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King Charles to meet Canadian PM Trudeau day after Zelensky audience
Britain’s King Charles III is to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, just a day after he welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to his Sandringham retreat. Trudeau would have a private audience with Charles at the monarch’s Norfolk estate after the Canadian leader flew to London to join an emergency defense summit of European leaders at the…
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Macron to meet Trump at the White House for talks on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Washington on Monday to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting comes on the day of the third anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine and days after Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war. It also comes after Trump held a 90-minute phone call with Russian…
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Abure rejects Umuahia meeting says it’s illegal
The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has rejected the meeting of the party convened by Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti in Umuahia saying it is unconstitutional. Mr Obiora Ifoh made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. According to Abure, Otti and others who converged in Umuahia have no power within the party’s…
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August Meeting: Avenue to make communities better – Onuigbo
Former member of the House of Representatives Chief Sam Onuigbo says August Meeting is a unique experience and an avenue for Igbo women including those in diaspora to make their communities better. Onuigbo said this while speaking with newsmen at the 39th August Meeting of Olokoro Clan Development Union Women Federated (OCDUWF) in Abia. According to him, August meeting is…
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PDP Governors arrive Enugu for crucial meeting
Ten out of the 13 governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have so far arrived the Enugu State Government House for the party’s Governors Forum meeting on Wednesday. The governors were Sheyin Makinde of Oyo, Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau,…
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U.S. President Biden to meet Ukraine’s Zelensky in France
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while the pair are in France, the White House said. Biden will discuss with Zelensky the “state of play in Ukraine, and how we can continue and deepen our support for Ukraine,” White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said. On Thursday, both Zelensky and Biden will take part…
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MPC likely to increase lending rate by another 100 basis points-expert
As the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Monday, a financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the committee will likely increase the baseline lending rate by another 100 basis points. Uwaleke, a Professor of Capital Market and the President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in…
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APC mocks PDP governors, calls meetings a jamboree
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum meeting held in Ibadan, was a waste of time, with no substance. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe,National Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “Going by the communique issued by the PDP Governors’ Forum at the…
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Polls: Uncertainty as Jonathan, Jega, security chiefs end meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday met behind closed doors with the heads of security agencies and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, at the State House, Abuja. But there was no firm commitment from those who briefed the press after the meeting that the general election will go ahead as planned. While Jega simply said the…
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No postponement of elections, Council of States decide
An eight-hour deliberation of the National Council of States in Abuja has decided that the general elections must proceed as scheduled. The crucial meeting called to discuss issues about the the nation’s security challenges and the forthcoming elections. The members however, also agreed that elections could be postponed in troubled zones — areas ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. Nigerians,…
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