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Calls for Qld to scrap 'ideologically driven' changes to industrial relation laws
Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has introduced sweeping changes that he says "essentially mimicked" Julia Gillard's Fair Work legislation.
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Michigan voters face crucial choice as Trump’s grip on Congress is tested
Michigan’s closely contested Senate race and voter concerns over the economy are putting Trump’s control of Washington.
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Seen And Heard At The US Midterm Elections
It needs to change for the everyday person, and I’m an everyday person,” Donta Comer, a 38-year-old project manager in Atlanta, Georgia, told AFP. “I’m independent but I voted Democrat, I just wanted to go back into the culture of decency, integrity, honesty, and the rest follows,” Yan Cardineau, 59, told AFP in Austin, Texas.
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‘What’s Ablakwa’s wrongdoing?’ – Fiifi Kwetey slams NPP’s ‘Yɛgye Yɛ Sika’ demo as ‘a total joke’
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has challenged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to provide evidence that Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa stole public funds in the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa. Speaking in an exclusive interview with JoyNews’ Evans Mensah, Mr Kwetey said the minister was being targeted by the NPP because of his role in exposing alleged wrongdoing during the previous administration.
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Fashola urges grassroots mobilisation ahead of 2027 polls
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the South-West to strengthen grassroots mobilisation and engage stakeholders across party lines to secure victory in the 2027 general elections. Fashola, who is working with former Ondo State Governor Segun Mimiko, former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni and Secretary Senator Fatai Buhari on the Presidential Campaign Council’s South-West strategy, said he would visit each state after the initial engagement forums had been established.
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Niger police confirm 14 Islamiya students abducted
…SDP chieftain insists 50 were kidnapped, faults Bago over insecurity By Clare Nnabuike, Minna The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 14 Islamiya school students by suspected bandits in Rafi Local Government Area of the state, dismissing reports that 50 students were kidnapped. But the spokesman for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed (SAN), in the 2027 election, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa, insisted that 50 students were abducted.
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Fifi Kwetey explains why he is comfortable without a government board role
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, says he has not been offered a government board appointment, describing the situation as one that gives him greater freedom to speak independently on issues affecting the party and government. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mr Kwetey said he had neither sought nor asked for a board position, although he would have considered an offer if the role was not full-time.
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Minister tasks states, LGs on nomadic education funding
Prof. Suwaiba Sa’id-Ahmad, the Minister of State for Education, has urged states and local governments to prioritise nomadic and alternative education. The conference was organised by the Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN), Kano, in collaboration with the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), Kenya, Capital University of Somalia and the University of Namibia.
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BJP’s ‘Save democracy’ campaign begins in Karnataka’s Kolar
The BJP’s ‘Save democracy and reject anarchy’ campaign, which has been launched across the country to counter the Congress campaign against SIR, began in Karnataka from Kolar
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Zamfara: Kaura wins fresh APC primary
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has returned a former senator, Yahaya Tijjani Kaura as its candidate for the Zamfara North Senatorial District, after he polled 16,758 votes in a fresh primary held on Monday in Gusau. The declaration formally makes Kaura the APC’s flag-bearer for the National Assembly seat in Zamfara North.
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Even if US democracy can be salvaged from Trump, Europe is moving on
It will take decades to rebuild trust in a country that removed a tyrant once – and then reinstated him four years later When Joe Biden entered the White House in 2021 it was possible to believe that Donald Trump’s reign had been an aberration. Trump’s defeat proved that US democracy was mechanically operational, not culturally robust.
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Amnesty International demands release of detained El-Rufai supporter, Imran Usman Wakili
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Imran Usman Wakili, who it said was detained over social media posts criticising the low turnout at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna State. The organisation made the demand in a post on its X platform on Tuesday, alleging that Wakili was also targeted because of his support for former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
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Sierra Leone withdraws ICJ candidate, backs Kenya’s Phoebe Okowa
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — Sierra Leone has withdrawn its candidate for the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Prof Charles Jalloh, and thrown its support behind Kenya’s Prof Phoebe Okowa in a move aimed at consolidating African backing for the remaining seat on the world court. Kenya had mounted an extensive diplomatic campaign in support of Okowa, with Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei saying last week that months of engagement with UN member states had culminated in a final appeal in New York.
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