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Only 4 of 37 attorneys-general in Nigeria are female – IBA

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

International Bar Association (IBA) has called for the urgent fixing of gender disparity in Nigeria’s legal profession. A new study […]

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Sudan: U.S. Top Diplomat Calls for Ceasefire in Sudan As Death Toll Nears 200

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Khartoum, Sudan — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called the leaders of Sudan’s two warring factions and urged […]

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Senegal: Senegal Musician Baaba Maal Named UN Ambassador on Desertification

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Baaba Maal, the renowned Senegalese singer-songwriter, has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, […]

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Africa: How the Ukraine War Ends, and Implications for Africa

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Four global scenarios capturing all reasonable outcomes show why rapprochement between the West and China is vital. The war in […]

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Alleged espionage: Russian court denies US reporter bail

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy talks to the media outside the Moscow City Court after a hearing to consider […]

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China condemns G7 statements on policy in the Far East

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

China denounced statements made at the meeting of the foreign ministers from the G7 powers in Japan, in which they […]

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G7 urges Sudan’s warring parties to lay down arms, resume dialogue

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Foreign ministers of the G7 countries called on Sudan’s warring parties to immediately lay down their arms and engage in […]

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AMVCA: Actors Guild lauds Gov Ugwuanyi for sponsoring movie “Ifediche”

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has lauded Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for sponsoring the movie, “Ifediche”. The […]

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Ekiti Assembly confirms new SIEC Chairman

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Olubunmi Adelugba has hailed Governor Biodun Oyebanji for forwarding names of […]

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About 84,000 candidates sat for JAMB’s rescheduled Mock UTME – Registrar, Oloyede

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The Registrar/Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, said about 84,000 candidates on Tuesday sat […]

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NBA begs as gunmen kidnap former president, Okey Wali

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has made an appeal to the abductors of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Okey […]

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Zimbabwe: 43 Years Independence Commemoration Marred By Rapidly Shrinking Civic Space and Decline in Freedoms

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Zimbabweans are marking forty-three years of independence from colonial rule amid the reality of a rapidly shrinking civic space, including […]

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INEC national commissioners in closed-door meeting over Adamawa poll

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

All National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission are currently in a closed-door meeting at the commission’s headquarters in […]

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Diversity: Nigeria must take a cue from Singapore, Tanzania, Rwanda – Osinbajo

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for strong consensus among elites and a policy framework that would promote social cohesion […]

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NRC generates N715.09m from train passengers in first 3 months of 2022 – NBS

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The Nigerian Railway Corporation generated N715.09 million in revenue from passengers in Q3 of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics, […]

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Nigerian women record low representation in governance, says NBS

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, says women have continued to record low representation in all tiers and levels of […]

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Stowaway found dead in KLM flight from Nigeria

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

A dead stowaway was on Monday discovered in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777. The […]

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We invested heavily on resumption of commercial flights to Makurdi – Ortom

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that the State Government invested heavily to ensure that commercial flights operations […]

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Uganda: Money Lenders Face Arrest for Confiscating National IDs as Collateral

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Following a public outcry over money lenders seizing national identification cards from their clients, police have issued a warning to […]

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NBA appeals for release of abducted former president, Wali

By Ifunanya / April 18, 2023

Nigerian Bar Association Logo The Nigerian Bar Association has appealed to the abductors of its former president, Mr. Okey Wali, […]

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