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Sunday, October 11th, 2020
By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | October 11, 2020 – The example of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Jonathan’s agriculture minister (2011 to 2015) and African Developmental Bank (AfDB) president since 2015, is quite commendable and worthy of emulation. The triumph of his integrity, professionalism and probity in the recent allegations of impropriety and corruption at […]
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces accused each other of carrying out new attacks on Saturday despite a ceasefire agreement from noon to end fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “In disregard of the previously declared humanitarian ceasefire, Azerbaijani forces at 12:05 launched an attack towards Karakhanbeyli,” an area on the frontline, Armenian defence ministry spokeswoman Shushan […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Saturday, October 10th, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the audience at a military parade Saturday that he was grateful “not a single person” in the North had contracted the coronavirus that has swept the world since emerging in neighbouring China. Pyongyang closed its borders in January to try to protect itself from the disease and regularly […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Speaking in a tweet post yesterday, Okonjo-Iweala said she was undaunted even though the WTO job promises to be a tough one. Okonjo-Iweala, who is the candidate to beat for the WTO Director-General election expressed confidence that she remained the most qualified candidate for the job as the selection process reaches a critical […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
IVORY Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, is sick again politically. Tension is rising back to the 2011 levels when a disputed election led to the death of over 3,000 people through widespread violence. A presidential election which mainly pitched former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front, IPF, and Alassane Ouattara’s Republican Rally, RR, ended […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
The Lebanese community in Nigeria has sponsored the repatriation of 43 Nigerian women stranded in their country, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The women landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 2 pm on Sunday, aboard Middle East Airlines aircraft with registration number OD-MEA/sub. Mr Philip Wehbe, Public Relations Officer of the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 27th, 2020
Former Malian foreign minister Moctar Ouane has been named prime minister by the country’s interim president Bah Ndaw, state television announced Sunday. Ouane, 64, served as foreign minister between 2004 and 2011 during Amadou Toumani Toure’s presidency. The members of the new PM’s government will be unveiled Tuesday, an officer from the military junta in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 25th, 2020
Watch video to the end to appreciate the extent of this foolishness in Ghana. wp_posts
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Thursday, September 24th, 2020
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged that Nigeria would continue to assist Guinea-Bissau in any way possible, saying ‘‘a peaceful and prosperous Guinea-Bissau is a win for West Africa and for Africa.’’ A statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja, said Buhari joined the Heads of State and Government […]
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Thursday, September 24th, 2020
Protestors gesture during a march by protestors under the banner of “#Put South Africans First” outside the Nigerian Embassy in Pretoria on September 23, 2020. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP) The march to the Nigerian Embassy trended on social media with the hashtags: #23SeptemberCleanSA and #PutSouthAfricansFirst, sparking a conversation about the ongoing protests against […]
