Algeria
8 Sep 2024
Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected with almost 95 per cent of the vote, the country's electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for "94.65 per cent of the vote," ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters. Tebboune, 78, has been heavily favored to secure a five-year…
1 Sep 2024
Algeria has been approved for membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), the country’s finance ministry has announced. The decision was taken on Saturday and announced by NDB chief Dilma Roussef at a meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. By joining "this important development institution, the financial arm of the BRICS group, Algeria is…
15 Aug 2024
Twenty-one people have been arrested in Algeria following an alleged attempt to smuggle weapons aboard a commercial ferry coming from France, the defense ministry said Wednesday. Two people, a man named Moussa Zaidi and his wife, were initially arrested on August 4 in Bejaia, some 220 kilometers (136 miles) east of Algiers, after authorities found…
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Clean Nigeria, Use the Toilet Campaign Conference, said that only 142 Local Government Areas out of the 744 Local Government Areas, (LGAs) in Nigeria have been certified open defecation free by the Federal Government. Mrs. Chizoma Opara, the National Coordinator of the conference, disclosed this at a one day Sensitization Programme organised by the conference…
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Adamawa government on Friday unveiled the distribution of teaching and learning materials to public primary schools across the state for the 2024/2025 academic session. Speaking at the distribution in Yola, Hajiya Lami Fintiri, wife of the state governor, said the distribution marked the commencement of Phase II of the state-funded education support initiative. Fintiri said:…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated the newly constituted Board of Trustees for the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Golf Club. Wike said during the inauguration in Abuja on Friday, that the FCT Administration was committed to restoring order and efficiency of the prestigious club. He charged the board,…
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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had "done everything possible" to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa's ECOWAS regional group, to no avail. The three Sahel countries quit the Economic Community of West African States at the beginning of the year, accusing the bloc of being subservient to…
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Gov. Dapo Abiodun has described the death of All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson in Ogun, Tunde Oladunjoye, as a terrible loss to the state and the party. In a statement on Friday in Abeokuta, Abiodun said he received news of Oladunjoye’s passing with disbelief and profound shock. The governor expressed sorrow that the dedicated and…
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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had "done everything possible" to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa's ECOWAS regional group, to no avail. The three Sahel countries quit the Economic Community of West African States at the beginning of the year, accusing the bloc of being subservient to…
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Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has announced plans to enforce the compulsory installation of fire extinguishers in buildings in the state as part of measures to prevent devastating fire outbreaks. Otti disclosed this on Friday, when he paid an unscheduled visit to the scene of fire incident in a two storey residential building, at No.…
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Benazir Raufi stands alone in her restaurant, her staff and customers too afraid to visit after Pakistan's government announced it was cancelling the residence permits of hundreds of thousands of Afghans. Islamabad announced at the start of March that 800,000 Afghan Citizen Cards (ACC) would be cancelled -- the second phase of a deportation programme…
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With the rise of marital conflict and crisis witnessed globally, exacerbated by stressful socio-economic realities, couples have been reminded of the need and significance of complementing one another. The President of International Church Impact Communion (ICIC), Bishop Abraham Chigbundu, gave the reminder in Owerri at the traditional wedding of Pastor David Achudume and Precious Chukwu.…