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Ukraine's outgoing defence minister has said the country is anticipating a new Russian offensive later this month. At a news conference, Oleksiy Reznikov said not all Western weaponry will have arrived by then, but Ukraine had enough reserves to hold off Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops were fighting fiercely in Bakhmut, Vuhledar and Lyman. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News,...

According to Africa’s public health organistion, countries dealing with fatal cholera epidemics on the continent do not have “rapid access” to vaccines due to a global supply deficit. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told journalists on Thursday that the organization is collaborating with the World Health Organization...

With Less than 20 days to the 2023 general elections, Lawyer and APC Member, Seun Falaye says it is the majority of Nigerians, the common man out there that would decide the next president of this country and not faceless people. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas Mr Falaye said the All Progressives Party and its Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Ahmed Bola...

Mali's ruling junta said on Sunday that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the security situation in the country in a speech to a UN gathering,...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has denied planning to cease operations once the government enforces N195 per litre pump price. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas A statement on Monday by National Operations Controller Mike Osatuyi advised the public to ignore the information. Mojeed Adesope, Publicity Officer of Ibadan Depot, on February 3, called for the shutdown of...

They also argued that the 10-day extension by the Nigerian Government is still insufficient to address the challenges bedevilling the policy. The Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara state governments have filed a lawsuit against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the cashless policy by the Central Bank...

Protesters under the aegis of Pro Nigeria Group has stormed parts of Abuja, including the Unity Fountain and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Head Office in support of the recent CBN policy on naira redesign. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas The protesters in their number carried various placards in support of the CBN policy that has drawn mixed reactions...

A powerful earthquake has struck in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, killing more than 1,000 people as they slept and trapping many others. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) at a depth of 17.9km (11 miles) near the city of Gaziantep. Turkey's President Recep...

With 'Shanty Town' currently streaming on Netflix and ranking as one of the top TV shows in Nigeria, showrunner Chi Chi Nworah can now share a few trade secrets. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas During our exclusive interview with the co-creator and executive producer, she discussed the journey from the vision to the finished product, but one piece of the conversation stood...

Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won her first Grammy Award. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas She won the award at the ongoing ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday. Her contribution to the hit ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake earned her the award. https://twitter.com/layxsnv/status/1622452354057490434?s=20&t=laTMxMsglGHBMxLdLlx-Cg The PUNCH had earlier reported that Tems was among...

Beyoncé, who now has 30 awards, only needs two more wins to eclipse the record held by the late Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti, who has 31. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas Beyoncé has already won two Grammys on Sunday, bringing her a step closer in her pursuit of being the most decorated artist in the show's history. During the Grammys pre-telecast ceremony, Beyoncé won for the...

MTN and Airtel earn N2.68tn from calls and data as the amount spent on calls and data rose by 19.06 per cent from N2.25tn in 2021 to N2.68tn in 2022. This is according to data from the 2022 full-year financial reports of MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa. The N2.68tn was spent by customers of both telecommunication firms. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree...

Burna boy lost two awards he was nominated for at the 2023 Grammy Awards, By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas The award ceremony took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday. South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode defeated Burna Boy’s Last Last to claim the award for the Best Global Music performance. Burna Boy’s album...

Petro Burkovskyi is a senior fellow at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Ukraine. As an analyst, Burkovskyi provides situational and strategic analysis of public opinion trends in Ukraine, analysing Ukrainian foreign policy, the Ukrainian-Russian situation, and Ukrainian-American relations. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas In this interview with Our News Department, Burkovskyi gives insight into the state of the Russian...

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday crushed a planned massive protest by Yoruba Nation agitators in Lagos and arrested 10 members. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas Spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, in tweets on Sunday said the suspects were arrested earlier today in Alausa. He said they had begun setting up camps in Alausa to use...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN enforcement team accosts a bank branch in Ado Ekiti hoarding the new naira notes to the tune of N6M. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas A video shared by a media strategist, Deji Adesogan, on Twitter captured the enforcement agency of CBN questioning a bank on why they have new notes yet to be disbursed....

Washington and Beijing are at odds over the nature of the craft - US officials have described it as a "spy balloon", while the Chinese insist it is a meteorological surveillance device that has been blown off course. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas The US is "going to take care of" a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over its airspace,...

An Igbosere Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, Oyingbo, Lagos has sentenced two fraudsters to one-year imprisonment each for fraudulently obtaining the sum of N115,000 from complainant Hunyingan Pentho Ifeoluwa under false pretence through Instagram transactions. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas The convicts, Oshodi Tunde Noah,26, and Yusuf Sadiq Olarewaju, 24, were jailed by Magistrate, T.A Abayomi after...

Irate Nigerian youths stormed a bank and vandalized its properties and cars of its staff amidst scarcity of the redesigned currency. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas As widely reported by news outlets in the country, Nigerians have been moved to react in various ways as cash is not being made adequately available to them in their respective banks. A recently...

Tesla co-founder Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership. By Cypher IlerioluwaDuduspree News, Texas Shareholders argued he misled them with his posts in August 2018, and they had lost billions of dollars because of them. The proposed $72bn (£60bn) buyout...