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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Saturday, September 5th, 2020
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine from Russia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin. In a statement on Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine by the Ministry’s Director of Information, Media, and Public Relations, Olujimi Oyetomi, the Russian envoy made the delivery during a visit to the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, September 5th, 2020
RwandAir: Banned from Nigeria for now By AbankulaInternational flights will start arriving in Nigeria from 5 September, the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, said on Thursday.But not all airlines will be allowed to come in for now. Those banned are Lufthansa, KLM, TAAG Angola Airline, RwandAir, Etihad, Air France and Air Namibia The airlines […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Omar Al-Bashir A Sudan court on Tuesday began the trial of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir for leading a military coup that brought him to power 31 years ago. Al-Bashir and 26 other defendants gave brief introductory statements at the Supreme Court in the capital, Khartoum. A judge then rejected the defence’s appeal for a postponement, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, COVID-19, Health, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | August 30, 2020 – Recent reports about the trajectory of the COVID-19 in Madagascar shows an uptick in the rise of infections and deaths. According to reports, public hospitals in the country are only admitting patients with severe symptoms because the surge in cases has simply overwhelmed the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Around 300 people were on the streets of Malmo, with violence escalating as the evening wore onAt least 10 people were arrested in southern Sweden and several police officers were injured in violence which broke out after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally, police said Saturday. Protesters threw stones at […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Egypt arrests new suspect in gang rape case By AFP 30 August 2020 | 1:25 pm James sombre after losing Black Panther and Black Mamba in 2020 7 hours ago Hezbollah says will kill an Israeli soldier for each combattant slain 2 hours ago Belarus police arrest protesters in opposition march 2 hours ago […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
A quirky script to scupper the second tenure of the President of African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by the US Department of Treasury and a coterie of shadowy forces gets deservedly snookered, writes Louis Achi It was indeed a remarkable and teachable moment on the first day of the AfDB’s annual general meetings […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
The attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, which followed similar ones in South Africa and the demolition of the nation’s embassy in June, in Accra, are indications that gone are the days when African countries ‘feared’ Nigeria. Shola Oyeyipo writes On June 21 this year, the staff quarters of the Nigerian embassy in Accra, Ghana’s […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Harry Akande Billionaire Harry Ayoade Akande towers above many of his contemporaries, particularly because he has been in a warm embrace of fame for many decades. Beyond his famed status as a successful businessman, he has also remained very relevant owing to his uncommon brilliance, a quality that has endeared him to many across the […]
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Africa & World Politics, ECOWAS, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has again joined other Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an emergency virtual extraordinary summit over the ongoing political crisis in Mali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ECOWAS leaders had earlier met, via […]
