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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called on Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and governments to better utilise capital to de-risk private investments in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE).
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Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer, Assistant Superintendent Okpravero Ufuoma, captured in a viral video soliciting gratification, ha
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Founder and general overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry (CMDM), has called for peace and unity of Nigeria amidst recent hardship protest. Coming amidst widespread protests and national unrest, including calls for coup and alleged involvement of foreign forces, Fufeyin, a statement said Nigeria’s peace and unity is sacrosanct. Despite the prevailing, especially the outcry…
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Newspaper vendors and sales representatives in Osun say their businesses are no longer lucrative due to prevalence of online media outlets. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Osogbo, the vendors and sales representatives said that online media had reduced sales of hard copies. They said that it was affecting their…
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The family of renowned French diver, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company behind the ill-fated Titan submersible expedition to the Titanic wreckage site. A wrongful death lawsuit is a legal action filed by the family of a person who died due to the negligence of another party. What happened to…
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The UK government and police breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after further anticipated far-right riots failed to materialise overnight and thousands of anti-racism protesters massed on the streets instead. The anti-racism demonstrations on Wednesday evening passed off almost entirely peacefully, after police flooded the streets of numerous English towns and cities and reiterated…
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus hailed Bangladesh's "second independence" as he returned Thursday to lead his country back to democracy after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. Yunus will head a caretaker government that is being established by the military, which turned on Hasina over the weekend after hundreds of…
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July 2024 was both second-warmest July and the second-warmest month on record, the European Union’s climate change service Copernicus said on Thursday. July 2024 saw a global average temperature of 16.91 degrees Celsius, 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than the average temperature in July 2023, currently and the hottest month on record. Until June, monthly average…
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Famous rapper Nelly, known for hit songs like Country Grammar and Hot In Herre, was arrested early Wednesday morning at the Hollywood Casino in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The arrest was made by the Missouri State Highway Patrol on a previous traffic charge and allegations of possession of ecstasy pills. According to the arrest report, Nelly,…
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The Abuja Residents Youth Association (ARYA), has declared a week of peace, beginning from Aug. 11, to promote harmonious relationships among youths in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Its President, Mr Akoshile Mukhtar, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, distanced the association from the ongoing nationwide protest against hunger, hardship…
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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has directed the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to refund all administrative fees currently being charged in relation to the ongoing recruitment exercise into the state’s civil service. Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta.…