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Second Largest Acquires Yatela, Morila
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 4, 2025
The Yatela and Morila gold mines were formally taken over by Mali on June 30, 2025. The country’s resource management has undergone significant transformation. Mali aims to improve its economy, manage its natural resources more effectively, and...
How stolen manhole covers threaten safety, deface Abuja
New National Star
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July 3, 2025
………….Theft driven by lucrative scrap market – Police …………It’s a worrisome menace, says FCTA BY TEDDY NWANUNOBI, NGOZI A. NWANKWO, DAVID ADUGE-ANI AND EMMANUEL OLUKOTUN The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is a beautiful city within the North...
Gerard Pieterse goes back to the future to help UAE's Rugby World Cup bid
The National News
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Gerard Pieterse laughs at the idea that he looks a little older than the last time he was here. “A little bigger, more like,” he says, with a smile. Twelve years later, and around 3kms straight down Abdullah Omran Taryam Street, Pieterse is back...
Mumbai Customs Seizes Hydroponic Weed, Exotic Wildlife And Gold Worth Over ₹11 Crore At CSMI Airport
Free Press Journal
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Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) – (01 Nos. Alive ,03 Nos. Dead) 2. Black Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) – (03 Nos. Dead) | Mumbai: On the duty of 5 July , the officers at Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, made a seizure of Hydroponic weed...
Sokoto State: 2 years of transformative governance by Gov Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto
The Sun Nigeria
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July 4, 2025
Prior to the emergence of His Excellency, Dr. Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, FCNA, as the Governor of Sokoto State in May 29, 2023, he came with a vision to transform the State with a 9-Point Smart Agenda. This was designed to lift Sokoto to higher grounds....
Trump’s cuts leave a million facing starvation in Nigeria – as food aid runs out
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Benin, Togo owe Nigeria over $11 million for electricity in Q1 2025
Business Insider Africa
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July 5, 2025
Nigeria claims it is owed over $11 million by Benin and Togo for electricity supplied in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Despite receiving steady power through bilateral agreements...
The problem with Peter Obi, By Johnson Momodu
Prompt News Online
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July 5, 2025
Considering that the retinue of a typical Nigerian “big man” politician is often a raucous spectacle, Peter Obi is a baffling oddity. No convoy. No godfather. No appetite for grandeur. The former Anambra governor flies economy, chats with traders...
How Kahindo Mateene Is Building an Ethical Fashion Brand One Colorful Design at a Time
OkayAfrica
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June 25, 2025
"Fashion has always been a part of my identity," Kahindo Mateene tells OkayAfrica over a Zoom call. The Congolese fashion designer was exposed to a variety of African fashion styles growing up in Uganda and Kenya, living in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and...
Akume Applauds Oramah for Uncommon Patriotism to Nigeria
This Day
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July 4, 2025
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has heaped encomiums on the immediate past President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Professor Benedict Oramah, for his uncommon...
NRC to resume Kano-Minna train services before year-end
National Accord Newspaper
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July 5, 2025
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is set to resume train services on the Kano-Minna route before the end of 2025, according to the Managing Director, Dr. Kayode Opeifa. The decision is aimed at boosting economic activities in the area. During an...
NCRI releases Africa’s first Zinc Biofortified rice seeds
Daily Trust
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The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger State, has handed over the first phase of early-generation seeds of Zinc biofortified FARO 71 and FARO 72 rice varieties to HarvestPlus. HarvestPlus is part of the International Food...
The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism
Mail & Guardian
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July 3, 2025
A vigil remembering journalists killed in Palestine held at St.Georges Cathedral in Cape Town on 28 January 2024. Photo by Leanne Brady Imperialism is on a genocidal offensive in Gaza, and has recently bombed its way through Syria, Yemen, Lebanon...
Sahel nations unite under new agricultural seed alliance to strengthen food security
Business Insider Africa
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July 4, 2025
The AES - Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have come together to create the Alliance of Agricultural Seed Producers of the Sahel (APSA-Sahel), with the aim of strengthening regional food sovereignty and promoting locally adapted seed systems tailored...
Mambilla: EFCC files fresh N31bn charge against ex-Power Minister Mamman, 7 others
The Sun Nigeria
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July 3, 2025
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh criminal charge against the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, and seven others before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,...
THE JURISDICTIONAL POISON: CJN Kekere-Ekun: Stop The Judicia...
Modern Ghana
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A State Court’s Unprecedented Overreach: A Constitutional Travesty Dear Chief Justice of Nigeria, Dr. Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the judicial order emanating from the Niger State High Court, brazenly halting the arraignment of Mustapha Abubakar Bida in...
Father O’Connell Science College, GSS Karu Emerge Champions at 25th MILO Basketball National Finals
Alexa.ng
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July 4, 2025
From left: Mr. Boladale Odunlami, Commercial Manager, Nestlé Nigeria; Mrs. Olabisi Joseph, President, Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF); Mrs. Ifeanyichukwu Orabuche, Category Manager, Beverages, Nestlé Nigeria; with the Father O’Connell...
Leaders Pay Tributes To Dantata
Leadership
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June 29, 2025
His Death, A Monumental National Loss, Says Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, an elder statesman, business mogul and philanthropist. Dantata, who passed away at the age of 94 early yesterday,...
West African Compliance Officers Convene in Lomé for 2nd Grand Meeting, July 8-9
Togo First
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(Togo First) - For the second consecutive year, Lome, Togo's capital, will host West African compliance and anti-money laundering experts on July 8 and 9. The GRCRO, organized by the Togolese Association of Compliance Officers (ATCO), brings...
Nigeria among top 10 countries violating workers’ rights
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
Nigeria has joined Bangladesh, Belarus, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Myanmar, Philippines, Tunisia and Türkiye as the worst countries violating workers’ rights. According to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index 2025,...