FG Launches Youth Farmers Enrollment Portal to Address Unemployment, Food Insecurity The Federal Government has unveiled the Youth Farmers Enrollment Portal, an initiative aimed at combating rising unemployment and food insecurity across the nation. The Honourable Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, announced the launch during a ceremony in Abuja. The initiative, developed in...
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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE – VP SHETTIMA TO MEDIA PROFESSIONALS:
You Can Speak Truth To Power Without Necessarily Antagonising Government *** Charges journalists on courage to serve as conscience of the nation The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has implored media professionals in Nigeria to be more focused on objectively speaking truth to power rather than antagonising the government. Drawing the distinction between antagonism and...
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CNN Reaches $5m Defamation Settlement with US Navy Veteran
A US Navy veteran who helped Afghans escape after the Taliban takeover in 2021 has won at least $5m (£4.1m) after a jury said he was defamed by American broadcaster CNN.Zachary Young ran a private security firm, Nemex Enterprises, which extracted people from Afghanistan in exchange for fees sometimes totaling thousands of dollars, paid for...
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U.S. President-Elect Inauguration Ceremony to Take Place Indoor Due Weather Forecast
United State President-elect, Donald Trump’s inaugural address on 20 January will take place indoors due to dangerously cold weather being forecast next week in Washington, he has confirmed.The address, as well as other speeches, will now take place inside the US Capitol’s rotunda, rather than outside the building.The inaugural parade will also be held indoors...
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Thai Prime Minister Nearly Trick by Scammers Impersonating another World Leader into Giving Donations.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said this week that she had received a scam call from someone impersonating another world leader, whom she did not identify.“I could hear clearly from the voice that it was the voice of the country leader,” she said Wednesday, adding that the caller may have used AI to fake the other leader’s voice.It...
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Tiktok “To Go Dark on January 19th“in U.S. If Clarity is Not Given
TikTok on Friday confirmed that it plans to go dark Sunday unless it’s given more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban that’s scheduled to go into immediate effect.Recall that President Joe Biden signed a law in April that required TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership and sell...
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South African Miner Underground Horrific Experience Trying to Make Ends Meet
Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the confined space.Bodies wrapped in fabric and twine were set aside in rows nearby. Bad odors permeated everything, so it was hard to distinguish what smells were...