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No fewer than 60 bodies have been recovered following a devastating boat accident in Niger State, the Guardian reports. The accident, which involved over 300 people, occurred in the Mokwa Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night. The Press Secretary to the Council Chairman of Mokwa LGA, Abubakar Dakani, confirmed the incident. According…
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Former Senate Majority Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has charged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hire the services of military contractors to wipe out the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Ndume, who hailed the gallant performance of the military and Civilian JTF, said they’re ill-equipped to carry out the task of eliminating the…
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France’s finance minister on Wednesday promised that the tax hikes the government says are required to bring the country’s finances back on track will be targeted at high-income groups and limited in time. A day after Prime Minister Michel Barnier pledged to tackle France’s “colossal” debt through spending cuts and new taxes, Antoine Armand told…
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Dozens of people are feared dead after two migrant boats overturned off the coast of Djibouti, according to the United Nations on Wednesday. The boats left Yemen with 310 people on board, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday. So far, 45 people have…
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Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” on Wednesday, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel. “Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a statement. “This is an anti-Israel Secretary-General…
