Tag: africa
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Russia ready to compete for cooperation with Africa – Putin
On October 23-24, Sochi will host the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with TASS has shared his expectations of this unprecedented top-level, full-fledged summit, warned of the risk of economic confrontation between major powers on the continent and spoke about the scale of military-technical and humanitarian assistance to…
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Buhari off to Sochi for Russia-Africa Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will today depart Abuja for Sochi, Russia, to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from October 23 to 26. The summit focuses on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science and technology, and gas production, according to a statement yesterday by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,…
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Xenophobic attacks on foreigners an embarrassment to Africa – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday in Pretoria that the wave of deadly violence against foreign nationals including Nigerians in South Africa last month was an embarrassment to the continent. According to details of his speech on the Nigerian presidency’s Twitter page, President Buhari stated this at a town hall meeting with Nigerians living in…
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Nigeria’s growth, success critical to sustaining Africa – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated his conviction that Nigeria has great hopes towards development as its success is key to Africa’s development. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said that the Vice President delivered the 8th Convocation Lecture of the Osun State University on Saturday in Osogbo. Osinbajo spoke on the…
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Living together peacefully and unleashing the potentials of Africa, By Ehi Braimah
By Ehi Braimah Africa’s population – a continent that is home to 54 countries – is about 1.3 billion people and Black Africans constitute about 80% of the population. Frequently described as the world’s poorest continent, financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are keen to see Africa rise…
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Xenophobia as a symptom for deepening hunger in Africa!, By Henry Boyo
BY HENRY BOYO The latest, widespread, currency of the word, Xenophobia, is, arguably, instigated by media reports in September, 2019, of the looting and burning, of several shops, allegedly, owned in South Africa, by foreign nationals, primarily, from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Somalia and Ethiopia. Incidentally, xenophobia is defined as “dislike of, or, prejudice against people from…
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UNN ranks number one university in Nigeria, 17 in Africa, 1,108 globally
The new webometric ranking (July 2019 version 8.1.0 BETA), has ranked University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as number one in Nigeria, 17 in Africa and 1,108 in the world. Tagged: Transparent Ranking: Top Universities by Citations in Top Google Scholar Profiles, and published on webometrics.info website, the ranking is based on highest number of citations…
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Axe a better payment solution for Africa
Businesses in Africa have long been starved of a true online payment option which is seamless, economical, fast, reliable and truly secure for both merchants and consumers. This has led to the mismanagement and the eventual shutdown of many businesses all over Africa. Many of the existing payment options available to Africans are centralized which…
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Nigeria set to become Africa’s greatest military force – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government would continue to give priority attention to the operational requirements and welfare of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Osinbajo who was the Reviewing officer, made the remark during the Passing out Parade of 187 Direct Short Service Course 28 at the Military Training Centre (MTC), Nigerian…
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Google targets Nigeria with massive project that will connect Africa with Europe
Internet search giant, Google has introduced Equiano, its new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe, with its first branch expected to land in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Google made the announcement on Friday, stating that once the project is completed, Equiano will start in Western Europe and run along the West Coast…