A woman sits at a bus stop featuring a campaign poster of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the conservative New Democracy party on June 17, 2023. – Greeks will vote for the second round of the general elections on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP) After an inconclusive election in May, Greece returns […]
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang greet each other ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023. (Photo by Leah Mills / Pool / AFP) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday began the highest-level trip by a US official to […]
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Despite misgivings by some Nigerians about the performance of the Ninth National Assembly, the Ninth Senate under Ahmad Lawan’s leadership made a serious impact with the presentation of 1, 129 bills with over 500 successfully passed. Under his watch, the President and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, former President Muhammadu Buhari assented to 131 of […]
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Since the new administration of Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf took the reins in Kano, the State has been witnessing a revolution of some sort. Critical among the events that have unfolded is the demolition of multi-billion naira structures built on public land at several locations within the metropolis. Although part of the campaign promises of […]
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Says Former CBN Governor Has Access To Family And Doctors The Department of State Services (DSS) has disclosed that it has identified persons and groups planning to stage campaigns of calumny against it and the Federal Government over the ongoing investigation of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Spokesman of […]
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“African children have the worst life chances in the world,” according to a former Organisation of African Unity Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim, who spoke at a Pan-African Forum for Children in May 2001. “And the gap between the survival rates, the education, and the development of Africa’s children and the children of other continents is […]
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By Banji Ayoola Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State has rejected the decision of its elders’ caucus that the immediate former Interior minister and former governor of the state, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola should tender a “genuine apolology” as the only condition for his acceptance back into the party. Aregbesola just […]
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Demolished building Monument, malls, residential buildings, others affected Two dead, others injured during demolition exercise Tension rose yesterday in Salanta quarters of Kano metropolis as residents sought to resist the demolition squad sent to the area by the state government in continuation of the pulling down of alleged illegal structures. Properties estimated at N126 billion […]
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National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has chided Niger Delta leader and former agitator, Asari Dokubo for kicking against the call for the release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The Council’s Vice President South East, Amb. Smart Uwakwe in a statement said Dokubo should be the one behind […]
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• Stakeholders Urge Govt To Channel N7t Subsidy Proceeds To Infrastructure • Tinubu Must Focus On Macroeconomic Issues To Improve Lives – Yusuf • Introduce Monetary Policy To Fight Inflation, Not Wage Increase, Says Adi • Interventions, Pallitives Should Be Encompassing – NECA • TUC’s Time-frame On N200,000 Minimum Wage Lapses Tomorrow Stakeholders in the […]
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