Tag: West Africa

Court grants the request for Tinubu to stand trial for alleged perjury; Nigeria has inaugurated the first fiber optic cable facility in West Africa | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Court grants the request for Tinubu to stand trial for alleged perjuryLagos state unveils upgraded smart multipurpose identity cardOshoala sets CAF record with 5th winJamb sets a new cut-off mark…

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BAT’s Transformation to build a better tommorow™ in West and Central Africa

Over the years, many multinationals have undergone business transformations in response to shifts in market environments and a desire to deliver improved value to all stakeholders. The Area Director of…

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Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed vows to lead army ‘from the battlefront’ | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you may have missed out on: West and Central Africa have world’s highest number of child soldiers West and Central Africa…

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Francophile Africa is finally economically free of French influence

We never thought we would see the day but it has finally happened. France has finally signed into law, a new edict that frees Francophile West Africa of the economic…

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Nigeria remains committed to peace in West Africa – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, said that Nigeria remained committed to the peace, security and territorial integrity of neighbouring countries in the sub region - West Africa. Osinbajo stated this…

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President Buhari returns to Abuja after ECOWAS meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja having attended the meeting of the ECOWAS Task Force on Common Currency earlier in Niamey, Republic of Niger. This was made known by…

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[The Sexuality Blog] Misogyny is one of the corner stones of Christianity in West Africa, we must never forget this

Recently Quartz Africa published this opinion piece on the damage that Pentecostal churches in Nigeria and Ghana continues to wreak on the lives of girls and young women born and…

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Multimodal West Africa Event Listing

Multimodal West Africa is Nigeria & West Africa's premier freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event. It represents every logistics sector, making it a unique and highly valued industry…

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5 tips for growing your small business on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook’s product team—lead by Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook— is in West Africa this week to hear how creatives, developers and entrepreneurs in the region are using mobile…

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Multimodal West Africa to prepare Nigeria’s transportation and logistics sector for growth

Nigeria’s leading transport and logistics experts will gather for the historic maiden edition of Multimodal West Africa 2017 (MMWA) from Tuesday, 14th to Thursday, 16th March 2017 at the Landmark…

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DELE MOMODU: A WEEK OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY

by Dele Momodu “Every person in Ghana, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, religion, creed, or gender, shall be entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms…

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Multimodal West Africa 2017 is now bigger and better!

Due to overwhelming industry support and in a bid to ensure delivery of value to all stakeholders by enhancing proper representation of all actors in the entire value chain of…

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#TBT: So a certain Aramide “dusted” Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage at AFRIMA

It's been four days since the gathering of all the names that matter on the music scene in Nigeria and most parts of Africa, at the Eko Convention Centre in…

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FG policies will only yield positive results if… – Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Raji Babatunde Fashola has reiterated the Federal Government's resolve to focus on capital spending in a bid to reflate and stimulate enough growth…

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‘Boko Haram not linked to ISIS’

“There is no evidence that Boko Haram has received significant operational support or financing from Islamic State (IS),” a United States government official has said. According to TheCable, the official stated…

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This is why FG cannot expel violent herdsmen

Despite the number of violent attacks credited to foreign herdsmen that roam within Nigeria, the federal government, on Thursday, gave reasons why non-citizens cannot be prevented from grazing their cattle…

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West African military chiefs were in town yesterday to discuss Boko Haram (See Photos)

Nigeria's Chief of Defence staff as well as that of Cameron, Chad, Niger Republic, were in Abuja on Tuesday, June 9. The Heads of Intelligence and Security Agencies of the…

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Today’s Daily Brief: Reps move to override Jonathan’s veto, Jibrin says Lawmakers’ Acceptance, Not Endorsement ‘ll Determine Speaker, and more

Barely five days left to pass out of NYSC camp, 25 corp members got the shocker of their lives as they were dismissed from the camp. Thirty corp members of…

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Security is the issue that GEJ and other ECOWAS leaders will talk about

by Laila Ibrahim On Monday, December 14, President Goodluck Jonathan will host the 46th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja, where the current political and security…

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Big Brother is here: Jonathan heads to Burkina Faso for crisis talks

by Akan Ido President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Ouagadougou tomorrow as a member of the three-man delegation of Heads of State and Government raised by the Economic Community of…

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WHO to commence Ebola drug trials in West Africa

by Chidi Okoye The head of Health Information of the World Health Organisation, Marie Paule Kieny, has revealed that Ebola drug trials and collection of survivors’ blood for treating patients…

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#Ebola: Morocco pulls out as hosts of AFCON 2015

by Mark Bassey Morocco has announced its decision to pull out from hosting the 2015 edition of the 'African Cup of Nations'. The North African country made the announcement on…

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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…

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I think something is wrong with Obama – Donald Trump calls US President a ‘Psycho’

by Chidi Okoye American business magnate, Donald Trump, has never hidden his disdain for US President, Barack Obama, and he has now taken it a notch higher, by calling him…

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Singer, Flavour dropped from World music festival over Ebola concerns

by Kolapo Olapoju Highlife singer, Flavour, has been dropped from the 18th edition of the 'World Creole Music Festival', in the Dominican Republic. Flavour and his band were billed to…

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@NOIweala named African Finance Minister of the year

by Tunji Andrews   The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday bagged the African Finance Minister of the year award for her outstanding performance as a finance minister.…

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#Ghana demands recapitalisation of Nigerian owned MSMEs

by Tunji Andrews The Ghanaian Ministry of Trade and Industry has once again moved to force foreign owned medium, small and medium scale enterprises to recapitalise their asset base of…

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Get ready folks, ‘enviromental sanitation’ may soon be no more

by Kolapo Olapoju The monthly enviromental sanitation might soon cease to be, if the Minister of Health Health has his way. The minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, made the comments, while on…

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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…

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Rest easy guys: @TundeFashola declares Lagos #Ebola FREE

by Isi Esene Governor Babatunde Fashola has declared Lagos State Ebola free. The governor on Friday said the last individual under surveillance has been declared free of the deadly Ebola…

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