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Nigeria: Davido Offers 5-Year Scholarship to Ghanaian Student Who Aced WAEC

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[Vanguard] Award-winning Nigerian singer, Davido Adeleke, has offered a full scholarship to one Morro Suleyman, a young Ghanaian who got parallel A1 in WAEC exams.

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