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King Charles ‘Death’ Announcement Turns Out to Be Error

King Charles III was mistakenly declared dead by UK radio station Radio Caroline in an unexpected on-air error that briefly shocked listeners. The incident occurred...

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Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, New World Bank DG, reacts to apology from Swiss Newspaper that tagged her “grandmother”

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has reacted after a Swiss Newspaper issued an apology for referring to her as "grandmother" while reporting that she is the new Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). "This grandmother will be the new Chief of the World Trade Organisation," the newspaper had written. This elicited criticisms from all over the world as people questioned why "grandmother" was all she could be qualified as despite her achievements. Nordwestschweiz has now issued an apology. "We apologize for this editorial mistake," the statement reads in part. Reacting to the apology, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said, "It is important and timely that they have apologized." She added: "We need to call out this behaviour when it happens." Read the rest of her tweets...

European Union to deploy 100 election observers to Nigeria

The European Union Election Observation Mission has said that 100 observers would be deployed for the 2023 polls. The Chief Observer, EU EOM, Barry Andrews stated this during the launch of the EU EOM to Nigeria 2023, in Abuja on Monday. Andrews said the EU EOM was deployed by the EU following an invitation from the Independent National Electoral Commission and it started its work on 11 January, 2023 with the arrival of a core team of 11 experts with competencies in various aspects of elections. He also stated that this is the seventh EU EOM to Nigeria since 1999, noting that for the first time in Nigeria, the mission has a dedicated Election Technology Analyst who would...

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