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Africa should have united and insisted that Toyota’s new Ghanaian plant only produces electric-powered vehicles
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Over the last fortnight or so we have been making a lot of noise about the fact that Toyota is locating its new assembly plant in Ghana instead of Nigeria without debating the real issue. By 2030, about one third of the...
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Boris Johnson faces the prospect of being sent to jail for defying the law over Brexit delay
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson is facing the prospect of being sent to prison for breaking the law as he looks set to defy parliament and refuse to enact recent a bill which compels him to ask for delay to the UK's exit from the European Union...
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74 year old woman gives birth to twin girls after being childless for 54 years of marriage
INDIAN septuagenarian Yerramatti Raja Rao has delivered a set of twins at a private hospital in Guntur city in India's East Godavari District at the ripe old age of 74 after being married for 54 years during which she was childless. Mrs...
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Pastor dies of starvation 20 days into his annual fasting period as he tried to emulate Jesus
PASTOR Brighton Samajomba of Zambia's Heaven Is My Home Church in the northwestern town of Solwezi has died of starvation 10 days before the end of his annual 30-day fasting programme as he tried to emulate Jesus. Earlier this week, the...
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Buhari striking one deal with Coca Cola could double the size of Nigeria’s economy within five years
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Over the last the week, the unfortunate xenophobic attacks in South Africa have drowned out the news that the country hosted the World Economic Forum (Wef) summit. This was supposed to be a gathering where the whole world...
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Lagos State Government announces plans to re-introduce monthly sanitation exercise
LAGOS State government has disclosed that it has concluded plans to re-introduce the monthly sanitation exercise under which the metropolis will cleaned on the last Saturday of every month. Africa's largest city Lagos has 12m...
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South Africa shuts mission in Nigeria as Zambians and Mozambicans attack their trucks at border points
SOUTH Africa has closed its high commission in Nigeria in response to the ongoing disturbances that has seen Nigerian mobs attack South African businesses as a reaction to the xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Over the...
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Tony Elumelu asks Japan to invest in young African entrepreneurs if it wants to regain market share
BILLIONAIRE businessman Tony Elumelu has asked Japan to invest $2.5bn on young and budding entrepreneurs in Nigeria and other African countries as part of a programme to regain market share it has recently lost to rivals. In 2004, Japan...
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