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Nadia Mohammed-First Somali-American Elected Mayor

Two months after making history as America's first Somali-American elected mayor by voters, 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed is sworn in as mayor. Nadia Mohammed She was sworn in at the city council of St. Louis Park in the US state of Minnesota. Ms Mohamed secured 58% of the vote to win last November's mayoral poll. Nadia Mohammed is the youngest and the first Muslim and black elected mayor in the city, whose family moved to Minnesota from Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp when she was 10, after fleeing war in Somalia. Her family migrated to Kenya after the civil war in Somalia, and she lived in the Kakuma refugee camp until she was about 10. "Well, my identity is one part of my story, right? I am proud of everything that I am, but I don't want that to be the only story. I don't want that to [be] where people stop their conversation," Ms Mohamed told Minneapolis-based KARE TV station after her election. She has listed public safety and affordable housing as some of t...

Lady Offers To Donate Her kidney To Sonia Ekweremadu

Responding to the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia Ekweremadu's passionate appeal for a kidney donor. A 24-year-old lady, Annastasia Michael, has written an open letter to Sonia via Facebook, offering to donate one of her kidneys to save her life. Annastasia wrote; "Kidney donation To Sonia Ekweremadu. "I (Annastasia Michael Olamma) want to donate one of my kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu to save her life. I have made up my mind to do this to prove women can help women. If any of her relatives mum, dad, and siblings, cannot give out their kidneys to save their Bloodline, Then i will donate my own to save Sonia and I demand nothing in return. I pray it matches with her own. I am 24 years old ,I don’t take alcohol, and I believe my kidney is very healthy to donate. I have sent message to her email @helpsonialive@gmail.com and anticipate for her reply. May God heal you 🙏 😢 #womensupportingwomen #helpsonialive #sonialivematters. This is coming after the 25-year-old ...

Breaking:Managing Director, Bank Of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan Regains Freedom From Bandits

The Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan was on Wednesday set free by terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train after his family paid N100 million as ransom, SaharaReporters has gathered. Ali-Hassan and others were abducted last Monday, March 28 by terrorists who bombed the Kaduna-bound train carrying over 362 passengers. According to the NRC, while about 182 have safely reunited with their families, about 162 other passengers remain missing. A source close to the family said Ali-Hassan was released after paying a ransom of N100 million. The terrorists had initially demanded a ransom of N200 million, SaharaReporters also learnt. Source: Sahara Reporters

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