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Yoruba, Fulani, other groups collaborate to tackle insecurity in Osun

September 19, 2019 General News 73

A social-cultural group, the Yoruba Koya Initiative (YKI), has its expressed readiness to collaborate with the Fulani herdsmen, security operatives and other stakeholders to tackle insecurity in Osun State. The President of the organisation, Mr…

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launches annual ‘Goalkeepers Data Report’

September 18, 2019 Health 85

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it has launched its third annual Goalkeepers Data Report, which features new data. The foundation stated this in its report which spotlights “New Data on Global Inequality, Calls…

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30 killed in Liberian school fire – source

September 18, 2019 Foreign 63

A fire broke out at a school on Wednesday near Liberia’s capital Monrovia, killing at least 28 people, among them were 26 children, a source with the emergency services told Xinhua. The source, who claimed…

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Unclaimed dividends in Nigeria capital market hit N148.11bn in 2018

September 18, 2019 Economy 65

In spite of various initiatives introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), unclaimed dividends in the Nigeria capital market stood at N148.11 billion in 2018, according to a source familiar with the SEC. The…

Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State

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AbdulRasaq appoints 26-year-old Corps member as commissioner in Kwara

September 17, 2019 General News 101

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has appointed a serving 26-year-old female Youth Corps member, Miss Joana Nnazua Kolo as a commissioner. She was among the four female commissioner-nominees whose names were forwarded to the…

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa addresses MPs after being elected president in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC1F5FFF2A00

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Ramaphosa sends envoys to African countries over xenophobic attacks

September 15, 2019 Foreign 108

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has dispatched three special envoys to seven African countries to deliver messages of pan-African unity and solidarity following xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the Presidency said on Sunday. The…

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Mugabe to be buried in new mausoleum in October – Mnangagwa

September 14, 2019 Latest News 491

A burial for Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be held at the National Heroes Acre sometime in October, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. It was previously agreed that there would be a symbolic…

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UNILAG staff, Meshioye dies in Sniper suicide

September 13, 2019 General News 217

In another sniper suicide attempt, a transport officer with the University of Lagos, Mr Sunday Gbenga Meshioye, has died, aged 36. The university announced Meshioye’s death in a statement, issued on Friday night in Lagos,…

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55 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza

September 13, 2019 Latest News 185

At least 55 Palestinians were injured on Friday afternoon during clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, a Palestinian official said. Ashraf al-Qedra, a spokesman of the Health…

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Jaiz Charity Foundation donates N7m to UNHCR

September 13, 2019 General News 215

Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation has donated N7 million to the UN High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) for the families of those displaced by conflict in North-East Nigeria. The Director of the organisation, Imam Abdullahi…

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