April 15, 2023

[GIST] Tearful Biden explores faith and family at finale of Ireland trip

[GIST] Tearful Biden explores faith and family at finale of Ireland trip

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US President Joe Biden brought an emotive visit to Ireland to a climax on Friday with a campaign-style exhortation for hope, after a tearful encounter with the priest who read the last rites to his late son.

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April 14, 2023

[GIST] Major Yemen prisoner swap under way as first plane leaves: ICRC

[GIST] Major Yemen prisoner swap under way as first plane leaves: ICRC

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A major exchange of prisoners from Yemen's brutal civil war got underway on Friday with the first plane departing rebel-held Sanaa for government-controlled Aden, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

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[GIST] One Israeli killed, dozens injured in bus accident in South Korea

[GIST] One Israeli killed, dozens injured in bus accident in South Korea

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A bus carrying Israeli tourists overturned on a rural road in central South Korea, local police told AFP Friday, leaving one person dead and dozens more injured.

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[GIST] Poverty alleviation scheme captured 2m Nigerians last year, okays N250b for 2023

[GIST] Poverty alleviation scheme captured 2m Nigerians last year, okays N250b for 2023

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About two million vulnerable Nigerians nationwide were impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for 2022.

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[GIST] IYC sets up committee to check herdsmen attacks

[GIST] IYC sets up committee to check herdsmen attacks

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Central Zone of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) in Bayelsa State has inaugurated surveillance and security committee to protect the state’s farmland, communities and indigenes from herdsmen attacks.

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[GIST] Lagos launches feedback mechanism to deepen citizens’ participation in governance

[GIST] Lagos launches feedback mechanism to deepen citizens’ participation in governance

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Lagos State government, yesterday, launched a platform through which citizens can provide feedbacks to the government about its programmes, policies and activities in the state.

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April 13, 2023

[GIST] Delta community protests, alleges killing of citizens by IPOB

[GIST] Delta community protests, alleges killing of citizens by IPOB

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OBI of Anwai/Umuagwu, near Asaba, Delta State capital, Mohammed Nduka Elunor, and hundreds of his subjects, yesterday, barricaded the entrance to Government House, protesting against killing of citizens, including security personnel, by suspected IPOB members and other criminal elements.

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