Africa
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Legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, dies at 74
Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social…
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Vice President of Gambia Isatou Njie-Saidy, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) host Stephanie Linus’ ‘DRY’ in Gambia
Stephanie Linus’ award winning movie, DRY, recently made a debut in Gambia with a well-attended screening during the African Youth…
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Agility launches 2nd Annual Modern Africa Photo Competition
Pan-Africa contest seeks to capture fast-changing cities, industry, technology Agility (http://www.Agility.com/africa), a global leader in integrated logistics, has launched its…
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Standard Chartered launches Africa’s most extensive roll out of mobile and online banking
Digital Banking made easier, faster and safer for over 1 million clients across 8 markets Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) is…
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ECOWAS: Parliament urges Nigeria, others to step-up integration process
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has called on member-states including Nigeria to step-up efforts to ensure the…
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Low performance: Shettima gives last chance to 10 girls studying medicine abroad
Though he was impressed with the performance of 70% of them, Governor Kashim Shettima has given what he called final…
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100 Borno girls offered foreign scholarships in female university … 50 to study Medicine
One hundred girls from different parts of Borno State are to be given fresh scholarships to pursue Degree programmes in…
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President Buhari reassures ECOWAS Commission of Nigeria’s full support
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja pledged that Nigeria will continue to meet all its obligations to the ECOWAS Commission.…
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Nestlé announces finalists for 2016 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize (Read interview with one of the finalists)
High-quality vanilla from the foot of Kilimanjaro or cassava starch and garri from South West Cameroon? With the opening of…
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Airtel The Voice Nigeria: Let the battles begin!
The blind auditions for The Voice Nigeria came to a thrilling end as the coaches once again campaigned for some…
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President Buhari condoles President Al-Asisi and Egyptians on crash of Flight MS-804
President Muhammadu Buhari has called President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt to commiserate with him and the people of Egypt…
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EgyptAir retracts statement on crashed aircraft; says debris not from MS804 flight
EgyptAir has retracted the earlier statement it made that the debris found in the Mediterranean Sea is from the missing…
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EgyptAir Flight MS804: French president won’t rule out terrorism; as Egypt insists aircraft remains missing
ANTHONY OMOH French President, François Holland has confirmed that EgyptAir Airbus A320, Flight MS804, en route from Charles de Gaulle…
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Borno awards overseas scholarships to overall best graduating students of UNIMAID
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Borno state government has awarded scholarship to the overall graduating student of the University of…
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African Union to unveil AFRIMA 2016 calendar in The Gambia …Holds AUC-AFRIMA Conference
The African Union Commission (AUC) will unveil this year’s programs and calendar of the annual continental awards, All Africa Music…
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Abuja 2016: Turning point for Lake Chad Region? By Garba Shehu
The tone and tenor of speeches of Heads of State and government at the Regional Security Summit hosted on Saturday…
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President Buhari hosts Security Summit in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday, May 14, 2016, hosted the 2nd Regional Security Summit (Abuja 2016) at Transcorp Hilton Abuja. Among…
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London Anti-corruption Summit: FG set to implement new rules against graft in Nigeria; as British PM Cameron unveils plans to stop flow of ‘dirty money’ into UK
President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, at the Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Summit in London, disclosed by his government to commence the full implementation…
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LASG set to launch ‘One Lagos’ brand
The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Art and Culture, Mr. Folorunso Folarin-Coker has stated that the “One Lagos” brand is…
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NIMASA is on a mission of self recovery – Dr. Peterside
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that the Agency…
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BAFM: Integrating African Stock Exchanges for enhanced performance
Recently, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) reinforced the need for further advancement of…
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Kenyans dominate 5th edition Okpekpe 10km
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Two Kenyans, Simon Cheprot and Polline Wanjiku Njeru have won this year’s Okpekpe 10 kilometre road race…
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Nigeria will comply with ICJ ruling on Bakassi Peninsula – Buhari assures; as Biya ends State Visit
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria would abide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the disputed…
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Angélique Kidjo, Ambassador of the 4th Edition of the Nollywood Week Festival
From Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 June 2016, the Nollywood Week (www.NollywoodWeek.com) festival will take up residence at the Arlequin…
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