As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 176th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events from Thursday, August 18. Fighting A Russian attack on a…
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The Vostok drills are due to start at the end of the month and will also include India, Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikistan. Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part…
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe is Britain’s richest man, according to Forbes British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to buy Manchester United. News of the 69-year-old’s interest follows a Bloomberg report that the Glazer…
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Casemiro won the Uefa Super Cup with Real Madrid earlier this month Manchester United have made an approach to sign Real Madrid’s Brazil midfielder Casemiro in a deal that would be…
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers. 1. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has called off its nationwide strike. The decision followed an emergency meeting with the…
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Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said Mali’s airspace has been breached more than 50 times this year, mostly by French forces In a letter to the UN, Malian official accuses France of…
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Talented Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter, Sheun Natural comes through with another smash single which he titled ‘LOKOSSA’. This amapiano produced by KssWizz, mixed and mastered by Colourmix is a 2minutes…
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The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dismisses the move and says the gov’t is engaged in ‘obfuscation’. The Ethiopian government called for a formal Tigray ceasefire agreement to be reached as soon…
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Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, played host to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The visit saw the…
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BellaRose, the broadcaster-sister of gospel artiste, Benita Okojie-Adeyina, has got engaged. Sister of the bride-to-be shared photos on her Instagram page and captioned them, “It gives me great joy to let…
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Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, on Wednesday, mourned the death of a young boy. Taking to her Instagram page, she revealed that she ignored his mother’s plea because of a past experience…
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Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Alexander Fomin, left, and Major General Nidal Abu Dukhan, right, commander of the Palestinian national security forces Russia says Deputy Minister of Defence Alexander Fomin held…
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Foreign News World newsRussia Sees 38% Rise in Energy Export Earnings This Year Despite Sanctions: Report
Russia is Europe’s top supplier of gas, but petrol flows have been reduced this year after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 Russia is expected to pocket $337.5bn…
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Taipei has carried out its own drills to simulate defence against invasion by China, and unveiled the F-16V fighter jet. Taiwan unveiled its most advanced fighter jet, the missile-equipped F-16V, in…
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The $121,000 payment to each victim is an interim one before a continuing inquiry concludes. Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will…
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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya (right) with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the presidencial palace in Yaounde, Cameroon Unlike their Western counterparts, African leaders are being cautious in characterising the conflict…
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Israel’s then-foreign minister Yair Lapid (left) visited Turkey and met the country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in June Turkey and Israel have agreed to restore full diplomatic relations and will return…
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Putin reaffirmed his long-held claim that he sent troops into Ukraine in response to Washington turning the country into an “anti-Russia” bulwark The Russian leader says Washington is ‘using the people…
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The leadership contest between Sunak and Truss will conclude on September 5 Conservative hopefuls vying to replace Boris Johnson as PM have pledged to confront Beijing if elected. London, United Kingdom…
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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gather in London in April to protest his potential extradition to the United States. Reporters and lawyers who met with Assange in London say that…