The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced measures to tackle the skyrocketing food prices nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said the measures would be implemented over the next 180 days “A 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for food commodities which includes; suspension of duties, …
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West Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has tasked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye with mediating talks with the three military junta-led states—Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso—that withdrew from the group earlier this year. The move aims to restore stability in the region, which has been under …
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An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered a disturbing trend of elderly individuals being accused of witchcraft and murdered along Kenya’s Kilifi coast. These accusations often hide a darker motive—land grabs by relatives and community members. Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa bears the scars of brutal attacks. His wife, Sidi, recounts the horrors …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed a bilateral security agreement in Warsaw on Monday, a day before the start of a NATO summit in Washington. “Those who defend Ukraine today are also defending themselves,” said Tusk. Zelensky called the agreement “ambitious.” “It is capable of …
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INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than two years ago. Indian foreign ministry spokesman in New Delhi said ahead of the trip that Modi would likely discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict during his visit. …
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THE Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have recovered a vehicle stolen in Abuja. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “In July. 6, at about 0200 hours, the police received a tip-off from …
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Jon Landau – the Oscar-winning producer of some of the world’s highest-grossing movies of all time, including Titanic and Avatar – has died, aged 63. Landau, who was the long-time producing partner of filmmaker James Cameron, reportedly died on Friday after living with cancer for more than a year. His …
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A Ghanaian chef, Ebenezer Smith, known as Millennium Chef Smith, who was recently exposed for forging a Guinness World Record in a cooking marathon, has declared that he does not deserve to live due to his disgraceful actions. Smith made this known during a recent interview with GHOne TV on …
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Ahead of the Copa America semi finals fixtures on Wednesday and Thursday, below are currently the highest goal scorers in the competition. Newsextra24 reports that Argentina will face Canada in the last-four, while Uruguay will tackle Colombia. However, Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez, still remains the top scorer in the competition with …
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Reverend Father Mikah Suleiman, who was abducted from his rectory at Damba area of Gusau in Zamfara State on Saturday, has been released by his abductors. The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah, disclosed this in a video when he said: “surprise, surprise, I have with me …
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