A School in Nigeria Is Providing Education to Nomadic Herder Families for the First Time in Generations
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After FIJ’s Story, Namecheap Suspends Private Website Selling Nigerians’ NIN, Other Data
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Africa Live: Gambia moves one step closer to FGM ban reversal - BBC News: Some MPs want to revoke the 2015 ban arguing that it restricts cultural and religious ...
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Lagos Police Demand N2m After ‘Kidnapping’ 3 at a Restaurant: “As they were about whisking them away, one of my friends protested against the police taking them ...
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Aero Contractors Won’t Refund Passenger After Receiving N81,760 Twice for One Flight Ticket
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Overland Airways Keeps Woman’s N350,000 After Cancelling Her Flight: Adegbite told FIJ she booked for herself and was to depart for her destination on March 9 ...
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People in West and Central Africa are experiencing internet problems with Ivory Coast being badly affected.
Liberia, Benin ... Show more
Africa Live this week: 11-17 March 2024 - BBC News: Updates from across the African continent.
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Quick Glance: Mbeki Criticizes Zuma's MK Breakaway & FNB's License Fee Slash
- Former President Thabo Mbeki criticizes Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe breakaway party for being led by individuals who previously tried to dismantle the South African Revenue Services.
- FNB reduces the fee for vehicle license disc renewal through the app to 69 Rand and offers a cashback incentive.
- The collaboration with the Road Traffic Management Corporation facilitates a seamless vehicle license disc renewal process without paperwork; users can easily scan their license disc with a smart device and securely renew it within the app.
- Jolandé Duvenage, FNB's lead innovator, emphasized the increasing popularity of the service, with a variety of vehicles on the platform and a significant number of completed license renewals in the past year.
Canada-based Viamo has launched an AI-powered mobile phone service in Nigeria that helps residents access information without a smartphone or internet login.microsoftonline.com/a42080b3-4dd9-48b4-bf44-d70d3bbaf5d2/saml2
US Treasury Is Bullish on South Africa’s Economy: Cooperation between the government and business is boosting South Africa’s prospects, despite the myriad ...
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The price of beer in Nigeria is set to rise for the third time in less than year.
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Africa Live this week: 11-17 March 2024 - BBC News: Updates from across the African continent.
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Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap at least 87 people in new attack: The attack comes days after an armed gang seizes 286 students and staff from a school.
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‘Black is beautiful’: Why Nigerians think their Guinness is better than Ireland’s www.cnn.com/travel/nigerian-guinness-foreign-extra-import/
With Nigeria's economy and poverty levels worsening, abductions have become almost a daily occurrence. Kidnappings were first carried out by jihadist group ... Show more
WTO to Tackle Reforms, Fishing Subsidies as War Hampers Trade: The head of the World Trade Organization will press ahead with reforms to its dispute process and ...
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EXPLAINED: What Happens When Olubadan Dies?: He was one of the 21 Ibadan leaders raised to the rank of king by a former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi ...
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19 Days After, Nigeria Customs Yet to Address FIJ’s Smuggling Exposé : The Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria's land borders authorities, continues to remain ...
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PH refinery: Marketers eye fuel price reduction, ready to load: The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Major Energy Marketers ...
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Nigeria kidnap crisis: Schoolboy recounts daring escape from bandits: Musa Garba was one of more than 280 abducted last week, but he managed slip away from his ...
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Nigeria Abductions: What’s Behind The Surge in Kidnappings?: The abduction of hundreds of children from an elementary school in northwestern Nigeria in March ...
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Nigeria military denies reprisal attack after 16 troops killed: Men in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta state days after ...
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Fayemi, Fayose, Oni failed to develop Ekiti – Afe Babalola: “Unfortunately, those who became governor before you didn't have the love of Ekiti ...
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Exclusive: Nigerian kidnappers demand $620,000 for release of school hostages: Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last ...
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Nigeria demands Binance disclose top users, executives remain detained: Nigeria is actively seeking information from Binance regarding its top 100 users in the ...
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The organising committee of the Paris Olympics says it is shocked by "racist" attacks by far-right French groups against singer #AyaNakamura ... Show more
Africa Live this week: 11-17 March 2024 - BBC News: Updates from across the African continent.
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Quick Glance: Current Events in Kenya and Haiti - BBC News
- A pro-Iranian Shia group in Nigeria has organized demonstrations advocating for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
- Water scarcity and power outages in Johannesburg are attributed to the heatwave and low reservoir levels.
- Chad's government has declared plans to provide free water and electricity to households until the end of the year.
- Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has agreed to meet with his counterpart Felix Tshisekedi from the Democratic Republic of Congo to address the crisis in eastern Congo.
Tinubu orders manhunt for killers of soldiers in Delta | Africanews: The soldiers were deployed to control clashes between the Okuama and Okoloba communities ...
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Again, Nigerian Breweries increases prices of beer: Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced another increment in the price of its products after the previous ...
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No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers: Visually-impaired Nigerian Kehinde Olutubosun is a geography and animal enthusiast who ...
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Millions in Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, are grappling with the worst cost of living crisis in decades, which deepened since President Bola Tinubu ... Show more
Nigeria seeks to prolong detention of Binance executives: Nigerian authorities have asked an Abuja court to extend the detention of two Binance executives caught ...
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Bloomberg New Economy: Africa’s Would-Be Giant Careens Toward Crisis: Complacency in the face of a mediocre record of development is arguably not the right ...
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Nigeria abduction: At least 28 schoolchildren escape captors: Nigeria continues to search for nearly 300 schoolchildren taken in the northern town of Kuriga.
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Nigeria's mass abductions: What lies behind the resurgence?: Twice in a week, gangs of motorcycle-riding armed men kidnapped hundreds of people in the north.
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Nigeria: Gunmen abduct 87 villagers in Kaduna state: Northern Nigeria has been hit by a renewed wave of mass kidnappings. The victims' families face having ...
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Cable cut: Telcos pledge 100% voice, data service today: The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has said voice and data services ...
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Nigeria pauses controversial expatriate employment levy: The levy, imposed last week, has been met with widespread condemnation from the private sector.
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EFCC recovers, hands over 324 houses to pensioners: The handing over of the houses to the pensioners followed a final forfeiture order of court.
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SSANU, NASU warning strike disrupts admin, academic activities in UNN: The SSANU, NASU seven-day warning strike took off with partial compliance in UNN on Monday ...
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Emefiele awarded contracts to wife, CBN official’s firms, investigator tells court
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Nigeria's president sends troops to rescue more than 250 kidnapped students: Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 ...
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Quick Glance: Large Number of Students Abducted in Nigeria - Alarming
- Following the abduction of over 200 individuals, mostly women and children, by gunmen in northeastern Nigeria, another attack occurred.
- A school headteacher reported that armed men attacked a primary school in Nigeria's northwest region and abducted nearly 300 students.
- The attack took place shortly after the morning assembly at 8 am, where almost 200 pupils were taken hostage before aid arrived.
- The recent attacks highlight the deteriorating security crisis in Nigeria, which led to several hundred casualties in 2023 according to an AP analysis.
Binance users’ assets exceed $100bn: The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced that the value of assets it holds for its users has ...
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Kaduna community under siege as bandits kidnap over 100 residents: Residents said the latest abduction happened around 10 p.m. on Sunday with gunmen operating ...
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UNN scholar maintains first position on index journal: A Mass Communication lecturer at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Dr Gever Verlumun ...
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Gunmen kidnap 15 students in dawn raid on Nigerian school: Gunmen kidnapped at least 15 students from a school in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto state in a dawn ...
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Nigeria’s currency crisis is decades in the making: Fixing it requires deep reform
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Another attack on a school in Nigeria: gunmen kidnap 15 children: A mass kidnapping has occurred in Nigeria for the third time in two weeks. School children ...
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Abia secures $125m loan to implement 2024 budget – Punch Newspapers
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2.4 million registered for BVN in six months — NIBSS: No fewer than 2.47 Nigerians have registered for Bank Verification Number in the last six months ...
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Gov Sani flags off distribution of N11.4bn palliatives to Kaduna households, businesses, workers
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"We stand united in grief with all well-meaning Nigerians and the men and women of our armed forces during this difficult time,’’www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/678517-defence-minister-speaks-on-killing-of-soldiers-in-delta.html
Africa to play 'huge role' in US critical mineral strategy, says Treasury's No. 2
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15 children kidnapped from school in Nigeria: A few days after 287 girls and boys were abducted from their school in northwestern Nigeria ...
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Days after gunmen abduct hundreds of students in Nigeria, hope of finding them begins to fade
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Quick Glance: Armed Group Abducts 300 Students in Nigeria
- Rashidat Hamza despairs as almost all her six children are abducted.
- Over 100 children aged 12 or younger were among the kidnapped students.
- The mass kidnapping in Kuriga highlights Nigeria's security crisis.
- Schools are not the only targets; the government faces armed gangs and extremists.
Abuja pastor preaching with AK-47 seeks judicial review of trial: Aigbe, during a Sunday church service in February 2023, mounted the pulpit with an AK-47 rifle ...
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Dollar supply rises to $11bn, naira closes 1,572/$: Forex turnover at the official foreign exchange market has increased to $11.43bn within over two months of ...
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Seven times winner, Access Bank pioneers innovation in Africa’s financial landscape
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Bank distributes 3,000 food packs to Zamfara households: Fidelity Bank Plc has distributed over 3,000 food items to vulnerable households and underprivileged ...
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The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in a generation and food inflation at 35% ... Show more
Cement Price: Nigerian lawmakers summon Dangote, BUA, others: The manufacturers are to appear before the entire House to brief the lawmakers on the ‘arbitrary ...
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Shocked by another incident: gunmen kidnap almost 300 schoolchildren in Nigeria: The abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls caused worldwide consternation almost ...
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Two feared dead, others injured as rival transport unions clash in Ogun: “Trouble started brewing among members of the transport unions when the Ogun State ...
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Cement companies grow revenue to N3tn: The three cement manufacturing companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited improved their incomes by 30 ...
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Nigeria is one of the world's kidnapping hot spots. DW explains who carries out the abductions and who the victims are. Read full article here - www.dw.com/en/nigeria-kidnappings-whos-behind-them-and-what-do-they-want/a-68472852
Nigeria : More kidnappings are feared as state body prepares intervention measures | Africanews
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Abducted children in Nigeria: The ignored giant country: The hostage-taking shows that despite new leadership, Nigeria has old problems. This is hardly ...
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African Games: Nigeria soars to second position on medals table: Adijat Olarinoye (55kg), Rafiatu Lawal (59kg), and Edidiong Umoafia (67kg) each claimed a ...
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Tinubu replaces South-east nominee who rejected membership of CBN Board: Ruby Onwudiwe replaces Urum Eke, who declined his nomination due to his current ...
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