APO Press Releases
26 Dec
The Citroën Design Team was rewarded for its concept car OLI [All-ë] by the Car Design News (CDN) People Awards, which aim at celebrating excellence in design for every aspect of its process as well as the design teams behind the car; Citroën (https://www.Citroen.com) won three prizes -the Most Sustainable Design Team Award, the Best Interior…
24 Dec
Download logoToday is the 72nd anniversary of Libya’s independence, on which the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the Libyan people. It also marks two years since general elections were not held in December 2021. Two-million-eight-hundred-thousand Libyans registered to vote in those elections, after more than a decade of…
24 Dec
Download logoA Qatari Armed Forces aircraft arrived Sunday in El Arish, the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, carrying 14 tons of aid, including foodstuffs, provided by Qatar Fund for Development, Qatar Red Crescent Society, and Qatar Charity, in preparation for delivery to Gaza. This brings the total number of Qatari aircraft sent to Gaza to…
24 Dec
Download logoChristmas has become a universal feast-day celebrated in the majority of countries across the world. For Christians it has great religious meaning, because it is the day that Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus, Saviour and Messiah of humanity. But Christmas has become that moment when people show their gratitude to each other and…
24 Dec
Download logoToday, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Finance Dr. Mohamed Maait. Spokesman for the Presidency Counselor Ahmed Fahmy stated that the meeting followed-up on the financial performance indicators of the general budget. The minister of finance outlined ongoing efforts to achieve the budget targets, mainly the…
24 Dec
Download logoOranto Petroleum (http://Atlas-Oranto.com), a Nigerian independent energy company founded by Prince Arthur Eze has, on 22 December 2023, been granted a two-year exploration license extension to its Ngassa Deep and Ngassa Shallow exploration contract areas in Uganda. This extension allows Oranto to drill an exploration well and an appraisal well, depending on the success…
24 Dec
On 19th December 2023, the Ethiopian Catholic Church has launched her Ten-Year Plan which was under preparation since July 2022 until September 2023. The strategic plan titled: Ethiopian Catholic Church Ten-Year Plan (ECC-TYP) is a long-term plan, which was completed at the end of 2015 in the Ethiopian calendar (September 2023) and is starting the…
24 Dec
The Republic of Congo reaffirms its steadfast commitment to the strategic policy defined by the Secretary-General of OPEC and OPEC+. We strongly support the efforts to stabilize and promote sustainable development of the oil markets, a crucial approach for the future of our sector and the global economy, Bruno Itoua, Minister of Hydrocarbons for the…
24 Dec
The Republic of Congo and Nigeria, Africa’s leading oil producers and members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), have affirmed their commitment to efforts by OPEC and OPEC+ and its member countries to stabilize the global oil market in 2024 and beyond. During the 36th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting held in…
23 Dec
Download logoThe United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2720, penned by the United Arab Emirates, which demands substantive, concrete steps to increase the flow of life-saving humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip while protecting UN and humanitarian staff on the ground who deliver it. The resolution requests that the UN Secretary-General appoint a…
23 Dec
Download logoThe United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) hosted yesterday a conference on the role of women in electoral processes. The objective of the conference was to assess the current strategies and enhance their effectiveness to better bolster women's involvement in electoral processes across West Africa and the Sahel. Despite international…
23 Dec
Download logoToday, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi. The Iranian President extended congratulations to President El-Sisi on his re-election as President of Egypt in the recent presidential election. President El-Sisi appreciated this valued gesture. The phone call also tackled developments in the Gaza Strip, and the two…
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to resign his position if former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello is not prosecuted. Olukoyede said this in a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday. The EFCC is seeking to arraign Bello…
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Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N8 billion fraud. The PUNCH reports EFCC arrests Sirika over N8bn Nigeria Air fraud that Sirika got to the EFCC's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command in Abuja around 1pm on Tuesday. Sirika is currently being…
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Former governor of Imo State Emeka Ihedioha has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after 26 years. Ihedioha announced his exit from PDP in a Tuesday letter addressed to the party’s chairman in the Mbutu Ward of Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. According to him, the PDP has taken on a path…
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Kim Kardashian has reportedly lost over 100,000 followers on Instagram. This significant drop comes after the release of Taylor Swift’s new album, which includes a track that fans speculate is a diss aimed at Kardashian. The song in question, titled “thanK you aIMee,” is featured on Swift’s latest album “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.”…
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In an interview on Justin LaBoy’s podcast “The Download,” Kanye West found himself at the center of controversy yet again due to his remarks about former First Lady Michelle Obama. During the interview, when asked about who we would want to have a “threesome” with, Kanye West replied, “Michelle Obama. Gotta f*ck the President’s wife!”…
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Britain's High Court agreed Tuesday to hear a legal challenge later this year over continued UK arms exports to Israel during its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. A coalition of legal advocacy groups wants the court to scrutinise the UK government's decision to keep selling military parts and arms to Israel despite claims that…
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Under a ceaseless storm of strikes in Gaza, a baby girl has survived insurmountable odds as the only member of her family left alive after she was delivered by Caesarian section as her mother lay dying. At just seven months pregnant, her mother, Sabreen al-Sakani, reached the emergency unit in critical condition after she was…
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American forces were targeted at a base in western Iraq, a US defense official said Tuesday, the second such attack on the country's troops after a more than two month pause. It followed another attack over the weekend in which rockets were fired from northern Iraq at a base in Syria that houses forces from…
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Nigeria's fastest man this year, Favour Ashe, will not be part of the 4x100m team competing at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, which serves as a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This news is significant as the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has not provided a reason for Ashe's omission despite…
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Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi has released N309.5 million for the payment of foreign scholarships to 86 indigenes studying in India and Egypt. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji Isah Abubakar-Tunga, made this known at a news conference in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. The commissioner said “Gov. Nasir Idris has made payment of foreign scholarship…