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Africa COVID-19 stats: 382,190 cases; 9,664 deaths; 182,553 recoveries

There are now more than over 380,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Nigeria: Key Points From Buhari's Democracy Speech

Government is also revamping the cotton, textile and garment sector via a CBN Textile Revival Intervention Fund that would considerably reduce foreign exchange spent on cotton and other textile

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Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Begins Audit of Airlines

To guarantee passengers' safety and protection from COVID-19, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced the audit of airlines, THISDAY has

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Nigeria: One-Third of OAU Law Lecturers Have No Doctorate Degree - NUC

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has revealed that 31.5 per cent of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, do not possess a doctorate

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Nigerians take the law into their own hands to fight COVID-19 | Afro

Some Nigerians who rejected a government order to stay in place and left COVID-19 affected states for home are being turned in by their own

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Cameroon: Business Reopens Between Southern Cameroon and Nigeria

The military this week said it had killed at least 13 separatist fighters who blocked the Bamenda-Enugu Road for two months and were demanding illegal

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Ali, Duse Mohamad (1866-1945)

Scholar, playwright, journalist, and African nationalist, Duse Mohamad Ali was born in Alexandria, Egypt on November 24, 1866 to an Egyptian father, Ali Abdul Salam and a Sudanese mother, whose name is unknown. At a very young age Ali was sent to study in England under the tutelage of Captain Duse

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Nigeria: Eight Police Officers, One Civilian Feared Killed in Kogi Bank Robbery

Nine persons, including eight policemen and one civilian, were feared killed on Thursday in Isanlu, Kogi State when a gang of armed robbers launched an attack on a branch of a first-generation bank in the

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Ciara Lifts Her Voice for Nigeria

See her sweet message for the young people of Nigeria.

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Gunmen kill 28 in back-to-back attacks in Nigeria | Afro

Members of the Fulani tribe have targeted and killed 28 Christian villagers in north-central Nigeria as attacks in the region continue to

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Nigeria: Afenifere, Junaid Mohammed, Opadokun React to Buhari's Democracy Day Speech

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, described President Muhammadu Buhari's Democracy Day address as a huge and unpardonable slap on the face of the nation's democratic

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Nigeria: Oando's Chief Legal Officer Is Dead

The Chief Legal Officer of Oando Plc, Ngozi Okonkwo, is

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Coronavirus in Africa: 158,030 cases; 4,505 deaths; 67,491 recoveries

There are now more than over 150,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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In Africa schools are closed but learning goes on

Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization

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Nigeria: Kano Okays Friday, Eid Prayers As Govt Extends Lockdown

Kano — The Kano state government has agreed to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to hold across the state as the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 extended the lockdown in the state by two

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Nigeria: Buhari Has Performed Incredibly Well - Sen Abu Ibrahim

It is a fact that the magnitude of mismanagement of our national resources, of corruption, and of lockdown of the country's growth potential was at the highest in the years before the present administration came

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Bauchi Deputy Governor Tests Positive

Baba Tela, the Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, has tested positive to the novel coronavirus, a statement issued by the state government revealed on

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Three Nigerians Evacuated From Dubai Test Positive - Official

Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, gave the update on Sunday on his Twitter

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Ghana apologises to Nigeria for demolition at embassy

Nii Odei who declined to speak on the matter of the demolition carried out by unidentified persons extensively said, the incident is a sad one which the Osu Council is not happy

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South Africa coronavirus: avoid churches, reopening is death trap - Malema

Key statistics as at May 28, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD

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(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks before the British Peace Conference in London

Nigerian independence leader Nnamdi Azikiwe appeared before the Plenary Session of the British Peace Congress held in London on October 23, 1949. He used that occasion to educate his audience about Nigeria and Africa. He also used the opportunity to remind the peace advocates that trying to

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Nigeria: A' Court President Seeks Support for Girl-Child Education

[This Day] The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has called on Nigerians to support the education of the girl-child to ensure even development in the country.

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Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo apologises for embassy demolition - Nigeria | News24

The Ghanaian president has apologised to Nigeria over the demolition of its embassy building in Accra, according to the Nigerian presidency.

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Nigeria: What MKO Abiola Had Hoped to Achieve As President - Son

He has written several novels in English and Arabic, key among which is his book on his father titled: The President Who Never

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Coronavirus in Africa: 78,280 cases; 2,624 deaths; 29,245 recoveries

There are now more than over 70,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Nigeria coronavirus: 9,302 cases, third most impacted in Africa

Total confirmed cases = 8,915 (new cases

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - NCDC Activates Additional 2 Labs, Bringing Total to 28

Ihekweazu said that the two laboratories were located at Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory in Ogun and the Sahel Centre for Molecular Diagnostics and Research, Katsina

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Coronavirus in Africa: 202,864 cases; 5,539 deaths; 90,813 recoveries

There are now more than over 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Nigeria: NBET Boss Amobi Violates Code of Conduct Law, Runs Private Business

The Managing Director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company, Marilyn Amobi, has continued to run and direct her private company in the United Kingdom, in what is clearly a contravention of Nigeria's code of conduct for public officers, PREMIUM TIMES can

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Nigeria extends easing of lockdown

The Nigerian government on Monday extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks as a measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the

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