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Russia wants Kamala Harris to win the U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in a teasing comment that cited her "infectious" laugh as a reason to prefer her over Donald Trump. Putin made the ironic remark…
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The Federal Government says it has no plan to slash scholarship students’ allowances as recently projected in the media. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this during a meeting with the leadership of the National…
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The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has announced a reduction in allowances for foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others by 12.7%. The ministry attributed…
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Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has firmly rejected reports suggesting that Nigerian students in Russia were being coerced into joining the ongoing conflict with Ukraine in exchange for visa renewals. According to Bloomberg’s Monday…
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as head of the military, the defence ministry said on Friday. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, 48, a general in the military, is widely seen as his father's successor in…
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Niger's junta has demanded that the head of the United Nations diplomatic mission there leave the country within 72 hours, accusing the U.N. of excluding Niger from its General Assembly last month. The army officers who seized power in…
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Russia has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that military intervention in Niger Republic could escalate the crisis. Leaders of ECOWAS member states met in Abuja on Thursday and resolved to deploy a “standby…
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Mali and Burkina have threatened to withdraw their ECOWAS membership and rise up in support of Niger’s military government should the West African bloc invade the country. The two countries where soldiers had recently ceased power…
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Russian President,Vladimir Putin says its Government has written off $23 billion debt burden of African countries. Putin spoke at the plenary session of the ongoing second Russia–Africa Summit 2023 holding from July 27 to July 28. He…
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Russia has signed agreements for military cooperation with over 40 African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday in St Petersburg. Read Also:Global Fund approves $1 billion for Nigeria’s fight against TB,…
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