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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.

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[allAfrica] As of December 9, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 2,286,768. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 54,520 and recoveries 1,954,729.

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[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola reported the recovery of 117 Covid-19 patients and 81 new infections, the Health authorities announced Tuesday evening in Luanda.

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[CAF] The CAF Executive Committee will hold its next meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, 10 December 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel in Zamalek. It will be followed the next day, 11 December, by the General Assembly.

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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers U.S. stocks are are slipping Wednesday and pulling back from their recent record highs as virus cases surge and coronavirus vaccines move closer to distribution. A vaccine from Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, which is already in use in the U.K., is on track for a positive review and potential approval in the U.S. within the next week. The Food and Drug Administration will also consider a vaccine developed by Moderna later this month. The prospect for a vaccine is giving Wall Street hope that the economy is nearing a […]

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The ANC’s ‘step aside’ resolution is now in focus after party president Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that party’s secretary general Ace Magashule would be subjected to the ANC integrity commission over the R255 million asbestos contract

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South African referee Deon Dwarte will take charge of the Joshua vs Pulev heavyweight title fight in London this weekend.

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With the seven-day average of active COVID-19 cases reaching 4,490 in early December according to the city’s dashboard, Mayor Martin Walsh said his goals are to get students back to school, find ways to support restaurants through the winter and increase COVID testing.

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Ohio congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D) has been tapped to become the next Housing and Urban Development Secretary by the Biden-Harris administration. Following the current HUD Secretary, Ben Carson's' horrendous gutting of the department, Fudge is faced with a daunting job of repairing the damage done and restoring HUD's mission to provide affordable housing opportunities for … Continued

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