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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's obsession ever since losing the country's economic capital to the opposition in 2019.
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The British Council in collaboration with the European Union (EU) has empowered 273 Civil Society Organisation (CSO) on capacity building and sustainable development.
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Thailand ordered a close watch on livestock on Thursday after an outbreak of anthrax in neighbouring Laos, where more than 50 suspected human cases have been reported.
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Cows at dairy farms in Texas and Kansas tested positive for a contagious strain of bird flu in an "unprecedented development," Texan farming authorities said Wednesday. The Texas Department of Agriculture and with other state and national agencies "are working around the clock to ensure the safety of our food supply," said Texas agriculture commissioner…
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Disgraced cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried is set to be sentenced Thursday following his conviction in one of the biggest financial fraud cases in history.
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Fiji's ex-prime minister Frank Bainimarama avoided jail time on Thursday, despite being found guilty of perverting the course of justice while leading the South Pacific island nation.
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Chinese consumer tech giant Xiaomi will launch its first-ever EV at a press conference in Beijing Thursday, injecting itself into a fiercely competitive sector in the world's largest car market.
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There was tension yesterday, in Anambra, as a gang of hoodlums set ablaze the Neni Police station and the headquarters of the Anaocha Local Council of the state.
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has seized smuggled goods valued at N769.5 million over a span of 41 days. The Guardian gathered that the 98 seizures of 21 different items, include contrabands such as foreign parboiled rice, petroleum products, used vehicles and unregistered alcoholic beverages. The Comptroller of…
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has shut down a branch of a popular food outlet, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos State.
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The bodies of two construction workers were found in the cold waters of Baltimore harbor Wednesday, trapped in their red pick-up truck after a giant cargo ship slammed into the bridge they had been filling potholes on, causing a thunderous collapse.
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Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, who pioneered theories in behavioural economics that heavily influenced the discipline, has died at age 90, his employer confirmed Wednesday.
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Four people were killed and around 35 injured when a bus overturned on a German motorway near Leipzig on Wednesday, police said.
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Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways -- pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy.
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Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday.
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A slow-moving cyclone that unexpectedly turned towards Madagascar has killed 11 people on the island nation as high winds ripped down trees and torrents of water rushed through villages, washing away houses, officials said.
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Medics and the army said three people including a boy were wounded in a gun attack Thursday that targeted a school bus near the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Four people, including a teenage girl, were killed and at least five injured after a man went on a stabbing spree at multiple addresses in the US state of Illinois, police have said.
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Seven months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, Gabon's transitional president launches a national dialogue Tuesday touted as paving the way for elections next year.
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Niger said Wednesday that the United States will shortly submit a proposal for its soldiers to "disengage" from the West African country after the military regime in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a 2012 cooperation agreement with Washington.
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Ethiopia's main bank issued a "last warning" on Wednesday to more than 5,000 customers accused of taking advantage of a technical glitch to fraudulently withdraw millions. About $19.5 million was taken when the bank was updating a computer system in the East African country, meaning ATM and online transactions were not reflected in affected accounts…
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A UK government minister is on a collision course with the law over his refusal to reveal the sources of allegations that British special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Johnny Mercer, Britain's minister for veterans, has said "multiple officers" told him about alleged murders and a subsequent cover-up during the Afghan conflict. He has…
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French politicians from across the political spectrum Wednesday denounced what they called an "Islamist" attack on education after a school principal resigned following death threats over a Muslim veil. The headmaster at a high school and college in eastern Paris quit after receiving death threats online following an altercation with a student, officials told AFP…
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The United States on Wednesday launched a new initiative to boost imports of African foods -- specialties like seafood, nuts and herbs -- seeing untapped potential in items that benefit small-scale farmers. The new Africa Trade Desk aims to increase imports of African specialty foods into the United States by $300 million over the next…
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To commemorate 25 years of building brands across West & Central Africa region, mediaReach OMD has unveiled their OMD Consumer Intelligence (OCI) initiative to raise the bar of data analysis in media marketing. According to a statement by the company’s Managing Director, Stephen Oluwatoyin Onaivi, the initiative symbolises the organisation’s relentless pursuit of innovation and…

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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has called on Nigerians to always regard the National Identification Number (NIN) as an essential data for sustainable development.
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Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, has reiterated the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to upholding the principle of press freedom and tasked professionals with responsible journalism.
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Tokyo markets closed higher on Friday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs on Wall Street, while investors awaited US economic data due later in the day.
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From the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, came assurances of better days for Nigerians grappling with hardship as a result of the high cost of living.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the minimum capital requirement for Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) with national licences from N25 billion to N200 billion.
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The FCT Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Olusola Odumosu, has inaugurated the Corps Female Strike Force to protect schools in the territory.
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About six months after President Bola Tinubu recalled all career and non-career ambassadors in diplomatic missions worldwide, their offices in embassies and consulates have remained vacant.
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Banks have 24 months to recapitalise their capital base to at least N500 billion international authorisation capitalisation to continue operations in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.
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Disconnected Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards as a result of unverified National Identification Number (NIN) may hit 50 million from the second phase of the disconnection of unlinked SIMs to NIN exercise, which begins today, March 29.
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Nigeria’s sole surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competitions, Rivers United, are billed to host the first leg of the Confederation Cup final if they qualify for the title game.