Category: Africa
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Coach Rena Wakama names 18 for FIBA Africa Women Championship
The head coach of the Nigeria senior national female team D’Tigress, Rena Wakama has called up twenty players ahead of the 2023 FIBA Afrobasket Women Championship holding in Kigali, Rwanda. The team is made up of 15 players plying their trade outside Nigeria and 5 others from First Bank, MFM and Customs Basketball Club in…
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AfroCan: Morocco edge out Cote d’Ivoire 78-76 to emerge champions
On Sunday, Morocco defeated Cote d’Ivoire 78-76 to emerge champions in a keenly contested encounter in Luanda, Angola on Sunday night, TheNewsGuru.com can exclusively report. The Atlas Lions of Moroccan qualified for the 2023 AfroCan final, after ousting the defending champions, and winners of the very first edition of the tournament, DR Congo 76-69, on…
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Sudan: We cannot work under barrel of gun – UN relief chief
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, says warring factions in Sudan should stop targeting aid workers and civilians.
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Drug, fraudulent activities, reasons we banned Nigerian passport holders – Seychelles
The government of the Island nation of Seychelles’ has stated reasons why it banned Nigeria passport holders from entering the country. According to Seychelles’ authorities, fraudulent and drug-related activities perpetrated by Nigerians while in the country have forced them to tighten border control when processing applications for entry into the country.
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World Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria draw South Africa, Benin, Rwanda three others
Nigeria have been drawn in the same group with South Africa, Benin Republic, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Lesotho in the Preliminary Round of Africa’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers. Senegal will compete in group alongside Congo, Togo, Sudan, South Sudan and Mauritania in Group B.
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350 principals sacked, 17,000 teachers salary suspended over protest
Authorities on Monday reported that Tunisia suspended salary payments for 17,000 teachers and sacked 350 school principals over protests demanding an increase in pay. The salary suspensions could affect about 30 per cent of
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Johannesburg experiences rare snowfall
South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg experienced a rare snowfall on Monday, the third in the history of the city.
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Gabon President, Ali Bongo Ondimba to run for 3rd term
President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, announced on Sunday that he would be seeking a third term in office.
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Ogun state border towns residents beg Tinubu to reverse ban on petrol supply
The residents of Yewa who are living in border communities such as Idi-Iroko, Imeko-Afon, Oja-Odan and other border towns in Ogun state have begged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the ban on the supply of petroleum products to communities within a 20-kilometre radius of the country’s border with neighbouring Republique du Benin.
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Sudan risks full-blown war – United Nations
Following a recent airstrike in Omdurman, the United Nations has warned that Sudan is at risk of a full-blown war.