AFRICA

Sustain Presidential Power Initiative – Ondo commissioner, Obe tells FG

  Engr Razaq Obe, the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources in Ondo State, has appealed to the Federal Government and president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to sustain the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI). He made this call in an interview with Nigerian Newssphere on Thursday at the just concluded Nigeria …

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Tinubu not on sickbed – Orji Kalu insists

The health status of Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has been a topic of much speculation recently, with rumours circulating that he is unwell and receiving medical treatment. However, Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu has dismissed these claims, stating that Tinubu is not currently in a sick bed. Kalu made …

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EXPLAINER: Sudan conflict and what worries neighbours, others

A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighboring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, …

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South Africa evicts asylum seekers camped outside UN office

South African police have evicted more than 100 asylum seekers camping for over three years outside the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Pretoria. The asylum seekers began living in makeshift tents pitched outside the UNHCR offices as they asked to be relocated to other countries after a …

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Eight Nigerian nationals arrested in Libya as police raid apartment allegedly used for prostitution

Police have arrested eight Nigerian nationals  in Benghazi, Libya over alleged prostitution.     The Nigerians, four men and four women, were arrested on Thursday, April 20, 2023, during a raid on an apartment allegedly used for prostitution.    “Police carried out raid in Bouatni area (Benghazi) targeting a dwelling …

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Confusion as leaders press for temporary ceasefire in Sudan

Sudan’s ceasefire was still a matter of uncertainty on Thursday morning, hours after leaders from the region announced the warring parties had agreed to temporarily suspend fighting. Last minute calls coordinated between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), the African Union and the United Nations had announced success: That the …

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How party leaders sabotage Osun APC fortune in elections

  By Seun Olawoyin In the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, it appears things have fallen apart, and unless drastic actions are taken to address the issue of gross misconduct levelled against some prominent leaders of the party in the state, the centre may not hold …

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My Wife My Pain: She Abandoned Me With My Disability And Our 2 Kids When we Needed Her Most

Jean Paul spoke of how his beloved wife, despite his disability, left him and their two kids at a time when they needed her most to take care of them and their home.He explained that although he was born without any disability, he became disabled at the age of seven …

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She refuses to do family planning – Man cries

One Chama Paul Mulenga is not a happy man at the moment because he suspects his wife is pregnant eight months after the birth of their baby. He made the complaint on a Nigerian Facebook group on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. “My wife has a problem of taking family planning of …

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300-year-old ‘sacred’ tree falls in Kenyan community

A 300-year-old Ekebergia capensis, commonly known as the Cape Ash (Teldet in Kalenjin) tree, considered to be sacred to the Kalenjin community, has fallen in Aldai, Nandi County of Kenya.   The multi-trunked tree was used to conduct prayers in the previous years before the establishment of St Peter’s Koyo ACK Church in Nandi. …

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