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African Union Invites Ethiopia and Tigrayan Forces for Peace Talk

The African Union has invited Ethiopia's government and Tigray forces to peace talks aimed at ending a two-year civil war. Ethiopia's national security adviser to the prime minister said the government has accepted the invitation, which is in line with the country’s principled position regarding peaceful resolution. Fresh fighting resumed in the northern Tigray region in August, breaking a five-month humanitarian truce. The truce was agreed to allow aid to […]

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Entertainment News

Burna Boy Becomes Most Streamed Artist

African Giant, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has been declared the all-time most streamed artiste in the world. Nigeria's standard music data provider, Turntable Charts, announced Burna Boy as the most streamed artist. This comes just days after Apple Music revealed the all-time metric for Nigerian artists' performance on their platform.

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News

Amusan Receives N5m Cash Gift from Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has gifted World Champion Tobi Amusan a cash gift of N5m and a house in Ijebu Ode. This is in celebration of Amusan’s World Championship and Commonwealth Games feats in the 100m women’s hurdles. The 2018 Commonwealth and 2019 African Championship winner was also named sports ambassador of the State.

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Health

NCDC Warns of High Risk of Ebola in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has announced that Nigeria’s risk of having an Ebola outbreak is high. The Centre announced this as Uganda continues to grapple with an outbreak of the deadly disease. However, the NCDC assured that Nigeria was equipped to react effectively to an outbreak. It added that this is exemplified by the Centre’s successful response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, as well […]

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politics

INEC to Deploy Undercover Agents in 2023 Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced plans to deploy undercover agents to polling units for the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman on Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who made this known during a citizens’ election dialogue, revealed that the undercover security personnel will be deployed, in a bid to cut down on the menace of vote buying/ Okoye assured that the commission will continue to train […]

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News

Sanwo-Olu Appoints New LASUTH Vice Chancellor

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Olumuyiwa Odusanya as the substantive and pioneer Vice–Chancellor of the State University of Science and Technology, Ikorodu. This was contained in a statement issued by the Public Affairs Unit, Office of the Special Adviser on Education. The statement noted that Odusanya’s appointment took effect from September 29, 2022. It added that the appointment is to ensure that there is no […]

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World

Health Worker in Uganda Dies of Ebola

Ugandan health ministry has confirmed the death of another health worker on Wednesday. According to the country’s Health Minister, Jane Aceng, the health worker, Margaret Nabisubi, is the fourth medical worker to die of Ebola. A team of medics got exposed to the virus when they treated the first confirmed case. Official figures show that there have been 43 confirmed cases since the outbreak was announced two weeks ago, and […]

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Business

World Bank projects 102% debt service, revenue for Nigeria

World Bank has said that public debt in Nigeria is concerning due to the rising debt service-to-revenue ratio. According to the bank, economic growth was subdued in Nigeria, with annual growth slowing from 3.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 to 3.4 per cent in the second quarter. It added that the debt service to revenue ratio could stand at 102.3 per cent by the end of 2022. […]

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Entertainment News

Rebekah Vardy to pay 90% of Coleen Rooney’s legal costs

Rebekah Vardy is expected to pay an estimated £1.5m towards Coleen Rooney’s legal costs after losing a defamation case. According to a court document an initial payment of £800,000 must be made by 15 November. Earlier this year, a High Court judge ruled in Rooney’s favour following the so-called Wagatha Christie trial.

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