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Aviation Workers to Embark on Protest as Government Ignores Calls for Removal of 50% Revenue Deduction
Aviation workers’ unions have announced plans to stage a peaceful protest across airports nationwide on September 18, 2024. In a joint statement, the...
Guinea-Bissau President Embaló Announces Decision Not Run For Second Term
Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Embaló, has announced he will not run for a second term. Speaking to the press after a Council of Ministers...
‘Japa’: 65% of Nigerian Physiotherapists Leave Due to Poor Working Conditions
More than 65 per cent of Nigeria’s physiotherapists have left the country after their training due to poor working conditions and inadequate welfare....
Nigeria’s Falconets Secure Crucial Win Against South Korea in 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Opener
Nigeria’s Falconets began their 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over South Korea at the Estadio Metropolitano...
Senegal’s Prime Minister To Join Demonstration In Support Of Palestine
Senegal’s Prime Minister and leader of the Pastef party, Ousmane Sonko, announced that he will participate in a demonstration in support of the...
PROFILE: 12 Nigerian Journalists Detained Under Tinubu’s Junta
Since President Bola Tinubu took office, at least 12 Nigerian journalists have been detained, raising concerns about press freedom and freedom of speech...
British Authorities Crackdown On Press Freedom, Arrest Richard Medhurst Under Terrorism Act
The British authorities on Thursday arrested an internationally accredited journalist, Richard Thomas Medhurst, at Heathrow Airport on alleged violation of Section 12 of...
Egypt Capitalises On Falling Wheat Prices With Massive Purchase
Egypt’s state-run grain buyer, General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), has announced plans to buy up to 3.8 million tons of wheat through...
Uganda Central Bank Lowers Interest Rate to 10% As Inflation Outlook Improves
Uganda’s central bank has reduced its key lending rate by 25 basis points to 10 per cent, marking the first cut in a...
NIS Indefinitely Suspends Immigration Officer for Begging Traveler at Lagos Airport
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has indefinitely suspended an officer caught on camera begging a traveller for money at the Murtala Muhammed International...
U.S. Deploys Warships, Fighter Jets To Middle East Amid Calls For Ceasefire
The United States has reportedly sent more fighter jets, missiles and warships to the Middle East in anticipation of an Iranian attack on...
Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated in Iran
Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas, has reportedly been assassinated in Tehran, Iran, late Tuesday night. According to a statement from Hamas...