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Biden pledges rapid support to Ukraine once Senate passes funding
The U.S. administration will “quickly provide” arms to meet Ukraine’s urgent military needs, President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call. The new 61 billion U.S. dollars security package, which includes air defence weapons, will start being distributed once the U.S. Senate passes the legislation and Biden signs it into law. After months of delay, the…
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Justice vital to enduring peace in Nigeria – Alia
The Governor of Benue, Rev. Hyacinth Alia, says justice is vital to the restoration of sustainable peace and stability in Nigeria. The governor, represented by his deputy, Mr. Samuel Ode, made this known at the Mercy Corps Community Initiatives to Promote Peace (CIPP) national close-out and dissemination event on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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Germany, EU risk missing owned clean hydrogen goals
Clean hydrogen as an energy source is indispensable for achieving global climate targets, but Germany and the European Union are in danger of missing their own hydrogen targets. A study published on Monday showed. “Germany is lagging behind its plans,’’ management consultants PwC Strategy& wrote in its report. While an electrolysis capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, not even…
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G-24 calls for international effort to restore peace, stability to crisis areas
The Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G‑24) has called for a strong commitment and united international effort to restore peace, stability, and rebuild livelihoods for those affected by different crises worldwide. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Press Center on Wednesday after the 111th meeting of the G-24 Ministers, Central Bank Governors, and their…
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UN Security Council fears open conflict between Venezuela, Guyana
The UN Security Council has expressed its concern about the smouldering border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. Council members called on the conflicting parties to exercise the greatest possible restraint in their dispute over the Essequibo region in South America, according to a spokesman. The most powerful body of the United Nations called for differences to be resolved by peaceful…
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Agency holds stakeholders’ forum against violent conflicts in Plateau
The Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) has organised a multi-stakeholder engagement to tackle violent conflicts in all parts of the state. Speaking at the event on Monday in Jos, Dr Julie Sanda, the Director-General of the agency, said the event was organised in collaboration with Plateau Debate Guild (PDG) and supported by the United States Institute for Peace (USIP)…
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China opposes negative statement by Japan, U.S., says embassy official
China has lodged representations with Japan over a negative China-related statement. The statement issued after the Japan-U.S. summit urged Japan to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs to avoid greater damage to the China-Japan relationship, a Chinese Embassy spokesperson said on Friday. China urged Japan to respect its core interests and major concerns, implement mutually beneficial agreements between the two…
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USA injects 600,000 dollars in training 72 Nigerian scholars
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States of America (USA) has injected a 600,000-dollar grant to train 72 Nigerian scholars on data science and medical image analysis. Prof. Benjamin Aribisala, Programme Director/Prinicipal Investigator, Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training (DATICAN) in Nigeria, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday…
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We had no solar eclipse in Nigeria- Astronomy society
The Astronomy Society of Nigeria (ASN) has faulted claims that Monday’s solar eclipse in parts of America was also observed in Nigeria. The President of ASN, Prof. Augustine Ubachukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the claim was wrong. “Solar eclipses take place during the day; unlike lunar eclipses that occur at night, the path of the eclipse…
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African economies to grow at 3.4% in 2024- World Bank
The World Bank has projected that growth will rebound in African economies from 2.6 percent in 2023 to 3.4 percent in 2024 and 3.8 percent in 2025. This is contained in a statement issued by the World Bank on its latest Africa’s Pulse Report, released on Tuesday. The report said increased private consumption and declining inflation were supporting an economic…
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Germany deploys another military aircraft for Gaza aid
The German Armed Forces have sent an A400M transport aircraft to the Middle East to drop food over the Gaza Strip. The aircraft departed the Wunstorf airbase in northern Germany on Monday morning, an air force spokesman said. The A400M is to be deployed over the Palestinian territory for the first time on Wednesday. The Airbus, which was to replace…
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Eterna Plc appoints Abiola Lawal as new MD
The Board of Eterna Plc has appointed Mr. Abiola Lawal as the Managing Director of the company, effective April 15. The company, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said that Lawal, who is an oil executive and economist, succeeds Mr. Benjamin Nwaezeigwe, who resigned his position after two years of service to the company. The Board thanked Nwaezeigwe for…
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Afreximbank achieves outstanding financial results in 2023, amid challenging operating environment
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it has delivered exceptional financial results in 2023 amid a challenging operating environment, with results well ahead of expectations. This is contained in a statement signed by Vincent Musumba, Manager, Communications and Events, Afreximbank, on Friday. Msumba said that, largely propelled by the bank’s and its subsidiaries’ growth, the group’s results for the financial year…
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Suicide attack kills top Jihadist in Syria
A prominent jihadist from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), previously linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist militia, was killed in a suicide attack in north-western Syria, activists said on Friday. The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, confirmed that Abu Maria al-Qahtani and two of his bodyguards were killed in a suicide attack late Thursday in Sarmada,…
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Nigerian child’s future brighter with education loans- Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the future of the Nigerian child will be brighter as the path to take them out of poverty has been cleared with the Students’ Loans Re-enactment Bill. The President said this when he hosted members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and the Independent Campaign Council (ICC) to Iftar on Wednesday in Abuja. “The only…
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Patient with transplanted pig kidney discharged from U.S. hospital
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has left the hospital almost three weeks after the operation. Rick Slayman is recovering well and will now continue his recovery at home with his family, the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced on X, formerly Twitter. “This moment, leaving the hospital today with one of the cleanest bills of health…
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U.S. destroys Houthi drones and missile
The U.S. Armed Forces said on Thursday that they destroyed two drones and a missile launched by Iran-backed Houthi militants and targeting a U.S. destroyer in the Red Sea. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and destroyer USS Gravely on Wednesday morning successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). Two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) were launched by…
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