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Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-21

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1. Headlines.
2. Nigerian electoral body, the INEC has released the final lists for the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. The list was published on the INEC's website.
3. While addressing the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned leaders the world was facing the biggest challenges of all time and called for collective efforts to tackle the challenges.
4. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has held talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th session of the UN General Assembly in NY. The 2 leaders exchanged views on bilateral relations and the progress made in efforts made to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal during Vienna talks.
5. Leadership of Nigerian House of Reps will meet with the country's President Muhammadu Buhari to present a new agreement reached with the members of the ASUU. House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila announced this on Sept 20th after a meeting between the lawmakers, ASUU and representatives of the federal government.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-20

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1. Headlines.
2. Chadian interim Foreign Affairs Minister Mahamat Zene Cherif has resigned from his position following what he described as disagreements with the ruling military government as to open dialogue with rebels.
3. The US Department of Commerce on Monday Sept 19 announced it had blacklisted three (3) Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to Iranian airlines that provide cargo services to Russia. The Commerce Dept added the 3 aircraft operated by Iranian airlines providing cargo services to Russia to a list of planes believed to violate US export controls as part of the Biden administration's sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine invasion.
4. Iran President Ebrahim Raisi on Mon said development in education would not take place without paying attention to family, justice, and spirituality. President Raisi made the remarks while speaking at the Transforming Education Summit held in NY organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
5. Members of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Mon blocked the road leading to the Murtala Muhammad Int'l Airport (MMIA), in Nigeria's economic hub, Lagos, to protest the 7-month-long strike that had crippled academic activities across universities in the country. Local newspaper, Leadership reported that flights were delayed due to the blockade.
6. Iranian President Raisi said that a number of major problems face today's world, all stemming from unilateralism. President Raisi made the remarks Mon upon his arrival in NY to attend the 77th annual UN General Assembly.
7. Palestinian schools in occupied al-Quds [Jerusalem] are observing a general strike to protest attempts by occupation authorities in the holy city to censor and edit Palestinian textbooks, as well as introduce an Israeli curriculum in classrooms.
8. The leadership of Nigeria's House of Reps was on Tuesday expected to meet with Nigerian Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, the ASUU leadership and other stakeholders over a protracted strike by the ASUU.
9. Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, are expected to meet in NY on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, to discuss the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
10. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (Sept 20) received letters of credentials from 24 newly arrived ambassadors of foreign countries. While addressing the new ambassadors, President Putin said western countries that imposed sanctions on Russia are now bearing the brunt of those sanctions.
11. Officials in the Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine gave announced plans to hold a referendum later this week on joining the Russian federation.
12. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has met and held talks with his Qatari counterpart, Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, on the progress made so far in the negotiations to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
13. The Ugandan Parliament is considering a bill that would make it possible for the 1st time to perform organ transplants in the east African country. If passed into law, the bill would transform the lives of thousands of people waiting for surgery.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-19

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1. Headlines.
2. Government forces in Iraq have announced the killing of 7 members of a terrorist organization in the southern part of Mosul, which is located in the northern part of the country.
3. Reuters has reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is no longer expected to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral Monday Sept 19, citing a British foreign office source, contrary to earlier expectations that he would attend the event.
4. Russian President Vladimir Putin urged both countries to prevent further escalation and to take measures to resolve the situation exclusively by peaceful, political and diplomatic means as soon as possible.
5. Iranian President Raisi departed for NY, US on Mon to address the 77th UN General Assembly. Before his departure, Raisi met Leader of the Islamic Rvolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Sun Sept 18. The meeting took place a day after he returned from Uzbekistan, this year's host of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
6. Israel PM Yair Lapid held talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in NY. The 2 leaders held talks on how to de-escalate rising tensions in the occupied West Bank.
7. Russian military sources inside Syria announced that Russian fighter jets had conducted a series of air strikes on the positions of the members of the Takfiri Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist outfit in Syrian north-western province of Idlib, killing dozens of terrorists in the process.
8. Egypt announce it would raise transit fees in 2023 for all types of vessels passing through the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority said that transit fees for vessels passing through the canal would rise by 15%.
9. Canada's Alberta Province government has rescinded the appointment of the head of its Human Rights Commission, Collin May, in a dispute stemming from Islamophobic comments attributed to Mr May.
10. A tech science fair that seeks to partner Venezuelan and Iranian companies to deepen their relations opened to the public Weds Sept 14 in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. The Scientific,
11. Turkey expressed interest in joining the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Org. Turkish President Recep Erdogan made the announcement after attending the SCO summit in Uzbekistan Fri Sept 16.
12. World leaders are expected to start delivering their address on Tue Sept 20 at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in the US city of NY. However, Russian President Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, announced the would not attend this year's event.
13. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani said the Islamic republic did not rule out the possibility of talks on the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in NY, as the Iranian president is on the way to the UN HQ to attend the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-16

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1. Headlines.
2. Chinese President, Ci Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have vowed to join forces in promoting peace and security around the world, as the West plunged many parts of the world into chaos.
3. Members of Nigeria's National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on 15 Sept blocked the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the country, in protest over the 17-month-old strike by the ASUU.
4. The 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) kicked off on 16 Sept in Uzbekistan's capital, Samarkand. Iranian news agency Iran Press reported that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Uzbekistan on 14 Sept to attend the summit.
5. Security officials in Iraq said that about 20 million people converged in the country's holy city of Karbala to attend this year's Arbaeen religios event. Arbaeen is held to mark the 40th day after the martydom of Imam Hussein, the 3rd Shia Imam.
6. Iran President Ebrahim Raisi said the US sanctions must be lifted to reach a nuclear agreement and there must be guarantees established to ensure their removal once and for all. President Raisi made these remarks in an interview with the Qatari based Aljazeera tv network on Sept 15, in Samarkand, capital of Uzbekistan.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-15

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1. Headlines.
2. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Weds Sept 14 expressed hope that talks underway between Saudi Arabia and Iran would help ease tensions in the Gulf region.
3. Cote d'Ivoire on Wed Sept 14 called on Mali to immediately release 46 of its soldiers being detained by Malian authorities. The Malian transitional government arrested 49 Ivorian soldiers upon their arrival in the capital, Bamako, in July.
4. New Kenyan President William Ruto has deleted a tweet revoking the country's recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as an independent state after the post triggered confusion shortly after it was issued by the president.
5. The 22nd summit of the council of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states kicked off on Thurs Sep 15 in Uzbekistan's Samarkand. Leaders of SCO member states, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as well as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, are attending the summit.
6. Nigeria's INEC stated its resolve to go after those who sponsor electoral offenders in the country. INEC chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this in his opening remarks at a retreat on Ekiti and Osun off-cycle governorship elections in Lagos on Weds Sept 14.
7. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday Sept 15 arrived in the Uzbek city of Samarkand to attend the 22nd summit of the council of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), alongside other world leaders. The summit is the 1st to be held since the onset of Covid-19.
8. Reports from Palestine indicate that Jewish settlers are planning to storm the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on 29 Sept during the commemoration of the new Ibrahimiya year.
9. Kenya on Weds Sept 14 ended its decades-long policy of siding with the African Union (AU) on Western Sahara's independence by revoking Nairobi's support for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-14

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1. Headlines.
2. An Israeli soldier and 2 Palestinians were killed during clashes in the early hours of 14 Sept near Jenin city in the occupied West Bank. The incident happened adjacent to the Gilboa Crossing during an exchange of fire, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials.
3. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi arrived in Doha, Qatar, on his 1st visit to the Gulf nation since the 2017 GCC diplomatic crisis. The visit by President el-Sisi will open a new chapter in the diplomatic relations of the 2 countries as they aim to bolster ties in many areas.
4. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Nigerian counterpart, Geoffrey Onyeama, during a phone convo Sept 13, discussed the current situation at hands in relation to the joint cooperative measures taken by the 2 countries to boost their political, economic and trade relations.
5. Authorities in Iraq said millions of Shia faithful continue to troop into the country's holy city of Karbala at the climax of the key Shia religious ceremony known as Arbaeen, which marks the 40-days mourning period for Iman Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him.
6. Thousands of people on Sept 13th staged demonstrations across many cities in Sudan to demand the reversal of military takeover and the return to civilian rule.
7. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Ukraine and other int'l and regional issues at their meeting later this week, according to the Kremlin. The 2 leaders are expected to meet on the side-lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Samarkand.
8. Nigerian House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on basic education and services on Sept 13 warned state governors in the country to prioritise basic education or be ready to face consequences of not doing so.
9. The 77th session of the UN General Assembly has opened in the US city of NY. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and 77th session President Chapa Kuroshi chaired the session, reports revealed.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-12

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1. Headlines.
2. Ivory Coast accused Bamako of hostage-taking after its neighbor laid out conditions for the release of 46 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali for 2 months. The issue is expected to be on the agenda next week at an extraordinary ECOWAS summit set to take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in NY.
3. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said Tehran backs the ongoing ceasefire in Yemen, calling it a prelude to the establishment of lasting peace and calm in the war-ravaged country. Abdollahian made the remarks in Tehran on Sun Sept 11 during a meeting with Yemeni Ansarullah popular resistance group spokesperson Mohammed Abdul-Salam.
4. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday (Sept 10th) said developed economies have throughout history been responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. The UN chief made the remarks at a press breifing in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, during his visit to the flood-affected areas of the country.
5. African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat has welcomed an announcement by Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia that they were willing to take part in peace negotiations. Moussa said it was a unique opportunity to end the conflict and urged the rebels and Addis Ababa to implement an immediate ceasefire.
6. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday Sept 11 warned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of potential catastrophic consequences for suggesting there had been Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine.
7. Niger and Burkina Faso leaders have discussed security challenges their countries faced along their borders with Mali, as well as the G5 Sahel. The Burkina Faso presidency announced this after the head of the country's interim military government, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, visited Niger.
8. The UK's economy declined in July as the country's inflation rate hit an all-time high of 10%, the highest in nearly 40 years, with surging energy prices believed to be driving that increase.
9. A top Iranian military commander, Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, has said the country's military had developed a long-range drone, dubbed Arash-2, designed specifically to target the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa.
10. Iranian ambassador to Senegal Mouhamed Reza Dehshiri expressed Iran's readiness to partner with Senegal in modern agricultural production. Dehshiri said this in an interview with Senegalese newspaper Le Tribune, an Iranian news agency reported.
11. The National Association of Nigerian Students on Tuesday Sept 13 threatened to block the Lagos-Ibadan expressway over the government's failure to address drawn-out labor action by the Universities Academic Staff Union.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-08

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1. Headlines.
2. Iraq's Supreme Court on Wed Sept 7th rejected a petition to dissolve the country's parliament, a key demand by powerful Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr and his political bloc that had boycotted the legislature. The court said dissolving parliament was beyond its legal authority.
3. Nigerian Oil Minister Timipre Sylva on Wednesday (September 7) said Nigeria would be able to send more liquefied natural gas to Europe by next winter. Mr Sylva disclosed this at the Gastech conference in Milan, Reuters reported.
4. Yemen's ministry of foreign affairs on Weds Sept 7 warned against signing any oil agreements in the Saudi-led coalition-held areas. It sent letters to all foreign ministries of the member states of the UN, warning that any agreements or projects undertaken by the coalition countries or any Yemeni government that is loyal to them are null and void, and had no legal standing, Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
5. Germany has resumed reconnaissance patrols in eastern Mali as part of a UN peacekeeping mission, UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, after the Malian government suspended the mission's operations last month.
6. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said good relations between Iran and Indonesia in various fields can lead to the development of constructive cooperation between the two nations at regional and international levels. President Raisi made the remarks when he met and held talks with Indonesian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Muhammad Syarifuddin in Tehran on Wednesday September 7th.
7. Reports indicate that Israeli forces on Thur (8 Sept) shot and killed yet another Palestinian in the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces on Weds Sep 7 also killed a 20-yr-old Palestinian at Al-farra refugee camp in Tubas, north of the occupied West Bank.
8. Self-acclaimed mediator for hostages of the ill-fated Kaduna-Abuja train service in Nigeria, Tukur Mamu, has been placed in detention by the country's Department of State Services. DSS spokesperson Dr Peter Afunanya confirmed that Mamu had been arrested in Egypt and was being questioned by the DSS operatives.
9. Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has condemned a deadly attack on a convoy of vehicles carrying supplies in northern Burkina Faso in which dozens of people died or sustained injuries. The spokesperson expressed his sympathy with the government and people of Burkina Faso as well as families of victims of the attack.
10. Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been freed after more than a year of detention at his home. Reports said police had removed barricades placed outside the former leader's residence while security personnel deployed to the house had begun withdrawing.
11. The spokesperson of the Atomic Energy Org of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, on Thurs Sept 8 condemned a recent report of the IAEA about Iran's nuclear program. Kamalvandi described the report as a repetition of previous baseless politically-motivated statements, which contained nothing new.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-07

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1. Headlines
2. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sept 6 said the US had fomented European gas supply crisis by pushing European leaders towards the suicidal step of cutting economic and energy cooperation with Moscow.
3. Israel on the night of Sept 6th launched airstrikes on Aleppo airport in northern Syria, the Syrian state media revealed. This latest attack is the 2nd on the airport in less than a week.
4. The Nigerian government has inaugurated a committee to review recommendations submitted by an earlier Nimi Briggs Committee that the government set up to negotiate with the ASUU, who have been on strike for the 7th month now.
5. Ground Forces of Iran are planning to conduct a massive military drill called Eghtedar that will see the participation of various armored units, artillery, UAVs, and other new military equipment in Isfahan.
6. US special envoy Mike Hammer arrived in Ethiopia on Sept 6 to seek a halt to renewed clashes between pro-government forces and Tigrayan rebels in the country's war-torn north.
7. Israeli forces shot and killed a young Palestinian during a raid at a refugee camp in the north-eastern part of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the Palestinian killed as a 21-yr-old Younis Ghassan Tayeh.
8. Iran on Sep 6 said 4 topics must be resolved in its talks with major powers to restore its 2015 nuclear deal. The 4 points, addressed by the Iran gov't spokesperson Ali Bahadori-Jahromi, relate to US assurances regarding a new deal, relief from sanctions and the UN monitoring of Iranian nuclear sites.
9. Russian President Vladimir Putin on 7 September said countries were gradually losing confidence in the dollar, euro, and pound sterling as settlement and reserve currencies. President Putin made the remarks at a plenary meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum.
10. Iran Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Mohammad Bagheri on Sept 7 said Iran had issued written warnings to countries in the Persian Gulf hosting the army of the US. Iran news agency IRNA quoted Gen Mohammad saying that the warnings were necessary as the US continued to expand its presence, widening sea and air patrol, deepening intelligence dominance and holding various war games in the region.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-06

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1. Headlines
2. A security source in Syria on Monday (Sept 5th) reported that authorities had launched a rapid operation during which a prominent leader of the ISIS terror outfit, Muhammad Iyad Abdul-Razzaq, nicknamed Abu Qasim al-Aqrabawi, was killed in the suburbs of Dara'a region.
3. Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a bomb attack near the entrance of the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul. In a statement on a Monday Sept 5th, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani condoled with the Russian government and families of victims of the attack.
4. Iranian Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy Force have unveiled a combat patrol vessel named after Iranian late top General Qassem Soleimani, which enjoys the vertical launching system, an advanced rapid fire air defence system.
5. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani has said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or any possible agreement cannot be the basis and guarantee for future activities of US companies in Iran.
6. At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 others injured on Mon Sept 5th when one vehicle in a convoy drove over an IED in northern Burkina Faso, local authorities revealed.
7. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said Russian gas supplies to Europe will not resume until Western sanctions against Russia are lifted. Mr Peskov said Monday Sept 5th that the sanctions were the sole reason behind Russia's decision to shut the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
8. Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man, wounding several others during a large military raid on the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as 29-year-old Mohammad Musa, who was announced to have died on Tue morning Sept 6th.
9. Rich countries on Monday Sept 5th announced they would spend about $25B by 2025 to boost African efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands have revealed.
10. Political leaders in Iraq have agreed to return to the negotiating table to find a lasting solution to the country's political crisis. This was announced after a meeting of the country's major political figures.
11. Israel has said there is high possibility that its soldiers may have killed the AlJazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was on assignment in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Israeli investigations said the Israeli army opened fire near the area where Abu Akleh was killed.
12. Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended large-scale military exercises involving Chinese forces and militaries of several other countries allied to Russia.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-05

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1. Headlines
2. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has, in a phone conversation with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, voiced the Islamic republic's readiness to host the new round of Iran-India Joint Economic Cooperation Commission.
3. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory, has in a recent report said israeli forces shot and killed at least 4 Palestinians, and demolished 55 Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank and East Al-Quds within 2 weeks.
4. UN Special Envoy to Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura on Saturday Sept 3rd met with reps of the Polisario Front in Algeria. Algerian-backed Polisario Front wants an independent state in the Western Sahara region, which is rich in minerals and which Morocco claims is part of its territory.
5. European Council President Charles Michel will hold talks with major gas producer Qatar on European energy crisis during a visit to Doha on Tue Sept 6, as European governments continue to seek alternatives to gas from the main supplier Russia following the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in late February.
6. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said stability and security of the war-torn Yemen had a direct effect on stability and security of the entire West Asia region and the Persian Gulf. Mr Abdollahian made the remarks at a Sunday Sep 4th meeting with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg in Tehran.
7. Malian coup and Burkinabe military leaders met for the 1st time on Sat Sep 3 in the Malian capital Bamako to discuss bilateral cooperation. The visit coincided with the release of 3 Ivorian soldiers, part of a group of 49 Ivorian military, detained in Mali since July.
8. Soldiers in Iraq have mounted security checkpoints on the way to and from the city of Karbala. The checkpoints were meant to provide security to the millions of pilgrims who visit Karbala for the 40 religious rituals, Iranian news agency Fars News reported.
9. The director of the Russian Foreign Ministry Foreign Policy Planning Department, Alexey Drobinin, has renewed calls for the relocation of the UN HQ from NY to another place.
10. The Nigerian government has agreed to pay $496,000,000 to settle a multibillion dollar claim by Indian company, Global Steel Holdings Limited, over the control of Ajaokuta Steel Company. The deal was earlier reached under the alternative dispute resolution framework of the International Chamber of Commerce, a statement issued by Umar Gwandu, spokesperson for the Nigerian Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami revealed.
11. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has emerged the next leader of the country's Conservative Party and will consequently claim the PM's seat after the crisis that saw Boris Johnson vacate the position a few months ago.
12. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani on Monday Sept 5 told a press conference in the Iranian capital, Tehran, that if an agreement were reached at the Vienna talks on the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, Iran would be able to sell natural gas to Europe, easing the continent's shortfall as Russian energy exports remained restricted.
13. Nigerian VP Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria would reap a huge debt relief from some creditors running into billions of US dollars when the nations idea for a Debt-for-Climate Swap deal, becomes widely accepted. This was said by Laolu Akande, the VP's media assistant, in a statement on Sunay Sept 3rd.
14. The Euro dropped to a fresh 20-yr-low against the US dollar on Monday Sept 5, while the US dollar index hit a 20-year high amid concerns over energy shortages and poor economic growth.
15. Kenyan Supreme Court has confirmed William Ruto as winnder of the country's presidential election, ending weeks of political uncertainty after the opposition disputed the election results.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-02

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1. Headlines
2. Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would be neutral in the country's 2023 general election. The former president stated this on Wednesday (31 August) at the 70th birthday celebration of Bishop Matthew Kukah in the capital, Abuja.
3. Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani on Fri (2 Sept) said Iran had provided answers to US responses to its viewpoints on the EU's draft of a potential nuclear agreement.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-09-01

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1. Headlines
2. The representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance group in Tehran, Nasser Abu Sharif, has condemned the normaization of ties between Turkey and the Israeli regime, describing the move as a great mistake on Ankara's part.
3. Kenya's Supreme Court on Wed Aug 31 began hearing arguments in challenges to the president election held on 9 August. Lawyers representing Raila Odinga, a presidential candidate in the elections, took the floor in an attempt to convince the court to annul William Ruto's election.
4. Israel has conducted missile strikes targeting the airport in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The attack at the airport caused damage to property, the official Sana news agency reported. It added that Syrian missile defence systems intercepted some of the missiles fired by Israel.
5. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met on Wed Aug 31 in Moscow. The 2 leaders promised to ensure the implementation of agreements they had reached on several issues. This was disclosed during a joint press conference by the 2 officials.
6. The WHO revealed that more than 50,000 people have so far been infected with the monkeypox disease since its outbreak in Europe and North America.
7. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Weds Aug 31, during a press conference, voiced hope at reviving the Iran nuclear deal within days. Iran is currently reviewing responses it received from the US on the draft text proposed by the EU on reviving the landmark deal.
8. Exactly one month to the commencement of campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, the country's INEC has warned political parties and candidates against the use of masquerades, public facilities and religious centers for campaigns.
9. Russian energy giant Gazprom has cut off its gas supplies to Germany, the latest to be stopped, causing further energy crises in Europe.
10. The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps chief commander Major General Hossein Salami has hailed the achievements made in the Iranian defense sector despite all the restrictions imposed on the country, saying the Iranian Armed Forces were ready to respond to all enemy threats at any level. Gen. Salami made the remarks on Thursday Sept 1 during a visit to an exhibition on Iranian defense industry achievements in electronic warfare, air defense, drones, and cruise missiles in Tehran.
11. Reuters reported that the Emirates airline would resume flights to the Nigerian economic hub, Lagos, this month, after the Central Bank of Nigeria released a portion of the funds the airline had earned in the country but had not been able to repatriate.
12. Russia's foreign ministry on Wed Aug 31 announced that Russian domestic credit and debit payment system "MIR" would soon be integrated with Iranian "SHETAB" to facilitate mutual transactions.
13. The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court has postponed a session to discuss a lawsuit demanding the dissolution of the country's parliament. The Judicial Council earlier said it did not have the authority to dissolve the assembly.