his social media handles late Sunday, March 13, 2022. The post read: “I just tested positive for COVID. I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise.” …

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VIDEO: Kenya mourns death of Obama’s grandmother

  Mama Sarah Obama is dead, family sources confirmed to local media outlets on Sunday evening. She was the grandmother to Barack Obama, the former President of the United States. Mama Sarah had been sick for a while and died while undergoing treatment at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral …

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Two Nigerians featured in Barack Obama’s favourite music list

Former United States President, Barack Obama, on Saturday, shared a list of his favourite music of 2020. The list, which was shared on Twitter, according to Mr Obama, was compiled with “valuable consultation from our family music guru, Sasha” who seems to have a considerable influence on her famous father’s …

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Obama said he won’t serve in Biden’s cabinet because Michelle would ‘leave’ him

Former US president Barack Obama said in an interview that aired Sunday with CBS News that he wasn’t likely to show up in President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet but offered to help the incoming president in “any ways” he could. When CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King asked if the former president had …

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Barack Obama: One election won’t stop US ‘truth decay’

The US faces a huge task in reversing a culture of “crazy conspiracy theories” that have exacerbated divides in the country, Barack Obama says. In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split than even four years ago, when Donald Trump won the presidency. And …

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Democratic convention: Michelle Obama blasts Trump

Michelle Obama has launched a stinging attack on US President Donald Trump as Democrats prepared to crown Joe Biden as their White House challenger. “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,” said the former US first lady in an emotional recorded message to the Democratic convention. Disaffected members …

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Obama Endorses Joe Biden To Battle Trump For US 2020 Election

Former US President Barack Obama has offered his formal endorsement of Joe Biden on Tuesday, injecting himself squarely in the presidential race for the first time by urging Democrats across the party’s ideological spectrum to rally behind Biden and form a unified front to defeat President Donald Trump and win …

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