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August 21, 2016

This photo of Wizkid should FRIGHTEN you… and then make you so proud

by Chi Ibe How do people even cram themselves so tightly into one space just to hear a 26 year old sing songs you could listen to if you bought a bought a N150 CD? Obviously, you don’t yet understand the power of Nigeria’s musicians – Wizkid, Davido, Flavour, Patoranking… the entire cast of Africans... Read More

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UBA and MasterCard announce ground-breaking Pan-African partnership

United Bank Africa (UBA) and MasterCard have announced a partnership which will see UBA act as the issuer for MasterCard in 18 new markets in Africa. The partnership which came into effect in the second quarter of 2016 will see UBA issue MasterCard credit, debit and prepaid cards across these markets. The partnership will also... Read More

December 9, 2015

Siasia’s Dream Team VI qualify for AFCON final, Rio Olympic games

Nigeria’s U-23 team, the Dream Team VI, has qualified for the 2016 Olympics Games, holding in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The U-23 team coached by Samson Siasia, earned the qualification ticket, on Wednesday, in Dakar. The Dream Team VI, defeated Senegal 1-0 to qualify for the final of the U-23 AFCON, which also guaranteed Olympics... Read More

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December 6, 2015

Pro-Biafra Nigerians expelled from stadium in Senegal

Several Nigerian pro-Biafra agitators were on Saturday, expelled from a football stadium in Senegal for displaying Biafran flags. The football supporters, clad in T-shirts with the Biafra logo, reportedly invaded the left wing of the covered pavilion to flaunt the Biafran flag alongside that of Nigeria They were ejected from the stadium minutes after waving the flags... Read More

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September 7, 2015

Chadian ex-President, Habre faces war crimes trial

The war crimes trial of Chadian ex-President Hissene Habre, has resumed on Monday in Dakar, Senegal capital. The trial comes 45 days after he and his lawyers boycotted the court. This marks the first time an African ex-president faces justice in sub-Saharan Africa. Habre is accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture, and will subsequently... Read More

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Senegal dissolves Senate to save money

While our legislators are making the news for their unbelievable expenses, Senegal, our neighbours, have decided to dissolve their Senate. Via THISDAY: Senegalese lawmakers, who are divided between a 150-seat National Assembly and a 100-seat Senate, voted to do away with the Senate, passing a law, which dissolves the institution in order to save an... Read More

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February 12, 2015

Immigration parades 40 illegal immigrants in Cross River

by Ranti Joseph The Cross River State command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has on Thursday paraded 40 illegal immigrants that gained access into the country without valid traveling documents. The immigrants, who were arrested on February 9 at different locations in the state, are from different countries in Africa. While parading the illegal immigrants... Read More

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February 3, 2015

West Ham could be banned from FA Cup over Sakho row

by Mark Bassey FIFA have confirmed that an investigation has been opened into the Diafra Sakho issue, after Senegal reported West Ham to the world football governing body. Sakho pulled out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations citing a back problem, but scored the winner for the Hammers in their FA Cup clash against... Read More

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November 6, 2014

GEJ, Ghanaian and Senegal Presidents broker peace deal in Burkina Faso

by Azubuike Azikiwe A peace deal has been brokered in the crisis-ridden West African nation of Burkina Faso. President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, Senegal’s President Macky Sall and Ghana’s John Mahama brokered an agreement to have a one-year political transition in the country. The trio met with military leader Isaac Zida, diplomats, representatives of political parties and civil... Read More

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October 24, 2014

Ebola arrives Mali as 2-year-old child becomes first victim

by Chidi Okoye The first case of the Ebola virus disease has been recorded in Mali, and the first victim in the country is a 2-year-old girl. After being recorded in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, and Senegal, its presence in Mali makes it the sixth West African country to be affected by the worst outbreak on... Read More

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October 16, 2014

Nigeria and Senegal to know #Ebola status soon – @WHO

by Kolapo Olapoju Senegal will be declared free of the Ebola virus disease on Friday 17 October, while Nigeria, having passed the requisite 42 days, with no new cases detected from the active surveillance in place, will be announced to be totally in the clear on Monday 20 October. This is according to the World Health Organisation.... Read More

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October 8, 2014

Sex could keep #Ebola alive – World Health Organisation warns survivors

by Kolapo Olapoju The World Health Organisation says sexual intercourse could keep the Ebola epidemic alive, as the disease could last for a long time in the semen. A WHO release on Monday, 6 October, stated that, “In a convalescent male, the virus can persist in semen for at least 70 days; one study suggests... Read More

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September 28, 2014

“She quarantined herself” – Deputy health minister does the needful after assistant dies from Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju Liberia’s deputy health minister and chief medical officer, Bernice Dahn, has voluntarily placed herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the Ebola virus disease. The Liberian government disclosed this to Reuters on Saturday, 27 September, commending Dahn’s decision to put herself into quarantine. Isaac Jackson, Liberia’s... Read More

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September 25, 2014

Ebola gets a special envoy: United Nations’ boss appoints David Nabarro

by Kolapo Olapoju Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nation’s Secretary General has appointed David Nabarro as the Special Envoy for Ebola, and Anthony Banbury as the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Missions for Ebola response (UNMEER). The double appointment comes on the heels of the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2177 (2014)... Read More

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September 22, 2014

Nigeria records rare achievement as @WHO acknowledges that we have halted #Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju According to the World Health Organisation, Nigeria and Senegal have managed to stop the spread of the Ebola virus disease. The apex world health body says the two countries, which are part of the five countries affected by the outbreak of the virus in West Africa, have successfully halted the world’s worst... Read More

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September 18, 2014

Super Eagles will soon strike oil, team keeps drilling the depths of FIFA’s ranking

by Olorunwa Lawal The Super Eagles have dropped in the current FIFA ranking released on Thursday morning. The African champions moved down four places; from 34th in last month’s ranking to 37th, and from 3rd to 6th in Africa, behind Algeria, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal. In recent times, Nigerian football has been troubled... Read More

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August 22, 2014

Pan African Designers, Osei Duro, Sophie Zinga and Thula Sindi to attend LPM Africa inaugural edition

by Kolapo Olapoju For 5 years, Le Petit Marche – The Little Market, birth in Nigeria to mirror the popular Portobello Market in London has been a shopping favourite since its launch in 2009, it has successfully gathered the best of the city’s high street fashion brands and Fashionistas – monthly all under one roof,... Read More

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Nigerian man being treated for Ebola in Benin Republic

by Kolapo Olapoju A Nigerian is currently being treated for the Ebola Virus disease in the Republic of Benin. Benin Republic Health Minister, Dorotheé Gazard, disclosed this yesterday, 7 August, that a hospital in the country is treating a Nigerian man who they fear has contracted Ebola disease. The unidentified man has been reportedly... Read More

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Right or wrong? Senegalese law bars 10-year-old rape victim from aborting twins

by Zara Mustapha It was a lost battle for the human rights campaigners in Senegal in a bid to secure a legal route to abortion using the case of a 10-year-old girl pregnant with twins after she was raped by a neighbor. The raped victim’s refused abortion highlights the heavy cost women and female children... Read More

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February 27, 2014

Nigerian stowaway found dead under plane in the U.S

by ‘Jola Sotubo The stowaway trend which was started in Nigeria last year seems to have made a mild reappearance after the dead body of a Nigerian was found in the undercarriage of a plane in an airport in the United States. The corpse, believed to be that of one Chris Dikeh, was found on... Read More

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October 15, 2013

Sad news: Bruno Metsu, former Senegalese coach dies of cancer

Bruno Metsu, the UAE’s 2007 Gulf Cup-winning coach, died on Tuesday following a battle with cancer. He was 59. The Frenchman rose to fame when he led Senegal to a surprise 1-0 victory over his home country in the opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was diagnosed with colon cancer shortly after... Read More

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SPOTTED: Actress-turned-evangelist, Eucharia Anunobi arrives Senegal for a religious crusade

by Rachel Ogbu x The former Nollywood actress and now fully committed evangelist Eucharia Anunobi was photographed arriving in Dakar, Senegal yesterday. [READ: Former actress, Evang. Eucharia Anunobi celebrates her birthday and she has a message for you (READ)] Anunobi is there to minister daily at a mega crusade holding at the Gate Family Church holding between June... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: Barack Obama’s American business in Africa (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa Africa is a land of opportunities. The only sad part of this is that most Africans are not aware of this reality. President Barack Obama is not in Africa because of what the United States can give to Africa, he is in Africa because of what the United States can get from... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: What Lagos and Lome can learn from Dakar (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa Anytime I arrive Nigeria through Lagos the question always gets at me; will I ever want to return to this country if I was not its citizen? My answer has never been in doubt. I have been traveling though West Africa. I have not seen a lot but I have seen enough... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: A word for our leaders

by Femi Fani-Kayode Why do we always take ten steps forward and twenty steps backwards? Why is our case and example one of constant failure, ineptitude, defeat, shame, lack and incompetence? What is wrong with the Federal Republic of Nigeria… On the 20th April 1653 (exactly 360 years ago to the day that I am... Read More

November 12, 2012

“Real and potent danger”: Obasanjo predicts a youth revolution due to unemployment

by Isi Esene Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed fears at the alarming rate of unemployment in the country saying the danger is “real and potent”. While speaking at the West African regional conference on youth employment in Dakar, Senegal during the weekend, Obasanjo predicted a revolution unless urgent measures are taken to halt the... Read More

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August 31, 2012

TICKER: Senegal to scrap Senate to save money

Senegalese President Macky Sall presented plans on Thursday to scrap the country’s upper house of parliament to raise funds needed to fight annual flooding which killed six and left several neighbourhoods under water last weekend. Mr Sall, who won March elections on a ticket to cut excessive spending on state institutions, said the abolition of... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: Senegal and the middle finger effect (YNaija Frontpage)

As our agitations for a better country get more of us to speak out and stand up, we must not forget that it is a battle that will not be won by protests, tweets or articles… The elections in Senegal have come but they are not gone. They will remain in the minds of... Read More

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YNaija Editorial: Nigeria, you have a love letter from Senegal

The result of his bid to override the bid of the people – in a country that has seen neither military nor constitutional coups – is but a diminished image, as well as street celebrities following the announcement of his defeat. The praise is rushing in, and the pride spreads across Africa; as once again... Read More

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