Africa
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Dangote Cement pays over N1trn dividends in seven years
Africa’s largest cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement has grown the wealth of its shareholders, paying over N 1 trillion as dividends…
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Buhari holds closed-door meeting with Ghanaian president at Aso Villa
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 21, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met behind closed doors with President Nana…
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NNPC’s Legal Team bags Africa Arbitration Award …Saves billions of Dollars in liabilities for Nigeria
The Litigation Team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has won the Leading Case Counsel Team of the 2020…
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Falana drags FG, Kano to African Commission over death sentence on Kano singer
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights…
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President Buhari receives AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina; Says: “Nothing succeeds like success”
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday received in audience at State House, Abuja, the newly re-elected President of the African Development Bank…
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‘We simply have no choice,’ says Buhari as he defends new petrol, power prices; Attends ECOWAS meeting in Niger Republic
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigerians of the willingness and determination of the Federal Government to provide stable…
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Buhari’s applause for Akinwumi Adesina By FEMI ADESINA
The strife is o’er, the battle done. But it was by no means easy. It took so much: tact, diplomacy,…
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“We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly,” says African Development Bank President Adesina
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, September 1, 2020/ In a speech kicking off his second term as African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) chief,…
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Second term: Obi hails Adesina, sets agenda for AfDB President
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Akinwunmi Adesina…
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Group condemns maltreatment of Nigerian traders in Ghana, urges ECOWAS to intervene
By Polycarp Auta Jos, Aug. 27, 2020 An NGO, Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA Foundation) has condemned the ill…
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Mali: ECOWAS holds extraordinary summit Thursday; Nigeria demands immediate restoration of constitutional order
By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Aug. 19, 2020 The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of…
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Obi condemns clampdown on Nigerian businesses in Ghana, urges FG to intervene immediately
Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as unfair,…
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Mutinous Malian soldiers set up transitional governing body
Bamako, Aug. 19, 2020 Mali’s mutinous soldiers on Wednesday announced the creation of the National Committee for the Salvation of…
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Coup: ECOWAS suspends Mali from its decision-making bodies, shuts down land, air borders
By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Aug. 19, 2020 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from all…
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UN Chief demands restoration of constitutional order in Mali
By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Aug. 18, 2020 United Nations’ UN, Secretary-General António Guterres has criticised the unfolding military mutiny…
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Ex-President Jonathan, ECOWAS Special Envoy on Mali crisis, briefs President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday received his immediate predecessor in office, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, at State House, Abuja. Dr Jonathan, who…
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Nigeria may approach ECOWAS Court over attack on traders in Ghana – Onyeama
By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Aug. 17, 2020 Foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria may have to approach the Economic…
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UN ‘strongly condemns’ rights abuses in Cameroon
By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Aug. 14, 2020 The United Nations has “strongly and unequivocally” condemned reported cases of “serious…
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FG evacuates 98 Nigerians stranded in Morocco since March
By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, July 30, 2020 Nigerian Government has successfully evacuated a total of 98 Nigerians who had been…
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Obi hails Adesina’s exoneration, throws weight behind second term as AfDB President
The exoneration of African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by an Independent Review Panel set up to investigate…
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ECOWAS adopts declaration on Mali, as President Buhari urges acceptance of Government of National unity
The ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government Monday adopted a Declaration towards settling the political crisis in Republic…
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Nigerian Envoy in South Africa inaugurates NICASA board of trustees
By Busayo Onijala Lagos, July 25, 2020 Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Godwin Adama, has inaugurated the Board…
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We’ll do all to resolve political crisis in Mali – ECOWAS Chairman
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Mahamadou Issoufou has said that the sub-regional…
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President Buhari goes on peace mission to Mali; FG approves new policy on bitumen
President Muhammadu Buhari will Thursday depart for Bamako, Republic of Mali on a one-day visit, following the briefing by the…
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