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UK Removes Nigeria, Ghana-Trained Teachers From Teaching Qualification List
The United Kingdom has changed its Qualified Teacher Status rules, removing Nigeria, Ghana and India from the direct application route for overseas-tr…

Dangote Plans Over $10bn Power Investment, May Drop Steel Business
Billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has revealed plans to invest more than $10 billion in Africa’s power sector over the next three to four years, s…

India Approves Electricity Exports to Flood-Hit Nepal
India has approved additional electricity exports of up to 654MW to Nepal following severe floods that damaged hydropower infrastructure and disrupted…

Nigeria Raises Alarm Over Killing of Two Nationals in South Africa, Demands Justice
Nigeria has expressed outrage over the reported killings of Bishop Michael Taiwo Fakunle and James Uchechukwu Nwankwor in Johannesburg, demanding just…

North Korean Leader’s Daughter Believed to Have Younger Sibling — Seoul
South Korea’s spy agency says Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae, is believed to have a younger sibling as speculation grows over North Korea’s future…


Emergency Slide Deployment Delays Trump’s Qatar-Gifted Air Force One
Donald Trump’s departure for Dallas was briefly delayed after an emergency evacuation slide unexpectedly deployed from the Qatar-gifted aircraft at Jo…


Tinubu urges AU action over xenophobic attacks in South Africa
President Bola Tinubu has called on the African Union to take urgent action against recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in South Africa, urgin…

PRESS ARCHIVES: 8:15 AM in Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
At 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was transformed forever. In this edition of Press Remembered, we revisit the devastating atomic bombing, its h…

Niger Troops Clash With Presidential Guard After Attempt to Enter Palace
Nigerien troops have reportedly clashed with the presidential guard in Niamey after an alleged attempt by soldiers to enter the presidential palace.

Tinubu Moves to Block Release of U.S. Records Linked to Alleged Drug Investigation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked a U.S. federal court to stop the release of records sought by transparency activist Aaron Greenspan in a long-ru…