Mohammed bin Salman
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday welcomed as "good news" a US and French-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying he hoped it could be a springboard to peace in Gaza too. The deal will come into force at 4:00 am local time (0200 GMT) Wednesday, Biden said as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced…
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The G7 group of industrialized nations provoked a furious response from Caracas Tuesday by coming out in support of the Venezuelan opposition's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia's claim to victory in July elections. The bloc comprising the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, Britain, Japan and France, said in a statement the Venezuelan people had made a "clear…
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Mahmoud Kahraba of Al Ahly and Ibrahim Adel of Pyramids each netted twice as the Egyptian contenders went on scoring sprees when the CAF Champions League group stage began on Tuesday. Playing in different Cairo stadiums, holders Ahly beat Stade Abidjan of Ivory Coast 4-2 in Group C and Pyramids hammered Sagrada Esperanca of Angola…
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Amidst Cholera Outbreak in the country, the United Nations Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (UN- SFH) has provided a grant of $2.5million to WaterAid Nigeria to scale up sanitation and hygiene in Bauvhi state. The project tagged "Accelerating Inclusive Sanitation and Hygiene Economy in Nigeria" is a 30-month project to be implemented in four local government areas…
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A bill seeking to mandate the inclusion of high-quality cassava flour in edible wheat flour production has passed its second reading in the Senate. Sponsored by Senator Saliu Mustapha (APC, Kwara South), the bill proposes that all producers of edible flour in Nigeria or those importing wheat flour include at least 20% cassava flour in…
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Forty-one families of security operatives who fell victim to insecurity in the South East region have received a total of N37 million in cash gifts and relief materials of several bags of rice and other food times from the Peace Fund Committee. The committee is an offshoot of the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt.…
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Following the resumption of operations at the Port Harcourt refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday urged Nigerians to avoid malicious attacks on clear progress, saying such will only undermine the significant strides the country has made. The NNPCL said this in response to claims by certain individuals that the Old Port…
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A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator's murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday. Eight people have been on trial since early November, charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old of Chechen origin beheading…
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Google said Tuesday it was assisting Indian authorities probing the deaths of three men who reportedly drove off an incomplete bridge while following a route on Google Maps. The group was on their way to a wedding in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state when their car plunged into the Ramganga river from the unfinished bridge…
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Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has presented a ₦955 billion appropriation bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. During the presentation on Tuesday, Eno highlighted that the proposed budget represents a 3% increase from the revised ₦923.462 billion budget for 2024. "Government…