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US Accuses China of Influencing Nigeria With Loans

The United States has said China has the potential to influence the Nigerian government through Chinese loans. This was stated in the Integrated Country Strategies document by the US Department of State, which was obtained by The PUNCH. The document was originally approved on…
10/08/2023

WHO Declares New COVID-19 Strain Variant of Interest

World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a new strain of Covid-19 as a variant of interest. However, the organisation said the new COVID-19 variant does not constitute high public health risk. The variant, known as EG.5 or “Eris”, is related to an Omicron subvariant…
10/08/2023

Blinken Warns On Russia’s Wagner Taking Advantage In Niger

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned against Russia’s Wagner mercenaries taking advantage of instability in coup-hit Niger, whose neighbor Mali has become a partner of Moscow. In an interview with the BBC released Tuesday, Blinken doubted that Wagner — which in…
09/08/2023

Niger Coup Plotters Name Economist As New Prime Minister

Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday…
09/08/2023

UK Electoral Regulator Hacked For Over A Year

The UK’s Electoral Commission, which oversees the country’s elections, announced on Tuesday that it had been hacked by “hostile actors” who had access to its system for more than a year. “Today we announced that we have been the subject of a complex…
08/08/2023

UK Appoints Jonny Baxter Deputy High Commissioner In Lagos

The British Deputy High Commission Lagos on Monday unveiled the appointment of Mr. Jonny Baxter as the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in the state. He takes over from Ben Llewellyn-Jones OBE who recently concluded three years as Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos,…
08/08/2023


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