Isuzu Mu-X SUV to Debuts In Sub-Saharan Africa market This Year

Isuzu Mu-X SUV to Debuts In Sub-Saharan Africa market This Year

Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) announced on Friday they will be entering the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) segment with the introduction of the Isuzu mu-X into the South African and Sub-Saharan Africa market in the second half of the year....
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IITA To Tackle Weed Menace

IITA To Tackle Weed Menace

A team of researchers working on the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-managed Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) have said findings from the 5-year project will respond and address the problems of weeds especially in cassava farming sys...
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Tonto Dikeh, Estranged Hubby Celebrates Son’s Birthday

Tonto Dikeh, Estranged Hubby Celebrates Son’s Birthday

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh and her ex-husband Olakunle Churchill, on Friday came together to celebrate their son,  King’s birthday at his school in Abuja.  The estranged couple looked happy together as they joined their son to cut his birthday cake...
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SEC Stops Stock Exchange Sale to Investors

SEC Stops Stock Exchange Sale to Investors

United States regulators killed politically-sensitive-sale of Chicago Stock Exchange to China-based investors. It said lack-of-information on the would-be-buyers threatened proper-monitor of the exchange after the deal, Media reports on Friday.   The move by ...
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Nigeria, Global Bodies Move To Stop Illicit Financial Flows in Africa

Nigeria, Global Bodies Move To Stop Illicit Financial Flows in Africa

Nigeria and global organisations, including theOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank Group, have agreed on high-level collaborations with Nigeria and other African countries to stop Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) in Afr...
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Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers Becomes World’s Largest Multipurpose Operator

Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers Becomes World’s Largest Multipurpose Operator

China’s Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers (CoscoSSC) has become the world’s largest multipurpose operator by deadweight, a new report issued by Dynamar shows.  CoscoSSC’s existing fleet has a total deadweight of 1.76 million tons. In addition, the com...
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OPEC Secretary General to Visit Nigeria

OPEC Secretary General to Visit Nigeria

The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, will be leading other global oil and gas industry leaders to participate in the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS).  This was discl...
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WHO: 140m babies born annually

WHO: 140m babies born annually

Worldwide, an estimated 140 million births take place every year and most of these occur without complications for women and their babies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Nothemba Simelela, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Family, Women, C...
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Africa Welcomes First Nickel Ore Carrier

Africa Welcomes First Nickel Ore Carrier

The Autonomous Port of Abidjan in Africa hosted its first nickel ore carrier on February 14.  The 50,000 dwt Luzern docked at the port’s Wharf 15.  The port said that the nickel ore came from a mine located in Foungbesso in the...
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Serena Williams Begins Special Campaign for Redesigned Lincoln Navigator

Serena Williams Begins Special Campaign for Redesigned Lincoln Navigator

Lincoln Motor Company has tapped tennis star Serena Williams to help sell the redesigned Navigator Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) in a social media advert campaign that launches Thursday.   Williams said she has had a connection to the brand since...
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Man docked for allegedly smuggling $23,000 inside birthday cake

Man docked for allegedly smuggling $23,000 inside birthday cake

Dim Chukwuneye Williams who allegedly attempted to smuggle $23,000 from US into the country by concealing it inside a cake, on Thursday appeared in an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Williams who resides in Anambra, is standing trial on...
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FirstBank Processes N1 Trillion on 894 Quick Banking Channel

FirstBank Processes N1 Trillion on 894 Quick Banking Channel

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has recorded ‘strides’ in its Financial Inclusion services delivery, via its 894 quick banking, a USSD based channel that enables customers to access banking services using any type of phone and without data/internet.   The ...
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Dakuku: Judiciary Key to Developing Blue Economy

Dakuku: Judiciary Key to Developing Blue Economy

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that the Agency is taking deliberate steps to work with the Judiciary and other arms of Government to reposition Nigeria’s maritime indust...
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Jacob Zuma Resigns

Jacob Zuma Resigns

South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned from his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening.  Earlier, Mr Zuma’s governing ANC party told him to step down or....
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