Ekeomah Atuonwu The All Progressives Congress (APC) of Nigeria chose former Lagos State, the country’s commercial center, Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate in the February 2023 elections. President Muhammadu Buhari will leave office next year after ruling Africa’s most populous country and top oil exporter for the maximum eight years permitted by the constitution. Tinubu, 70, who led Nigeria’s […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens more, according to state media. Tabas is about 900 kilometers (560 miles) from Tehran in the South Khorasan province. The train was carrying 348 passengers, according to Mir Hassan Moussavi, the deputy head of Iran’s state-owned railways. He […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu After gunmen invaded St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, killing innocent worshippers on Sunday, Pope Francis expressed his sympathy and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria. Gunmen opened fire on worshipers both inside and outside Owo’s St. Francis Xavier Church. No one had claimed credit for the incident as of June 6. The pope claimed the attendees […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu South African 🇿🇦 President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is involved in a burglary scandal, will testify before his party’s Integrity Commission, according to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The ANC said in a statement that it “welcomed and commended the president’s decision to voluntarily present himself to the ANC Integrity Commission,” but did not name a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for blood donation following the attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria as it also asked the governments and security agencies to do better in the protection of lives and properties. This call was contained in a statement issued by the NMA President Dr Uche Ojinmah after attackers killed scores […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Just as the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 70th Platinum jubilee on the throne, a woman identified as Muthoni has demanded compensation from Queen Elizabeth for the torture she and her husband went through in the hands of British troops when they were in the Maumau fighting for independence. She painfully narrated that in 1952, the troops stormed her house searching for her […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Architect Francis Kere Diebedo, a world-renowned architect known for his innovative and environmentally friendly designs, was honored as a hero in Burkina Faso over the weekend, on his first visit home since receiving the profession’s highest honor. AEM had reported the West African architect’s win in March, 2022. As he drove to Gando in the dusty southeast corner of the poverty-stricken […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Terrorists are said to have attacked St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the capital of Ondo State’s Owo Local Government Area in Nigeria. According to reports, many worshippers were killed and several others were injured as a result of the incident at the church, which is close to the Olowo of Owo’s palace, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigeria 🇳🇬 has given the go-ahead to the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to carry out a deal to build a gas pipeline from Nigeria to Europe 🇪🇺 via Morocco 🇲🇦 . There have been reports of increased demand for African energy supplies from the EU, which is attempting to wean itself […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following a corruption investigation into the purchase of COVID vaccines, Kyrgyzstan’s health minister was sentenced to jail for recommending a poisonous root as a treatment for coronavirus. He was promoting a homemade liquid solution based on the poisonous root, also known as wolfsbane, to cure coronavirus and other diseases, Alymkadyr Beishenaliyev has been dubbed “aconite.” Prosecutors allege that Beishenaliyev was involved […]
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