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Like: Adewale, Alleluyanatha and Gilberthe are just three of the 80 young African scholars that are tackling the business of agriculture through the innovativeness and freshness that comes with youth -- while obtaining their masters or doctoral degrees in the process. He has long championed the
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Nigeria coronavirus: 8,344 cases, chloroquine trials to go ahead - NAFDAC
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PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy launched
A centre designed to coordinate public policy and advocacy by fostering development relations between the Caribbean and Africa was launched at The University of the West Indies last
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Africa: U.S. Demands Accountability From Countries but Rejects ICC Probe of American Troops
President Donald Trump, on Thursday, signed an executive order placing restrictions on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the court's decision to investigate allegations of human rights violations against America's troops in
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Sundance 2024 Slate Includes Films Starring Normani, André Holland, Mary J. Blige, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor And More - Blavity
The American Society of Magical Negroes , Exhibiting Forgiveness, Rob Peace and more are part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival . A plethora of films featuring Black casts and/or Black filmmakers are featured this year for the 40th installment of Sundance, which will take place Jan. 18 in Park
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Records New 241 Cases, 15 Deaths
Nigeria's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday rose to 10,819 as 241 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
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Amos Tutuola
Amos Tutuola , (born 1920, Abeokuta, Nigeria—died June 8, 1997, Ibadan, Nigeria), Nigerian author of richly inventive fantasies. He is best known for the novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads’ Town (1952), which was the first Nigerian book to achieve
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,755 cases; patient delivers twins
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Firm Advocates for Made in Nigeria Clothing
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Nigeria: Traders Count Losses As Fire Razes Olaleye Market
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Nigeria Loses N125bn Oil Revenue to COVID-19 As Price Slumps in Q1
The shortfall, attributed to the double whammy of the headwind caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the slump in oil price due to a sharp drop in demand and price war between two powerful producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, representing a 31 per cent of the prorated oil revenue
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Nigeria Experiencing Marked Increase in Covid-19 Cases - Investigation
[Vanguard] Unlike the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria is experiencing significant increase in new COVID-19 cases in recent times.
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Nigeria: Clearing Backlog of Surgeries Will Take 11 Months After COVID-19 - Report
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Nigeria: Why Nigeria's African Swine Fever Outbreak Will Hit Farmers Hard
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Nigeria: Can a Court of Appeal Justice Exercise the Powers of a High Court Judge?
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Nigeria: Governors Defy Experts' Warning, Lift Ban On Worship Centres
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Nigeria: Govt Launches Licensing Round for Marginal Oilfields
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Nigeria: Midnight Inferno Razes Lagos Market, Destroys Property Worth Billions
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Ghana: National Cathedral Secretariat Denies Criminality in Construction of Cathedral
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Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu Warns Motorists Against Creating Gridlock in Apapa
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Nigeria coronavirus: 6,677 cases; northern governors express concerns
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Kel Mitchell Breaks Silence After “Genuinely Frightening” Hospitalization After Medical Episode
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Africa: Faith Communities Are Rallying to Check Climate Change - Their Size and Influence Counts
[The Conversation Africa] According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), more than 80% of the global population are motivated by a faith or spirituality. Faced with the triple planetary crises of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change, what role can faith communities play in
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Nigeria: My Husband's Death Not a Surprise, Says TB Joshua's Wife
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