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15 Feb 2024
US President Joe Biden may not have the stamina for a conventional campaign, but he's up to the task of governing, influential House of Representatives lawmaker Adam Smith told AFP Wednesday, dismissing speculation over alternative candidates.
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A Nigerian man, Gabriel Okori, is expected to appear before a South African Magistrate’s Court in Pretoria on charges of fraud and theft after allegedly posing as a white man online to defraud a South African woman of R3 million (about N247,376,070 as of 12.30pm on January 16, 2025). Okori, 39, was arrested in Cape…
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A coalition of civil society organisations has condemned the Nigeria Police and its recent demand for a retraction and apology from Amnesty International regarding the publication "Bloody August: Nigeria Government's Violent Crackdown on #EndBadGovernance Protests." In a statement signed by 10 activists on behalf of the Network of Abuja Left Groups and made available to…
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Online privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including TikTok, accusing them of "unlawfully" sending Europeans' personal data to China.
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Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has approved the recruitment of 3,000 teachers to be deployed to Junior and Senior Secondary Schools across the state. Malam Ali Gar, the Bauchi Project Coordinator, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), stated this on Thursday during a sensitisation meeting on the Girls Scholarship Programme with stakeholders…
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The Police in Ondo State have announced the restriction of vehicular and motorcycle movement from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday for the Local Government (LG) election. Mr. Wilfred Afolabi, the state Commissioner of Police (CP), in a statement made available on Thursday in Akure by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Funmilayo Odunlami, said the…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sympathised with the Lagos State Government over the death of a former Head of Service in the state, Akinsanya Ajose. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, Tinubu also condoled with the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the death of the…
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday it was suspending operations in two South Sudan counties after staff came under attack from an armed group.
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has warned his eight newly inaugurated commissioners to resist every temptation to divert public funds for personal use. Mohammed issued this warning immediately after swearing in the new appointees, urging them to use government resources judiciously and see themselves as servants of the people, not “their masters.” “Ours is…
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A 10-man gang of kidnappers has reportedly abducted five persons, including a woman, her daughter, a visitor and two men at the Odo-Eku community in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. Members of vigilance groups, local hunters, and other security agencies have already been deployed to the surrounding communities in a bid to rescue…