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Nigerian House of Reps Urges MDAs to Establish Climate Change Desk
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Nigerian House of Reps Urges MDAs to Establish Climate Change Desk

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Service Matters has directed all Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to integrate a ‘Climate Change...

Tinubu Appoints Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Opponent of EndBadGovernance Protests as Minister of Womens Affairs
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Tinubu Appoints Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Opponent of #EndBadGovernance Protests, as Minister of Women’s Affairs

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, an opponent of the #EndBadGovernance protests, as the Minister of Women’s Affairs in a recent cabinet...

Kenya Grants Gates Foundation Immunity Amid Bill Gates' Vaccine Indictment
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Kenya Grants Gates Foundation Immunity Amid Bill Gates’ Vaccine Indictment

The Kenyan Government has granted diplomatic privileges and immunity to the staff of the Gates Foundation (formerly Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) operating...

Burkina Fasos Yatenga Province Anticipates Over 80 Tons of Rice Harvest as Security Improves
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Yatenga Province in Burkina Faso Expects Over 80 Tons of Rice Amid Improved Security

Burkina Faso is set to harvest over 80 tonnes of rice planted on the banks of the Zamdogo rice lowland in the Yatenga...

Countries Do Not Always Have to Follow IMF Advice – Nigerias Finance Minister
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Countries Do Not Always Have to Follow IMF Advice – Nigeria’s Finance Minister

Olawale Edun, Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, said that countries do not necessarily have to take advice from the...

Despite Retraction of Senate Invasion Report, DSS Ordered Abduction of OrderPaper Staff Edna Ulaeto
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Despite Retraction of Senate Invasion Report, DSS Orders Abduction of OrderPaper Staff Edna Ulaeto

Edna Ulaeto, a staff member of OrderPaper, has been abducted by the Department of State Services, DSS. OrderPaper, an independent parliamentary monitoring organisation...

BRICS GDP Growth to Hit 4% by Q4 2024, Exceeding Global Average of 3.2% - Putin
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BRICS GDP Growth to Hit 4% by Q4 2024, Exceeding Global Average of 3.2% – Putin

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on average, by the end (Q4) of 2024, the BRICS nations’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate is...

Kenya's President Nominates Interior Minister to Replace Impeached Deputy President Gachagua
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Kenya’s President Nominates Interior Minister to Replace Impeached Deputy President Gachagua

President William Ruto of Kenya nominated Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy on Friday following the Senate’s impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua....

Nigeria-India Business Council Commits to Enhancing Trade Ties
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Nigeria-India Business Council Commits to Enhancing Trade Ties

Emeka Ofor, Chairman of the Nigeria-India Business Council, NIBC, has expressed commitment to enhancing trade relations between the two countries. On Wednesday, Ofor...

Kenyas Senate Begins Impeachment Hearings Against Vice President Gachagua
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Kenyan Senate Begins Impeachment Hearings Against Vice President Gachagua

Kenya’s Senate has begun impeachment hearings against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The hearings commenced following a court ruling which held that the proceedings...

Court Halts Lagos Polio Vaccination Over Consent Issues
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Court Halts Lagos Polio Vaccination Over Consent Issues

Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of the Ikoyi Federal High Court has ordered the Lagos State Government to suspend its planned mass polio vaccination of...

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Governor Soludo Signs Law to Control LG Funds, Citing ‘Humongous Chaos’ Over LG Autonomy

The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has signed the Anambra State Local Government Administration Law, stating that granting absolute autonomy to LGA is...