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Month: November 2023

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Education

Lack Of Education Breeds Poverty, Criminality – Goronyo

  By Georgina Humphrey Lack of basic education for children in Nigeria will breed poverty, hunger and criminality. This was the assertion of the Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Muhammad Goronyo at the ongoing 5-day programme on Leveraging Education Assistance Resources in Nigeria, (LEARN) to Read Project, Year 3 Visioning and Workplan Development in Abuja. Goronyo explained that the literacy data shows that states where people […]

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Featured

Mali, Morocco Suffer Defeats At U-17 W’Cup

It was a bad outing for African countries at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as Mali and Morocco suffered defeat. After beating Panama 2-0 in their opening match, Morocco fell 0-2 to Ecuador on Monday. Michael Bermudez scored a match-winning brace as Ecuador surged to the summit of Group A. In the sweltering heat of Surabaya, captain Michael Bermudez emerged as the South Americans’ hero with a well-taken […]

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Featured

Falcons Dominate CAF Women’s Award Nominations

No fewer than seven Super Falcons players have been nominated for the women’s categories of the CAF Player of The Year Award. The CAF list, which was largely dominated by Nigerians, has Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie, Rasheedat Ajibade, Toni Payne, Christy Ucheibe, Osinachi Ohale, and Uchenna Kanu. The Falcons had a remarkable year having gotten to the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand […]

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Africa

Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo In Fresh Push For Reparations

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged African and Caribbean leaders to unite in demanding reparations for historical injustices committed during slavery and colonialism, terming the action “a valid demand for justice”. He said that Africa was owed reparations by countries that participated in slavery as the practice had stifled Africa’s progress. "No amount of money can restore the damage caused by the transatlantic slave trade and its consequences. But surely, […]

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Court Jails Cameroonian, Nigerian For Pangolin Scales Possession

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a Cameroonian, Fofou Dadjo Evariste, and a Nigerian, Babangida Mahmoud, to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of pangolin scales. Justice Yelim Bogoro sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to the amended charge filed against them by the Nigerian Customs Service. The convicts were arraigned alongside one Olamilekan Adenekan on five counts which bordered on conspiracy, unlawful possession, […]

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Foreign

Zimbabwe Probes Deaths Of 16 Buffaloes

Zimbabwe authorities are investigating the deaths of 16 buffaloes near the country’s Hwange National Park. Tinashe Farawo, the spokesman of the national parks agency Zimparks, said on X that samples had been taken for testing after the animals were found dead in the Matetsi wildlife sanctuary on Tuesday. The sanctuary is located in the north-west between Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls. Conservation website ConserveZim cited a ZimParks official as […]

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Africa

UN To Resume Humanitarian Flight Operations In Niger

The United Nations has said it will resume delivering humanitarian supplies and evacuating staff in Niger after the country's ruling junta lifted domestic flight restrictions. “The national aviation authorities in Niger have informed the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) that flight restrictions are now lifted for domestic operations, and that services can resume as of tomorrow,” the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairsv(OCHA) said on Tuesday. It said […]

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Africa

South Sudan Leader Sacks Police Chief After Coup Rumours

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has fired the police chief amid a crackdown on security officials following reports of an attempted coup against him. A decree by the president read on state TV on Tuesday night said Lt Gen Majak Akec Malok had been replaced by Lt Gen Atem Marol Biar. Security officials downplayed the coup rumours that emerged on 11 November as Mr Kiir was on an official visit […]

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Agriculture

NSCC Trains Older Persons In Agro Business

  By Nkiru Okeke In a bid to improve the lives of older persons and engage them productively, the National Senior Citizens Center, NSCC in collaboration with four agencies of the Federal Government have organized a two day capacity enhancement training for older persons in Agro business in Ushafa community, Bwari Area council of the FCT. The training is aimed at institutional strengthening, capacity building, poverty alleviation, improving the quality […]

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