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    Today, two EU officials - Robert Habeck (German Economy Minister) and Bruno Le Maire (French Finance Minister) commented on Meta’s annual report and the possibility of Facebook and Instagram being shut down across the EU.   

                                     Australia said on Monday it will reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month, ending two years of misery for the tourism sector, reviving migration and injecting billions of dollars into the world No. 13 economy.

                                         WHAT was supposed to be a special day for a Harare woman ended in shame, with her collapsing several times, after her white wedding was stopped by the groom’s first wife in Harare on Saturday.

    The Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) says it was erecting a maize pyramid in Kaduna state, as part of its loan repayment under the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP).         

Transgender women and girls in South Dakota will not be able to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender at accredited schools and colleges after the state's GOP governor enacted a "fairness in women's sports" law on Thursday.         

                DJ Cuppy tweeted, “Oxford University will humble anyone, trust me. I graduate in June, almost there! #CuppyOnAMission. 

                                 After a recent internal review, the Biden administration decided to maintain a pandemic-era order put in place under former President Donald Trump that authorizes the rapid deportation of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told CBS News Thursday.

                                   The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the expansion of visa services to assist non-immigrant applicants. The procedure commenced February 1 at the U.S. Consulate in Lagos and will be extended shortly to the U.S. Embassy in Abuja.

An Alabama woman was found dead inside her apartment and her boyfriend of less than a year has been charged with murder, authorities said.

                                               Texas — Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House.

                                    Israel’s President Isaac Herzog started his first visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, the latest high-profile diplomatic trip since the countries normalised ties.

  A blanket of heavy snow covered the Greek capital on Monday, from the Acropolis hill to the coast in the south, disrupting air traffic, bringing transport to a halt and leaving scores of drivers stranded overnight in a highway.

                                        Chinese scientists have demonstrated that next-generation terahertz technology could be used for hypersonic vehicle detection and tracking, an advance that can lead to new 6G communication applications for hypersonic missiles.

                                     A 36-year-old police officer was Tuesday dragged before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing three counts of aggravated indecency. Hillary Zano (36) was remanded in custody to February 2 by magistrate Yeukai Dzuda.

United States has launched a unique web-based portal, ReportMagoMago.com , that leverages citizen engagement to fight corruption.

        Boris Johnson is due to speak to Vladimir Putin this week over the Ukraine crisis  (Picture: AP/Getty Images) Boris Johnson will hold a call with Vladimir Putin this week and plans to visit Eastern Europe to ‘accelerate diplomatic efforts’ as tensions intensify over the Ukraine-Russia crisis.

Asamoah Gyan has confirmed that he will be moving his Baby Jet Airlines to Ivory Coast  because of the frustration he is receiving from officials in the Ghanaian aviation industry and the delay in operationalizing the airlines.

                                                In last year’s “The Suicide Squad,” John Cena’s Peacemaker is a jingoistic, bigoted superhero. Transferring the DC Comics character to a TV series spinoff gave writer-director James Gunn a forum to hold the flawed character to the light in these days of political divide.

                                    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed charges and rates for banking activities in the country. This was disclosed in the CBN new ‘Guide to Charges by Banks Other Financial and Non-Financial’ according to findings.

       First lady Jill Biden's office has announced America's first family is excited to welcome a two-year-old, gray-and-white-striped feline named Willow to the White House.

                                Richie Rich, son of Instagram celebrity Mompha who is facing series of court cases bordering on money laundering in Nigeira, has been featured on UK’s The Sun.

      The Coast Guard said Thursday that it had found four additional bodies in its search for dozens of migrants lost at sea off Florida but that it would call off its active search for survivors at sunset if it doesn’t receive any new information.

Shane Lee Brown is suing the police departments in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nev., and several officers after they jailed him for six days, instead of a white man with a similar name who is taller, nearly twice as old and a convicted felon.

                                       North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korea’s military said.

                                    There was no power in His house, so the boy went outside to read. Photo credit: Smith Akom Takem & Russell Monk. Source: Facebook  Determined little boy in Benue state has been sighted in the night reading in the open under a security light.

                                       Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike said the state government through intelligence discovered a state-owned Legacy 600 Aircraft which was abandoned in Germany since 2012 during the administration of former governor Chibuike Amaechi who is the incumbent minister of transportation.

                                     Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Ike Shorunmu, has absolved Maduka Okoye of blame for the goal conceded by Nigeria in the round of 16 match of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations against Carthage Eagles of Tunisia.

       I am more Popular, Richer than Nnamdi Kanu — Asari “I’m not jealous of Nnamdi Kanu, I’m richer than him.  I’ve more children than him. I have 21 children. So why would I be jealous of him?," Asari Dokubo Says..

                                Numerous London Underground trains experienced delays and cancellations when a swan planted itself on the tracks and refused to move for more than an hour.

                                                   Harare City Council has installed traffic lights at the junction of Harare-Bulawayo highway and Tynwald Road, an area commonly referred to as Maplanka.

     Kobe Bryant, born Aug. 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Penn., spent his entire 20-year NBA career playing for the Los Angeles Lakers before his retirement on 2016. During his time in the American basketball league, Bryant won five NBA championships. 

                                   The first message Apple says its chief executive received from a woman claiming to be his wife and the mother of his twins arrived in Tim Cook’s inbox on Nov. 2, 2020, at 11:35 p.m. “I’m really tired,” the 45-year-old Virginia woman wrote, according to court records. “ … You been hurting me so much.”

   Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has informed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains that nothing will make him return to politics. Obasanjo made his position known while addressing Iyorchia Ayu, PDP national chairman, and other leaders of the party on Saturday.

    A Rwandan prosecutor on Monday sought a life sentence for Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in the movie "Hotel Rwanda" sheltering hundreds of people during the 1994 genocide, instead of an existing 25-year term.

    Image:Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces train in a park in Kyiv. Pic: AP The UK is withdrawing some embassy staff and dependants from Ukraine in response to the "growing threat" from Russia.

     The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 13 Ukpo, Mr. Umar Muri, has said that the police commands in Anambra and Enugu states together with the Nigerian Army are working together to end the observation of sit-at-home orders in the states.

     ABUJA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria will prioritise tax collection from its digital economy in 2022 and focus on non-resident firms with significant economic presence that generate turnover in the West African country, the country's tax chief said on Thursday.

      Tinubu stated this after a closed-door meeting with the elder statesman in his Hilltop country home in Minna, Niger State. Responding to newsmen on the purpose of his visit to IBB, the former Governor of Lagos State said he was in Niger State to sympathize with the state over its security challenges and decided to visit the elder statesman to receive his blessings.

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    A first-class passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask disrupted a London-bound American Airlines flight Wednesday night and prompted the pilot to turn back to Miami so the customer could be booted off the aircraft, police and airline officials said.

    The African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) has said that Dangote Oil Refinery would reduce importation of petroleum products production into the continent by as much as 36 per cent.

  The Senate has deleted the controversial Clause 84 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, which only provided for direct primary mode for political parties to produce their candidates.

Rwandan Salima Mukansanga became the first woman to referee an Africa Cup of Nations match when she oversaw the Group B clash between Guinea and Zimbabwe in Yaounde on Tuesday.

         The Supreme Court has reversed its earlier ruling dismissing an appeal by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) against a 2.4 billion judgement in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited. A five-member panel led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola held that the apex court erred in its February 27, 2019 ruling in suit no SC/694/2014.

Ubi Franklin's Ex, Sandra Iheuwa Responds To Marriage Collapse Claims 

  A new coronavirus variant nicknamed "Deltacron" has been discovered in Cyprus, local media reported on Saturday.

        The newly inaugurated Anambra Cargo Airport has recorded 142 flights with 3,865 passengers landing and taking off from the airport after one month of the opening of the facility.

   Turkmenistan’s strongman leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the “Gateway to Hell”.

                                      Reports that Gareth Bale could leave Real Madrid for Inter Milan this summer are “rubbish,” the Wales international’s agent has told ESPN FC. Bale, 29, was frozen out of the first team picture by Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane at the end of last season, but his agent Jonathan Barnett said the player still has no intention of leaving and is looking forward to travelling to Montreal with the squad for preseason next week.

A Customs officer, identified simply as Samuel, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping and videotaping the nudity of his female friend. It was gathered that 29-year-old Samuel always threatened to post the clip on the social media whenever he demanded to have sex with her and she refused.