United Nations World Congress of Diplomats
30 Oct
Bayelsa born Prince Iwefa Aganaba has been appointed as the African Special Envoy on Youth by the United Nations World Congress of Diplomats (UN-WCD). This prestigious appointment was announced on October 16, 2024, at the Commonwealth Year of Youth Golden Jubilee Celebration in Port Harcourt, Nigeria by Amb. Prof. Tunji John Asaolu, Global Vice President…
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Nigeria is heading towards the "light at the end of the tunnel" as the country grinds through the second year of a cost-of-living crisis, President Bola Tinubu said Friday. The West African heavyweight has been beset with soaring inflation after Tinubu, elected in 2023, scrapped a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the exchange rate for…
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India will finalise a "mutually beneficial" free trade deal with the European Union by the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday after meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. "We have asked our teams to work out a mutually beneficial bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year,"…
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Nigerian music star, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, has broken his silence after being accused of failing to buy socialite Sophia Egbueje a Lamborghini. On Friday, February 28, 2025, the Grammy-winning singer took to his Instagram story, singing, "I no buy Lambo, is that why you're shouting?" His response has since stirred…
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A man who ran an illegal network of cryptocurrency ATMs was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday, in the first such criminal case in the UK. Such ATMs, which allow users to buy cryptocurrency or convert it into cash, are illegal to operate in the UK without approval from Britain's financial watchdog, the…
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Some electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concerns about the Federal Government’s plan to move Bands B and C to Band A. The consumers expressed their concerns to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, stating that the move would lead to significant hardship for them. Mr Emmanuel…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command has paraded a couple in connection with alleged cultism, illegal drug dealings, cyber fraud and assault. This is contained in a statement by the command Spokesman, SC Tolulope Afolabi to newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. The suspects (names withheld) were arrested at Tosin Aluko park…
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday spoke to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, urging him to release a British citizen and activist jailed in Cairo, Downing Street said. "The prime minister discussed the case of British national Alaa Abd El-Fattah with President Sisi. He pressed for Alaa's release, having met his mother Laila Soueif…
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The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has described the impeached speaker, Mudashiru Obasa’s plenary with four lawmakers and the disruption of the assembly as a ‘show of shame’. Speaking to journalists after the court hearing at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Friday, Meranda said that a quorum in the Assembly…
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Lebanese on Friday conducted a delayed burial in a border village for more than 90 civilians and fighters from the Hezbollah movement who died during the war with Israel that ended with a November ceasefire. Under the truce, Israel had an initial 60 days, later extended to February 18, to pull out its troops from…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has praised the judiciary for its boldness in standing firm against what he described as “impunity” in Rivers. Wike made the commendation in Abuja on Friday while reacting to the Supreme Court’s judgment on the constitution of the Rivers State House of Assembly and…