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More than 200 dead and 160,000 displaced as torrential rain wreaks havoc in east African country
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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Angry youths in Chad are pulling down campaign posters of transitional President General Mahamat Idriss Deby in protest of what they call his attempt to seize power. Deby's main challengers in the May 6 election, including former opposition leader and current Prime Minister...
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Despite assurances from the Federal Government that the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has asserted that it is currently reviewing its individual fiscal space as state governments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, to...
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Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretary
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has revealed that the government of the United States, through its Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) has contributed $914 million to fight malaria in Nigeria since 2011. This is contained in PMI’s latest report which was obtained by...
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The Police Command in Kaduna State have confirmed the arrest of the masterminds of the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and the abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. One of the arrested suspects is Ibrahim Abdullahi, also known as Mande, a notorious terrorist leader...
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has committed to start the construction of the Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba and Malaba-Kampala Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line by December.
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[MFWA] The celebration of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2024 is under the theme "A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis". The global event to mark the day, to be held in Santiago, Chile, as well as the national celebrations, will focus on two critical issues -...
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[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has confirmed that awaited Millennium Challenge Compact Account projects are due to start this month.
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[Nyasa Times] Malawi Palestine Solidarity Movement (MPSM) has asked the Malawi Government to cut ties with Israel and instead support Palestine people's right to liberty and Statehood.
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MTN Nigeria has received an accommodating breather from its funders and suppliers, helping it avoid an imminent rights issue while trading itself back to solvency.
The system has allowed many students who would otherwise not access higher education to do so, but it is fraught with problems.
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[Premium Times] Josiah Emmanuel has called on players plying their trade in the domestic leagues in Nigeria to be grounded and spend some time in the country before thinking of going abroad.
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[Vanguard] Empowering women with vocational skills is a vital step towards fostering gender equality and inclusive growth in society.
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[Premium Times] MTN Nigeria's public shares sale, held in December 2021, remains the only IPO to be recorded by the NGX in the past five years.
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[Vanguard] The Muslim leaders in Ekiti have expressed gratitude to the management of the Dangote Foundation for setting a unique philanthropic precedent for the people of the state.
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[New Times] The Minister of Environment, Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, has urged environmental legal experts in Central Africa to familiarise themselves with key international environmental agreements and their implications at the national level.
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[WFP] Port Sudan -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur as intensifying clashes in North Darfur's capital El Fasher hinde efforts to deliver vital food assistance into the region.
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has postponed the countrywide reopening of schools until further notice due to the heavy rains that have caused devastation and deaths.
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[Premium Times] There have been renewed calls from various quarters to create state government-controlled police in Nigeria.
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