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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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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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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 […]
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Saturday, December 9th, 2023
Woman mistakenly crashes brand new car immediately after buying it: Reactions By Ismail CCTV footage shows the moment a South African woman mistakenly gets involved in a car accident right in front of the dealer shop where she purchased her brand-new car. A video making the rounds on social media captured the moment a woman […]
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Africa & World Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
By Jimisayo Opanuga The Government of Canada has announced that the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants will be raised significantly, starting January 1, 2024. The government says the increase is necessary to ensure that international students are financially prepared for life in Canada, which has become significantly more expensive since the previous requirement […]
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
A fellow inmate stabbed disgraced former police officer Derek Chauvin more than 20 times with a shiv, US prosecutors said Friday as they announced charges of attempted murder. Chauvin, whose killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was attacked in the law library of an Arizona prison last month. […]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Dr. Mensa Otabil By Nosakhale Akhimien The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr. Mensa Otabil, has drawn a comparison between the Nigerian presidency and God’s kind of leadership, saying most Nigerians would not make it through God’s strict rule if He were the country’s president. Otabil made this known on Monday in […]
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Africa & World Politics
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
By Seun Opejobi The Nigerian Embassy in Niger Republic has denied reports of the military junta’s plot to prevent President Bola Tinubu’s jet from using the country’s airspace. This was disclosed by a former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad tweeted: “The Embassy of Nigeria in Niger Republic has denied the fake reports […]
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Africa & World Politics
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday it had foiled a coup attempt the previous day, almost a year after the country’s leader came to power in a coup himself. In a statement read out on state television, it said “a proven coup attempt was foiled on September 26, 2023 by Burkina Faso’s intelligence and security […]