Admin Liberia reverses stance on Gaza ceasefire Liberian Information Ministry on Tuesday said President George Weah has intervened to reverse the country’s vote against a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Liberian foreign ministry has requested the UN General Assembly to reverse its ‘NO’ vote and register a new vote […]
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AdminTerrorism Threat: Nigerian student jailed in UK APerth Sheriff Court in the United Kingdom has sentenced Somtochukwu Okwuoha, a Master’s student at Dundee University, Scotland, to 40 months in prison. On Friday, the 26-year-old international energy studies student was handed the sentence after being found guilty of making terrorism threats against staff and students of […]
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AdminFrance Strategizes to Regain Lost Grounds in Sahel Following a clear failure of its foreign policy in the Sahel region, President Emmanuel Macron of France is constituting a new team to help regain lost grounds. However, African foreign policy experts doubt the success of the move with one describing it as “a man-child fighting hard […]
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The General Assembly has approved a US$3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024. The budget includes creation of a dedicated account to fund the organization’s peace-building fund. This was revealed in a statement issued by the Office of the President of the General Assembly on Sunday, the News Agency of Nigeria. According to […]
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The British American Tobacco Nigeria Limited (BATN) and affiliated companies will pay a $110 million penalty over multiple infractions, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said on Wednesday. According to a statement, the affiliated companies that contravened the laws include British American Tobacco Marketing (Nigeria) Limited (BATMN), British American Tobacco Plc, and British […]
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Senator Ali Ndume, representing Southern Borno Senatorial District, has criticised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions imposed on Niger Republic following the July coup d’état. He argued that the sanctions negatively impact the people of eight Nigerian states bordering Niger, as well as over 120,000 Borno State’s refugees fleeing Boko Haram attacks. […]
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Africa’s Richest Woman, Alakija Acquires Six Oil Blocks In Sierra LeoneNigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest woman, Folorunso Alakija, has been awarded exploration rights in six offshore oil blocks, following the issuance of a Petroleum Licencing Agreement by the Government of Sierra Leone. Julius F. Sandy, Secretary to the Sierra Leonean President, Julius Bio, disclosed in […]
Continue ReadingA Russian delegation led by the deputy defence minister, Colonel-General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, met with Niger’s military leaders in Niamey on Monday, Nigerien authorities said, with the two countries agreeing to strengthen military cooperation. The trip was the first official visit by a member of the Russian government since the coup in Niger on July 26, […]
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NIGER’s deposed president Mohamed Bazoum must be freed immediately from detention, where he has been held since a July 26 coup, the court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, ordered on Friday. The court called for his “immediate and unconditional release” and ordered that Bazoum be reinstated, according to the judge in the case heard […]
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Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally, officials and AFP journalists said.
The 664 Egyptians were to be taken by bus to the Emsaed border post with Egypt, nearly 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) east of Tripoli.
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