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25 Jan
All passenger flights were cancelled at Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER) on Wednesday, as staff walked out in a dispute over higher pay. Some 300 flights were either scrapped or rescheduled, the airport said, affecting around 35,000 passengers. The day-long "warning strike" was called by the powerful Verdi union to ramp up pressure ahead of the…
25 Nov 2022
France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Friday that footballers should be allowed to express their values, amid controversy over FIFA's stance against the "OneLove" armband on the pitch.
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Nigerian musician and the owner of Marlian Records, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, is now in police custody for interrogation over the death of his former signee, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known as Mohbad.
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The arrest was confirmed by Benjamin Hundeyin, the official spokesperson for the Lagos Police Command, who stated, "Azeez Fashola, better known as Naira Marley, has been detained for the purpose of an intensive interrogation and further investigative procedures." This development has sent shockwaves through the entertainment world, leaving fans and industry insiders eagerly awaiting further…
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The tribunal judgment on the Kano Governorship election petition has continued to generate conflicting views among legal practitioners, especially on whether or not the invalidation of Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf’s election will survive the integrity test at the appellate court.
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The Kogi State All Progressives Congress Campaign Council has reiterated its call on security agencies to bring the killers of a female APC supporter to book, while also calling the attention of the public to what it described as the latest lies that had been concocted by the Social Democratic Party on the matter.
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Libya's prosecutor general ordered the detention of the country's ambassador to Brussels on Tuesday over alleged corruption, shortly after the internationally recognised government in Tripoli dismissed her. Amel Jerary was questioned about "administrative and financial abuses" allegedly used to "obtain illicit material advantages by illegally seizing public funds and causing harm to public interest", the…
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President Joe Biden called Western allies Tuesday to reassure them US aid for Ukraine will continue, but the White House warned it could run out in months if Republicans in Congress fail to pass new funds for Kyiv's fight against the Russian invasion. Biden spoke with the leaders of Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland,…
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 3 October 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Swiss-Belhotel International, the rapidly growing global hotel management group, has signed an agreement with the NIBS Resort Company Limited to manage the Swiss-Belinn Nairobi, the group’s first operating hotel in Africa. This collaboration underscores Swiss-Belhotel International’s strategic expansion plans in Africa. Left to right: Stella Wanyoike, Antony Wanyoike, Laurent…
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 3 October 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is pleased to announce the addition of the Futures Martingale trading bot to its comprehensive range of bot trading solutions. The Futures Martingale trading bot is specifically designed to optimize trading strategies and aims to potentially lower average costs. Key features…
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 3 October 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, has announced the official launch of its cryptocurrency derivatives products in South Africa, along with the introduction of a new fiat on-ramp service. Bybit will market this offering in South Africa as the juristic representative of Money Doc (Proprietary)…
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Worried by how inadequate and poor infrastructure is impeding growth and development in the developing countries, head of Infrapreneur, Project Finance Accelerator, and CEO, The African Catalyst, Femi Awofala, has called on the private sectors to collaborate with the government in funding infrastructure gap. Awofala who spoke at the International Institute for Sustainable…