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The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that 78 million children in Nigeria are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats. This was made known in a press statement by the UNICEF Nigeria Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Dr Jane Bevan, made available on Monday. The statement released ahead of […]
Continue ReadingWyoming on Friday became the first US state to ban the use of abortion pills, the latest salvo in a campaign by conservative-led states to roll back access to abortion. After signing the ban on abortion pills, Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon, appealed to legislators to act further by proposing a total ban on abortion be […]
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The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. The court said in a statement that Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer […]
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At least 11 people died and ten more remained trapped following a coal mine explosion in central Colombia, the governor of Cundinamarca department said on Wednesday. The accident in the municipality of Sutatausa occurred due to an accumulation of gases that exploded after a worker’s tool caused a spark, Governor Nicolas Garcia told Blu Radio. […]
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ABUJA-Outgoing British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said though there were set backs in the Saturday, February, 25, presidential and National Assembly elections, there were positive developments to take out of the polls. According to her, there is a remarkable difference between now and when arrived Nigeria in 2019. She noted that despite litigations […]
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Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has advised United States President Joe Biden to immediately send a WhatsApp congratulatory message to Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sani stated this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Tuesday. DAILY POST reports that Tinubu was recently declared the winner of the Feb. 25 Presidential election by the […]
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The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas warned Israel on Tuesday it would react to any possible “violations” at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, issued the warning less than two weeks before the start of Ramadan and amid an escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian […]
Continue ReadingJapanese billionaire Masatoshi Ito has been announced dead at the age of 98. Ito turned 7-Eleven convenience stores into a global empire, closing the chapter on one of Asia’s most storied retail entrepreneurs. Operator of 7-Eleven, Seven & I Holdings, announced his death in a statement on Monday. “We would like to express our deepest […]
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China says it will resume issuing visas to foreign tourists for the first time since closing its borders at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago. The announcement comes after the country said it defeated the virus and is in the last step in ending its three-year zero-COVID policy. In December 2022, China’s […]
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The police in India have arrested two Nigerians identified as, Alex, 30, and Ibeh, 45, for allegedly cheating several Indian women on matrimonial applications. The police disclosed on Sunday that the accused posed as marine engineers and rich IT professionals to lure women on the app and extort money from them on the pretext of […]
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