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Nigeria rejected Joshua in 2008 and chose “better boxer” in his place – awkward!

Imagine, Anthony Joshua took more than a second look at the Nigerian olympic team in 2008 – he actually wanted to represent Nigeria at Beijing but was told that he ‘wasn’t good enough’ by Nigerian chiefs. Back then his career had just

April 30, 2017

Africa·Breaking News·Nigeria

Buhari’s finds spy chief $43m stashed in Lagos flat

Anti-corruption officers have suspended Nigeria’s foreign spy chief Ayo Oke after finding more than $43m (£34m) in a flat in the main city, Lagos, the president’s office has said. Mr Oke is yet to comment on how he came by such a

April 21, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

Whistleblowers get a share of stolen riches in corrupt Nigeria Government

Corrupt Nigerian officials are being forced to find increasingly desperate ways to hide stolen funds since the government offered financial incentives to whistleblowers. Anyone who reports wrongdoing will be rewarded with up to 5 per cent of the recovered funds — a

April 18, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

29 Nigerians arrested for internet fraud

A suspected cyber crime syndicate popularly known as Yahoo boys has been busted recently by the Achimota Mile 7 Police in Accra, Ghana. Out of the 30 suspects arrested, 29 of them were Nigerians. The suspects were arrested in an early morning swoop

April 17, 2017

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Africa·ghana

Robert Mugabe (93) Kick-Starts 2018 Presidential Campaign

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s factionalised party is set to embark on nationwide presidential campaigns for the aged Zimbabwean leader who will face the stiffest challenge to his decades-long stranglehold on power. Amid the divisions rattling the ruling party Zanu-PF, the nonagenarian leader,

April 13, 2017

Africa·ghana

Ghana seeks to develop next generation of young readers

Michael Sarpong Bruce They are young, live in deprived communities in the West African nation praised for its stable democracy, but they have poor reading and comprehension skills. An early grade reading assessment report released by the Ghana Education Service in 2014,

April 11, 2017

Africa·Breaking News·india·Nigeria

Indian Ambassador summoned to Abuja following racist attacks on Nigerians

Nigerians are among the Africans being targeted in New Delhi after the death of a teenage boy from suspected drug overdose. Police apprehended five Nigerian students after a group of local people went to their home and accused them of murder. They

April 1, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

Serious illness cause Nigeria’s leader Buhari 74 ‘reduces his working hours’

Abuja – Nigeria’s “ailing” president Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly reduced his working hours since he returned from medical leave.According to Voice of America, the development was likely to slow down the pace of economic reforms “advanced in his absence”.Quoting diplomats and government

March 30, 2017

Breaking News·Nigeria

Nigeria deploys over 60,000 inmates in farms to free prisons congestion

The Nigerian government has deployed about 68,259 inmates in farm centers across the country, as congestion in the country’s prisons worsened. Spokesperson of the Nigeria Prisons Service Francis Enobore told us on Thursday that the service sunk many boreholes in 2016 and

March 25, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

World Bank Approves $200 Million Loan For Nigerian Farmers

The World Bank said on Friday it has approved a $200 million loan to the Republic of Nigeria to support the government’s effort to boost small and mid-scale farmers. The loan from the International Development Association, the bank’s low-interest arm, has a

March 24, 2017

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Nigeria rejected Joshua in 2008 and chose “better boxer” in his place – awkward!

Buhari’s finds spy chief $43m stashed in Lagos flat

Whistleblowers get a share of stolen riches in corrupt Nigeria Government

29 Nigerians arrested for internet fraud

Robert Mugabe (93) Kick-Starts 2018 Presidential Campaign

Ghana seeks to develop next generation of young readers

Indian Ambassador summoned to Abuja following racist attacks on Nigerians

Serious illness cause Nigeria’s leader Buhari 74 ‘reduces his working hours’

Nigeria deploys over 60,000 inmates in farms to free prisons congestion

World Bank Approves $200 Million Loan For Nigerian Farmers

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