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…lenders worry about petrol subsidy The President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, has said that the bank will work with the International Monetary Fund to assess Nigeria’s debt sustainability. Malpass said this during the 2022 annual meetings opening press conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. He said, “We …

The United Kingdom is considering tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country. According to Daily Mail, UK, it has been discovered that Nigerian migrants bring in the highest number of dependants when compared to other groups of migrants. Government sources said the Home Secretary, …

A millionaire political novice won the most votes in legislative elections in Lesotho but fell short of securing a parliamentary majority that could have ended long-running political gridlock, officials said on Monday. Revolution for Prosperity (RFP), a party set up only six months ago by businessman Sam Matekane, 64, won …

Ukraine said Tuesday that at least 19 people were killed and more than 100 wounded as a result of Russian strikes across the country a day earlier. “According to preliminary data, 19 people were killed and 105 more were injured,” Ukraine’s emergency services said on Facebook. The emergency services previously …

A series of loud explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Monday morning, a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine for a deadly blast on the bridge linking Crimea to Russia. The explosions hit Kyiv around 8:15 am local time (0515 GMT), and an AFP journalist in the city saw numerous ambulances …

THE prison sentence of beleaguered ex-South African President Jacob Zuma officially ended on Friday, with correctional services saying he had been released from their system having served only part of his term behind bars. The former Head of State was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court in July …

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to human rights advocate, Ales Bialiatski from Belarus; the Russian human rights organisation, Memorial; and the Ukrainian human rights organisation, Center for Civil Liberties. The Nobel Selection Committee made this known on its official Twitter page on Friday. According to the committee, …

Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown, even in his native Burkina Faso. But in the space of a weekend, he catapulted himself from army captain to the world’s youngest leader – an ascent that has stoked hopes but also fears for a poor and chronically troubled …

French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experiences of class and gender, was on Thursday awarded the Nobel Literature Prize. Ernaux, 82, was honoured “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”, the …

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, was granted honorary citizenship of Dallas, United States, on Tuesday by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. Obi responded to the award via his verified Twitter account by tweeting, “Today in Dallas Texas United States, I met with the Mayor of Dallas and his …