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Full list of countries where drivers need a permit to take a road trip
Manchester Evening News
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June 26, 2025
UK holidaymakers planning to drive while on holiday abroad may not be aware that some countries require tourists to be in possession of a international driving permit (IDP) to drive. If you fail to apply for a permit, you could land yourself in...
Construction of ‘24-Hour-Economy” market soon to begin on Jema-Kintampo Highway
Ghana News Agency
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July 8, 2025
By Dennis Peprah Jema, (Bono East), July 8, GNA-The Kintampo South District Assembly in the Bono East Region is finalising processes for work to commence on the construction of an ultra-modern market, under the implementation of the government’s...
Major reshuffle takes place in Pakistan's diplomatic corps
GEO TV
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June 27, 2025
Aisha Farooqui to take Jamali's post as Russia's ambassador. Maryam Aftab will be sent to Ireland as ambassador. Ilyas Nizamani would be posted as ambassador to Romania. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will replace ambassadors in eight capitals, including...
Over 1.4 million human rights complaints reported by mid-year – NHRC
Premium Times
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July 8, 2025
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received over 1.4 million human rights complaints in the first half of the year, from January to June, the commission said on Monday. The Senior Human Rights Adviser to the commission, Hilary Ogbonna,...
BRICS summit: Between Nigeria’s interest and Global South agenda
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 8, 2025
As the 11-nation BRICS summit holds in the South American city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nigerians want to know what is in it for the country, especially against the threat by President Donald Trump to impose a 10 per cent tariff on affiliated...
West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising...
Modern Ghana
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More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country's military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
Who will heal the North?
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 27, 2025
The North is currently facing a crisis of unprecedented proportions. The current wave of conflicts and the resurgence of the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state, the killings in Benue, Niger, and Plateau states in the North-central call for...
Armwrestling African Championship: Over 400 athletes, officials from 20 countries set to storm Abuja
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 7, 2025
The countdown is real — just 16 days to the biggest show of strength Africa has ever seen! From July 23–27, 2025, Abuja will become the battleground for elite warriors as the 14th African Armwrestling Championship and 7th Para-Armwrestling...
Regional Disparities and Maternal Sociodemographic Determinants of Full Immunization Coverage Among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Nigeria: Insights from NDHS 2018
Dove Medical Press
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July 8, 2025
Background Childhood immunization remains one of the most cost-effective public health interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases.1,2 Globally, immunization prevents an estimated four to five million...
US government explains inclusion of Ghana on 36 country visa ban
Ghana Business News
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June 26, 2025
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa – Minister of Foreign Affairs The United States authorities have given in detail reasons for including Ghana on a list of additional 36 countries banned from travelling to the US. A report by the Washington Post citing an...
The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law and the Challenge of Decolonising the Law on Territorial and Boundary Issues in Africa: Gabon/Equatorial Guinea at the ICJ
EJIL: Talk!
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July 8, 2025
Introduction On 19 May 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered judgment in Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea). The Court relied on a 1900 boundary treaty between the Parties’...
West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
The Journalists Hounded by Victims of Armed Violence They Cover
HumAngle
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June 24, 2025
Taiwo Adebulu got a grip on the story he had always wanted to tell in Kebbi State, North West Nigeria. Based in Lagos, the journalist travelled miles away to chase it, hoping to gather dozens of anecdotes from school girls abducted by terrorists....
NHRC receives 1.4 m complaints in 6 months
News Diary Online
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July 7, 2025
By Edith Nwapi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said on Monday that it received 1. 4 million complaints on human rights violations in six months. The senior human rights adviser to the commission, Mr Hilary Ogbonna revealed this on his...
Minna gears up for grand 2025 int’l polo festival
Daily Trust
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June 24, 2025
Minna is set to host a dazzling celebration of tradition, sportsmanship, and tourism as the 2025 Minna International Polo Festival gallops into view. Slated for July, the annual spectacle will see over 20 top-tier teams from across Nigeria and...
NHRC receives 1.48 million complaints, resolves 20,137 amid rising insecurity
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
Nigeria’s human rights landscape is reeling under the weight of escalating violence and systemic neglect, as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) revealed it received a staggering 1,485,307 complaints in the first half of 2025. Of these,...
Armed attacks kill 28 in northern Nigeria
The Nation
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July 5, 2025
ABUJA - Twenty-eight people were killed in two separate attacks carried out by an armed group in northern Nigeria, according to military and local sources. Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyo Osoba, Spokesperson for the Multinational Joint Task Force...
Nigerians pay $180 taxes per international flight – Report
Punch
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July 5, 2025
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a new report...
When an ABU bus was safer than the presidential jet
The Cable
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June 23, 2025
BY BEM MAX NOMOR Up until about 2006 or thereabout, Nigeria – and indeed West Africa – was peaceful. As students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, we could travel to any part of Nigeria and across West African borders by road without fear, armed...
How Kahindo Mateene Is Building an Ethical Fashion Brand One Colorful Design at a Time
OkayAfrica
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June 25, 2025
"Fashion has always been a part of my identity," Kahindo Mateene tells OkayAfrica over a Zoom call. The Congolese fashion designer was exposed to a variety of African fashion styles growing up in Uganda and Kenya, living in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and...