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A Giant Leap for African Unity: Kenya’s historic Visa-Free policy and the Trans African tourism and unity campaign
Joy FM
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July 15, 2025
Today, July 13, 2025, marks a historic milestone in Africa’s journey toward unity and free movement. Kenya has taken a bold and transformative step by eliminating all visa requirements and the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for citizens of...
Group backs Sen. Musa for APC national chairmanship
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
A political pressure group within Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the North Central APC Accord, has formally endorsed Senator Mohammed Sani Musa as the party’s next national chairman. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by...
EU expands sanctions against Russia for destabilization in the European Union and Ukraine
Babel
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On July 15, the EU Council decided to impose additional sanctions against nine people and six organizations responsible for Russiaʼs destabilizing activities abroad, including through manipulation of information and interference in the politics of...
Leaders, friends, politicians unite in stately farewell for Buhari
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
• Military honours, massive crowd, tight security mark State funeral • Event unites dignitaries from across political spectrum • Buhari’s impact may not be replicated in thousand years, says Emir of Daura • Late leader’s famed 12 million-vote...
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric price at auction
WCCB Charlotte - North Carolina
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July 16, 2025
A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs., said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2 – 4 million, is displayed at Sotheby’s, in New York, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, part of their Geek Week auction, July 16, 2025. (AP...
Can Ibrahim Traoré help Africa to break away from the chains of neocolonialism?
The Voice
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July 10, 2025
IS BURKINA Faso in the midst of a significant social, cultural and economic revolution, one that will see the country unshackle itself from the corrosive chains of neocolonialism? Many of the country’s supporters in and across the African diaspora...
World’s biggest Mars rock sells for $4.3 million at auction
Yahoo News
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A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for a hammer price of $4.3 million to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday. Known as NWA 16788, the meteorite weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms), massive...
Afrique de l’Ouest : cinq leçons pour comprendre la vague de coups d’État et préserver la démocratie
The Conversation
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July 14, 2025
Août 2025 marque les cinq ans du coup d’État au Mali. En 2020, des soldats ont renversé le président Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Ce coup a bouleversé la vie politique malienne. Mais il a aussi ouvert la voie à une série de prises de pouvoir militaires...
Court orders final forfeiture of N335m, hospital, 5 filling stations to FG
News Diary Online
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July 16, 2025
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a final forfeiture of several assets, including N335 million, a hospital, five filling stations, among others, to the Federal Government. By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a...
At 54 pounds, this meteorite is Earth’s biggest piece of Mars. It could sell for millions
KESQ-TV - California
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July 16, 2025
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million. It’s up for auction at Sotheby’s. Known as NWA 16788, the meteorite weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms), massive compared...
Why NRC suspended some railway operations in Nigeria – Official
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has attributed the suspension of operations on some of its rail lines to insecurity, banditry and vandalism of its rail tracks. John Otivere, an official of the NRC in Niger, disclosed this in Minna in an...
The lamp of compassion ignites West Africa: Dr Pir Syed Lakhte Hassanain Charts a Sufi-inspired path of sacred service
The Standard Gambia
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July 14, 2025
- Advertisement - By Professor Dr Atif Amin Al Hussaini “He gave his wealth in charity to purify himself. Not as payment for favours received, but longed for the pleasure of His Lord, the Highest…”(Al-Layl: 18-21) Under the celestial guidance of...
Goïta’s indefinite mandate raises alarm over Mali’s democratic future
Daily Trust
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General Assimi Goïta, Mali’s junta leader, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential mandate — renewable indefinitely and without election — sparking widespread concern over the country’s democratic trajectory. The...
Gender-Discriminatory Nationality Laws are Fueling Poverty & Violence Against Women
Inter Press Service
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July 16, 2025
Democracy, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Maithreyi Kamalanathan is Global Media Coordinator, Equality Now NEW YORK, Jul 16 2025 (IPS) - Around a quarter of...
As Musa Facilitates Passage of Executive Tax Bills By N’Assembly
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Laleye Dipo writes on the leading role played by the Niger East Senator, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa, to get the buy in of his colleagues and stakeholders nationwide for the passage of the four executive tax bills recently signed into law by...
Customs & DRI seize ₹445 cr worth of illicit goods from Gujarat in 1st 5 months of 2025: Official
The Hindu Business Line
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June 30, 2025
Hydroponic weed (Marijuana), gold, diamonds, foreign currency, cigarettes, automobile parts and garments are part of a list of illicitly imported and export goods —worth Rs 445 crore —seized at Gujarat’s ports and airports during the first five...
Tinubu, Shettima, dignitaries bid farewell as Buhari is laid to rest
Nigerian Current
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July 16, 2025
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been laid to rest at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, following funeral prayers and interment attended by numerous dignitaries led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Large crowds lined the streets of Daura...
Buhari's far-north hometown prepares to bury late Nigerian l...
Modern Ghana
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Funeral preparations were underway Monday in the hometown of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, as his hometown of Daura readied to bury the one-time military leader and twice-elected democrat. Children were turned away from schools as...
OBITUARY: From khaki to kaftan — Buhari, the change patron who said he belonged to everybody and nobody
The Cable
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July 14, 2025
He walked like a whisper through a marketplace of noise, unshaken by applause, unbent by insult. The Buhari in us rises early, eats humbly, and acts when both heart and head agree. He wore power like plain clothes, no embroidery, no excess, only...
A journey rooted in conviction and nationhood
Daily Trust
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July 16, 2025
As I reflect on the life and legacy of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, I do so with immense gratitude, humility, and a sense of patriotic pride. My first encounter with him was not in a political meeting room, but rather in the...