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Bites and Kisses: The day Bayo Onanuga summoned me, By Adeola Agoro
I was young.I was energetic.I was bad with the computer (the pen wasn’t it for me. My speed on the computer has always been wow!). And when I was handling the Bites and Kisses column of Tempo Magazine (a sister company of The News and P.M News) as a Reporter/Researcher, I was as “deadly’ as I was sweet. Ohhhh… Those…
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Elon Musk says Tesla is coming to India ‘as soon as humanly possible’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday the company is looking to invest in India “as soon as humanly possible,” following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York. “[Modi] really cares about India because he’s pushing us to make significant investments in India, which is something we intend to do. We are just trying to figure out…
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India’s Modi is on a landmark visit to the U.S. Here’s what to expect
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Joe Biden on Thursday during his first state visit to the U.S. High on the agenda will be deepening of defense ties, partnerships in technology and India’s role in the Indo-Pacific. Ties between India and the U.S. are at a turning point and the relationship between the two nations have improved in the…
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‘Political provocation’: China hits back as Biden calls Xi ‘dictator’
China’s foreign ministry has accused the US president of “political provocation” after Joe Biden called Xi Jinping a “dictator”. The comments “seriously violated China’s political dignity”, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday. Biden made the remarks a day after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, met Xi on a trip to China that was aimed at easing tensions between the two…
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FG exempts NDLEA, NAFDAC boards from dissolution
The Federal Government has exempted the boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) from the recently announced dissolution of government agencies and institutions. This was contained in a statment by Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey on Wednesday.…
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Naira gains value against dollar at Investors and Exporters window, closes at N756
The naira appreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Tuesday. It exchanged at N756.61 representing 1.79 per cent appreciation when compared with N770.38 it was exchanged on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N701.75 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate of N781 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s…
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Sierra Leone’s electoral umpire signifies readiness to deliver credible elections
The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) has reaffirmed its commitment and readiness to deliver credible and transparent presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, 24th June. “We are ready mentally and physically for Saturday’s elections, and a possible run-off vote should the need arise,” the ECSL’s Chief Electoral Commissioner Mohamed Konneh told ECOWAS Observers during a briefing in his Freetown…
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Odumosu denies appointment as new EFCC boss
Former Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu has denied news making the rounds about his appointment as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). There had been reports that Odumosu was appointed by President Bola Tinubu to replace Abdulrasheed Bawa who was suspended last week. But in a message on Wednesday morning which was made available…
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Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal US government memo
Sonar picked up banging sounds on Tuesday from underneath the water in the North Atlantic Ocean while searching for a submersible with five people onboard that went missing two days earlier on a dive to the Titanic wreckage, according to an internal US government memo on the search. Crews detected banging sounds every 30 minutes – and four hours later,…
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Tinubu and the audacity of courage, By Tunde Oladunjoye
“If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren’t willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.” Barrack Obama The above title and quote will probably be the most appropriate to describe the less than a month old administration of…
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