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UK finance minister Kwarteng has been sacked – BBC
Britain’s finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked after less than six weeks in the job, the BBC reported on Friday, as the government’s massive tax cuts sparked financial market turmoil. Kwar…
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Brace yourselves for more economic challenges – IMF to world leaders
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), is asking countries across the world to brace themselves for more economic challenges. The Bretton Woods institution says global growth for next year has been p…
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UK’s Kwarteng should change course within 48 hours – senior lawmaker
British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng should change course on his budget policy within 48 hours in order to regain the confidence of financial markets and the public, a senior Conservative lawmaker…
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Tunisia coast guard retrieves bodies of 15 migrants off Mahdia coast
Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 15 migrants off the coast of Mahdia, the state news agency said on Thursday. Authorities will work to identify the bodies, including the bodies of African…
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Nigerian court drops terrorism charges against separatist leader Kanu
Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought by the government, in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the …
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UK foreign minister says ousting PM Truss would be ‘disastrously bad idea’
Changing Britain’s leader would be a “disastrously bad idea”, foreign minister James Cleverly said on Thursday as he defended Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plans which have caused discontent wi…
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Armed men kill 5 farmers in Nigeria’s Benue State
Five farmers have been reportedly killed by armed invaders in the Yelwata community of Guma Local Government Area in Benue State. The farmers were working on their farms on Wednesday, October 12, whe…
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Britain to donate air defence missiles to Ukraine
Britain said it would donate air defence missiles capable of shooting down cruise missiles to Ukraine in the wake of Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent days. British Defence Secretary…
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Shell investigates in Nigeria after report of nine-year oil theft
Oil major Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary is investigating reports that an illegal oil tap ran for nine years on a pipeline it operates, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. An NNPC spokesman said on Sunday…
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Ghana votes at UN to condemn Russian annexation of Ukrainian regions
Ghana voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Russian aggression on Ukraine by way of the recent annexation of four regions after a controversial referendum. Ghana …