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THE World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Algeria is now free of malaria. Algeria is the second African country to be officially recognised as malaria-free, following Mauritius which was certified in 1973. Alongside Algeria,…
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THE Nigerian government at the weekend restated its commitment to successful implementation of the $22.7 million highway project from Lagos to Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Six years after the project was initiated, Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria’s…
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SENIOR Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Saturday congratulated a Nigerian lady, Stella Emelife Chinello, reported to have broken a 100-year record in an Indian university. Since the…
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari gave a special attention to discussions relating to ‘irregular migration’ and women trafficking from Nigeria at the one-day Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States,…
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MILITARY in Sudan has announced the removal of the President, Omar al-Bashir, and the takeover of the country for a two-year rule.  The Sudanese defence minister, Awad Ibn Ouf, speaking on a state TV on Thursday,  said the president, after…
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ETHIOPIAN airlines flight 302 persistently nose-dived before it  crashed, according to a statement from the aviation group on Thursday. Citing the preliminary report of the accident, the statement stated that the pilots who were commanding…
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NIGERIAN Church, Daystar Christian Centre on Tuesday donated a sum of N10 million to support people displaced by the insurgency in the country and other African nations. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Nigeria Country Office,…
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THE British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been banned from operating in Burundi after being accused of producing a documentary that put the country's reputation at stake. The Burundi's media regulator, National Communication Council…
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THE World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that more than 2.4 trillion dollars are lost to the diseases afflicting the population across its member countries in Africa annually. This is contained in a report launched at the second…
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LIFE will never be the same again for a Zimbabwean elderly woman who trekked more than 17 kilometres from her Mbare in Harare to the Highlands to donate aid to victims of Cyclone Idai. The natural disaster destroyed parts of Mozambique,…
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