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Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro "actively participated" in a 2022 coup plot to prevent his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking office, police alleged in a report made public Tuesday. Bolsonaro was also "fully aware" of an alleged plan by elite soldiers to assassinate Lula, his vice president and a Supreme Court judge, said…
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The Minister of Education, Dr Mauruf Alausa, says the Federal Government has, henceforth, cancelled foreign trainings for scholars. Alausa, who said this at the opening ceremony of a three-day conference organised by the British Council, on Tuesday in Abuja, said that scholars would now be trained within Nigeria. The theme of the conference is,…
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Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski stroked home a penalty on Tuesday against French side Brest to net his 100th Champions League goal. Former Bayern Munich forward Lewandowski is only the third player to reach a century of goals in the competition, behind all-time top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo (140) and Lionel Messi (129). The 36-year-old Poland international…
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday welcomed as "good news" a US and French-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying he hoped it could be a springboard to peace in Gaza too. The deal will come into force at 4:00 am local time (0200 GMT) Wednesday, Biden said as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced…
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The G7 group of industrialized nations provoked a furious response from Caracas Tuesday by coming out in support of the Venezuelan opposition's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia's claim to victory in July elections. The bloc comprising the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, Britain, Japan and France, said in a statement the Venezuelan people had made a "clear…
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Mahmoud Kahraba of Al Ahly and Ibrahim Adel of Pyramids each netted twice as the Egyptian contenders went on scoring sprees when the CAF Champions League group stage began on Tuesday. Playing in different Cairo stadiums, holders Ahly beat Stade Abidjan of Ivory Coast 4-2 in Group C and Pyramids hammered Sagrada Esperanca of Angola…
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Amidst Cholera Outbreak in the country, the United Nations Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (UN- SFH) has provided a grant of $2.5million to WaterAid Nigeria to scale up sanitation and hygiene in Bauvhi state. The project tagged "Accelerating Inclusive Sanitation and Hygiene Economy in Nigeria" is a 30-month project to be implemented in four local government areas…
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A bill seeking to mandate the inclusion of high-quality cassava flour in edible wheat flour production has passed its second reading in the Senate. Sponsored by Senator Saliu Mustapha (APC, Kwara South), the bill proposes that all producers of edible flour in Nigeria or those importing wheat flour include at least 20% cassava flour in…
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Forty-one families of security operatives who fell victim to insecurity in the South East region have received a total of N37 million in cash gifts and relief materials of several bags of rice and other food times from the Peace Fund Committee. The committee is an offshoot of the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt.…
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Following the resumption of operations at the Port Harcourt refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday urged Nigerians to avoid malicious attacks on clear progress, saying such will only undermine the significant strides the country has made. The NNPCL said this in response to claims by certain individuals that the Old Port…
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