Olaotan Soyinka
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Stakeholders in the insurance industry have stressed the need for underwriting firms to adopt technology and innovation to deepen market awareness.
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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the Federal Government is committed to implementing policies to promote sustainable economic growth. Edun said this in a statement by Mohammed Manga, the ministry’s Director, Information and Public Relations, in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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A former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Senator Shehu Sani, has rubbished claims that the votes of Kaduna State in the 2023 presidential election were won for President Bola Tinubu by the immediate past governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai made the claim when he appeared on Arise TV on Monday, during…
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Freed Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas, whose wife and two sons were killed in captivity in Gaza, apologised Wednesday for being unable to protect his family during Hamas's October 2023 attack. "Shiri, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you all," he said in his eulogy at the funeral of his wife, Shiri, and two sons -- Kfir…
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Chileans returned to a sense of normalcy on Wednesday after a state of emergency was lifted and authorities said power was restored to most homes following the country's worst blackout in well over a decade. The massive, rare outage struck on Tuesday afternoon, leaving millions without power, and causing transport chaos in the capital Santiago.…
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A Thai court has jailed 43 members of a Vietnamese hill tribe minority group for entering the kingdom illegally, a rights group said on Wednesday, including the wife of an activist wanted by the communist state. The group were arrested on Sunday at a religious meeting in Nonthaburi and were all given six-month prison sentences…
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If instant noodles are your go-to meal, you might want to rethink your eating habits, as they could be silently harming your health. Though many people enjoy noodles because they are cheap, quick, and easy to prepare, health experts are raising concerns about the dangers they pose. Recent studies have linked regular consumption of instant…
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Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal. The United States said talks were on track for a second phase of the ceasefire deal that has largely held…
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Police in Bosnia arrested three individuals suspected of human trafficking, officials said Wednesday, while also rescuing a large number of children during an operation. The children were found during a raid Tuesday on an undisclosed location in northeastern Brcko district, according to a police statement, which added that the children were taken to a "safe…
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Two staff at France's main state research agency have admitted throwing improvised explosive devices at the Russian consulate in the city of Marseille, saying they acted because of the Russia-Ukraine war, prosecutors said Wednesday. Three plastic bottles were lobbed into the consulate gardens in the southern port city and two exploded on the third anniversary…
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Russian and US diplomats will meet in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss resolving issues related to their embassies, Russia's foreign minister said, amid easing relations between the two countries. US President Donald Trump has upended US foreign policy since coming to office last month, reaching out to President Vladimir Putin and initiating high-level talks with…