Tag: africa
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A Breath Of Fresh Air – Dakuku Peterside
By Dakuku Peterside. In recent times, we have been bombarded with news of insecurity, corruption, and secession agitations in Nigeria that we have become so used to them. News and images of kidnapping, ethnic killings, and mayhem, like horror movies, litter our media space, which have almost become an acceptable reality of life. The problems…
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Why coup d’état still happens in Africa – Okowa’s aide
Why coup d’état still happens in Africa – Okowa’s aide
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Nigeria remains world’s 34th, Africa’s 5th in FIFA world ranking
Nigeria’s Super Eagles remained world 34th in the FIFA September ranking in spite of their two wins in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. Nigeria is still with the 1,492 points it had in the last ranking, in spite of beating Liberia 2-0 and Cape Verde 2-1 in the qualifying matches. The points also kept them…
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Guinea Needs A Bitter Pill. But Will Africa Find It? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Zambia’s peaceful and orderly election in August offered a glimmer of hope that Africa’s story might be changing. For the third time in three decades, an opposition leader defeated the sitting president sending a message to the world that the continent may not be the incumbent’s lair after all. Opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema,…
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Guinea: Four coups in few months dangerous trend for Africa – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has called for stricter measures taken against nations where military takes over government by force.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers to support new network strategy with 6 focus areas
PricewaterhouseCoopers to support new network strategy with 6 focus areas
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UNICEF expresses deep concern over attacks against children, child abductions in parts of West, Central Africa
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has described the latest abduction of students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna by armed bandits as one too many a tide that must be stopped forthwith. According to a Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, “On July 5th, 150 students were reportedly abducted from a school in…
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Google earmarks $6m for female startups, entrepreneurs in Africa
Google on Monday said it has renewed its commitment to support startups in Africa with a combined six million dollars funding to startups founders and female entrepreneurs in Africa. Nitin Gajria, Managing Director of Google Sub-Saharan Africa, said on Monday in statement that It was part of the ongoing plans to double down on supporting…
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Aregbesola and Africa’s problematic search for leadership, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa Abdulrauf Adesoji Aregbesola, the Minister of Internal Affairs is an enigma with a knack for attracting youths and maintaining a devoted followership. Since his days as the chief mass mobiliser in Alimosho-Lagos, Works Commissioner in Lagos State, berthing in Osun State with his ‘governance unusual’ and current station, his work and charisma…
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Okonjo-Iweala says AFCFTA’s success key to Africa’s growth, calls for self-reliance in continent
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday said African countries must do everything to let the continental free trade area (AfCFTA) agreement work. Okonjo-Iweala, said this on Tuesday at the UBA Africa Day Conversations 2021. The AfCFTA, launched in March 2018, is a trade agreement between 54 AU member states, with…