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Nov 25, 2023 | 
maktoobmedia.com | umar ahmed
In the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls scheduled to take place by May next year, the environment in India is certainly witnessing a shift in its functional environment. Beginning with the announcement of welfare schemes for the distribution of freebies up to conducting constant political meetings, there are multiple speculations and strategies that would make rounds in every party’s circle eventually hitting the headlines.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed
FRANKFORT, Ind. (TCD) — A 28-year-old man will ostensibly spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend and her grandmother two years ago.
In a statement Thursday, Sept. 7, the Clinton County Prosecutor’s Office announced a judge sentenced Gary Ferrell II to 110 years in prison for fatally shooting 62-year-old Pamela Sledd and 21-year-old Promise Mays on Aug. 18, 2021. In April, Ferrell pleaded guilty to two counts of murder.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed
The naira on Tuesday appreciated against the dollar as it exchanged at N744.97 at the investors and exporters window. The naira gained 0.39 per cent compared to the N747.87 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday.
The open indicative rate closed at N774.99 to the dollar on Tuesday. A spot exchange rate of N799.83 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N744.97.
The naira sold for as low as N588 to the dollar within the day’s trading.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed |Ben Nsemo
INEC on Thursday restated that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would be deployed for voter accreditation and transmission of results on the November 11 governorship poll in Bayelsa. Resident electoral commissioner Obo Effanga gave the assurance at a news conference at the INEC office in Yenagoa.
Mr Effanga said almost all the non-sensitive materials were already in the local government areas.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed
The UK will rejoin the European Union’s £85 billion Horizon science research programme, it has been confirmed this morning. From today, British researchers are able to apply for grants and bid to take part in projects under the Horizon scheme.
The UK had been locked out of the Horizon programme after Brexit.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | Ben Nsemo |umar ahmed
Following Mike Whitaker’s nomination to lead FAA, the Biden-Harris Administration announces new actions to maintain and improve aviation safetyFollowing President Biden’s nomination of Mike Whitaker to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions and investments to maintain and improve aviation safety – which builds on the $25 billion in investments in airport infrastructure from the Administration’s Investing in America agenda.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed
In a speech on 23rd February, Keir Starmer promised to restore Britain’s “confidence, hope, and future” through a historic overhaul of the way the country is run as he debuted new “missions” on economic growth, crime, the NHS, clean energy and breaking down the barriers to opportunity at every stage. “The missions are instrumental in giving Britain back a renewed sense of pride and purpose”, the Labour leader has since affirmed.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has argued that although the Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate lost at the presidential Tribunal on Wednesday, the judiciary was correct when he successfully reclaimed his position as governor of Anambra State in 2007.
Wike made this assertion on Thursday when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. “Did Peter Obi not win at the Supreme Court when he was removed as governor? Did he pay bribe?
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | umar ahmed
The naira exchanged for N736.62 to a dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Thursday.
The local currency appreciated by 4.53 percent compared to the N771.59 it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N774.74 to the dollar today.
READ ALSO: Naira drops value, exchanges for N771/$ at I&E window A spot exchange rate of N799.90 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded during the day’s trading before it settled at N736.62.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
theparadise.ng | Ben Nsemo |umar ahmed
Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal on Wednesday rejected challenges by opposition rivals to Bola Tinubu’s win in February’s disputed vote, following a pattern seen in previous election years in Africa’s most populous country. No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy in 1999 after three decades of almost uninterrupted military rule and has a history of electoral fraud.
