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26 Jan
A US Navy warship shot down a missile Friday that was fired at it by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have carried out two months of attacks on international shipping, the military said.
26 Jan
The UN and European Union condemned the United States on Friday after the country's first execution of an inmate using nitrogen asphyxiation, an untested method that has reignited a debate about capital punishment.
24 Jan
Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump over the key election issue of abortion rights Tuesday, but pro-Palestinian hecklers carried out their most disruptive protest yet against the US president as he spoke.
23 Jan
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday made his first appearance since being hospitalized for complications from cancer treatment -- a stay he concealed from both the White House and Congress for several days.
22 Jan
Donald Trump was set to hold a final rally Monday in New Hampshire on the eve of the primary where polls show him likely to trounce the sole surviving challenger, Nikki Haley, for the Republican presidential nomination.
20 Jan
Hackers linked to Russia's intelligence service broke into email accounts of senior Microsoft executives, according to a regulatory filing available Friday.
20 Jan
Eight people, including six nuns, were kidnapped Friday in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, according to the country's association of religious orders, amid an ongoing upswing in abductions.
20 Jan
Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged cartel leader over the kidnapping of four Americans, which resulted in the deaths of two of them, local media reported Friday.
19 Jan
A ghost of elections past in the form of ex-president Donald Trump haunted the annual schmoozefest of the world's political and business elites in Davos.
18 Jan
Meta's former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, announced that she is leaving the company's board after more than a decade.
17 Jan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday voiced doubts about reaching a ceasefire in Ukraine, saying Russia has not shown good faith nearly two years after invading.
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Akwa Ibom State Government has indicated readiness to commence aggressive desilting of gutters and flood channels across the state.
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The Delta State Police Command has urged Point-of-Sale (POS) operators to be cautious when handling large cash transactions, particularly those involving armed individuals. It noted that customers requesting large cash transactions should be accompanied by a video by the POS operator. Police spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated on Friday in a post on X, noting…
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Lagos State government on Friday said it has apprehended 10 fake enforcement officials around the Cele/Itire axis of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway of the state. The apprehended persons; Ojo Oluwaseun, Rafiu Agbabiaka, Babatunde Ibrahim, Abiodun Olusegun, Daniel Olanrewaju, Aweda Kabiru, Olufowobi Michael, Olamilekan Olasupo, Bunmi James and Iyiola Shola(female) were caught carrying out unauthorised enforcement using…
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Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to prove they have the mental strength to bounce back from a painful spell that wrecked their Champions League challenge and dented their Premier League title bid.
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has monitored the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise in Abuja. Prof. Oloyede who monitored the exercise at the Kogo Computer Based Tests (CBT) Centre in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, expressed satisfaction with the process. He reiterated the examination body's earlier order…
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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has warned newly-registered companies against paying certain fees to obtain tax identification number (TIN) amongst others. The management of CAC gave this warning in a statement on its X handle on Friday. CAC said it noticed email messages sent to directors of newly-registered companies. READ ALSO: CAC targets registration of…
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that NATO must choose whether it really is an ally of Ukraine by accelerating weapons supplies to help his struggling forces.
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Three workers from the Philippines have died in heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino officials announced, as the desert country struggled Friday to recover from record rains.
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Sansani town, the headquarters of Sansani chiefdom in Gassol local government area of Taraba state, has been thrown into a state of mourning as unidentified gunmen carried out a brazen attack, claiming the life of monarch Abdulmutalib Jankada. Sources close to the matter said the attack occurred on Thursday inside the monarch's palace at about…