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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Meet Bola Oyetunji, Australia’s new Auditor-General by Ngozi Ekugo The government of New South Wales in Australia named Mr Bola Oyetunji, of Nigerian descent, as its new Auditor-General, to be sworn in in April when the current Auditor-General Margaret Crawford concludes her eight-year term. The announcement was made by Premier Chris Minns, stating Mr Oyetunji will assume […]
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Soccer, Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sports
Sunday, March 10th, 2024
Marta Cox has threatened not to play for Panama again after the president of Panama’s football federation (FEPAFUT) called her “fat” and “out of shape”. Manuel Arias made the comments after Cox complained about the facilities in Panama following the team’s group exit at the Concacaf W Gold Cup last month. Players union Fifpro called […]
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American Politics, Africa & World Politics
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
By John Owen Nwachukwu Former United States, US, First Lady, Michelle Obama has made her stance known following reports that she was warming up to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee for the 2024 presidential elections. Concerns over Biden’s age have fuelled speculations that the President could be replaced as the Democratic Party’s […]
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Africa & World Politics, ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), Headlines
Saturday, February 24th, 2024
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja resident Bola Tinubu on Saturday, called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by ECOWAS. Speaking at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organization, stated: “Everything […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, January 28th, 2024
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic quit ECOWAS, effective immediately By Enioluwa Adeniyi In a significant turn of events, the military juntas governing Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), effective immediately. This development, revealed on Sunday, comes amid escalating tensions between the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, January 13th, 2024
You people tried to ‘kill me’ several times with pepper soup – Outgoing French Ambassador to Nigerians By Justina Otio The outgoing Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann has spoken on her experience with indigenous food during her time in the country. Blatmann, who is set to take up a new role as […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
White House rejects calls for sack of defense chief, Lloyd Austin The White House on Monday rejected Republican calls for US President Joe Biden to sack Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he took several days to disclose a hospitalization. “The president has complete confidence, continues to have confidence in Secretary Austin,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, January 5th, 2024
By Kazeem Biriowo The Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has concluded plans to relocate former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bal Koroma to Nigeria on Thursday, January 4th 2024. This part of the agreement reached by the mission to Freetown on 23 December of the high-level ECOWAS delegation led by President Nana Addo […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
Somali president’s son flees Turkey after deadly crash The son of Somalia’s president, alleged to have knocked over and killed a delivery rider in Istanbul, has fled Turkey despite an international arrest warrant, media reported Saturday. Police had released Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud without any bail conditions after preliminary investigations into the accident, said daily […]