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Opposition Launching Attacks On Tinubu’s Performing Ministers like Bunmi Ojo

Opposition Launching Attacks On Tinubu’s Performing Ministers like Bunmi Ojo

…Chidiebere Okoh Of MYC Warns: Nobody Should Tamper With Bunmi Ojo The Convener and Director of Market Youth Congress (MYC), a good governance and democratic advocacy pressure group has lent it's voice to a pressing national issue, a coordinated attack by the opposition to destabilize some Performing Ministers of this administration, insisting that Bunmi Ojo's position as Minister of Interior should not be tempered with because he duly resigned from the board of his company before contesting elections and further getting appointment as a minister before resigning as house member.Saying, "His antecedents as Chairman House Committee on NDDC is a…
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Diaspora Egyptians Participate in 2024 Presidential Elections

Diaspora Egyptians Participate in 2024 Presidential Elections

Last three days were significant for Egyptians overseas as they lined up to vote in the December 1–3 presidential elections. The National Election Authority (NEA) has carefully scheduled 137 embassies and consulates in 121 countries to welcome voters from 9 am to 9 pm, guaranteeing maximum accessibility. Egyptians living abroad or temporarily travelling can vote with a valid or expired national ID card or passport with their national ID number. With 14 million Egyptian overseas residents expected to vote, expectations are high. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar have high voting rates, suggesting robust community participation. Over 65 million…
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Israel Receives Malawian Youths to Help Fill Farm Labour Shortage

Israel Receives Malawian Youths to Help Fill Farm Labour Shortage

According to the Malawian labour ministry, several hundred young men have travelled to Israel to work on farms left empty after the Gaza conflict. There are plans for more flights in the near future. On Saturday, 221 young people from the country in southern Africa were transported to Israel on the first flight. Following the tensions created by the Gaza war on October 7, a large number of labourers left Israel's farms, which constitute a considerable portion of the country's economy. Foreign labourers heading back to their home nations and Palestinians from Gaza whose work licences were cancelled by Israel…
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We Will Fight Crime and Terrorism, Gaidam Tells INTERPOL

We Will Fight Crime and Terrorism, Gaidam Tells INTERPOL

Nigeria's Honourable Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, has pledged to work with INTERPOL member countries to fight crime, terrorism, and maintain global peace, as well as to ensure public safety and uphold justice, according to a statement signed by the Ministry's Deputy Director, Press, Bolaji Kazeem and given to the National Association of Online Security. The Minister who led the Nigerian delegation—Vice President Africa (INTERPOL), AIG Umar Garba (RTD); Director, Police Inspectorate Department (PID), Mrs. Bola Blessing Aderele; Head (INTERPOL, National Crime Bureau), AIG Lanre Bankole, and others—is attending the 91st Interpol General Assembly in Vienna, Austria to…
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Gov. Mba was compelled to blackmail Supreme Court – IPOB.

Gov. Mba was compelled to blackmail Supreme Court – IPOB.

On Friday, IPOB claimed that “Aso Rock” pressured Governor Peter Mba to blackmail the Supreme Court before Nnamdi Kanu's December 15 judgement. IPOB cited Mba's claim that the group was prohibited. Mba mentioned it to State House Correspondents after visiting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. However, IPOB cautioned that the governor would make a “costly mistake” by using the group's name to “buy favour from Tinubu’s administration.” According to Powerful, the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to Dr. Peter Mba's unguarded…
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