Belarus
26 Jan
Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko -- a 70-year-old former collective farm boss -- has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Speaking after casting his vote in the capital Minsk, the self-avowed "dictator" dismissed critics of…
18 Jan
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday freed 23 political prisoners, state media reported, the latest mass pardoning ahead of next week's presidential election. The authoritarian leader, in power since 1994, is set to extend his rule next weekend in a contest that his critics, the West and independent rights groups have slammed as nothing more…
14 Jan
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has started taking delivery of 2,000 tractors ordered from Belarus for distribution to farmers across the country. It also said that the government has started plans for the reorganisation and recapitalisation of the Bank of Agriculture, which it said would be concluded before the end of the first…
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The Badagry Renaissance Movement has advocated the appointment of an indigenous person from Badagry as the next Director-General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON). ASCON, located in Badagry, was established in 1972.
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A Lome court on Tuesday sentenced 14 people to 10 years in prison for taking part in banned protests against the Gnassingbe dynasty that has ruled Togo for more than five decades. The criminal court found the accused, who have been in jail since their arrest, guilty of plotting against state security and criminal conspiracy…
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency for…
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The Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa in the 2023 election, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, on Tuesday in Yenagoa formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eradiri said President Bola Tinubu is behind all the projects in his Agudama/Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Eradiri, who registered for the…
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Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has released the application link for its teaching jobs. This is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday by the commission’s Chairman, Mallam Bello Abubakar. Abubakar said interested and qualified applicants could apply through the link https://tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng. He said the portal would, however, go live at midnight…
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Tech giant Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported robust fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, with revenues jumping 12 percent to $96.5 billion, but the earnings fell short of analyst expectations. READ ALSO:China to probe Google over anti-monopoly violations The company's share price sank as much as 7.5 percent in after hours trading as traders were disappointed…
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The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), Dr Olatunde Alabi, has denied allegations of a severe manpower shortage at the hospital. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday, Alabi responded to claims by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) that the hospital was facing an industrial crisis and staff shortages.…
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The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON), Lagos State Council, has urged ride-hailing service providers to adjust fares in favour of drivers to reflect the present economic realities. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer of AUATON, Mr Steven Iwindoye, made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Iwindoye described it as…
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Five doctors in Burundi have been imprisoned by the intelligence service after quitting their jobs over the failure of salary negotiations, union and government sources told AFP on Tuesday. The doctors were arrested by the intelligence service between December 27 and January 31, accused of "undermining the internal security of the state", according to…
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On Tuesday, the Federal Government began the tolling of the 227.2km Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway with the inauguration of the Garaku Toll Plaza axis of the road. It said certain categories of vehicles, including security, diplomatic, ambulances and tricycles, are exempted from the tolling. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the road is a Public…