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The controversial dynamics of the forthcoming CAF exco elections cannot be fully accentuated… It is a tough contest between President of ...

Witchcraft, Juju In Kumawood Movies Don’t Make Sense

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Actress Martha Ankomah has admitted that while she loves the storylines of Kumawood movies, she thinks the use of witchcraft ...

Africa Initiative For Governance Appoints New CEO

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The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has announced the appointment of Chienye Ogwo as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining ...

Free Education Policy Under the Economic Microscope

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For the past decade, one topical issue that has been exhaustively debated especially during the electioneering campaigns was “free SHS ...

Suicide Bombers Die In Failed Attack In Nigeria

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As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast ...

Angolan Veep Charged With Corruption During His Tenure As State Oil Boss

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Angola’s Vice President, Manuel Vicente, has been charged with corruption and money laundering in Portugal, the Prosecutor General’s office in ...

Benin FA Chief Berates Nigeria FA Boss Pinnick As ‘small Boy’ As CAF Exco Elections Heat Up

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Benin FA boss Moucharafou Anjorin has launched a berating attack on his Nigerian rival, describing Amaju Pinnick as a 'small ...

Nigeria Court Grants Forfeiture of Over $150m Linked To Former Oil Minister

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A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, on Thursday issued an order allowing the country’s anti-graft body to ...

Nigerian Billionaire Unseats Oprah As the Richest Black Woman In the World

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Move over Oprah, Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija is now the richest black woman in the world with an estimated ...

Fighting Corruption and the Whistleblower Act

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CORRUPTION is one major stumbling block to the development of African countries. It is what accounts for the lack of ...

Ice Prince Becomes First African Ambassador For Luxury French Cognac d’Usse

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Nigerian rapper Ice Prince who was rumoured back in 2014 to become a brand ambassador for luxury French cognac D'usse ...

Oil To End Year At US$57

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All things being equal, fuel prices will not travel beyond 15 percent increase in 2017, some industry analysts anticipate. This ...

AFCON Winning Coach Broos Leads Top Names For South Africa Job

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Cameroon coach Hugo Broos has applied to coach South Africa just days after winning the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. ...

Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa Listed Among World’s Most Powerful Economies By 2050

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Price water house Coopers published rankings of 32 future power economies by 2050. Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa were forecasted ...

‘Diverted Oil Cash’ Forfeited To Nigerian Govt

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A court on Thursday ordered $153.3 million allegedly diverted by Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from the state-run oil ...

Nations Cup Winner Broos, Mancini Want S. Africa Job

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Belgian Hugo Broos, who guided Cameroon to a shock Africa Cup of Nations title 11 days ago, has applied for ...

Angola VP Manuel Vicente ‘to Face Portugal Corruption Charges’

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Portuguese state prosecutors are bringing corruption charges against Angola's vice-president Manuel Vicente. The attorney-general's office says that Mr Vicente paid ...

Air Peace Starts Accra-Lagos Route

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Competition on the Accra –Lagos flight route has been intensified with an additional airline operating effective today (February 16, 2017). ...

Armyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply

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An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food ...

MoneyGram and Capital Bank Announce Partnership In Ghana

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