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In one of those Capitol Hill elevators reserved for Members of Congress when there are votes on the House floor, I learned a tragic lesson about why Congress has not – and likely will not – pass sensible legislation to reduce gun violence in America. The lesson came harshly, chillingly. It...

A female student and her teacher are currently trending on social media after they were caught attempting to chop themselves on campus.This incident is said to have occurred in Nigeria, but the most disturbing aspect was that the pupil was far more interested in the incident and wanted to assist...

The First Amendment protects, among other things, speech. No government can tell us what to say, whether to pray, or what to write. We can protest, we can march. Even the remanded can demand their leaders take a stand. But the First Amendment isn’t bound by absolutism. It’s neither ordained...

The WHO chief told member states Wednesday that he was fully committed to reforms needed to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse by staff, acknowledging more needed to be done....

Two of the major cases awaiting Supreme Court decisions involve opposite sides of the same coin. A New York case involves the power of the states to regulate guns; a Mississippi case involves the power of the states to regulate abortions. Many of those who support the power of the...

“Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things: voter suppression and election subversion. It’s no longer about who gets to vote; it’s about making it harder to vote. It’s about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all. It’s not hyperbole; this is a fact.”...

On Nov. 8, 2022, the American people will make a decision that will change the course of history, send shock waves across the globe, and be written about by historians a century from now. It may literally be the most important midterm election in a century. Here’s why: Today democracy...

One of the largest assemblies of personal wealth in human history is taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland, where the world’s super-rich and political elite are convening for five days of conversation on “improving the state of the world.” While climate change will be a key theme, few participants...

Thief Viral Video: Thieves have an innate ability to be quite sneaky and can steal from you right under your nose, but they aren’t successful all the time. Videos showing thieves in action are always a hit on the internet and now, a similar hilarious video has surfaced on Instagram....

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree simplifying the procedure to get a Russian passport for residents of the southern Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Kherson region is under the full control of Russian troops, while the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia is partially controlled by Moscow. Moscow and...

A Nigerian man known as @michaelspyder_ on TikTok has put a smile on a stranger’s face in a video that got viral. Before going on the street, him and his partner planned that they would give the sum of N10,000 to anybody who is willing to help them spell the...

NIGERIA – A viral has gone viral on social media after boyfriend caught his girlfriend sharing nature with his bestfriend on their bed. Reports indicate that the lady slept with her boyfriend’s best friend and girlfriend who were actually squatting with him in his home. In the video, the man...

A former militant and campaigner for Kashmir independence was sentenced to life imprisonment on terrorism charges Wednesday by an Indian court. Mohammad Yasin Malik renounced violence in 1994 to campaign peacefully for the “liberation” of Kashmir, which has been split between India and Pakistan since 1947 and which both claim...

A hard working Nigerian man identified as Abiodun Adeleke has bought his first whip shortly after starting tech. According to the young man who shared his story via Twitter, scaling through tech was not an easy task. At the time he started, he would come home crying and ranting about...

Africa - A Nigerian preacher has introduced a new angle to marriage and childbearing and many will readily disagree with him. The viral preacher who plied his trade in a motor pack declared without mincing words that getting one’s wife pregnant is a sin. Marriage is allowed but pregnancy is...

A young lady who graduated from the university has shown the turn her life took despite the degree she earned through hard work. Jumping on a popular trend on TikTok, the lady shared a photo of her graduation and a video of her packing charcoal for sale. In the clip,...

A Black female teacher has gone viral after a video of her twerking in class in front of her students has surfaced. In the viral video, she can be seen shaking her big bum in front of the class while in a tight dress that showed her curvy body and...

The story of two fatherless brothers has changed for the better as they moved from living in a hole to a house of their own in the space of weeks. The young men identified as Jacque and Claude first went viral after Afrimax visited them and shared their story. Their...

A Black lady has gotten people talking on social media after she was caught peeing on her pants inside a shopping mall.For reasons best known to her, this lady decided to insert a vibrator in between her legs and carried it down to the mall. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out...

Africa - A Form One boy who had shown up in school with a rooster as school fees has finally been accepted into the school after well-wishers came to his aid. Lawrence Murimi and his mother moved Kenyans to their heartstrings after their request to offer Kangaru High School a...

The Republican primary season started out with a bang for Donald Trump in Ohio, but Georgia and Alabama are leaving the former president whimpering. Trump is finding out the hard way that party politics is a lot more complex than he thought. His imperial, non-strategic obsession with controlling every Republican...

A Black Lady has shared a photo of what she ordered and what she got from her tailor. A Twitter user with username, @Okanghe223 who shared the photos, wrote “Another tailor has done her best. What I ordered meet what I got”. The Twitter user added that she approached the...

Last week, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-N.Y.) announced the Puerto Rico Status Act discussion draft to much fanfare. The draft is a consensus reached between the sponsors of competing bills Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act HR 2070 and Puerto Rico Statehood Act HR 1522. Although praiseworthy in its attempt to...

Biden Reacts after gunman killed at least 18 young children at a Texas elementary; US President, Joe Biden on Tuesday implored Congress to “stand up to the gun lobby” and pass firearm restrictions after a gunman shot and killed at least 18 young children at a Texas elementary school. Biden...

United States President, Joe Biden is walking a fine line on police reform two years after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement, seeking to balance calls for systemic change with an outward message of support for public safety officials. Biden on Wednesday will sign a...

Redeploying US troops to Somalia is the right move... What do you think about this? Following the victory of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in the May 15 Somali election, President Biden authorized approximately 500 U.S. special operations forces personnel to redeploy to Somalia. This reverses the Trump administration’s December 2020 withdrawal...

Opinion: Does Biden want another ‘forever war’ in Somalia? The Biden administration appears to be leaning back into one of the “forever wars” they wanted to avoid: in Somalia. The United States has been decisively engaged in this country since “Black Hawk Down” in October 1993 — 29 years now....

A young UK-based Rwandese disc jockey is seeking help to play music for the last time in his home country after the doctors told him he only has 90 days to live. Popularly known as DJ Dizzo on the Mix, the 23-year-old who has been living with throat and waist...

A video has shown the moment a woman and a very big dog interacted. The woman fed the animal in such a cute way that made many talk. In the clip, the woman was at home with the dog as she fed it. The dog’s neck chain appears so huge...

eChokeOnline learnt that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced record turnout as he sought to fend off a Trump-backed primary challenge. “As polls in Georgia close on primary day, the Secretary of State’s Office is projecting that the state will break its turnout numbers from 2018, meaning more than...