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1 week ago | 
newsverge.com | Hadiza Mohammed
South African state utility, Eskom on Monday said that it was optimistic about power outlook in the country as there would be no electricity cuts in the next four months. Eskom’s difficulties in supplying power to Africa’s biggest economy have curbed economic growth for more than a decade. However, a turnaround in its plant performance in 2024 saw no cuts for nine months, including throughout the winter.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Zubaida Baba Ibrahim |Hadiza Mohammed
The Nigerian government has followed through on its promise and increased its budgetary provisions for nutrition programmes, with a significant 33.7% increase in the 2025 proposed budget, from N127.24 billion in 2024 to N170.01 billion in 2025, bringing the total approved amount to 243 billion Naira. However, this is against the backdrop of an inflation rate of 24.48% in January 2025.
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1 month ago | 
newsverge.com | Hadiza Mohammed
U.S. President, Donald Trump on Monday challenged the legality of Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons for members of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 unrest. Trump claimed the ex-president knew nothing about it and never signed the papers. “The ‘pardons’ that Biden gave to the committee, and many others, are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect, because they were done by Autopen,” Trump said on Truth Social.
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2 months ago | 
newsverge.com | Hadiza Mohammed
President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on all U.S. steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favour of the U.S.The new law has also drawn swift retaliation from Europe.
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2 months ago | 
newsverge.com | Hadiza Mohammed
The United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday said billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will be excluded from space-related decision-making. Trump made this remark at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in reply to a question about Musk’s potential conflicts of interest amid his efforts to cut government spending, according to media reports. “So anything to do with possibly even space, we won’t let Elon partake in that,” he told reporters.
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2 months ago | 
newsverge.com | Hadiza Mohammed
South Africa’s national budget meant to be presented on Wednesday has been postponed until further notice due to lack of agreement. The speaker of the National Assembly said this year the African National Congress will need the support of other parties to pass the budget, as it lost its parliamentary majority in an election in 2024.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
newsverge.com | Hadiza Mohammed
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses. Biden said he has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any predecessor. Those benefiting “are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice,” Biden said in a statement.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
peoplesdailyng.com | Hadiza Mohammed
By Hadiza MohammedSchool proprietors should be aware of their responsibilities and should educate their employees on the rights of the child and should properly attend to the welfare of their employees. What could have made the 45-year old teachers maltreat an innocent toddler like Master Abayomi? Could it be frustration? Teachers should be properly trained. But, I am of the view that teaching and child care are more of a vocation than a profession.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Hadiza Mohammed
News The case of one Stella Nwadigbo who physically abused a three-year old Master Abayomi Michael of Christ-Mitots Nursery and Primary School, Ikorodu, Lagos on January 8, for not being able to write his figures is trending. The viral video attracted public outcry and condemnation and consequently the Lagos State government swung into action evoking the child right law; arresting the culprit.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
newsdiaryonline.com | Chimezie Godfrey |Hadiza Mohammed
New York, Jan. 10, 2025 (Reuters/NAN) United States President-elect, Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction, stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. By Hadiza Mohammed New York, Jan. 10, 2025 (Reuters/NAN) United States President-elect, Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction, stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. This case earlier overshadowed his bid to retake the White House.
