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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Govt to Engage 800,000 Volunteers to Sensitise Communities
The federal government is to engage 800,000 volunteers nationwide to sensitise Nigerians on the dangers and spread of COVID-19, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, said thursday in
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Go-Go Museum Holds Groundbreaking, Ribbon Cutting for Go-Go Mobile Van
The Go-Go Museum, a project founded by Ronald Moten, celebrated its groundbreaking Wednesday, with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and celebrated film director Spike Lee in attendance to recognize the importance of go-go music to the District's culture. The post Go-Go Museum Holds Grou
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Zimbabwe: Govt Engages SA, Mozambique Over Electricity Imports - Promises to Add Solar Power to National Grid By April Next Year
[New Zimbabwe] Government has raised electricity imports from Mozambique and South Africa as part of efforts to curb load shedding impacting negatively on production in industries and household usage.
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - PTF Warns As Nigerians Buy Hydroxychloroquine in Large Quantities
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against large purchase of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, saying the drug had not been certified for
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Massive Die-Off of Fish on Nigerian Coastline Linked to Toxic Discharge
The area is known for oil spills that have polluted the waters and left fish and other wildlife
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Nigeria: Why Govt Continues to Determine Petrol Price, After Deregulation of Downstream Sector - Minister
The government, however, said it would continue to intervene in determining the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to safeguard consumers of the commodity from being exploited by oil
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Gabriel Okara , in full Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara (born April 21, 1921, Bumodi, Nigeria), Nigerian poet and novelist whose verse had been translated into several languages by the early
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 5,000
Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded
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Nigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea. Swamps
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Nigeria: NNPC Reports N17 Billion Oil Theft, Unsure of Daily PMs Consumption
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that the country has recorded about $48 million (or N17 billion) loss to oil theft this year alone based on the benchmark oil price exchange rate of
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These notable Black folks are redefining what it means to live with autism. The post Notable Black People With Autism appeared first on NewsOne.
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MASSIVE DIE-OFF OF FISH ON NIGERIAN COASTLINE LINKED TO TOXIC DISCHARGE The Wilmington Journal
An immense blanket of dead fish stretching across three states has sparked anger and frustration among communities along the Atlantic Ocean coastline in Nigeria. The area is known for oil spills that have polluted the [...]
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Akwa Ibom Rejects 10 Vehicles From Exxonmobil
The Akwa Ibom State Government said it has rejected 10 vehicles donated to it by
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - NCDC Activates Additional 2 Labs, Bringing Total to 28
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Nigeria: Obaseki Perfects Defection Plans As APC Crisis Worsens
Obaseki, who resigned his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, hours before the Court of Appeal affirmed the suspension of the party's National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, held a series of meetings with his PDP colleagues and the party's National Chairman, Prince Uche
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Nigeria: 33 States Defy Agreement On RoW Charges for Telecoms
Lagos — Four months after the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, met with the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) and resolved to implement the N145 per linear metre Right of Way (RoW) charges, as agreed between the governors and the federal government, 33 states
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Records 182 New Cases, Total Nears 9,000
Nigeria's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday rose to 8,915 as 182 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
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Nigerian Journalist Kufre Carter Detained for 1 Month, Charged With Defamation and Conspiracy
On April 27, in the southern city of Uyo, officers with Nigeria's Department of State Services arrested Carter, a presenter with the privately owned XL 106.9 FM radio station, when he responded to a summons issued the day before, according to Inibehe Effiong, Carter's lawyer, who spoke to CPJ by
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Debunking the human value hierarchy myth
By Joseph Williams, Word in Black As George Mason University’s “chief wellbeing officer,” Dr. Nance Lucas wanted to create a positive, healthy environment for stressed-out students. Along with classes on […] The post Debunking the human value hierarchy myth appeared first on AFR
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Taxi drivers criticise demerit point system
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News President of the TT Taxi Drivers Association Adrian Acosta. - Adrian Acosta, president of the TT Taxi Drivers Network, says some taxi drivers are losing their licenses without crossing the maximum number of demerit points. On
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Nigeria: Senate Investigates Mysterious Deaths in Bonny Island
The Senate yesterday mandated its Committee on Health (Primary and Communicable Disease) to meet with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to ascertain the number of mysterious deaths so far recorded in Bonny Island, Rivers
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Nigeria coronavirus: 26,484 cases; local flights start July 8, recoveries hit 10,000
As Africa’s biggest economy, the federal government has continued to enforce regulations across the board even though most state governments have moved to relax
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Africa: "Supporting Adesina for Second Term In U.S. Interest" - Former U.S. Executive Director to the African Development Bank, Mima Nedelcovych
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Woman claims ex-husband posed as a doctor and scammed her out of $1.4M - Face2Face Africa
Prior to reconnecting with Dorian Wilkerson decades after high school, Shareza Jackson was a published author and worked as a regional director of a Fortune 500 company. Besides that, the 44-year-old was also a homeowner and had two luxury cars. So when Wilkerson established contact with her and
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Nigeria Records 409 New Coronavirus Cases
The public health agency in a tweet Wednesday night said the 409 new cases were reported in 16
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Nigeria: Finally, Govt Hands Off Pricing of Petrol
This is coming as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday blamed insecurity in the Niger Delta and other factors peculiar to Nigeria's operating environment for the high cost of oil production in
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Style Knows No Age: These Black Fashion Connoisseurs Are Prime Examples | Essence
Fashion is often seen as a young person’s industry, but that’s simply not true. In recent years, the industry has been bending towards becoming a space where those of all […] The post  Fashion Can Be Exciting No Matter Your Age–These Stylish Black Women Prove That appeared first on Essence.
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Nigeria's Covid-19 outbreak could impoverish 5 million people, World Bank says
Nigeria's coronavirus outbreak may push 5 million people into poverty as it triggers the worst recession in the African powerhouse since the 1980s, the World Bank said on
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Nigeria: Interview - Why Nigerian Govt Cannot Allow Marketers Fix Petrol Prices - Sylva
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