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Iran’s embassy in Saudi Arabia reopened its doors on Wednesday for the first time in seven years, as part of a pact to re-establish contacts that might calm a long-standing enmity that has fueled wars across the Middle East according to a media witness. The huge gates of the Iranian embassy’s property in Riyadh were open, and a crew was checking its grounds. A white truck was observed approaching the gate according to a reporter. The diplomatic mission was established only hours after the Iranian foreign ministry announced the arrival of a technical team in the country. “The Iranian delegation…

The Biden administration will announce over $300 million in financing from its landmark infrastructure package for nine bridge projects around the nation on Thursday according to sources. The infrastructure package, which was enacted by the United States Congress with bipartisan backing, is one of President Joe Biden’s significant legislative successes, and one that his administration is anxious to promote as he prepares to run for re-election. While Biden is in Ireland, Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and other administration officials will visit several of the bridge sites to negotiate financing for projects in eight states and Washington,…

Congolese women and children were raped and subjected to other atrocities during a large exodus of migrant workers from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a doctor, authorities, and the UN. According to rights organisations and the United Nations, Angola has deported hundreds of employees in recent months, reflecting earlier purges over the last 12 years during which atrocities also occurred. The size of the latest exodus is unknown, but according to previously unreported figures from the United Nations’ migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 12,000 workers have passed through one border crossing near…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has formed a committee to examine a story published by an online medium alleging that police officers pay up to $10,000 in bribes to advance in their careers. Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. According to Ani, the study alleged that certain police officers paid a $10,000 bribe to get a special promotion from the PSC. According to him, the allegation was made in a petition on behalf of some disgruntled senior police officers by one Chijioke Okonkwo, according to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained 11 alleged online fraudsters in the Borno local government areas of Jere and Maiduguri. Wilson Uwujaren, its spokesman, said this in an Abuja statement on Wednesday. Olatunji Sherif, Bright Felix, Jude Magaji, Jonah Jondi, Ojobaro Abdullahi, Jerry Zizighi, and Micah Joseph were among those detained on Wednesday, according to him. Mari Ayuba, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Adam Abiodun, and Victor Chinonso Okolieaboh are among the others. Uwujaren said that they were apprehended in a sting operation as a result of reliable information on their suspected illegal activities. We are not recruiting now, EFCC…

On Thursday, a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi ruled that 59-year-old Kelvin Iorfa be held in a detention facility for legal counsel. Iorfa was accused with assault and attempted culpable murder. Mrs Roseline Iyorshe, the Magistrate, did not accept Iorfa’s plea for lack of jurisdiction. Iyorshe directed the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Benue for legal advice. She postponed the matter until June 8 for additional consideration. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Godwin Ato, informed the court that Jenkies Shade of KM 4 Gboko Road, Makurdi reported the matter to the State…

China intends to start constructing a lunar base using moon soil in five years, according to Chinese media, with the ambitious plan set to begin this decade. According to local media, more than 100 Chinese scientists, researchers, and space contractors recently convened in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to explore strategies to develop infrastructure on the moon. According to Changjiang Daily, Ding Lieyun, an expert from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a team is creating a robot called “Chinese Super Masons” to manufacture bricks out of lunar soil. “Building a habitat on the moon is required for long-term lunar…

An eagerly anticipated malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University has received its first clearance in Ghana, where the African nation is stepping up its fight against the illness spread by mosquitoes that claims a child every minute. The initiative is one of several aimed at combating the illness that claims more than 600,000 lives annually, the most of them youngsters in Africa. The development of vaccines has long been hampered by the malaria parasite’s complex structure and lifetime. The World Health Organization (WHO) last year authorised the first malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, developed by British pharmaceutical giant GSK (GSK.L). However, the…

Some foreign media outlets and think institutes have recognised that they were misled about Labour Party nominee Peter Obi’s prospects of winning the 2023 Presidential election. Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, made the announcement in London after wrapping up his engagements and talks with media outlets and policy institutes. According to media sources, the minister travelled to Washington and London to defend the legality of the just ended general elections and to redress the imbalance in the distorted narrative that had dominated the airwaves. The minister told reporters at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House,…

A seven-story building under construction in Lagos State’s Banana Island, Ikoyi district, has fallen. The event occurred at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. When some of the construction workers on site had closed for the day, the structure collapsed in, according to news reports. However, several of them were hurt as a consequence of the collapse. Amodu Shakiri, a spokesman for the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, verified the occurrence. Six injured in building collapse in Marseille “We got a call around 3:58 p.m.,” he said. We are actively investigating the allegation that no one was killed beneath the debris.”