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“I bought a vehicle worth $600 and got it shipped for $1600. When it got to Nigeria, I had to pay about N3 million ($1,886) to clear the vehicle. This has never happened in the history of our business,”
A Nigeria Railways Corporation official said the train departs Ibadan for Lagos at 8am daily with a return trip scheduled at 4pm.
The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is notorious for heavy trucks and traffic gridlocks that can stretch for several kilometres.
The Lagos-Ibadan line is the first part of a new 2,733km Lagos-Kano standard gauge line. The total cost of the project was valued at $11.117bn.
[Premium Times] The farmers on Tuesday took their hoes to the museum at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Art and Culture in Abuja.
[Premium Times] \"Pregnancy is not a disease. It should not lead to deaths. Every maternal death should be regarded as an abnormality.\"
[Nigeria Health Watch] Editors Note: This week's Thought Leadership piece comes from Women in Global Health (WGH) Nigeria, an organisation that was established to bring visibility and recognition of Nigerian women, shape global health programming and advocacy, and reform policy and in communities in Nigeria and the diaspora. They analyse the reasons why more women are not seen in leadership positions in Nigeria's health sector, and proffer solutions for what the country must do to change this narrative.
A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organisation says.
[CAF] Niger defied the odds by stunning hosts Benin 1-0 in the opening match of the WAFU 'B' U-20 Championship at the Stade De Gaulles in Porto Novo on Saturday.
[Vanguard] IMPORTERS, clearing agents and truck owners have expressed concern over the worsening traffic gridlock along the access roads at the Tin-Can Island Port Complex, TICPC, Apapa, Lagos.
[FEEEDS] Washington, DC -- President-elect Biden's nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield sends a strong message that the incoming administration is serious about re-engaging the world not only with strong policy leadership and national security skills, but also ensuring that America acts in line with its core values when working with our partners.
[Vanguard] The winner of the Nigeria Idol 2020/2021 season 6 talent hunt, is to go home with N50m worth of prizes and a recording contract.
Nigeria is fighting to end bloody campaign group Boko Haram. President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to defeat the militants but they remain active in the states of Borno and Yobe.
Thousands of people have been killed and many more driven out of their homes. But the plight of the older people in light of this insurgency has rarely been addressed. In a new report, Amnesty International is accusing the Nigerian army and the militants of committing various atrocities against older people. Joining us to talk more about this report on these atrocities is Joanne Mariner, the director of crisis response at Amnesty international.
[This Day] A surge in attacks on Nigerian farmers is having a knock-on effect on the country's food reserves, Bloomberg has reported.
[Leadership] Nigerian Afrobeats star, Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, has paid his dues in the music industry.
[Shabelle] A CIA officer died during a raid in Somalia last month targeting a key extremist thought to be responsible for an attack that killed an American soldier in Kenya last year, local intelligence officials have told the Guardian.
Biden, who needed 207 Electoral College votes to win the November 3 elections, secured 306 votes to defeat the Republican candidate and incumbent American president, Donald Trump, who garnered 232 votes.
[East African] Almost 10 percent of African youth have been approached by recruiters of various militia as terrorism emerges as one of the biggest concerns for the youth in the continent.
Former Nigerian Ambassador to France and Monaco, Akin Fayomi, who is also a former Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shares with T...
[Open Society Foundations] Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities such as loitering, public indecency, and begging. The judgement has the potential to help reshape criminal justice policy and practice in dozens of African countries and reduce prison overcrowding.
[Africa Renewal] The Secretary-General welcomes the release on 17 December of some of the children who were abducted from a secondary school in Katsina State, Nigeria, on 11 December.
BY SPORTS REPORTER TANZANIAN side Simba Stars arrived in Harare yesterday, five days before their Caf Champions League first round first leg tie against FC Platinum to be played at the National Sports Stadium in a show of how seriously they are taking this tie. Simba Stars qualified for the first round after they knocked out Plateau United of Nigeria following a 1-0 away win before the nil-all home draw. The Zimbabwe champions on the other hand dispatched Mozambique's Costa dol Sol 4-1 on aggregate. Norman Mapeza's side have it all to do if they are to progress beyond this stage, facing a side leaving nothing to chance. FC Platinum's target is to go beyond the group stage, but even reaching the mini league stage will be a tall order. The Zvishavane-based side will be looking to win the home match without conceding. Unlike FC Platinum, Simba Stars have been involved competitively as the Tanzania top-flight league ran it's full course last season before they began a new one. FC Platinum's only competitive matches since March came against Costa dol Sol. They reappointed Mapeza a week before they face Costa dol Sol in the first leg. The miners will be looking to tap into their experience, having made it into the group stages of the last two editions of the tournament.
[ANGOP] According to the spokesman for the event, Adriano Campos, the conference will also serve to formalise and launch the ECOWAS Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola.
The British-Nigerian star discusses his role in Steve McQueen’s “Red, White and Blue” and aligning his politics with his career.
FORMER FC Platinum skipper Thabani Kamusoko has warned his ex team to expect a brutal and bruising battle when they play Simba SC of Tanzania in the first round of the Caf Champions League qualifiers later this month. BY TERRY MADYAUTA On Saturday, the Zimbabwe champions set a first round date with Simba SC after beating Costa do Sol of Mozambique 4-1 on aggregate. Simba SC booted out Plateau United of Nigeria to progress to the next stage. For FC Platinum, Simba SC are an unfamiliar opponent, although their last memory of a team from Tanzania is a 5-2 defeat on aggregate at the hands of Young Africans. Simba SC are seasoned campaigners in the Champions League, and Kamusoko who spent three years in Tanzania, playing for their rivals Young Africans, is sure the Tanzanian giants will not be easy prey for Norman Mapeza's charges. In an interview with NewsDay Sport from his base in Zambia where he now plies his trade for the Zesco United, Kamusoko, however, said FC Platinum had a good chance of making it to the group stages. “I think FC Platinum should just stick to their type of game and play their own game against Simba, because that for me gives them a better chance,” he opined. “Simba are a very good team and to be honest, FC Platinum must expect a highly physical game but if they can keep their shape they have a good chance of winning both legs. If FC Platinum play their normal type of game, they give themselves a good chance of winning.' The dreadlocked midfielder spent four years in Tanzania before switching to Zambia. “They are very defensive and they are good at that. I know they might be tough to break, but with pressure they can give in. “They have big defenders but FC Platinum are good with the ball and their quick play must be effective for them to go past Simba. I think they have a great chance of winning,” he added. Against Plateau United on Saturday, Simba coach Sven Vandenbroeck deployed a rather defensive line-up, and now it remains to be seen how they will apply themselves against FC Platinum. The Dar es Salaam giants reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2018-19, but the following campaign saw them fail to clear the first hurdle in the preliminary round and were ousted on away goals by Mozambique’s UD Songo. The Wekundu wa Msimbazi hope to perform far better in the 2020-21 edition of the Champions League, but will need to be at their best to win against FC Platinum who are also renowned for their steely defence. FC Platinum also have their sights on going beyond the group stage, and winning over Simba will ease them through to the next stage. Follow Terry on Twitter @madyautatpm
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[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- The Boko Haram terrorist group claimed to have killed 78 people in Nigeria's Borno State last week. The bodies of at least 40 migrant rice farmers, working in Zabarmari village, were beheaded while harvesting crops. The group says it is Muslim, but its brand of violent religious supremacy is rejected by Nigeria's Muslim faith leaders. Extremist's attacks, primarily in northern Nigeria, have killed tens of thousands of people since 2011, and displaced more than 2,5 million in the eight-nation Lake Chad Basi
[Premium Times] The two members of the panel released a joint statement.
[This Day] The Senate yesterday charged the executive arm of government to investigate the alleged annual revenue loss of $9billion to illegal mining and smuggling of gold in Nigeria.
[East African] Kenya and Uganda are among six African countries set to receive new generic strawberry-flavoured tablets for treating children living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the first half of 2021.
[Vanguard] The former Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State, Chief Enock Kolapomoye Olorunfunwa (EKO) Ajiboso, is dead.
Tanzanian Bongo Flava sensation Naseeb Abdul, aliasDiamond Platnumz, has been making waves both internationally and on the continent and his new song, ‘Waah’, featuring Congolese music icon Koffi Olomide adds to the already existing buzz around the artiste. The latest hit song gained over one million views within 8 hours of its release, breaking the...
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[World Bank] Washington -- Today, the World Bank has discussed the next five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria with a $1.5-billion financing package to support a resilient post-COVID-19 recovery and help the government achieve its goal of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
