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Education: Nigeria Partially Reopens Schools for Last-Year Exit Exams

School Bells are Ringing Again Back to class, for last-year Nigerian students as the Federal Ministry of Education declared the partial opening of secondary-schools across the country from August 4th. The decision comes after a 5-month suspension in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and all schools are to adhere to strict sanitary regulations. Abigail […]

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The World: ‘Unity’ From Around The World As Beirut Reels After Tragedy

As the devastation from Tuesday’s big explosion became clearer Wednesday, humans round the world expressed team spirit with Beirut as it faces crises of hunger, homelessness, and harm from the destructive blast that leveled the port vicinity of the Lebanese city. “They say the blast in Beirut was felt in all of Lebanon and even […]

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Business: Former execs ‘conspired’ to benefit the Gupta brothers – Eskom

Former Eskom executives conspired with the Gupta brothers and their enterprise associates for six years to syphon dollars from the energy utility, a summons revealed. The 73-page summons, filed with the aid of Eskom with the Special Investigating Unit, with the North Gauteng High Court on Monday seeks to get better R3.8 billion from former […]

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Gambia shuts borders as Coronavirus cases rise

Gambian President Adama Barrow declared a country of emergency Wednesday, shutting his country’s borders and airspace amid a rise in coronavirus cases.   COVID-19 instances in Gambia have surged over 60% in the final seven days to nearly 800, a trajectory he said is “worrisome.” The country has registered sixteen coronavirus deaths so far. Barrow […]

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Entertainment:After ‘I stand with Zimbabwe’ post Lasizwe faces homophobic responses

Local entertainer Lasizwe spoke out about the homophobic feedback he’s been receiving after displaying support for the human beings of Zimbabwe. This comes after claims of human rights violations began surfacing on-line with many users joining the #ZimbabweLivesMatter movement to create awareness about what is taking place in the country. The “@Lasizwe: Fake It Till […]

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Uganda: Man steals chicken, radio from family members, kills them

A 33-year-old man has been detained for allegedly killing his two spouse and children who had accused him of stealing their radio set and a chicken in Lira District. It is stated that the attacker on Tuesday hacked his uncle, Jackson Olong. After cutting Olong into pieces, he attacked Olong’s wife and slit her throat. […]

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Sports: Lugano favourite to sign Sebastian Osigwe

Switzerland side, Lugano are favourites to sign Super Eagles prospect Sebastian Osigwe this summer after membership president Angelo Renzetti demonstrated ongoing negotiation with the player, in accordance to SportingLife. The especially rated 26-year-old, who helped Kriens to promotion twice in his 143 appearances for the membership and kept forty three easy sheets, parted employer with […]

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Boko Haram Terrifies Refugees in Cameroun

A Terrifying Weekend Just under 2000 people poured into Mozongo, panic-stricken and desperately fleeing for their lives from a refugee camp housing 800 internally displaced people in the village of Nguetchewe in Cameroon’s far north region. The area, already one of the poorest in the world, has seen a significant increase in violent incidents in […]

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Tanzania:Tundu Lissu named main opposition candidate

Tundu Lissu named as the main opposition candidate for presidential votes. Tanzania’s main opposition, Chadema party on Tuesday unanimously approved Tundu Lissu ‘s candidacy for the October 28 general election after he won a party vote. Heavyweight Lissu, a former MP and Chadema’s deputy chairman, was shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt. He […]

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UNESCO to revive Mali’s conflict-hit Bandiagara site

UNESCO pledges to help restore the world heritage site of Bandiagara, partly destroyed by the conflict raging in central Mali. The Malian security crisis, fuelled by jihadist groups and inter-community tensions, has led to the destruction of nearly 30 villages, classified as a World Heritage site, in the Mopti region. The UNESCO project, financed to […]

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Nigeria: NDDC disbursed ‘scholarship grants’ to MD, directors – Senate

Top officers of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid themselves scholarship delivers at a time thousands of deserving scholarship beneficiaries had now not been paid for years and were stranded in one of a kind countries, a report has shown. The document by lawmakers joins the other revelations that emanated from the National Assembly’s […]

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Politics: Guinean opposition alleges largescale corruption by President Alpha Condé

A Guinean opposition team is alleging widescale corruption on the phase of President Alpha Condé and his administration. The Collective for the Transition in Guinea (CTG) filed a criticism on the eve of the nomination of the ruling party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential election. The grievance used to be filed at the National Financial […]

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The World: Donald Trump attributes Beirut explosion to a bomb attack

American President Donald Trump on Tuesday forged a massive explosion in Beirut as a feasible bomb attack. His announcement contradicted the statements by means of Lebanese leaders that it was in all likelihood triggered by using distinctly explosive cloth that had been saved at warehouses in the capital for years. The United States stands geared […]

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South Africa to act decisively on COVID-19 cases of wrongdoing – Ramaphosa

South Africa’s president has warned that he will deal harshly with officials and businesspeople who have allegedly enriched themselves throughout the COVID-19 disaster through corrupt activities.   “Corruption for the duration of a countrywide disaster is a mainly heinous kind of crime, and perpetrators are going to be dealt with decisively and harshly,” Cyril Ramaphosa stated […]

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Sport: Nigeria’s Leon Balogun Makes Team of the Week

Life has indeed started brightly for Nigerian defender Leon Balogun in the Scottish Premier League where he has made it into the Team of the Week after the first spherical of matches. Balogun gave a commanding performance in his debut outing; supporting Rangers to an away win and additionally registering a smooth sheet. This display […]

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Entertainment: AKA unimpressed by R2 200 Covid-19 Artists’ Aid Fund

Rapper AKA has taken purpose at the South African authorities again. First, it used to be the alcohol ban, now it is the Covid-19 comfort fund. During a Twitter rant on Monday, the Fela Versace hitmaker expressed his disappointment at the R2 200 Covid-19 alleviation fund for artists. In May, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Nathi […]

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Breaking: Nigerian airline layoff employees amid Coronavirus crisis

Nigeria’s major airline, Air Peace has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Faced with “the devastating outcomes on its operations and monetary health”, the management of Air Peace stated in a statement that it had to take “a painful however prison decision” of brushing aside some of its pilots and reducing “the salaries of all […]

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NEWS: Current commander in Somalia takes over AU role

The African Union Mission troop in Somalia ushers a new force commander in Mogadishu. Lieutenant General Diomede Ndegeya who arrived on sunday would lead a force normally from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The nations have been enforcing order in Somalia for over a decade now. The commander who is no stranger to the country, […]

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Niger celebrates 60 years of independence

Niger, a former French colony, celebrates its sixtieth independence anniversary on Monday. France mainstains a sure diploma of impact in the country. On navy grounds; Operation Barkhane is nonetheless very a good deal present, although the security situation has deteriorated in latest years. On the financial level, the country is stated to experience increase via […]