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A powerful earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 53 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's capital Kathmandu. "Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead and 62 others injured as of Tuesday noon after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in the city…
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The decline in the country’s real sector performance as reported in the 2024 third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) publication of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) did not come as a surprise to many Nigerians
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Fifty seven years ago almost to the month, celebrated Kenya political scientist, Ali Mazrui, observed that “for some reason a disproportionate number of the historic acts of violence in Africa since independence have tended to happen in the months
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Media practitioners, analysts and observers have described 2024 as year of attack on free speech and impunity against journalists. Globally, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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The Wenchi West District of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Ghana ’s Bono Region has honoured 20 teenage girls, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity and recognising their moral discipline. During the church’s first Sabbath service of the year, the girls received monetary rewards and public commendations. Nana Amponsah Poku, the District…
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Start-ups in Africa raised $2.2 billion in 2024 through equity, debt and grants. While the amount looks good in absolute terms, it represented a 25 per cent drop compared to the $2.9 billion raised in 2023.
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Ikeja Electric has raised concerns over the increasing rate of vandalism within its network. The company disclosed that the persistent damage to its infrastructure is hindering its ability to deliver reliable power to consumers.
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Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamie Alli-Balogun, has said the era of mass promotion of students in the state was over. He warned that teachers caught extorting students to award marks would be dismissed.
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Nigeria’s plan to increase oil production to three million barrels per day (bpd) this year rests on its capacity to further check crude oil theft, with incidents hovering around 1,528 in less than two months, divestments and high cost of oil production.