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The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier, a White House official said Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, replied “yes” when asked if US authorities had released or would be releasing Vinnik in…
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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has ordered the remand of a 24-year-old man, Bello Ayomide, for allegedly attempting to kill himself as police sought to arrest him for theft. The police in the state brought Ayomide to court and accused him of stealing his co-worker’s phone and withdrawing money…
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Hamas said Wednesday it would not bow down to threats from Israel and the United States, which demanded the militant group release hostages this weekend or face a return to war in Gaza. Mediators Qatar and Egypt were pushing to salvage the ceasefire agreement, a Palestinian source and a diplomat familiar with the talks told…
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US consumer inflation unexpectedly accelerated last month, data showed Wednesday, in a moment of potential political peril for President Donald Trump, who quickly blamed the uptick on his predecessor Joe Biden. The consumer price index (CPI) edged up to 3.0 percent in January from a year ago, the Labor Department said in a statement –…
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The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed the Tax Reform Bills through a second reading after an intense three-hour debate, with lawmakers overwhelmingly supporting the proposed legislation despite some reservations. The bills, which include the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment…
