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Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, is expected to assume the presidency after Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash as the country gears up for early elections. The Iranian constitution stipulates that the first vice president takes over “in the event of the president’s death, dismissal, resignation, absence or illness for more than two […]

Production at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in April amid a decline in motor vehicle output, data showed on Thursday. Manufacturing output dropped 0.3% last month following a downwardly revised 0.2% increase in March, the Federal Reserve said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast factory output rising 0.1% after a previously reported 0.5% advance in March. Production […]

China’s industrial output grew 6.7 per cent year-on–year in April, accelerating from the 4.5 per cent pace seen in March, as the recovery in the manufacturing sector gathered pace. The official data released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) came above a 5.5 per cent increase in a Reuters’ poll of analysts. However, […]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after the helicopter he was travelling on crashed in a mountainous area in the northwest of Iran. Rescue teams located the crash site on Monday morning, at which point the president and his foreign minister had been missing for more than 12 hours. “President Raisi, the foreign minister and […]

The United States has initiated the process for the withdrawal of its military forces from Niger Republic, following directives from the West African nation’s military leadership. The withdrawal process, slated to be completed by September 15, 2024, marks the end of an era of American military presence in the country. According to a press release […]

The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Annett Gunther, says her country is working to improve the visa issuance process for Nigerians seeking to study in Germany. Gunther, who said her country is not against Nigerians coming, said already there are no less than 4,000 Nigerians schooling and working in Germany. Gunther made this known in […]

Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza on Monday, strewing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel has pledged to allow uninterrupted humanitarian supplies into the besieged enclave. Four protesters, including a minor, were arrested at the protest, at Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of […]

Recent conflicts in Sudan and Gaza have pushed the number of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said on Tuesday. The IDMC said the figure was a new end-of-year high by its count, with the number of people […]

Internet connectivity was disrupted in several East African nations on Sunday due to faults reported on the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and SEACOM cables, Internet monitoring groups said. NetBlocks, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stated, “Network data show a disruption to Internet connectivity in and around multiple East African countries.” It […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Friday morning, arrived in Nigeria for their 72-hour tour. The couple arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport aboard a British Airways flight. The flight which arrived around 5am, was delayed because of a sick pilot. The Duchess of Sussex had flown into Heathrow yesterday to meet up with […]