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Turkey’s 2025 exports hit record $273.4 billion, up 4.5% y/y, says Erdogan
Turkey’s exports hit a record high $273.4 billion in 2025, up 4.5% from a year earlier, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Erdogan, speaking at an event at the Istanbul Congress Center, said combined goods and services exports were estimated to have reached $396.5 billion last year. Credit: Reuters
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UK’s Starmer says Britain was not involved in US strikes on Venezuela
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain was not involved in the United States’ strikes on Venezuela on Saturday and that it was important to uphold international law, and that he wanted to speak to U.S. President Donald Trump and find out exactly what had happened. Trump said in a post on social media early on Saturday that U.S. forces had…
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Eno sets up seven-member committee for Akwa Ibom APC 2026 congresses
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has constituted a seven-member Congress Implementation Committee to work with the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s 2026 state congresses. The committee was inaugurated on Friday during the New Year APC Stakeholders’ Meeting held at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo. The governor appointed Prince Enobong Uwah…
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Schools to resume on Monday in Ekiti — Education commissioner
By Boye Oyeyemi – Public and private primary and secondary schools in Ekiti State will resume for the second term on Monday, January 5, the state Commissioner for Education, Dr Olabimpe Aderiye, has announced. Aderiye disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, ahead of the reopening of schools across the state. She said the resumption followed the…
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Russia says reported US military strikes on Venezuela ‘clearly’ violate international law
‘I am confident that the global majority will decisively distance itself from the attack on Venezuela and condemn it,’ says deputy speaker of Russia’s Federation Council Russia on Saturday said that the reported US military strikes on Venezuela have “no substantive basis” and are in violation of international law. “Without a doubt, Venezuela has not posed any threat to the…
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Distinguishing between federal government revenue and the Federation Account, by Temitope Ajayi
Public debate on government finances in Nigeria is once again clouded by confusion, little knowledge, and deliberate misrepresentation. At the centre of the current controversy is a misunderstanding of the distinction between total revenue generated by government agencies and the portion that actually belongs to the federal government. The confusion has been amplified by commentators who should know better and…
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CAF names Cameroonian referees for Nigeria, Mozambique second-round clash
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed a team of Cameroonian referees to officiate the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 second-round encounter between Nigeria and Mozambique. The match will be handled by 29-year-old Abdou Abdel Mefire, who has been named the centre referee for the fixture. Mefire will be assisted on the flanks by his compatriots, Elvis Noupoue…
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Chelle charges wards ahead of Mozambique match
By Tosin Omojola – Ahead of Monday’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) second-round game against Mozambique, Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has warned his boys against complacency. After a perfect preliminary stage performance, the Eagles are set for the next phase with the Mambas of Mozambique as their opponents. Speaking with the players during their build-up session, Chelle warned the…
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Trump says US has ‘captured’ Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in ‘large scale strike’
President Donald Trump says the US has captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife as he confirms “large scale” strike against the country. He adds that Maduro has been flown out of the country, though details remain scarce – read Trump’s Truth Social statement in full. Venezuela announces a state of national emergency and rejects and denounces “military aggression”…
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Guns, silence and the sahel, by Titilope Anifowoshe
Africa has entered a dangerous season not merely of political instability, but of moral confusion. I remember a freezing winter evening in Tianjin, China, sitting in the cramped cubicle of a Ugandan friend, when I met a West African sister from Burkina Faso. What began as casual conversation turned into a two-hour ideological battle; democracy versus military rule, ECOWAS versus…
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