English Premier League champions, Manchester City will get their 2021/22 title defence underway at Tottenham Hotspur when the new season kicks off on the weekend of August 14. It’s a tricky opener to Pep Guardiola’s quest for a fourth league title in five years, with Spurs looking to bounce back from an underwhelming 2020/21 season. […]
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Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has joined the lengthy roll of Nigerians and Nigerians in the diaspora, aliens and diplomats alike, who have felicitated with the President Mohammadu Buhari/APC-led Federal Government for the giant strides it has continued to record in critical areas of governance especially, the revival of the nation’s moribund rail infrastructure, covering a […]
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The outspoken governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, says it is wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari to abandon his constitutional responsibility of securing Nigerians for governors. Recall that during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, Buhari said he told two south-west governors, who came to meet him in Abuja, to return to their states and […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has spoken to journalists on his accomplishments in his first two years in office. The governor addressed issues bothering on infrastructure, economy, political parties and future plans. You marked your second year in office on May 29. How far will you say you have gone regarding the mandate given […]
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The MasterCard Foundation has announced that it will deploy $1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent. The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative will acquire vaccines […]
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Commonwealth member countries are supporting a call to “reset and rebuild” equitable, resilient ocean economies in the wake of the devastating impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On World Ocean Day, a panel of high-level representatives from across the Commonwealth focused on the widespread challenges facing many ocean-driven economies, particularly small states that rely heavily […]
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Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have entered into a partnership aimed at supporting small and medium scale businesses (SMEs) in Nigeria. To this end, both institutions have signed a USD 50m Term Facility Agreement. The facility with a tenor […]
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Poised to take full advantage of emerging opportunities in local content administration, key stakeholders and policy leaders in Africa’s Oil and Gas, and other related sectors, yesterday met in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and have unanimously advocated for a new local content strategy for Africa with a focus on adequate regulatory framework, funding, human capacity development […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, offered security tips to Major-General Faruk Yahaya, the newly appointed chief of army staff. Recall that major-general Yahaya, was recently named the new army chief, following the death of Ibrahim Attahiru who had spent four months in office. Yahaya, who met with the president formally on Monday, was in the company of […]
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A 42nd minute strike from Kai Havertz helped Chelsea Football Club of England to win the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League for the second time in its history. This victory over Manchester City at Estadio do Dragao in Portugal, gave Chelsea FC its first Champions League Trophy in nine years. Kai Havertz’s first-ever Champions League goal […]
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