Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro, also an ex-president of the country’s parliament, said Friday he will run in the 2020 presidential poll. Next year’s election is a key challenge for the West African country after its disputed 2010-2011 ballot ended in violence between rival supporters that left 3,000 people dead. Soro headed rebels […]
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Students from UWC East Africa – one of Africa’s most diverse boarding schools – were awarded the 2019 Young Aurora prize and a $4000 grant for their Smokeless Kitchens project, which aims to reduce the overwhelming effects of smoke experienced in the kitchens of indigenous communities of the Chagga and Maasai tribes in Moshi, Kilimanjaro. […]
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As the Canadian federal election for parliamentarians scheduled to take place on October 21, 2019 draws near, Dave Madder, one the city’s most successful community leaders and former municipal Councillor candidate (Fmr.) has endorsed the candidature of Stephen Abara, a Nigeria-Canadian based citizen for the federal parliamentary election in Scabourough-Guild wood (ward 24) and federal […]
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Commonwealth finance ministers will meet in Washington D.C. on 17 October 2019 to discuss coordinated interventions to prevent future debt crises. The meeting will be chaired by the Finance Minister of Cyprus, Harris Georgiades, under the theme ‘Preventing Debt Crises: The Roles of Creditors and Debtors’. It will be preceded by sessions for senior finance […]
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Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General says the organisation is facing severe financial crisis, the worst in nearly 10 years. Guterres told Member States on Tuesday that the organisation “runs the risk of depleting its liquidity reserves by the end of the month and defaulting on payments to staff and vendors.” He said only 70 […]
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Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta, has suspended the recruitment into the Niger Delta Development Council (NDDC). Akpabio in addition directed that all appointment letters, documentation, and all other processes connected to employment into the NDDC, be handed over. Aniete Ekong, the Chief Press secretary to Akpabio disclosed this. Reports reveal that Akpabio made […]
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At the successful conclusion of the 9th Bi-National Commission of South Africa and Nigeria meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, which was elevated to the level of heads of state, both countries have agreed on issuing 10-year visas to businessmen, academics and frequent travelers. The agreement was reached in a meeting co-chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday departed Abuja to South Africa, he was hosted in a banquet in his honour by his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa. The President is expected to return to the country l, on Friday the 4th day of October 2019. Read what he told Ramaphosa below; I would like, first of […]
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has congratulated the Nigerian government on the nation’s 59th independence anniversary. In a statement on Monday, Trump said Nigeria is one of its strongest partners and wished the country success in its endeavours. Trump said the US and Nigeria are allies in the fight against […]
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Not less than 300 persons were reportedly set free after the police raided an Islamic centre at Rigasa, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis on Thursday night. The victims, who according to the police, are from Burkina Faso, Mali and other African countries, were subjected to inhuman treatment. While the children among were said to have been […]
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