[The Herald] ROAD rehabilitation works are at full throttle countrywide following Government's recent intervention that resulted in the launch of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP...

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[The Herald] National Foods Holdings Limited's volumes for the nine months to March 31, 2021 jumped 14,2 percent to 395 000 tonnes compared to same period in the prior year. Excluding maize, the growth is pegged at 47 percent...

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A COVID-19 vaccination centre will be opened in the second half of May in Mateur delegation (Bizerte governorate), Bizerte Local Health Director Jameleddine Saidani affirmed...

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[New Era] Political leaders from the Otjozondjupa region have expressed dissatisfaction over non-compliance with labour standards by some employers in the region, saying some farmworkers, charcoal producers and security guards were experiencing unpleasant working conditions...

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[New Era] The ministry of gender equality and child welfare says it has established, approved and registered government and private residential childcare facilities as safety havens for children in need of protective services...

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[Premium Times] The minister congratulated Muslims and called on all Nigerians to use the period of this year's Eid-el-Fitr celebration to pray for peace...

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[DW] Yoweri Museveni's less-than-stellar democratic and human rights record has caused increasing anger abroad. But allies in the West seem loath to upset a regime which has contributed toward stabilization in the region...

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[This Day] For the tenth time, Nigeria's entrepreneurial giant and richest black man on earth, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as the richest man in Africa with a net worth of $12.1 billion, according to the 2021 edition of the Forbes' Top 10 Africa's Billionaires List...

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[New Times] The Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally has been ranked among the most prestigious events in the continental series despite the competition having been postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic...

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[This Day] Traffic has worsened in Apapa and its environs following the disruption of the electronic call-up system (ETO) introduced about two months ago by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) with the support of the Lagos State Government to ensure free flow of vehicular movements...

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[The Conversation Africa] Diabetes is currently the ninth most common cause of death in the world. Around 420 million people or 6% of the world's population is affected. This number is expected to rise beyond half a billion by the end of the decade with the biggest increase occurring in low- and ...

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[University of Leeds] Scientists are warning that drinking water supplies in parts of rural West Africa are being contaminated b y lead- containing mater ials used in small community water systems such as boreholes with handpumps and public taps...

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[Nation] Kenya on Monday suspended flights to and from Somalia in the latest show that relations between the two countries have not thawed as announced last week...

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[Namibian] Minister of labour, industrial relations and employment creation Utoni Nujoma has been accused of irregularly appointing a relative, Kyllikki Sihlahla, as the new deputy labour commissioner...

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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Researchers at University College London argue that smartphones have become so fundamental that they are like places people live, rather than mere tools of communication...

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[Atlantic Council] Set to tip off on May 16, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) has finally arrived. Delayed a year by COVID-19, the BAL represents the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s first investment in an NBA-branded league outside of North America and the most consequential US recognition...

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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Butembo -- More than 20 Congolese women have accused aid workers of sexual abuse in new claims that include rape and unwanted pregnancies, with United Nations investigators uncovering similar allegations of workers exploiting vulnerable women.The New Humanitarian and the...

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[Monitor] President Yoweri Museveni Wednesday expressed optimism that Uganda's economy will grow in the range of 9- 10 per cent when the country starts commercial production...

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[The Conversation Africa] Netflix went live in South Africa on 6 January 2016. The arrival of the subscription-based content streaming service was a game changer for the country's film and television industry, as it had been for other countries...

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[Daily Trust] The Department of State Services yesterday alleged that some religious and past political leaders, who had either called for forceful change of government or mass action against it, were collaborating with external forces and influences against Nigeria...

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[Daily Trust] The controversy over the creation of local council development areas in Lagos is rearing its ugly head ahead of the July 24 local government election in the state...

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[Daily Trust] In view of their accomplishments over the years, many readers would hardly come to terms with what had befallen the military in the last many years, particularly as it affects the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and the insolent kidnappers. Our military have had a ...

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[New Zimbabwe] A mine workers group has bemoaned the ushering in of Chinese nationals into the country's investment space, insisting the Asians were among the worst employers ever seen...

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[The Herald] A VICTORIA Falls woman from whose house police recovered 481kg of mbanje, almost half a tonne, with a street value of more than $48 million, has appeared in court charged with unlawful possession of dagga...

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[Govt of SA] The Department of Public Enterprises welcomes the notice of substantial implementation filed by the Business Rescue Practitioners. This signals the exit o the BRPs at the South African Airways SOC Ltd since the process started in December 2019...

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[SAnews.gov.za] School safety will come under the microscope when Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and MECs meet to discuss matters affecting the sector this week...

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[Daily Trust] The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has lauded the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank's enhancement of its Intra-African Trade Initiatives as it prepares for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA...

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[This Day] The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), yesterday called for the release of journalists who are still in detention across the country, urging media owners, the private sector and the government, to provide special protection for journalists, as most of them are often neglected and exposed to...

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