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Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt constitute half of Africa’s $2.7trn economy

In 2021, the economies of three countries – Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt - make up about half of Africa’s economic output measured by...

Arinze NWAFOR - December 28, 2021

African Fact-Checking Awards 2020 for journalistic excellence now open

THE African Fact-Checking is receiving entries for the seventh annual awards programme that honours journalism by Africa-based media in the expanding field of fact-checking. In...

Abeeb ALAWIYE - June 5, 2020

COVID-19: Nigeria ranks second out of 10 countries with highest confirmed cases in Africa

NIGERIA, with a 16.4 percent infection rate is the second most infected country of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) out of the 10 countries with...

Damilola OJETUNDE - May 9, 2020

Nigeria, ‘African giant’ plods slowly in the race to test for coronavirus

NIGERIA ranks 31st on the African continent for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests per one million population out of 55 countries affected by the...

Damilola OJETUNDE - April 28, 2020

Despite restriction order, Nigeria records 5,125 percent increase in Covid-19 cases within one month

NIGERIA has recorded over 5,000 percentage increase in COVID-19 cases within one month despite lockdown directives by the Federal Government in Lagos, Ogun, and...

Damilola OJETUNDE - April 20, 2020

Human rights lawyer sentenced to prison for speaking to media in Egypt

ZYAD El-Elaimy, a human rights lawyer, former Member of Parliament and one of the leaders of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party was on Tuesday,...

Seun DUROJAIYE - March 11, 2020

Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

HOSNI Mubarak, Egypt's president for almost 30 years who stepped down after a popular revolution in 2011, has died. He was 91. Aljazeera on Tuesday...

Jennifer UGWA - February 25, 2020

Coronavirus: Reports of first case in Africa false, as Egypt refutes claims of infection

EGYPT'S health ministry on Friday refuted claims of a newfound case of the COVID 19 incident in the African country as reported by some...

Jennifer UGWA - February 14, 2020

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