NIGERIA has announced its intention to establish a $10bn diaspora investment fund, aiming to leverage remittances for domestic investments across various sectors, according to a tender document unveiled by the country’s industry and trade ministry. The proposed fund aims to consolidate the billions of dollars remitted monthly by Nigerian citizens abroad, channelling …
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UKRAINE has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks. The authority responsible for prisoner of war matters disclosed this on Telegram on Friday. Five bodies were from the Sumy section in northern Ukraine. Russia has …
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THE defence ministers of China and Iran have agreed on closer cooperation on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, being held in Kazakhstan. Iran’s Brigadier General, Mohammed-Reza Astiani said: “Improved cooperation and rapprochement on both sides is needed to resolve regional and international security problems.” …
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THE transformation of the modern workplace is being driven by two powerful forces: mobile working and the Metaverse approach. These trends are not merely fleeting fads but represent a fundamental shift in how we conceive of work in the digital age. Mobile working has liberated employees from the constraints of …
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AFRICA stands at a pivotal juncture in its agricultural development trajectory. With the potential to realise a $1 trillion food economy by 2030, the continent holds immense promise for sustainable growth and economic prosperity. However, realising this potential hinges on overcoming a myriad of challenges, ranging from inadequate infrastructure to logistical inefficiencies, …
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GORDANA Siljanovska-Davkova of the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE, won the first round of the presidential election in North Macedonia but will face the incumbent Stevo Pendarovski in a runoff in May. The 70-year-old law professor, candidate of the largest opposition party received 40.1 per cent of the vote after almost all of …
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THE Security Council on Thursday rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership, with the United States casting a veto. In a vote of 12 in favour to one against, with two abstentions, the Council did not adopt a draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote …
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KENYA’s military chief, Gen. Francis Ogolla, and nine other military representatives died in a helicopter crash. Kenyan President William Ruto made the announcement at a news conference on Thursday. Ruto has ordered three days of national mourning. The helicopter crashed in the afternoon in the west of the country in …
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Afghanistan is grappling with a devastating flood crisis that has escalated over the past week, with the National Disaster Authority reporting a significant rise in casualties. Newsextra24 reports that as of Wednesday, the confirmed death toll has reached 70, while injuries have climbed to 56, according to Mullah Janan Saeq, the spokesman …
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CHINA’s general aviation manufacturing industry has burgeoned in recent years, with the output rising nearly 60 per cent year on year in 2023, a senior official said Thursday. In 2023, China delivered more than 3.17 million civilian drones, and the output of the general aviation manufacturing sector exceeded 51 billion …
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