Pope To Europe: Don’t Treat Migrants As Invaders

Pope To Europe: Don’t Treat Migrants As Invaders

Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France’s Mediterranean port...
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Full Text Of Tinubu’s Address At UN General Assembly

Full Text Of Tinubu’s Address At UN General Assembly

Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of this Session of the United Nations General Ass...
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners UNICEF, IKEA On Green Entrepreneurship Programme

Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners UNICEF, IKEA On Green Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU), and IKEA Foundation have announced their strategic partnership to launch a pioneering Green Entrepreneurship Programme that is aimed at empowering African youth and tackling the triple pl...
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Fidelity Bank Completes 100% Acquisition Of Union Bank UK 

Fidelity Bank Completes 100% Acquisition Of Union Bank UK 

Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the completion of the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Union Bank Plc UK. In a statement to the investing community through the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Wednesday, the bank explained that...
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Egypt, Ghana, Rwanda, Others Back Carbon Levy On Shipping

Egypt, Ghana, Rwanda, Others Back Carbon Levy On Shipping

A coalition of 20 African nations has thrown their weight behind the Nairobi Declaration, advocating for a global carbon levy on shipping. The declaration was adopted at the Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi last week, and it calls for...
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Earthquake: Tinubu Condoles Morocco

Earthquake: Tinubu Condoles Morocco

President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco following Saturday’s devastating earthquake in his homeland, which claimed many lives. The President commiserated with all families who lost loved ones and all those ...
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Coco Gauff Wins US Open

Coco Gauff Wins US Open

American teenager Coco Gauff fulfilled the potential she has long promised by landing her first Grand Slam title with a fightback win over Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final. BBC report that Gauff, seeded sixth, started slowly in front...
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Hyundai Motors Delivers 347,377 Units In August

Hyundai Motors Delivers 347,377 Units In August

Hyundai Motor Company has announced global sales of 347,377 units in August 2023, a 3.2 percent increase year-over-year.  City Business News reports that despite continued uncertainties in the business environment, the company is maintaining robust sales ...
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Japanese Ambassador Hosts NPA Boss, Harps On Trade, Investment

Japanese Ambassador Hosts NPA Boss, Harps On Trade, Investment

The Japanese Ambassador and Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Mr. Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, has commended the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko for facilitating growth in the value of Nigeria – Japan trade vo...
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LNG: Firm Completes Bunkering Operations

LNG: Firm Completes Bunkering Operations

Low and zero-emission fuels supplier, Titan has performed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunker operations in Hamburg, Germany. The company said it performed its first-ever ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in Hamburg to Vox Ariane, Van Oord’s trailing suctio...
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Heineken Sells Off Russian Business For €1

Heineken Sells Off Russian Business For €1

Heineken has finally sold off its Russian business for €1 – or 86p – nearly a year and a half after first pledging to do so. The Dutch brewer said it will take a loss of €300m on the division,...
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HMM Orders Four Multi-Purpose Heavy-Lift Ships

HMM Orders Four Multi-Purpose Heavy-Lift Ships

South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM has signed a new shipbuilding order with China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary Huangpu Wenchong for four 38,000-ton multi-purpose heavy-lift ships. Designed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research In...
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ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger

ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved armed intervention in Niger Republic “as soon as possible”.  The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made this announcement while presenting the ECOWAS resolutio...
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Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic

Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic

Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in...
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