Ex-Man City striker set to be Georgia’s new far-right president

Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become Tbilisi’s next figurehead president in an indirect election denounced as “illegitimate” by the current pro-EU leader. Picked by the governing Georgian Dream party as a loyalist, the former forward for the English Premier League’s Manchester City is known for his expletive-laden parliament speeches and […]

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Israeli strikes kill 12 guarding Gaza aid lorries

Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed 12 guards protecting aid lorries, according to local medics and Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence. The strikes occurred in Rafah and Khan Younis, as aid deliveries continue to face violent theft attempts. In Rafah, seven guards were killed while protecting lorries carrying flour to warehouses for the UN agency […]

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Fire kills six, injures 60 in Jordan

A fire outbreak killed no fewer than six people, leaving 60 injured at a retirement home in Jordan’s capital, Amman. Social Development Minister, Wafa Bani Mustafa, was quoted as saying that the inferno broke out on the first floor of the private retirement home in the early hours of Friday. The fire killed six elderly, […]

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South Korea bans more officials from foreign travel

South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, Yonhap reported, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s bungled attempt to impose martial law. A day after Yoon himself was hit with a travel ban, his party was forging a “resignation roadmap” that reportedly could see him step down in February […]

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NCAA to sanction airline operators for delayed tickets refund

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority is ready to sanction any airlines that delay tickets refund to the passengers. NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja,. According to him, tickets refund compliance regulations remains central to the NCAA’s consumer protection agenda. He said […]

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No-vacancy comments: ACF, Atiku, others lampoon Presidency over 2027 poll

The Arewa Consultative Forum, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and other stakeholders attacked the Presidency for stating that President Bola Tinubu would stay in power till 2031. Instead of obsessing over the 2027 election, the ACF admonished the Tinubu administration to focus on delivering good governance to Nigerians. The […]

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