Category: International
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RGES VACCINATION AS BEST DEFENCE
The World Health Organisation says a new influenza A(H3N2) subclade, tagged J.2.4.1 or subclade K, is spreading fast after first being picked up in Australia and New Zealand in August and is now present in more than 30 countries. It notes there’s no evidence yet that this strain causes more severe illness, but it represents…
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SOUTH AFRICA NABS 7 KENYANS IN U.S. REFUGEE SCAM BUST
South African authorities cracked down hard Tuesday, arresting seven Kenyan nationals for illegally processing U.S. refugee applications for white South Africans at a makeshift center—slapping deportation orders after they snuck in on tourist visas despite prior work visa denials, amid Trump’s controversial resettlement push claiming racial persecution that Pretoria blasts as bogus. The Home Affairs…
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DEMBELE & BONMATI CROWNED FIFA’S BEST IN DOHA GLAMOUR NIGHT
The world’s football elite lit up Doha Tuesday as FIFA’s 2025 Best Awards handed top gongs to PSG’s Ousmane Dembele as Men’s Player supreme and Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati nabbing her third straight Women’s Player crown—while England’s Lionesses swept coach Sarina Wiegman and keeper Hannah Hampton, and PSG boss Luis Enrique grabbed Men’s Coach honors. Argentina’s…
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EGYPT’S PHARAOHS PIP NIGERIA’S SUPER EAGLES 2-1 IN AFCON WARM-UP
Nigeria’s Super Eagles fell 2-1 to Egypt’s Pharaohs in a tense Cairo Stadium friendly Tuesday—their last test before the 35th AFCON kicks off Sunday in Morocco—debuting coach Eric Chelle’s 3-5-2 that owned early ball but leaked a slick counter goal midway first half. Eagles fought back compactly, nabbing a stoppage-time equalizer via Zaidu Sanusi’s pinpoint…
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MICROSOFT’S FG PARTNERSHIP SKILLS UP 4M NIGERIANS IN DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Microsoft dropped a bombshell Tuesday: its team-up with Nigeria’s Federal Government has digitally empowered over four million folks since 2021, with 350K diving into student programs—63K finishing pathways, 43K snagging global certs—and now gearing up another 350K for AI mastery via the National Skills Initiative (AINSI) alongside Data Science Nigeria and Lagos Business School. West…
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FRENCH AMBASSADOR: TRADITION CAN SMASH GBV, INCLUDING ONLINE ABUSE
French Ambassador to Nigeria Marc Fonbaustier lit up Abuja Thursday, declaring tradition isn’t frozen—it’s a dynamic force to challenge violence, rethink norms and build balanced societies, spotlighting the end of 2025’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence under the UNiTE theme “Unite to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.” Wrapping a whirlwind…
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ECOWAS LEADERS VOW IRONCLAD STAND AGAINST COUPS & TERROR WAVE
West African powerhouses united in Abuja Sunday at the 68th ECOWAS summit, vowing a bulletproof front to halt Sahel coups and terrorism’s chokehold—recognizing these borderless beasts demand collective firepower, not lone ranger tactics, amid recent jolts like Guinea-Bissau unrest and Benin’s foiled putsch. President Bola Tinubu lit the fuse, blasting incessant takeovers, arms bazaars, cyber…
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CZECH AMBASSADOR BOOSTS NIGERIA TIES VIA NEW TRADE CHAMBER
Czech Republic’s envoy to Nigeria, Tomáš Výprachtický, is firing up deeper economic collab across sectors, hailing Nigeria’s vast resources, tech savvy and manpower as perfect matches for Prague’s know-how at the glitzy launch of the Nigeria-Central Europe Chamber of Commerce (NCECC) in Abuja. Speaking at the Sunday dinner backed by the Regional Trade Institute and…
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SYDNEY BONDI BEACH HORROR: FATHER-SON DUO SLAYS 15 AT JEWISH HANUKKAH EVENT
A father-son pair unleashed hell at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Sunday evening, gunning down 15 at a crowded Hanukkah celebration in Australia’s bloodiest mass shooting in nearly three decades now 16 dead with the 50-year-old dad Sajid Akram killed on-site, his 24-year-old son Naveed critically wounded. Police slammed it as a deliberate anti semitic hit on…
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ECOWAS SAYS WEST AFRICAN DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BRINK
West Africa’s top regional body is sounding the alarm, warning that democracy across the sub-region is facing a “critical threat” as coups, attempted coups and political unrest continue to spread. At the 55th Session of its Mediation and Security Council in Abuja, ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray said the situation has reached emergency levels, urging…
