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UN Chief Calls For ‘immediate’ Funding For Horn Of Africa
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on nations to immediately ramp up funding to prevent a “catastrophe” in the Horn of Africa, ...
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CONMEBOL Opens Investigation After Racist Chanting In Argentina
South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL on Wednesday opened an investigation into alleged racist chanting against Colombia international Hugo Rodallega by Gimnasia y ...
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Biden Spending Freeze Plan Would Save $1 Trillion: Treasury
President Joe Biden offered to freeze government spending at current levels during crunch debt talks with Republicans, which would reduce the deficit by ...
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RTEAN, FRSC, Red Cross Move To Reduce Road Accident Deaths By 50 Per Cent
Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Nigerian Red Cross have declared a state of emergency on ...
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Cholera-Hit South African Town Blames Govt For Deadly Outbreak
A grieving family gathers in their yard in a town near Pretoria, the epicentre of a deadly cholera outbreak, mourning the death of ...
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Senate Passes Bill To Compensate Victims Of EndSARS For 2nd Reading
The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to compensate victims of the EndSARS protest. The bill entitled, A Bill ...
Metro
Many injured as bus conveying intending Hajj pilgrims to Abuja crashes
An 18-seater bus that contained intending pilgrims, moving from Nasarawa State to Abuja to board plane to Saudi Arabia on Thursday for the ...
International News
UK’s annual inflation rate slides to 8.7 percent in 13 months
United Kingdom (UK) annual inflation rate has fallen sharply to a 13-month low of 8.7 percent in April 2023 as energy prices are ...
Crime
‘Probe Akpabio for diverting N1trn during time as Akwa Ibom governor,’ Group tells EFCC, ICPC
Civil society organisations (CSOs), under the aegis of Network Against Corruption And Trafficking (NACAT), have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ...
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Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For Payment Of N226bn, $556.8m, £98.5m Judgement Debts
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate to issue a promissory note for the payment of 566,754,584.31 dollars, 98,526,012.00 Pounds ...
