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PM Starmer, President Tinubu agree to strengthen Nigeria, UK partnership
The British Prime Minister, RT Hon Keir Starmer and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have agreed to work closely together to sustain and enhance the partnership between the United Kingdom and Nigeria for economic growth and prosperity. The two leaders resolved to renew and strengthen the relationship between their countries during a phone conversation on Wednesday afternoon. According to a press…
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Ebedi International Residency hosts female writers from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria
Four female writers from Ghana, Togo and Nigeria are attending the July/August 2024 Edition of the Ebedi International Writers’ Residency. The writers, who already arrived Iseyin in Oyo State for the programme are, Woelinam Agordah from Ghana, Olive Chinyere Amajuoyi from Nigeria, Ruth Gbeglo from Togo and Olaitan Sanya-Abiodun also from Nigeria. The Ebedi International Writers’ Residency, a private initiative…
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Israel says it killed senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike
Israel says it has killed a top Hezbollah commander after carrying out an air strike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The Israeli military says Fuad Shukr was the target of an “intelligence-based elimination”. Hezbollah has not yet confirmed his death, but says Shukhr was in a building that was hit at the time. Israeli officials say…
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Oyo Govt releases results of tests for teachers’ recruitment
The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Oyo SUBEB, has released results of its just concluded computer-based tests for the ongoing recruitment of 7,000 primary school teachers. According to the Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, the Board has set a minimum cut-off mark of 50% for qualification to the next stage in the recruitment exercise. Dr…
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Protests didn’t end well in Kenya, Bishop warns
Nigerians should learn from the bitter outcomes of the ongoing widespread protests in Kenya, an activist cleric, Bishop Wycliffe Khaemba, has admonished the youth preparing to take to the streets tomorrow. “I urge you to learn from what has happened and is still occurring in Kenya,” the bishop, who has been into activism for 28 years, said in a statement…
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BREAKING: Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran
Hamas said its political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the assassinated Hamas leader’s “blood will never be wasted”. There was no immediate comment from Israel. The Israeli military said it was conducting a situational assessment. This comes less than 24 hours after three people, including…
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PTAD boss commends Tinubu for approving pension increment, opens Ilorin office
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Executive Secretary of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Dr Chioma Ejikeme, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for approving increment in pensions. Dr. Ejikeme gave the commendation while speaking with newsmen shortly after commissioning the Kwara State PTAD office in Ilorin on Tuesday. Dr Ejikeme also confirmed that the agency has received approval for…
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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, other billionaires are not philanthropists, says Melinda French Gates
Melinda French Gates says there is a new generation of billionaire activists who aren’t really philanthropists. Speaking to The New York Times, the ex-wife of Bill Gates — who recently rocked the philanthropic world when she announced she was leaving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given away nearly $80 billion since it was founded in 2000 by…
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Woman found $6,000 cash she lost years ago, but her bank refused to accept the ‘deteriorated’ money
Mary Venegas was “flabbergasted” when she finally found an envelope containing $6,000 in cash buried beneath some cardboard boxes in her backyard. The Sacramento senior thought the money was long gone after losing it four years ago and was “just so happy” to find it, since she’s living on a fixed income and had overdue utility bills to pay. How…
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