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Buhari assures Iran of Nigeria’s readiness to strengthen ties
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Iranian Vice President of the readiness of Nigeria to strengthen existing relations with the Islamic Republic. President Buhari said this during a courtesy call on him by the Iranian Vice President, Mohsen Mansouri on the sidelines of the United Nations Summit taking place in Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar. According…
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Buhari charges Chadian factions to support ongoing democratic transition
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders of the various Chadian political factions to show restraint and patriotism by immersing themselves in the ongoing transition to democracy in their country. Speaking to the country’s transition President and Head of Government, General Mehmet Idris Deby-Itno when he visited him on the sidelines of the ongoing UN program in Doha, Qatar on…
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Morocco king congratulates Tinubu on election as Nigeria’s president
His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent a congratulatory message to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his election as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He congratulated the new Nigerian president for the trust placed in him by his people, in order to achieve their aspirations for further progress and prosperity. He said: “On this occasion, the Sovereign…
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Saudi King congratulates Tinubu on winning presidential election
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to the Nigerian President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory in the presidential election of 25 February, 2023.. In his cable, King Salman expressed sincere felicitations of every success to the president-elect, wishing the government and fraternal people of Nigeria further progress and prosperity. Crown Prince…
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REPORT: Oxford dismisses ‘fake’ Nigerian professor over misogyny, fraudulent book launch with David Hundeyin
Onyeka Nwelue, a Nigerian author, has had his Academic Visitor status at Oxford University terminated after misusing the university’s logos and premises for commercial purposes, an investigation by Cherwell has found. Nwelue is also facing complaints of misogyny towards students and the spread of racist, classist, and sexist content online. The Fake Professor Nwelue, a self-published author and filmmaker, held…
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Israeli minister’s call to ‘erase’ Palestinian village an incitement to violence, US says
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call for a Palestinian village to be “erased” amounted to incitement to violence and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must publicly disavow it, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. An ultranationalist in Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition, Smotrich made the comments at a conference on Wednesday amid a spate of deadly Palestinian attacks and Israeli settler violence…
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SCOAN’s partners donate £10,000 to Turkey earthquake relief
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) and its Emmanuel TV partners have donated £10,000 as relief support to victims of the recent earthquake that devastated some parts of Turkey and Syria. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake which occurred on February 6, 2023, and the aftershocks that followed, led to the death of more than 47,000. Some 4.6 million children…
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Justin Welby rejected as leader by conservative Anglicans over same-sex blessings
A group of Anglican leaders from around the world have rejected the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as their leader after the Church of England backed prayers of blessing for same-sex couples. Archbishops representing 10 of the 42 provinces in the Anglican Communion have signed a statement saying they no longer consider Mr Welby “leader of the global communion”. They…
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Buhari to brief successor on Nigeria-Comoros ties as he gets AU praise on respect of term limit
President Muhammadu Buhari says he takes the existing good neighborly relations between Nigeria and the Union of Comoro Islands to be very important, for which reason he will be briefing his incoming successor on the need to keep them.Speaking to Azali Assoumani, the President of the Union of Comoros who just took over as the Chairperson of the African Union…
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How Erdoğan’s obsession with power got in the way of Turkey’s earthquake response
When Ali Nusret Berker started seeing Twitter videos posted by people trapped under the rubble of the two Feb. 6 earthquakes in southern Turkey, they brought to mind the cousin he had lost when a massive earthquake hit his hometown near Istanbul in 1999. An avid cave explorer who just passed an exam to become an ambulance driver, the 33-year-old…
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