Ethiopia
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday night arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government. The President was received at the airport by the Ethiopian Deputy Chief of Protocol, Eshetu Legesse; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar;…
30 Jan
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja, said the positive reports on Nigerians in the diaspora would inspire the younger generation
24 Jan
An Ethiopian-born American model of South Sudanese descent, Nyakim Gatwech has embraced her dark complexion as a badge of honour, transforming it into a symbol of beauty and empowerment. Nyakim Gatwech, who will turn 32 on January 27, 2025, has become a global phenomenon, using her journey to challenge conventional beauty standards and inspire…
21 Jan
Twenty Ethiopian migrants were killed when their boat from Djibouti capsized off Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday. The shipwreck on Saturday "claimed the lives of 20 Ethiopian migrants, including nine women and 11 men. The vessel, carrying 35 Ethiopian migrants along with a Yemeni captain and his assistant, departed from…
13 Jan
Sifan Hassan said Monday the London Marathon is "in my heart" as she gets ready to return to the scene of an extraordinary
11 Jan
Somalia and Ethiopia announced Saturday they would restore full diplomatic relations following a visit by Somalia's president to Addis Ababa to heal a year-long rift that threatened further instability in the Horn of Africa. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "agreed to restore and enhance their bilateral relations through full diplomatic…
10 Jan
South African police said Friday that they had rescued 26 undocumented Ethiopian nationals who were being held captive without clothes in a suburban house in Johannesburg by suspected human traffickers.
4 Jan
Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia Saturday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which a 5.8-magnitude jolt, rocked the remote north of the Horn of Africa nation. The quakes were centred on the largely rural Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions after months of intense seismic activity. No casualties have been reported so far. Ethiopia's…
30 Dec
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Sunday some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south…
30 Nov
France on Saturday began the return of some 3,500 archaeological artifacts to Ethiopia, which Paris held since the 1980s for study. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot handed over two prehistoric stone axes, called bifaces, and a stone cutter to Ethiopia's Tourism Minister Selamawit Kassa, during a visit to the national museum in Addis Ababa. The…
19 Nov
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affair and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to bring back no fewer than 270 Nigerians currently imprisoned or detained in Kaliti Prison, Ethiopia. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, gave the order of mandamus compelling the ministry and NIDCOM to receive and…
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Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has appealed to the institution to allow members of staff convert to preferred professional cadre after acquiring prerequisite academic qualifications. Mr Williams Fasunwon, Chairman of the association, made the appeal on Friday in Abeokuta during a ceremony organised for members of…
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Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has described the death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Pan-Yoruba sociocultural organisation, Afenifere, as end of an era. This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Friday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has charged The Polytechnic, Ibadan (TPI) to continue to raise the bar of academic excellence as it graduated 3,650 students on Friday. At its 39th convocation ceremony, the governor said the state depended on TPI to produce manpower in technical and vocational education for its development. Makinde, represented by…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has registered over 700,000 candidates ahead of its upcoming examinations. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, revealed this on Friday while speaking with journalists after inspecting some registered Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in Lagos. Oloyede stated that over 700,000 candidates had been registered, including more than 11,000 underage applicants.…