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A Colorado police officer has been arrested after being filmed threatening to kill a man during an arrest. Body camera footage shows Aurora policeman John Haubert using a pistol to strike the man, saying “if you move, I will shoot you”.

US officer arrested after threatening to shoot suspect

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President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Paris, France, called on European countries and global financial institutions to consider reducing devastating effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on African economies by restructuring debt portfolios, opting for complete reliefs and releasing vaccines to the continent, which is still behind in protecting majority of its citizens.

President Buhari vows increased education spending over next four years

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Johnson & Johnson's single dose COVID-19 shot is the fourth to be endorsed for use in the EU after vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford University and Moderna.

Zimbabwe approves J&J coronavirus vaccine as third wave rages

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Former Chief of Army Staff, Retired General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has formally presented his Letter of Credence to the President, Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon

General Tukur Buratai resumes as Nigerian envoy to Benin

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the current clouds and travails covering Nigeria would give way to a glorious and bright new nation.

VP: Nigerian government ready to tackle inflation, food security

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“It is important that we meet despite the pandemic to discuss how we can build on the successes of the African Growth and Opportunity Act,” US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in remarks prepared for delivery at the Corporate Council on Africa’s US-Africa Business Summit Tuesday.

US wants to discuss duty-free trade access with African ministers before end-2021

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IMF warns of growing poverty, unrest and geopolitical tensions

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the current clouds and travails covering Nigeria would give way to a glorious and bright new nation.

VP Osinbajo: Nigerian government ready to tackle inflation, other challenges of food security

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The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the federal government will take possession of the repatriated Benin artefacts and will take into “cognizance the culture that produced the art works”.

Nigerian government accuses citizens in diaspora of funding secessionist agitations, spreading fake news

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4. Fashola stated this on Monday while inspecting the newly constructed 1.5km two-lane bridge on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon in Ekot-Mfum, Etung LGA of Cross River.

Minister: Nigeria-Cameroon 1.5km border bridge will facilitate free trade

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The weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is taking place at the State House, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding.

President Buhari lauds Nigeria’s relations with Spain, Qatar

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Health workers at a hospital in quarantined Kayravan province of Tunis, Tunisia. Yassine Gaidi-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Donations seek to save Tunisia from coronavirus catastrophe

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The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the federal government will take possession of the repatriated Benin artefacts and will take into “cognizance the culture that produced the art works”.

Minister: Nigeria’s problem not religious, ethnicity

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Equatorial Guinea blasts ‘illegal’ UK sanctions against president’s son

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UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has welcomed Italy’s support for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and encouraged the use of 2030 Agenda as a beacon for the design of COVID-19 recovery efforts.

UN deputy chief encourages use of 2030 agenda for coronavirus recovery

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