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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U.S. Presidents Tradition of leaving congratulatory Letters in the Oval desk for the Incoming President, Will Biden Pass the Torch?
What started with good intention from Ronald Reagan congratulating his successor has become a tradition that all other incoming presidents participated in.Reagan who was the 40th presided served the country from 1981 –1989 had left a letter in the Oval Office desk drawer for George H.W. Bush, his successor and vice president of eight years.Bush...
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South Korea Impeached President Refuses to Be Questioned, Investigators to File Request to Extend Yoon’s Detention
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency said Friday that it would ask a Seoul court to extend the detention of arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol as the impeached leader again refused to be questioned by investigators.On Wednesday, Yoon became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, over an investigation into whether he committed insurrection when he briefly imposed martial law in early December. He is...
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Official White House Portraits of Donald Trump and JD Vance Release Ahead Of Inauguration
The official portraits of US President-elect Donald Trump and his second-in-command JD Vance have been released ahead of their inauguration on Monday.Both Trump and Vance are pictured in blue suits, white collared shirts and blue ties, with Trump wearing a small US flag pin on his lapel.Trump’s expression contrasts with Vance’s, with the president-elect’s head...
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President Biden Leaves TikTok Ban Enforcement for Incoming Administration
President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a US official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.Congress last year, in a law signed by Biden, required that TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance divest...
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“He Passed Landmark Legislation to Rebuild Our Nation’s Infrastructure and Address the Threat of Climate Change.” Obama Tribute to Biden
The former president of the United State, Barack Obama in a tribute to its outgoing president Joe Biden stated that he “passed landmark legislation to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.”Biden has been the president since 2021 served under Barrack Obama as the 47th vice president from 2009-2017.Obama as characterised Biden as “the right leader.”According to the...
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PBAT Meets With UAE President to Foster Economic Ties Between Both Nations.
The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for a crucial bilateral meeting to strengthen and expand the growing relationship between both countries.According to the nigerian president: “Our discussions focused on key areas of mutual...