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Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro has criticized Leonardo DiCaprio for encouraging the country's youth to vote in the elections. DiCaprio tweeted that Brazil is home to the Amazon and other ecosystems critical to climate change, adding that youth voting is key in driving change for a healthy planet.
President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has said Africa faces an infrastructure deficit of $68bn to $108bn annually. Adesina noted that the bank had committed over $44bn to infrastructure across the continent in the last six years. He added that since the government must improve the efficiency of public financing for infrastructure.
The US defence department has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of acting with depravity. US Spokesman, John Kirby, questioned how anyone with moral could justify the atrocities committed by Russia. Russia's ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has rejected the accusation. Antonov described Kirby's comment as offensive and unacceptable.
Federal government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations Population Fund, has launched a movement to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, in Nigeria. UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, said the medicalization of FGM in Nigeria remains a threat in states like Ekiti, Oyo and Osun. Schmale stressed that the new pattern of mutilation through medicalization is on the […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stressed that voter education would help increase the participation of Nigerians in the 2023 general elections. A statement issued by his Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, stressed the need to reform campaign finance laws. The statement proposed amendments to the constitution and the Electoral Act to regulate political spending and impose sanctions. It added that […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it is yet to determine where it would zone its presidential ticket. The party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja. Adamu stated that such decision was beyond the National Working Committee and was the prerogative of the entire party.
The Senator representing Abia South Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said the Peoples Democratic Party’s zoning arrangement in Abia state was not a recipe for anarchy. Abaribe disclosed this at the 10th Synod of the Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Umuahia, in Nsukwe/Amibo Ubakala North Archdeaconry. He added that the state must look out for leaders that are God-fearing, not fanatics, known for corrupt enrichment, abuse of office, and economic wastage of […]
Imo state government has activated mechanisms to end illegal refining in oil-bearing communities in the state. The state Commissioner for Petroleum Resources, Goodluck Opiah, stressed that illegal oil business was affecting the economy of the state. Opiah added that the state government has ordered a clampdown on all illegal refineries in the state.
Emma Raducanu beat Tereza Martincova for the second time to make it to the second round of the Madrid Open. Martincova, had led US Open champion Raducanu 5-2 in the first set. But the British number one took the tie-breaker and won 11 of the next 12 games to seal a 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 success.
