2025

  President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abdullahi Garba Ramat, aged 39, as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). According to a statement released on Thursday by the…
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  Fifty-five suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a sting operation conducted in Ogun State. According to a statement…
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By Ebinum Samuel Highlights of what can be better described as a game - changer evolving in Nigeria 's huge and alluring but yet to be harnessed tourism landscape came forth on Monday, August 4, 2025 at the Press briefing hosted by…
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 By Dr. Dele Alake It is said that some are born great and others have greatness thrust upon them. Dr.Doyin Abiola, who joined the Saints yesterday, showed up on both counts.She was the scion of the illustrious Aboaba family, reputed for…
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 By Ebinum Samuel ● Senator Sunday Karimi The recent observation by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), about the early onset of electioneering activities ahead of the 2027 general elections, is apposite. While not…
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 By Tunde Olusunle  I returned to the *Daily Times* of yore in October 1993, where I was already a columnist and special section editor before I proceeded on a leave-of-absence, in March 1992. Prince Abubakar Audu of blessed memory who was…
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By Ebinum Samuel History was made on July 31,2025 when the distinguished members of the Artificial Intelligence Management and Finance Institute Nigeria ( AIMFIN ) met at Ikeja Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos where it hosted an intellectually…
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 A suspected hired assassin, Wasiu Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso, has been arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos on 11 counts ranging from murder, unlawful possession of firearms, and felony. According to a statement…
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 By Ebinum Samuel Indian lady, Angolan bizman, 1 other bag 21 years jail in Kano, Enugu as NDLEA secures final forfeiture of multi-billion naira Lagos hotel, cars used for illicit drug distribution A businessman Ajah Johnson Uchenna and his…
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 A 26-year-old Nigerian man has been s#bbed to d3ath in the United Kingdom. Ayowale Aledejana was k!lled in a home in south-east London, according to the Met Police. It was gathered that officers were called to Monson Road, New Cross, at…
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 Saudi Arabia has executed 17 individuals in just three days, according to reports from state media on Monday the country’s fastest rate of capital punishment since March 2022, when 81 people were executed in a single day. The Saudi Press…
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  Five Nigerian women suspected of engaging in sex work have been apprehended by police during a coordinated raid aimed at curbing criminal activity in the Asokwa Municipality, Ashanti Region, Ghana. The Asokwa District Police carried out…
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 By Ebinum Samuel  ..State Reaffirms Uncompromising Stance Against the Obstruction of Public Roadways and Endangerment of Communal Safety In an unambiguous assertion of its steadfast dedication to preserving public order and ensuring the…
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  In today’s ever-evolving financial landscape, few institutions can claim to be true pioneers. But Access Bank, with its bold vision, cutting-edge innovation, and pan-African presence, has shattered the traditional image of a bank. It is…
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By Ebinum Samuel  The Police Service Commission is yet to commence the process for the recruitment of Police Officers for the year 2025. The Commission, according to a statement issued today by the spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, wishes to state…
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 By Ebinum Samuel  As NDLEA arrests dispatch riders distributing illicit drugs in Abuja; nabs businesswoman behind cocaine in lipsticks; recovers opioids in footwears at Maiduguri airport Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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In a renewed push to tackle job racketeering and systemic corruption in Nigeria’s public sector, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has…
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  United Kingdom Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, says she no longer identifies as Nigerian and does not hold a passport for the country. Badenoch, who spent much of her childhood in Lagos and is of Yoruba heritage, explained her stance…
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 By Dan Atayi A major political shift appears to be unfolding in Benue South Senatorial District, as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) gains strong footing in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, which is the home base of…
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 Shock and grief have gripped Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State after two teenage girls, identified as Ajuma Simon and Omojo Shuaibu, were gruesomely murdered while returning from a local market. The tragic incident…
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 A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has eight Nigerian youths to one year over their involvement in internet fraud.A statement issued by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, said the convicted…
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 By Ebinum Samuel  …Says IGP-SIU Operatives Violated Court Order, Engaged in Unlawful Arrest and Intimidation In a case that raises serious questions about disregard for judicial authority and abuse of police power, Mr. Henry Orlando, Chief…
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  As part of its commitment to sustainable development and community well-being, Access Bank has launched the Access Clean Water Project, a transformative initiative aimed at improving access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)…
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Tragedy struck in the Saburi 2 community of Abuja on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, as a young man identified as Stephen Chidubem reportedly took his own life over mounting gambling debts.  The heartbreaking incident occurred at Chidubem’s…
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 The Niger State Government has filed a legal action at the Supreme Court against the Federal Government over its exclusion from the 13% derivation fund, challenging what it described as a constitutional oversight. In the suit, filed…
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By Ebinum Samuel The attention of the Police Service Commission has been drawn to an advertisement tagged “APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO THE 12TH REGULAR COURSE DEGREE PROGRAMMES OF THE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE” informing…
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By Ayo Oyoze Baje Quote: "Nearly all the elected and appointed leaders at various levels prioritize personal interests over the well-being of the citizens, thereby perpetuating widespread corruption and selfishness." -Abiola Ayankunbi (…
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 By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has warned that it will deal decisively with anybody who intends to involve himself in any form of racketeering or fraud in the recruitment of qualified Nigerians into the Nigeria Police…
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By Ebinum Samuel As Marwa meets Alausa for collaboration on war against substance abuse Compulsory drug integrity test for students of tertiary institutions and the review of current secondary school curriculum to include drug education are…
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 By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has apprehended a suspected impostor, Idowu Adesina, aged 35, for impersonating a Taskforce official and unlawfully extorting motorists. …
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  As part of efforts to ameliorate the pangs of hunger in the society, the Aliko Dangote Foundation last week began the distribution of 10,000 bags of rice, each weighing ten kilograms, to vulnerable households, people living with…
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 The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the rehabilitation and operationalisation of the Baro Inland Port has summoned the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and the Managing Director of the National Inland…
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 By Ebinum Samuel Targeting proceeds of crime ‘ll serve as punishment and deterrence - Marwa  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday 29th July 2025, conducted a public auction of forfeited houses which were either…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu rtd, mni has called for gender sensitivity and balance in the management of the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force. He identified equity as the…
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  Football icon Lionel Messi and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo made a brief but memorable appearance on the stadium's Kiss Cam during Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour stop in Miami on Sunday, July 27. The couple, seated in a reserved VIP…
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  The Ekiti state chapter of the Petroleum Dealers Association of Nigeria (PEDAN) has lauded the founder and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, for his efforts to reduce the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) through its refinery. The…
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 As the 1989 graduates of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)—proudly known as Jacksonites—we are compelled to speak out on the growing disconnect between the massive public funding allocated to our…
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 By Tunde Olusunle A titleless piece authored by a certain "Comrade Adabara Abduljelili El-Okene," made the rounds on the social media last weekend. Shared on many platforms peopled largely by the Okun-Yoruba of Kogi State, the kernel of…
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By Ebinum Samuel ..Pledges justice, calls for calm.The Ekiti Police Command, through a press statement signed by the spokesman, SP Abutu Sunday, said its not unaware of the video circulating on the social media where some armed security…
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By Ebinum SamuelA Lagos-based human rights organisation, Africans for Human Rights International (AfriRights), has made a heartfelt appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, seeking urgent financial intervention for a severely ill and…
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 By Ebinum SamuelIntercepts Loud consignments in processed food cans from Canada; others in Lagos, Cross River, Edo, Ondo, Nasarawa, Borno, Niger, Ogun, Gombe, Kaduna, Kogi raids A Chinese businessman Liang Tak You and an 80-year-old…
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 Abuja — The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in collaboration with Gender Mobile Initiative and the FCT Education Secretariat, has renewed its call for full implementation of the Model Sexual…
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 Retired military officer and elder statesman, Colonel Lawan Gwadabe, has attributed the North’s underdevelopment to poor leadership across generations. At a press briefing held Thursday to commemorate 30 years since the passing of General…
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By Ebinum Samuel Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Courtw sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July, 24, 2025, convicted the duo of Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health…
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 The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 25 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation near Bayero University Kano (BUK) New Site.The raid, which took place on Monday, July 21,…
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 The Cross River State Government has disbursed ₦250 million in self-enhancement entrepreneurial grants to 500 retirees from the state civil service, as part of efforts to empower former workers and promote financial independence…
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 By Ayo Oyoze Baje Quote:"Leaders who don't listen to their people will soon be surrounded by people who have nothing to say"-Andy StanleyOne disturbing dimension with regards to how governance has been playing out in Nigeria's political…
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 …Says Dangote Refinery imports 9-10m barrels of crude monthly from US, othersAfrica is increasingly becoming a destination for cheap, often toxic petroleum products — many of which are blended to substandard levels that would not be…
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 The Board and Management of Access Bank Tanzania, led by Chairman Protase Ishengoma, paid a courtesy visit to the State House to present the Power of 100 Africa Women Award to Her Excellency, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 4,741 Inspectors from the recently concluded nationwide Board Interview for serving Police Inspectors across the Country. 4,708 were promoted to unconfirmed…
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By Tunde Olusunle Nigeria's systemic failure over time has unwittingly reordered the delineation of responsibilities for the provision of services, and the prosecution of infrastructural development and rehabilitation,…
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By Ebinum SamuelThe National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Lagos State Axis, yesterday, strongly condemned what they called "the irresponsible actions and calculated inaction" of a landlord whose malicious and deceptive petition…
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 By Ebinum SamuelThe Police Service Commission has vowed to flush out drug addicts in the Nigeria Police Force and has extended an invitation to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to assist the Commission achieve this noble objective.…
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 By Halima Abdulazeez The announcement of former President General Muhammadu Buhari’s passing on July 13, 2025, sparked widespread reactions across Nigeria. This news, previously fabricated by mischievous elements, laid bare the enduring…
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 By Ebinum SamuelLand dispute is an age long tradition inspiring conflicts where there's discrepancies some ranging from serious litigations and legal framework, while some giving room to criminal activities by some of the involvement of…
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  L-R: Former Economic Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom, Ed Balls; Head of Multinationals and Financial Institutions, Zenith Bank (UK) Ltd, Natalie Andrew; Manager, Wealth Management, Zenith Bank (UK) Ltd, Noelia Pinto; Group…
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  Tension gripped the Alaba Rago area of Iba, Lagos State, on Sunday as a violent clash broke out between road transport workers, popularly known as agberos, and supporters of a local traditional ruler. The chaos, which began in the early…
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 Terror struck Lumma Sanke in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State over the weekend, as suspected members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched a deadly attack on a service outpost of the Nigeria Immigration…
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 A Coalition of Arewa Youths from the North East and North West has launched a passionate appeal to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to grantpresidential amnesty to the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr. Abba kyari.In an open letter…
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Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister and well-known political figure, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has taken a third wife. The recent ceremony marked the traditional marriage between FFK and Adaugo, a strikingly beautiful woman he…
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Retired police officers have replied the Police Service Commission (PSC), vowing not to back down on the planned nationwide protest scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2025.   The organisers of the protest vowed that until their sole demand of…
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By Ebinum Samuel Raids Lagos hotel, recovers party drugs; intercepts Italy, Pakistan-bound consignments in Golden Morn cereal packs, condiments; destroys 101,150kg skunk in Osun forest Operatives of a special operations unit of the National…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has noted the ill-advised plan by retired Police Officers across the nation to embark on a strike action over issues that are already receiving the attention of relevant Government Agencies. …
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By Ebinum Samuel - Mr. Benjamin Kayode-Ojo( Managing Director and the CEO of Benybite Foods Nigeria Ltd ) Early in July, 2025 the Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang commissioned Benybite Foods grains milling factory in Jos, described as…
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A shocking revelation has emerged from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), as Pastor Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, disclosed that a pastor of the church allegedly absconded with…
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A heartbreaking tragedy unfolded in Oba-Ile, Osun State, on the evening of July 15, 2025, after a man suspected to be under the influence of drugs, Sodiq Eniola, allegedly murdered three children with a machete before being lynched…
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 By Tunde OlusunleNigeria's high-flying second generation university, the University of Ilorin, commemorated it's golden jubilee on Wednesday July 16, 2025. The institution and about half a dozen others grouped together and collectively…
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By Ebinum Samuel A Lagos based lawyer, chief AIG Gabriel Giwa-Amu, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG in charge of Zone 2, Adegoke Mustapha Fayoade, to intervene in case of police misconduct, malicious damage,…
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 Last night, while sitting out with old friends and acquaintances, our conversation shifted to the alarming issue of drug use among our youth. What we shared left me deeply troubled, and I feel compelled to bring these stories to the…
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By Ebinum Samuel Former Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri has paid glowing tributes to late former President Muhammadu Buhari, expressing why she can never forget the role he played…
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By Ayo Oyoze Baje Quote: “From Akure to Owo, Ilaje to Ifedore, we are beginning to witness development projects taking shape. Road construction, health facilities’ rehabilitation, and improvements in our schools are no longer mere promises…
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 The Chief Imam of Uromi Central Mosque, Imam Muhammad Murtadha Obhakhobo, has refuted claims by the police that he was rescued from his abductors, revealing instead that his release came only after a ₦6.5 million ransom was paid.The…
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  At least 20 people have been killed in a brutal attack by gunmen on Bindi village, located in Ta-Hoss District of Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State. The deadly assault occurred late Monday night, plunging the rural community into…
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By Ebinum Samuel In its avowal to make Delta state peaceful and crime free, the Command, through the spokesman, SP Bright Edafe said six kidnappers has fell to superior fire power of the police in a gun battle with its operatives, arrested…
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 Raheem IbrahimThe National President of Ilorin Emirates Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik has descibed the demise of immediate past President, General Muhammadu Buhari as a great loss to the nation…
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 It has been announced that former President Muhammadu Buhari passed away in London. Anyone familiar with my writings and commentary knows I vigorously disagreed with many of his policies and decisions while he was president. Our…
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The Chief Imam of Uromi, Sheikh Murtadho Muhammad, who also serves as the President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) in the Edo-Delta region, has been abducted by unidentified gunmen.The cleric was seized around 2 p.m. on…
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 By Brig Gen MB Marwa ( Rtd) It is with profound sorrow that my family and I mourn the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, a true statesman, patriot, and servant-leader who dedicated his life to the service of our great nation.…
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 By Tunde Olusunle Sonny Togo Echono, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND), would most probably have earned the sobriquet of "action administrator," if Nigeria were in a military dispensation. Successive…
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  “Indeed, the gains of attending the recent BRICS Summit and President Tinubu’s friendship with President Da Silva are already manifesting in many respects”  President Tinubu & Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da SilvaPresident…
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