Avellon Williams NIGERIA- In his message to supporters and all Nigerians, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi urged his supporters to remain calm. At the Delta State airport in Asaba, the former Anambra governor made the appeal Tuesday morning. A citizen on the same flight as Obi interviewed him on his way to Abuja. “We should remain calm, consistent, […]
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Avellon Williams ANTIGUA & BARBUDA- There are dozens of employees at the Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (ABTB) who are benefiting from the latest Collective Agreement signed between the company and the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU). The ABWU’s Senior Industrial Relations Officer, Kem Riley, explained during a recent signing exercise that the statutory body […]
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Lisa Mugo Canadian rapper Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake has hinted at possibly retiring early during a sit-down interview with fellow rapper Lil Yachty. During the interview, Drake revealed that he has been thinking about retirement which he describes as ‘graceful.’ “I’m at the point now where I just want to, like, and I feel like maybe […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been named men’s player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards. Messi beat PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid attacker Karim Benzema to the accolade, and was also voted into the FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World XI alongside the two Frenchmen. It’s another individual award for […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to the most recent statistics made public on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics, Rwandans are living at least nine years longer than the majority of East Africans. Statistics from the fifth Population and Housing Census 2022, Rwanda’s life expectancy has increased to 69.6 years from 51.2 years in 2002. According […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The African Union has condemned comments by the Tunisian President Kais Saied suggesting people from sub-Saharan Africa in the country were linked to criminality. In a statement on Twitter, the African Union (AU) said it “strongly condemns the racial statements on fellow Africans in Tunisia”, without directly referring to Saied. The Chairperson of the […]
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Renson Mwakandana Despite a decline in oil prices, Kenyan fuel costs will stay high for at least another two months. Oil imported at the current worldwide market rates will begin selling locally in April or May, according to Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir, which is when the reprieve would start to be felt locally. […]
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Avellon Williams ITALY- Rescue crews recovered three more bodies on Monday, bringing the death toll to 62 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast. It underscores once again how desperate and dangerous boat crossings are for people seeking to reach Europe. A number of other people are believed to be missing. Children were among those […]
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AEM With election day looming nearer and nearer, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria 🇳🇬 votes in a few days – on February 25th. Can Nigerians learn from the past elections and resist RELIGIOUS divisions and TRIBALISM? The country has many issues that need to be dealt with, such as high unemployment, insecurity, and ranks high […]
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Avellon Williams MEXICO CITY -There were tens of thousands of protesters in Mexico City’s main plaza Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s electoral law reforms, which they claim threaten democracy and could return the country to its old ways. A large number of protesters spilled out onto nearby streets, since the plaza normally […]
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