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Nigeria: Covid-19-32 States Have Molecular Labs – Govt

In an effort to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, 32 states now have molecular laboratories for the trying out of the pandemic. The revelation was once made all through a teleconference meeting held Thursday between the 36 governors of the federation. It used to be similarly published that 50 per cent of instances […]

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Education: Students demand reopening of schools in Nigeria

Students in Nigeria on Wednesday took to the streets of Abuja, the capital to demand the reopening of their schools, since closed as parts of efforts to contain the further spread of coronavirus. “We demand the reopening of our schools, because the schools educational sector is the number one sector of any progressive nation, one […]

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Business: Mastercard enhances security capabilities online

As digital commerce continues to speed up owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard has introduced it will provide tokenization services to retailers with app, eCommerce, and ordinary billing card-on-file application in South Africa, further defending consumers and growing comfort when storing Mastercard cards in merchant databases. Dubbed Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) for Merchants, the […]

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Sports: Nigeria’s Cyriel Dessers reveals his plans for international football ahead of new call up

New Genk striker Cyriel Dessers has published one of his ambitions play international football. The 25-year-old born to a Belgian father and a Nigerian mother, however is eligible represent Red Devils and Super Eagles but stays uncapped at the global level. Dessers trained with Belgium U21 squad ahead of a European Championship qualifier 5 years […]

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The World: OSCE to consult with government in Belarus

Officials of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are heading to Belarus’ capital to meet with the government and opposition, its present day chairperson, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, stated Thursday.    “The OSCE is now not going to Minsk to take selfies at the protests however to meet with the authorities […]

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Somali leaders decide on the blueprint for elections

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed alongside with three state leaders and the mayor of Mogadishu have reached an agreement on the country’s election model after days of talks in the central town of Dhusamareb.  The election will be based totally on constituency caucuses, in accordance to a notification issued after the summit in Dhusamareb, the […]

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Entertainment: Comedian AY busted for wearing a “fake” Richard Mille watch

Veteran Nigerian comedian, AY Makun has been busted by @Fakewatchbuster on Instagram, a page that tagged itself ‘The nightmare of the fake watches’. According to the page, AY’s Richard Mille RM055 Bubba Watson white ceramic watch is fake. This is coming after AY shared lovely new photos of himself showing off the luxury item to […]

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News: Farmers Struggle with Locust Crop Damage in Kenya

A Locust Desert Storm The Horn of Africa, fighting an unprecedented proliferation of locust crop pests for months, is dealing with an exacerbated meals scarcity hazard — with plants of farmers in Turkana county, Kenya, decimated by way of an infestation of wasteland locusts. The unwelcome presence of the barren region locusts is severely impacting […]

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Breaking: UN Denounces Malian Junta Post-Coup d’état

On Wednesday, The United Nations condemned the National Committee for the Salvation of the People i.e. the soldiers — headed by Goita, who staged a coup d’état in Mali forcing the resignation of now ex-president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Stephane Dujarric — the spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, General Antonio Guterres, released this official statement, […]

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Politics: Colonel Goita Declared CNSP Junta Head in Mali

Military Coup d’État Colonel Assimi Goita, presented himself as the head of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) at a meeting with the Malian government’s top civil servants in Bamako on Wednesday. “I am Colonel Assimi Goita, the president of the CNSP,” he told the press after appearing on national television […]

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Business: Standard bank to avoid cheque issuance

Standard Bank announced on Wednesday it had determined to stop the issuing of cheques as of December 2020 following the a variety of restrict savings added by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The lender additionally stated the persisted reduction of cheque usage at some point of the Covid-19 lockdown duration as properly as the […]

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Officials arrested over prison attack in Somalia

At least 27 people have been arrested for smuggling into a Somali prison weapons used to assault guards in the past this month, according to Somali kingdom run-media on Wednesday.  “An inquiry committee into the central [Mogadishu] prison attack observed that on Aug. 8, pistols, ammunition, and hand grenades were smuggled into the jail secretly […]

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Sports: The plan was for the chiefs to take the game – Maduka

Bloemfontein Celtic coach John Maduka defined how he master-minded the downfall of Kaizer Chiefs on Wednesday evening. Siwelele got here from behind to humble Amakhosi at the Absa Tuks Stadium, with Motebang Sera bagging a brace to along with Victor Letsoalo’s solitary strike. Maduka insists he wouldn’t allow his aspect to sit down back against […]

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Nigeria: Jihadists take hundreds hostage in northeast

Jihadists have taken lots of civilians hostage from a city in northeast Nigeria, locals and militia sources stated Wednesday. Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an offshoot of Boko Haram, arrived in Kukawa in the Lake Chad area late on Tuesday with 22 trucks and had been locked in a conflict with […]

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The World: In COVID-19 cases, India reports record single-day spikes

India stated 69,652 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, putting a clean record for the range of infections registered in a single day.   The united states of america additionally scaled a new height in every day trying out with almost one million assessments performed in the final 24 hours, whilst the positivity charge […]

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Global calls for release of Mali’s ousted president

The international community condemned the rebellion in Mali and called for the immediate release of the ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who resigned on Wednesday. Rebelling soldiers detained the now-former president a day earlier, throwing the fragile nation already fighting against jihadism in the Sahel into further crisis. Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the African […]

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Entertainment: Erigga Shares Pre-wedding Photos With Girlfriend

Nigerian rapper Erigga is quitting bachelorhood very soon as he is set to marry his girlfriend. Without warning, the Warri born rapper took to his social media pages to announce his wedding to his fans. Erigga will be marrying his girlfriend Morenike on the 3rd of October as shared in his post. The rapper and […]

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NEWS: African Banks Under Pressure to speed up Digital Transformation

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic across Africa has considered a surge in digital payments and e-commerce transactions as economic institutions scramble to provide organizations and consumers contactless methods of spending, borrowing and lending, and making payments. Cashless solutions like mobile lending and digital repayments had been already growing hastily on the continent even earlier […]

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Political breakthrough” or crisis scenario in Mali.

Mali’s military ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who announced his resignation early Wednesday in the fragile West African State, which is battling an Islamic insurgency in the north of the country. “I don’t want a single drop of blood to be shed to keep me in power,” Keita said in a televised address to the […]

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Finding a solution for Mali’s population will be “difficult”, says expert

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on Wednesday after the military detained him, putting the West African country into a deeper crisis as it fights jihadism in the Sahel. Keita was the target of mass protests since June, with people saying his seven year rule was flawed with corruption. Mali is also in […]