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The Algerian ambassador to France, Said Moussi, returned to his office in Paris on Wednesday 29 March, 50 days after his summons to Algiers for consultations. He was convocated following the case of the Franco-Algerian opposition member Amira Bouraoui, whose arrival in France by way of Tunisia provoked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The return of the Algerian diplomat to his post is the second sign of the beginning of a thaw in relations between Paris… Read the full article here

The Labour Party on Friday dismissed the purported suspension of its national chairman, Julius Abure, by its Ward Executive in Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, saying the masterminds were being sponsored by opposition parties. The LP said no reasonable party member would be thinking of suspension when they are pursuing their presidential mandate in the Election Petition Tribunal and all other mandates including the Governorship, Senate and House… Read the full article here

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that agencies under the ministry still have a lot to accomplish while delivering their mandates. Aregbesola stated this on Friday during the first 2022 performance review meeting of the ministry and its services /board held in Abuja. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Afonja Ajibola, emphasised that the Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service,… Read the full article here

The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to sanction Channels Television for breaching the Nigerian Broadcasting Code during an interview with the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba Ahmed.   The petition was signed by the All Progressives Congress, presidential campaign council Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, and dated March 30 2023.   … Read the full article here

Dangote Industries Limited has completed the listing of the firm’s N300bn series 1 and 2 bonds on Nigerian Exchange Limited and the FMDQ in Lagos. The Group Managing Director of DIL, Olakunle Alake, during the listing ceremony, told investors that the bonds were primarily for part-financing the Group’s 650,000 bpd refinery project. He explained that the decision of the company to issue bonds to raise the required capital for part-financing of the refinery project… Read the full article here

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has vowed that the agency will adopt a multifaceted approach towards enforcing regulatory control to eliminate the distribution and use of harmful bleaching creams and cosmetics in the country. Adeyeye disclosed this while declaring open the ‘media sensitisation workshop on dangers of bleaching creams and regulatory control’ held for the South-South… Read the full article here

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….Asks FG for compensation for deported students A civil society group, the Nigerian Diaspora Youth Ambassador, has asked the Nigerian government to cut diplomatic ties with Northern Cyprus over the ill-treatment of Nigerian students in various universities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This was contained in a statement by the NDYA President, David Alozie, in Abuja on Friday. Alozie said the group had confirmed cases of deportation of students without… Read the full article here

“Erik ten Hag has denied having the skills of fabled wizard Harry Potter, but feels his coaching has helped Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford become a better player.” Read the full article here

General Motors’ electric future doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. The automaker’s upcoming lineup of electric vehicles won’t support the popular smartphone projection systems in favor of a native Google infotainment system. The move, first reported by Reuters, means that owners won’t be able to project their phone’s screen on their vehicle’s dashboard infotainment display. The decision is intended to provide “seamless access” to the new Google-powered… Read the full article here